Label creating apparatus and label creating program recorded in computer-readable recording medium

A label creating apparatus comprising:

• a receiving device that receives broadcast program information which relates to broadcast programs;
• a broadcast program information storing device that stores the broadcast program information received by the receiving device;
• and
• a controller that;
• specifies, based on a user's selection, the broadcast program whose label is to be created, from among the broadcast programs that correspond to the broadcast program information stored in the broadcast program information storing device;
• acquires the broadcast program information about this specified broadcast program from the broadcast program information storing device;
• specifies a plurality of the labels as one suite of label sets;
• and
• allocates the acquired broadcast program information pieces to the labels of the specified label set and arranges these information pieces into a print region of these labels to thereby create the labels;
• wherein:
• the broadcast program information includes at least titles of the broadcast programs;
• and
• the controller creates the labels by arranging information of at least some items of the broadcast program information into print regions of these labels;
• the label creating apparatus further comprising:
• a template storing device that includes the templates for the label set and stores arrangement information for arranging the broadcast program information pieces in the print region of the labels and a template, which is a print model including modification information of the broadcast program information pieces to be arranged, wherein the controller;
• selects the template to be used from among the plurality of templates stored in the template storing device;
• and
• if the template for the label set is selected, specifies as the label set the plurality of labels included in this template for the label set;
• wherein the controller;
• edits the created labels;
• and
• registers in the template storing device as the template the print model including the arrangement information and the modification information of the edited labels;
• and
• wherein the controller;
• calculates a video-recording lapse of time of the selected broadcast program from a broadcast time of this broadcast program included in the acquired broadcast program information;
• decides whether a total of the calculated video-recording lapses of time exceeds a preset upper limit lapse of time;
• and
• if the total of the video-recording lapses of time is decided to exceed the preset upper limit lapse of time, avoids allocating the broadcast program information to the labels of that label set for the broadcast programs whose video-recording lapses of time exceed the preset upper limit lapse of time.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a program which comprises instructions for causing a processor of a label creating apparatus to execute the steps of:

• a receiving step of receiving broadcast program information which relates to broadcast programs;
• a broadcast program information storing step of storing the broadcast program information received in the receiving step;
• a broadcast program specifying step of specifying, based on a user's selection, the broadcast program whose label is to be created, from among the broadcast programs that correspond to the broadcast program information stored in the broadcast program information storing step;
• a broadcast program information acquiring step of acquiring the broadcast program information about the broadcast program specified in the broadcast program specifying step;
• a label set specifying step of specifying a plurality of the labels as one suite of label sets;
• and
• a label creating step of allocating the broadcast program information pieces acquired in the broadcast program information acquiring step to the labels of the label set specified in the label set specifying step and arranging these information pieces into a print region of these labels to thereby create the labels;
• wherein:
• the broadcast program information includes at least titles of the broadcast programs;
• and
• the label creating step creates the labels by arranging information of at least some items of the broadcast program information into print regions of these labels;
• the program thither comprising:
• a template selecting step of selecting the template to be used, from among the template for the label set and the plurality of templates which is a print model including the arrangement information for arranging the broadcast program information pieces in the print region of the labels and modification information of the broadcast program information pieces to be arranged,
• wherein if the template for the label set is selected by the template selecting step, the label set specifying step specifies as the label set the plurality of labels included in this template for the label set;
• and
• the program further comprising:
• an editing step of editing the labels created by the label creating step;
• and
• a template registering step of registering in the template storing step as the template the print model including the arrangement information and the modification information of the labels edited in the editing step;
• and
• the program further comprising:
• a video-recording lapse of time calculating step of calculating a video-recording lapse of time of the selected broadcast program from a broadcast time of this broadcast program included in the broadcast program information acquired in the broadcast program information acquiring step;
• and
• a deciding step of deciding whether a total of the video-recording lapses of time calculated in the video-recording lapse of time calculating step exceeds a preset upper limit lapse of time,
• wherein if total of the video-recording lapses of time is decided to exceed the preset upper limit lapse of time by the deciding step, the label creating step avoids allocating the broadcast program information to the labels of that label set for the broadcast programs whose video-recording lapses of time exceed the preset upper limit lapse of time.