US 6,205,284 B1Granted

Reserved recording method for broadcasting programs

AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

InventorJin Hwi Kim

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Abstract

This method form performing reserved recording of broadcasting programs in a VCR provides for starting of recording accurately at the beginning of each recording-reserved broadcasting program. The reserved recording method extracts the program identification information, such as a VPS or a KBPS, in the received broadcasting signal of a broadcasting program. Based on a comparison of the program identification information, a judgement is made whether recording execution should be started. All recording reservation data of the same channel are compared at once. The order of precedence in which channels are selected for comparison of their corresponding recording reservation data with the program identification information is based on the order of the programmed start times of the various recording reservation data. This method decreases the amount of time spent comparing program identification data to the recording reservation data at the start of recording execution. Thus, a delay time for recording execution start of a reserved broadcasting program can be reduced to thereby enable a recording execution of the reserved program to start on time.

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Dependent claims

A method for performing reserved recording of broadcasting programs, the method comprising

(a) a various setting recording reservation data for recording reservation of the broadcasting programs;
(b) determining relative priority between the various recording reservation data, corresponding to each of the broadcasting programs;
(c) selecting a channel corresponding to a recording reservation data having an earliest priority among the various recording reservation data;
(d) extracting program identification information contained in a broadcasting program received via the channel selected in the selecting operation (c);
(e) comparing all the recording reservation data which correspond to the channel selected in the selecting operation (c) with the program identification information extracted in the extracting operation (d), and judging whether the recording reservation data corresponding to the program identification information exists;
(f) starting a recording of a broadcasting program using the recording reservation data, when the recording reservation data corresponding to the program identification information exists in the comparing operation (e);
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(g) performing (c) through (f) repeatedly based on the recording reservation data having the earliest priority among the various recording reservation data corresponding to the remaining channels which have not already been used for selection, when the recording reservation data corresponding to the program identification information does not exist in (e).

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