Information processing apparatus and method, and program storage medium
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsTatsuo Kaizu, Takuma Miyazaki, Hiroyuki Hanaya
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Abstract
This invention is intended to allow user to easily and quickly set the preset recording of television programs on recording devices. When setting the preset recording of a television program on a VCR, the user of a personal computer first accesses an EPG server on the Internet to download the preset recording data of that program. The personal computer converts the downloaded preset recording data into a G-code and transmits the G-code from a video mouse to the VCR as an infrared signal. The VCR decodes the received G-code, recognizes the program to be preset for recording, and sets the preset recording of the recognized program.
Claims18
An information processing apparatus comprising:
- a connecting unit configured to directly access a remote program information providing server through the internet;
- an acquiring unit configured to acquire control information for controlling preset recording of a program by accessing said remote program information providing server through the connecting unit based on a user request to access the remote program information providing server;
- a converter configured to convert contents described in said acquired control information into code information for setting said program preset recording to a remote recording apparatus separate from the information processing apparatus;
- a transmitter configured to receive said code information from said converter and to transmit said received code information directly to said remote recording apparatus;
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- a display control unit configured to display a message when said code information is improper.
An information processing method comprising:
- directly accessing, by a connecting unit, a remote program information providing server through the internet;
- acquiring, by an acquiring unit, control information for controlling preset recording of a program by accessing said remote program information providing server through the connecting unit based on a user request to access the remote program information providing server;
- converting, by a converter, contents described in said acquired control information into code information for setting said program preset recording to a remote recording apparatus separate from the information processing apparatus;
- receiving, at a transmitter, said code information and transmitting said received code information directly to said remote recording apparatus;
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- displaying, by a display control unit, a message when said code information is improper.
A non-transitory computer readable medium including computer executable instructions comprising:
- first computer executable instructions to control a connecting unit to directly access a remote program information providing server through the internet;
- second computer executable instructions to control an acquiring unit to acquire control information for controlling preset recording of a program by accessing said remote program information providing server through the connecting unit based on a user request to access the remote program information providing server;
- third computer executable instructions to control a converter to convert contents described in said acquired control information into code information for setting said program preset recording to a remote recording apparatus separate from the information processing apparatus;
- fourth computer executable instructions to control a transmitter to receive said code information from said converter and to transmit said received code information directly to said remote recording apparatus;
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- fifth computer executable instructions to control a display control unit to display a message when said code information is improper.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.