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US 8,429,689 B2Granted
Program data processing method and apparatus
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsKoji Nishimura, Shinichiro Sugai, Yukinori Kita, Makoto Korehisa, Takahiko Yaginuma, Tomoko Terakado, Kenji Hamamoto
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Abstract
A process for performing video recording and the like after obtaining electronic program data is optimized. According to the process, only program data relating to one or more predetermined preset channels of the channels which are broadcast by a broadcast service are separated from program data which guide programs broadcast by a predetermined broadcast service. Only program data relating to a predetermined channel are stored, and processes of video recording and the like can be performed according to the stored program data.
Claims15
A program data processing method, comprising:
- receiving, for each one of a plurality of broadcast channels, a user selection regarding whether to allow or not allow automatic recording for that broadcast channel;
- obtaining program guide data associated with each one of the plurality of broadcast channels by sequentially obtaining, from program guide data carried over a single specific program guide obtaining channel, the program guide data relating to only one of the plurality of broadcast channels at a time, the program guide obtaining channel being set by the user from among a plurality of alternative program guide obtaining channels, and the program guide data being obtained at a time specified by the user;
- storing the received program guide data;
- determining, from the stored program guide data, whether any of the plurality of broadcast programs coincides with a predetermined condition;
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- when a particular one of the plurality of broadcast programs coincides with the predetermined condition,
- automatically performing recording reservation of the particular broadcast program based on the stored program guide data upon a channel providing the particular broadcast program being one of the channels previously selected by the user to allow automatic recording, and
- displaying on a display the stored program guide data relating to the particular broadcast program and receiving a user selection to record the particular broadcast program upon the channel providing the particular broadcast program being one of the channels previously selected by the user to not allow automatic recording,
- wherein when the time specified by the user for obtaining guide data is a time for obtaining guide data for ground wave broadcasting the time is selected from among a multiple of predetermined times, and when the time specified by the user for obtaining guide data is a time for obtaining guide data for satellite broadcasting the time is selected from among a multiple of times that do not overlap with the multiple of predetermined times for obtaining the guide data for ground wave broadcasting,
- wherein after the time for obtaining guide data has been specified, it is determined whether or not there is a recording reservation that has a time overlapping with the time for obtaining guide data, and when there is an overlap an indication of the overlap is displayed.
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A program data processing apparatus, comprising:
- a selection receiving mechanism that receives, for each one of a plurality of broadcast channels, a user selection regarding whether to allow or not allow automatic recording for that broadcast channel;
- a program data obtaining mechanism that obtains program guide data associated with each one of the plurality of broadcast channels by sequentially obtaining, from program guide data carried over a single specific program guide obtaining channel, the program guide data relating to only one of the plurality of broadcast channels at a time, the program guide obtaining channel being set by the user from among a plurality of alternative program guide obtaining channels, and the program guide data being obtained at a time specified by the user;
- a memory that stores the received program guide data;
- a recording control mechanism that determines from the stored program guide data whether any of the plurality of broadcast programs coincides with a predetermined condition, and when a particular one of the plurality of broadcast programs coincides with the predetermined condition, automatically performs recording reservation of the particular broadcast program based on the stored program guide data upon a channel providing the particular broadcast program being one of the channels previously selected to by the user allow automatic recording;
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- a display that displays only the stored program guide data relating to the particular broadcast program upon the channel providing the particular broadcast program being one of the channels previously selected by the user to not allow automatic recording,
- the recording control mechanism thereby receiving a user selection to record the particular broadcast program,
- wherein when the time specified by the user for obtaining guide data is a time for obtaining guide data for ground wave broadcasting the time is selected from among a multiple of predetermined times, and when the time specified by the user for obtaining guide data is a time for obtaining guide data for satellite broadcasting the time is selected from among a multiple of times that do not overlap with the multiple of predetermined times for obtaining the guide data for ground wave broadcasting,
- wherein after the time for obtaining guide data has been specified, it is determined whether or not there is a recording reservation that has a time overlapping with the time for obtaining guide data, and when there is an overlap an indication of the overlap is displayed.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.