Information receiving system and method

An information receiving apparatus for receiving a program including picture, sound and/or data, and information about the program or service additional information, comprising:

• in formation receiving means for receiving the program and service additional information,
• memory means for recording the program and service additional information received by the information receiving means,
• reservation input means for reserving to record the program indicated by the service additional information received by the information receiving means,
• memory control means for detecting overlap of the program and a further program responsive to the service additional information providing an indication which corresponds to a change of one time of the program and and the further program to cause said program and said further program to overlap,
• communication means for transmitting detection of overlapping of recording time of the plurality of reserved programs by the memory control means to a mobile communication device,
• receiving means for receiving from a user one of a plurality of criteria upon which a beginning of one of said plurality of reserved programs is to be recording, and
• selecting means for selecting the beginning of one of said programs for recording based on a) said service additional information and b) said one of said criteria received from said user.

An information receiving apparatus for receiving a program including picture, sound and/or data, and information about the program or service additional information, comprising:

• information receiving means for receiving the program and service additional information,
• memory means for recording the program and service additional information received by the information receiving means,
• reservation input means for reserving to record the program indicated by the service additional information received by the information receiving means,
• memory control means for detecting overlap of the program and a further program responsive to the service additional information providing an indication which corresponds to a change of time of one of the program and the further program to cause said program and said further program to overlap,
• receiving means for receiving from a user one of a plurality of criteria upon which a beginning of one of a plurality of reserved programs is to be recording,
• selecting means for selecting the beginning of one of said programs for recording based on a) said service additional information and b) said one of said criteria received from said user, and
• change memory means for changing and storing the record reservation by the reservation input means on the basis of the result of the selecting means.

An information receiving apparatus for receiving a program including picture, sound and/or data, and information about the program or service additional information, comprising:

• information receiving means for receiving the program and service additional information,
• memory means for recording the program and service additional information received by the information receiving means,
• reservation input means for reserving to record the program indicated by the service additional information received by the information receiving means or indicated by a user,
• memory control means for detecting overlapping of recording time of program being reserved with the recording time of a reserved program already reserved by the reservation input means when the information receiving means receives the service information telling of a change of broadcasting time of programs and when the user reserves to record a program,
• comparing and determining means for comparing each program overlapped in recording time according to a) the service additional information of at least one of a plurality of reserved programs overlapped in recording time, and b) previous history of viewing said reserved programs and determining to record the overlapped portions alternately for respective amounts of time which are determined on the basis of the comparison,
• memory change means for changing and storing the record reservation by the reservation input means on the basis of the result of determination of the comparing and determining means,
• receiving means for receiving from a user one of a plurality of criteria upon which a beginning of one of the plurality of reserved programs is to be recording,
• selecting means for selecting the beginning of one of said programs for recording based on a) said service additional information and b) said one of said criteria received from said user.

An information receiving method for receiving a program including picture, sound and/or data, and information about the program or service additional information, said method comprising the steps of:

• receiving the program and service additional information,
• recording the received program and service additional information,
• reserving a reservation to record the received program,
• detecting overlap of the program and a further program responsive to the service additional information providing an indication which corresponds to a change of time of one of the program and the further program to cause said program and said further program to overlap,
• receiving from a user one of a plurality of criteria upon which a beginning of one of a plurality of reserved programs is to be recorded, and
• selecting the beginning of one of said programs for recording based on a) said service additional information and b) said one of said criteria received from said user,
• changing and storing the reservation to record on the basis of the result of selection.