Content reception/recording device, method, program, and recording medium

A content reception/recording method for use in a content reception/recording device which is provided with an accumulation medium and selectively receives and accumulates transmitted contents in the accumulation medium, the content reception/recording method comprising the steps of:

• receiving;
• storing free time slot information that indicates a free time slot in which a predetermined resource provided in the content reception/recording device is determined, according to statistics in a past, not to operate;
• obtaining one or more pieces of transmission timing information that indicate timings at which accumulation target contents are transmitted respectively;
• judging whether or not the timings indicated by the obtained transmission timing information are present in the free time slot indicated by the free time slot information;
• and
• controlling to, if the judging step judges that the timings are present in the free time slot, receive the accumulation target contents that are transmitted at the timings and to accumulate the received contents in the accumulation medium.

A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium recording therein a control program for causing a content reception/recording device, which is provided with an accumulation medium, to perform a process of selectively receiving and accumulating transmitted contents in the accumulation medium, the control program recorded in the recording medium comprising the steps of:

• receiving;
• storing free time slot information that indicates a free time slot in which a predetermined resource provided in the content reception/recording device is determined, according to statistics in a past, not to operate;
• obtaining one or more pieces of transmission timing information that indicate timings at which accumulation target contents are transmitted respectively;
• judging whether or not the timings indicated by the obtained transmission timing information are present in the free time slot indicated by the free time slot information;
• and
• controlling to, if the judging step judges that the timings are present in the free time slot, receive the accumulation target contents that are transmitted at the timings and to accumulate the received contents in the accumulation medium.

An information processing device comprising:

• a storage unit storing therein free time slot information that indicates a free time slot in which a predetermined resource provided in the content reception/recording device is determined, according to statistics in a past, not to operate;
• an obtaining unit operable to obtain one or more pieces of transmission timing information that indicate timings at which accumulation target contents are transmitted respectively;
• a judging unit operable to judge whether or not the timings indicated by the obtained transmission timing information are present in the free time slot indicated by the free time slot information;
• and
• a control unit operable to, if the judging unit judges that the times are present in the free time slot, control reception of the accumulation target contents that are transmitted at the timings and to accumulate the received contents.