JP2002369115A - Method for recording reservation and schedule control device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To efficiently control schedules and recording of broadcast programs. SOLUTION: In a method for record reservation, the information on a schedule and the information on a broadcast program to be watched or listen are stored. When the scheduled time indicated by the information on the schedule overlaps the broadcasting time indicated by the information on the broadcast program, the information on the record reservation of the overlapped program is generated and the video recording or recording of the program is performed by means of a broadcast program recording means by using the generated information on the record reservation.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] The present invention relates to, for example, PDA (Pe
The present invention relates to a recording reservation method suitable for making a recording reservation of a broadcast program using a portable information terminal called rsonal Digital Assistants) and a schedule management device for making the recording reservation.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, various portable and relatively small electronic devices having a display panel such as a liquid crystal display have been developed. For example, in the case of a portable information terminal called a PDA, it is possible to provide a relatively small display panel whose diagonal length of the screen is about ten and several centimeters, and to display various information on the display panel. is there.

[0003] One of the functions provided by such an apparatus is a schedule management function. That is, the schedule of the user having the portable information terminal is stored, and when the schedule display mode is set, the stored schedules are displayed in a list in order of date and time. For example, by inputting a schedule of a meeting at a company, a schedule of a meeting with a friend, or the like, the schedule is displayed as a list.

[0004]

By the way, in the conventional schedule management using this kind of information terminal, a schedule is simply input and the schedule is displayed, instead of writing the schedule in a so-called notebook. Yes, event management relied on the user's attention.

For example, using such a schedule management function of an information terminal, it is conceivable that a user inputs a television broadcast program he / she wants to watch along with the broadcast date and time of the program. However, even if the user inputs a schedule for viewing a TV program as a schedule, only the program to be viewed is displayed in the list of schedules, and it is difficult to manage the viewing itself linked to the schedule stored in the terminal. It is.

On the other hand, as a device for recording a television broadcast program, various program recording devices such as a video tape recorder (VTR) and a hard disk recorder have been put into practical use. By using such a recording device, even if there is another schedule at the broadcast time of the program to be viewed, the corresponding program can be recorded and watched later.
However, in order to record with such a recording device, a reservation operation for inputting a broadcast date and time of a program and a channel to be broadcast is required, and it is necessary for a user to perform a reservation operation according to a schedule at that time. Was. For example, it is necessary to perform a recording reservation operation of a program at a time when a program to be watched and a program to be viewed are not scheduled to return home while watching a schedule displayed on a schedule list of the information terminal.

In such a reservation operation relying on the manual operation of the user, there are many cases where an operation error occurs and there is a possibility that the recording reservation itself may be forgotten, so that the schedule inputted to the portable information terminal cannot be utilized. There was a problem. Furthermore, even if the schedule is changed after the recording reservation is made once and the recording becomes unnecessary, there is a problem that the corresponding program is recorded unless the user cancels the recording reservation. .

The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and has as its object to enable efficient management of schedules and recording of broadcast programs.

[0009]

According to the present invention, information on a schedule and information on a broadcast program to be watched or listened to are stored, and the time indicated by the information on the schedule and the information on the broadcast program are indicated. When the broadcast time overlaps, the recording reservation information of the program whose broadcast time overlaps is generated, and the recording reservation is made by the broadcast program recording means using the generated recording reservation information.

According to the present invention, when a scheduled time indicated by a stored schedule overlaps with a broadcast time of a broadcast program to be watched or listened, recording reservation information of the program is automatically generated and the recording reservation information is generated. Based on the information, the corresponding program can be recorded by the recording device.

[0011]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

In this embodiment, a portable information terminal 100, which is called a PDA or the like and is made small and portable, is prepared and the personal information terminal 100 manages a schedule as personal information. And the terminal 10
In conjunction with the management of the schedule at 0, a recording reservation can be made in a recording device that receives and records a broadcast program. That is, as shown in FIG. 1, for example, a portable information terminal 100 and a video tape recorder (VTR) 200 as a program recording (recording) device are prepared, and a VTR 20 is provided.
In this case, the reservation control of recording at 0 can be performed.

For data transmission from the portable information terminal 100 to the VTR 200, an infrared signal is used in this embodiment. That is, the infrared transmitting unit 1 of the portable information terminal 100
From 19, schedule information (or recording reservation information) is transferred to the VTR 200 by wirelessly transmitting an infrared signal to the infrared receiver 212 of the VTR 200.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the internal configuration of the portable information terminal 100 of the present embodiment. Mobile information terminal 1 of this example
00 is a central control unit (CP) that controls the operation of each unit.
U) 101, and a ROM 102, a RAM 103, and a graphic controller 104 connected to the central control unit 101 by an internal bus. The central control unit 101 performs a process of organizing various types of information input to the terminal and storing the information in the RAM 103, and displaying the information stored in the RAM 103 on the display unit 105 connected to the graphic controller 104. The information input and displayed in this manner includes, for example, a schedule as personal information of the user who owns the terminal 100. Alternatively, information such as a television program to be viewed may be input.

The ROM 102 stores in advance information such as programs necessary for performing information acquisition and display operations. The RAM 103 includes a central control unit 101
It is used for temporary storage of data at the time of arithmetic processing in, for example, storage of data supplied from the outside. In addition, as these storage means, a removable storage means such as a memory card may be used in addition to the storage means built in the terminal 100. Alternatively, a storage unit using a magnetic or optical storage medium such as a hard disk may be used.

The graphic controller 104 controls the display unit 10 based on an instruction from the central control unit 101.
In step 5, processing for displaying figures, characters, and the like is executed. The display unit 105 includes a liquid crystal display panel 106, a backlight 107, and a touch panel 108,
Characters and graphics are displayed on the liquid crystal display panel 106 illuminated from the back with the backlight 107. The liquid crystal display panel 106 and the backlight 107 include a PWM driver 10
The display state can be adjusted by a signal from the control unit 9. That is, the display contrast of the liquid crystal display panel 106 and the light emission luminance of the backlight 107 match the PWM driver 10.
9 is adjusted by the signal from. When the touch panel 108 arranged on the liquid crystal display panel 106 is touched by a finger or an input pen, information on the touched position is transmitted to the central control unit 101 via the analog / digital converter 117. To the central control unit 10
1 can determine the position where the user touches the panel.

Further, the portable information terminal 100 of this embodiment includes a power button 112 and a plurality of operation buttons 113, and the central control unit 101 determines the operation of the buttons 112 and 113. In addition, a light emitting diode 114 is provided, and the central control unit 101 controls the light emitting state according to the state of the terminal 100 at that time (for example, a power-on state, a standby state, or the like).

The portable information terminal 100 of this embodiment includes an infrared communication controller 115, and
01 based on the control from the infrared communication controller 1
An infrared signal obtained by encoding predetermined data is transmitted from an infrared transmitting unit 119 connected to the wireless communication unit 15.
The data to be transmitted by infrared is, for example, information on a schedule input to and stored in the terminal 100. Also, here, the model of the VTR 200 that communicates with the portable information terminal 100 by infrared can be registered in the terminal 100 in advance, and the infrared communication controller 115 converts the model into a code that can identify the registered model.
The infrared code of the converted code is transmitted to the infrared transmitting unit 119.
Is trying to send.

The portable information terminal 100 of the present embodiment includes a modem 116 connected to the central control unit 101,
The configuration is such that communication with an external device can be performed via the modem 116. That is, by connecting a communication means such as a mobile phone terminal to the terminal 117 attached to the modem 116 by a cable, data can be transferred between the connected communication means and the portable information terminal 100. Data transmission from the modem 116 for data transfer and data reception by the modem 116 are executed under the control of the central control unit 101.

As a power source of the portable information terminal 100, a battery 110 composed of a secondary battery or a primary battery is provided, and a power supply voltage extracted from the battery 110 is
The voltage is converted to a required voltage by the DC / DC converter 111,
This is supplied to each circuit in the terminal 100. The power supply from the DC / DC converter 111 to each circuit is executed under the control of the central control unit 101.

The portable information terminal 100 configured as described above
For example, as shown in FIG.
The liquid crystal display panel 1 is almost at the center of the surface of the housing
A display unit 105 provided with a display unit 06 is provided. A power button 112 and an operation button 113 are arranged below the surface, and a light emitting diode 114 is arranged at an upper end of the surface. Further, an infrared transmitter 119 composed of an infrared light emitting diode or the like is arranged at a predetermined position (here, an upper portion of the front surface) of the housing.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the VTR 200 of the present embodiment. In the VTR 200 of this example, for example, the antenna 221 is connected to the tuning unit 201 and the tuning unit 2
In step 01, a channel selected is received, and a video signal, an audio signal, and the like of the channel are obtained. The video signal, the audio signal, and the like obtained by the tuning unit 201 are supplied to a recording unit 202 and recorded on a video tape attached by the recording unit 202. Channels selected by the tuning unit 201 and a recording unit 202
Is controlled by the recording control unit 203.

The operation of recording and the like under the control of the recording control unit 203 is performed not only by a direct operation of a key for instructing recording and reproduction (not shown) but also by a recording reservation operation by the control of the recording reservation unit 205. is there. Recording reservation unit 205
Is a central control unit (CP)
U) 206, a ROM 207, a RAM 208, and an infrared communication controller 210 connected to the central control unit 206 via an internal bus. The ROM 207 stores programs necessary for the reservation operation.
Stores the reserved content.

An infrared receiving unit 212 is connected to the infrared communication controller 210. The infrared receiving unit 212 demodulates the infrared signal received by the receiving unit 212, detects transmitted information, and detects the detected received information. Is supplied to the central control unit 206. In the case of this example, the information received by the infrared receiver 212 includes the VTR 200
In addition to the remote control signal for directly instructing the operation of the above, there are schedule information and recording reservation information. The central control unit 206 includes the infrared communication controller 21
When the schedule information is supplied via “0”, the supplied schedule is compared with the recording reservation information set in the VTR 200, and the recording reservation information is updated (corrected). The details of this updating process will be described later.

At the time of updating the recording reservation information, the central control unit 206 estimates the time required to move between the place indicated by the schedule and the place where the VTR 200 is installed, and estimates the estimated time. , Before and after the time indicated in the schedule.
If the time required for the movement cannot be estimated, the default value (time) set in the VTR 200 is added. The default value can be freely set by a user operation. Details of the processing regarding the additional time will be described later. Alternatively, information on the time required for movement or information on a default time may be obtained from the portable information terminal 100 side.

The VTR 200 has a display unit 211 for displaying numbers, characters, figures, and the like.
The operation status of the VTR 200 and the like are displayed by the control of 06.
In this case, when a recording reservation is made, an indication that the recording reservation has been made and details of the reservation status such as the reservation time are displayed.

Next, the VTR 200 thus configured
In the following, an operation for making a recording reservation with respect to a schedule related to a schedule set in the portable information terminal 100 will be described. Here, it is assumed that a schedule has been input in the portable information terminal 100 in advance. It is assumed that a television broadcast program that the user wants to view is input to the VTR 200 side.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a schedule input to the portable information terminal 100. Here, 1
It is assumed that the item name (scheduled item), the scheduled date (month and day of the week), the scheduled start time, the scheduled end time, and the scheduled location information are input for each item schedule. . Note that not all items are necessarily input for each schedule. For example, there may be a case where the location information has not been input.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of the timer recording information input to the VTR 200. Here, it is assumed that two types of reservation information, that is, recording reservation information that has been confirmed to be recorded by a user's operation and recording reservation information to be recorded according to the schedule at that time, have been input. The recording reservation information recorded according to the schedule is information about a program that the user wants to view, and is information about a program that is recorded when the user cannot view because of overlapping with the schedule.

The two types of recording reservation information are distinguished by using a recording confirmation flag. That is, the recording reservation flag is set to 1 for the recording reservation information for which the recording is confirmed by the user's operation, and the recording confirmation flag is set to 0 for the recording reservation information to be recorded according to the schedule. However, when the program indicated by the recording reservation information recorded according to the schedule is set to be recorded based on the comparison with the schedule, the recording confirmation flag is set as 1 recording reservation information. .

Here, as shown in FIG. 5, each recording reservation information is composed of a recording date (month, day and day), a recording start time, a recording end time, a channel number, and a recording confirmation flag. It is to be done. If information such as program names and contents can be obtained from electronic program information, etc.,
Such information may be added to the reservation information. As for the information on the recording date, it is also possible to specify the recording date, such as every day of the week and every Monday to Saturday.

In this example, as shown by the record number 7 in FIG. 5, for example, every 21:00 from 21:00 on Wednesday.
It is assumed that the broadcast program of the channel number 6 at 0:00 has been input as the desired viewing program information. At this time, the recording confirmation flag of the recording reservation information of the record number 7 is 0.
It has become.

In this manner, the schedule information is input to the terminal 100, and the information of the program desired to be viewed is stored in the VTR 200.
With the schedule information set to VTR2
It is assumed that the data is transmitted at 00 by infrared rays. At this time, the VTR 20
In the central control unit 206 in the recording reservation unit 205 in which the processing shown in the flowchart of FIG.
Generation or correction of the recording reservation information is performed as necessary.

Referring to the flowchart of FIG. 6, first, when the VTR 200 newly receives schedule information from the information terminal 100 (step S11),
It is determined whether or not the recording reservation information (information as shown in FIG. 5; here, the flag is not considered) as set on the same day as the scheduled date indicated in the schedule is set (step S12). If it is determined that the recording reservation information does not exist on the same day, the processing of the recording reservation information corresponding to the input of the schedule data is ended (step S13).

If it is determined in step S12 that there is recording reservation information on the same day as the schedule, it is determined whether information on the scheduled place is registered in the schedule (step S14). If it is determined that the planned place is not registered, the estimated travel time set in advance by default is set as the travel time here (step S15). Here, as the movement estimation time set by default, 4
It is assumed that 5 minutes have been set.

If it is determined in step S14 that the planned place has been registered and that it is possible to estimate the time required to move between the planned place and the installation location of the VTR 200 (ie, home), the estimated time is moved. Time (step S16). If estimation is not possible, step S
Moving to step 15, the estimated movement time set by default is used.

After the determination of the travel time, the recording start time of the recording reservation information on the same day as the schedule is obtained by adding the travel time to the scheduled end time indicated by the schedule (the travel time is added here). Is determined to be a time later (or the same time) than the moving time (step S17). In this determination, if it is a later time, it is determined that the corresponding program can be viewed after the schedule ends and the user returns home, and for the program whose recording confirmation flag is 0, the recording confirmation flag is set. It is kept at 0 (step S18). Since the program whose recording confirmation flag is 1 is a program for which the user has selected to record, the flag is set to 1 as it is.

When it is determined in step S17 that the recording start time is earlier than the time obtained by adding the moving time to the scheduled end time indicated in the schedule, the recording end time is further changed to the schedule end time. It is determined whether or not it is a time (or the same time) after the time obtained by adding the movement time to the start time of the indicated scheduled time (the movement time is added before the movement time). (Step S19). At this time, when the program starts, it is determined that the user indicated by the schedule is not at home, and the recording confirmation flag of the corresponding recording reservation information is changed from 0 to 1 (step S20).

At this time, it is determined whether the corresponding recording reservation is a recording reservation that is repeated, such as every week (step S).
21), when it is a repetitive recording reservation, one-time recording reservation information is generated only for a day that overlaps the schedule, and the generated recording confirmation flag 1 is set (step S2).
2). When this one-time recording reservation information is generated,
The recording confirmation flag of the corresponding repetitive recording reservation information is 0
Leave as is. If it is not a repetitive recording reservation, the process related to the recording reservation of this program is ended by changing the recording confirmation flag of the corresponding recording reservation information from 0 to 1 in step S20.

When the processing relating to one recording reservation program so far is completed, the flow returns to step S12, and returns to the processing of the next recording reservation information.

Here, an example in which a new schedule is actually added and the recording reservation information is updated will be described. For example, it is assumed that the schedule shown in FIG. 4 is updated to the schedule shown in FIG. That is, the schedule number 10 at the end of FIG.
It is from 18:00 to 20:30 on Wednesday, March 26, and the place is Shibuya. Here, assuming that the estimated travel time from Shibuya to home is 40 minutes, the recording reservation information of the program that starts between 17:20 and 21:10, which is the time obtained by adding the travel time before and after, is At some point, the recording decision flag of the program indicated by the recording reservation information is set to 1, and the recording of the corresponding program is decided.

In this example, as shown in FIG. 5, the program reservation from 21:00 to 22:00 every Wednesday of record number 7 overlaps the scheduled time of this schedule as the recording reservation information at this time. And the recording reservation information relating to the program is updated. However, at this time, since the reservation information is repeated, as shown in FIG. 8, for example, as the record number 8, the recording reservation information of the channel number 6 from 21:00 to 22:00 on Wednesday, November 26, Is added by the recording confirmation flag 1,
For the reservation information of the record number 7 repetition, the recording confirmation flag is kept at 0. If the program overlapping the scheduled time is not the repetitive reservation information, an update process for changing the recording confirmation flag of the reservation information from 0 to 1 is performed, and no new reservation information is added.

By setting the recording reservation according to the schedule in this manner, the program that the user wants to watch is
When the program cannot be watched due to some schedule, the recording of the program is automatically reserved, so that the user does not miss the program he wants to watch. In this case, the situation in which viewing is not possible is determined in consideration of not only the scheduled time indicated in the schedule, but also the travel time between the location of the scheduled time and the installation location of the recording device (such as a home). It is determined that viewing cannot be performed, and a favorable automatic recording reservation is made.

When the recording reservation once set changes to a situation where it is determined that viewing can be performed by changing the schedule, recording reservation release information for canceling the recording reservation may be generated to release the recording reservation. . That is, for example, in a situation where there is a recording reservation in which the recording confirmation flag has been changed from 0 to 1 due to the overlap with the scheduled time of the schedule, information relating to the deletion of the schedule that caused the recording is transmitted from the portable information terminal 100 When transmitted to the VTR 200, the recording confirmation flag is changed from 1 to 0 again,
The recording reservation may be canceled.

In the above-described embodiment, infrared rays are used for data transmission from portable information terminal 100 to VTR 200, but data transmission may be performed in other signal formats. For example, in the portable information terminal 100 of the present example, as shown in FIG. 9, for example, a terminal 117 is disposed at a predetermined position (here, a side surface) of the portable information terminal 100. Terminal 12
Connect to 0. That is, the connector 131 at one end of the connection cable 130 is connected to the terminal 117 of the portable information terminal 100, and the connector 132 at the other end of the cable 130 is connected to the terminal of the portable telephone terminal 120. Data can be transferred to and from the telephone terminal 120 via the connection cable 130. Then, the recording device 20
Regarding 0, it should be possible to connect to the telephone line by any method.

By using the portable telephone terminal 120 connected to the portable information terminal 100 as described above, data such as a schedule held by the portable information terminal 100 can be transmitted to the telephone line. Is connected to the portable information terminal 100 and the VTR 20.
Even when 0 is in a place away from the terminal, schedules, recording reservation information, and the like can be transmitted from the terminal 100 to the VTR 200. Therefore, it is possible to easily cope with a change in the schedule, for example.

In the above-described embodiment, a case has been described in which a schedule is managed using a portable information terminal which is relatively small and portable. However, similar data management is possible and broadcast programs can be managed. The present invention may be applied to any device as long as it is an information processing terminal capable of data transmission (transfer) to the recording device. For example, a personal computer having a shape called a notebook type may be used. Also, a broadcast program recording device such as a VTR itself has a schedule management function and only prepares one recording device, and the same processing as when the above-described two portable information terminals and recording devices are used is performed. You may be able to do it.

In the above-described embodiment, the schedule set by the information processing terminal is transferred to the recording device 200, and the recording device 200 detects coincidence with the program desired to be viewed (recorded). Thus, the recording reservation information is generated in the recording device 200 based on the detection. However, the data of the program desired to be viewed is input to the portable information terminal 100 side, and the schedule input to the terminal 100 is The controller on the side of the terminal 100 determines whether or not the program matches the desired program data. Based on the result, the terminal 100 generates, in the terminal 100, recording reservation information of the program determined to require recording. For example, it may be transferred to the recording device 200.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing a processing example when transmitting the recording reservation information from the portable information terminal 100 to the recording device 200 in this case. First, when an operation for transmitting recording reservation information is performed by a button operation or the like on the portable information terminal 100, data whose recording type stored in the storage unit in the terminal 100 is the recording reservation information is searched ( Step S31). The type of the data found in this search is determined (step S32). If the data is not the recording reservation information, the flow returns to step S31 to proceed to the next data search. If it is determined in step S32 that the corresponding data is the recording reservation information, the process proceeds to the transmission processing of the information. That is, here, transmission of information on the scheduled recording date (recording date) (step S33), transmission of information on the scheduled item (recording content) (step S34), transmission of information on the recording start time (step S34) S35), transmission of information on the recording end time (step S36), transmission of information on the recording location (channel to be recorded), and (step S3)
7), transmission of remark information (for example, details of the content of the recorded program, etc.) and (Step S38). These transmissions are performed, for example, as infrared signals.

When the transmission up to this point is completed, the record of the corresponding recording reservation information is deleted from the terminal 100 (step S39), and it is determined whether or not this record is the last record (step S40). If it is determined in this determination that the record is not the last record, step S31
Return to When it is determined in step S40 that the data is the last data, the transmission of the recording reservation data here ends.

In this manner, the recording reservation information may be directly transmitted from the portable information terminal 100 to a recording device such as the VTR 200.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, an example using a VTR has been described as a broadcast program recording apparatus. However, a recording apparatus that records a broadcast program other than a VTR may be used. For example, using a hard disk as a recording medium, a recording reservation in a recording device that records a television broadcast program and data accompanying the program may be executed by the above-described processing. Also, in the case of a personal computer device having a large-capacity storage medium such as a hard disk, schedule management is performed by the computer device, and based on the managed schedule, the schedule is transferred to the storage medium attached to the computer device. The recording (storage) reservation of the data of the broadcast program may be controlled.

In the embodiment described above, the broadcast program to be recorded is a television broadcast program. However, a reservation for recording another broadcast program by a recording device may be made. For example, recording a radio broadcast program
Reservation may be made in the case where the recording is performed by the audio recording device. In addition, programs (video programs,
When an audio program or the like is recorded by a recording device, the recording reservation may be made by the above-described processing.

[0054]

According to the present invention, when a scheduled time indicated by a stored schedule overlaps with a broadcast time of a broadcast program to be watched or listened to, recording reservation information of the program is automatically generated. Program to be recorded can be recorded by the recording device. Therefore, when a program that cannot be watched or listened to due to the setting of the schedule is generated simply by inputting the schedule to the terminal, the program can be automatically recorded. , The broadcast program desired to be viewed or listened to can be surely viewed (listened).

In this case, a predetermined time is added to the scheduled time indicated by the information on the schedule before or after the scheduled time, and the time to which the predetermined time is added and the broadcast time are added. When the broadcast time indicated by the information on the program overlaps, the recording reservation information of the program whose broadcast time overlaps is generated, so that a certain amount of extra time is added to the scheduled time indicated by the schedule. Thus, the overlap with the broadcast time of the broadcast program can be determined, and the occurrence of a program that cannot be watched or listened to better can be detected.

The time to be added is a time estimated from the time required for movement between the place indicated by the schedule and the place where the broadcast program recording means is installed. Taking into account the time from the end of the conference to the time when the user returns home, it is possible to determine the occurrence of a situation where the user cannot view or listen at home, and the recording reservation can be made more reliably.

Further, when the scheduled time indicated by the information on the schedule is changed, the overlap between the changed scheduled time and the broadcast time indicated by the information on the broadcast program is judged again and recorded. By modifying the reservation information and modifying the recording reservation or canceling the recording reservation with the recording reservation information or the recording reservation canceling information generated by the modification, it is possible to easily cope with a schedule change. .

Further, the transmitting means for transmitting the recording reservation information to the broadcast program recording means is constituted by an infrared signal transmitting means, and transmits the recording reservation information converted into the code of the model registered in advance as an infrared signal. As a result, any type of broadcast program recording means capable of recording reservations provided with an infrared signal input means can cope with any model,
Versatility is improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a system configuration according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating an example of an information terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a recording apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a schedule according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a viewing list according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an example of reservation data processing according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing a change example of a schedule according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a change in a viewing list according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing a connection configuration example according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing an example of reservation data transmission processing according to another embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

100: portable information terminal, 101: central control unit (C
PU), 104 ... graphic controller, 105 ...
Display unit, 106: liquid crystal display panel, 114: light emitting diode (LED), 115: infrared communication controller, 1
16: Modem, 117: Terminal, 119: Infrared transmitter, 120: Mobile phone terminal, 130: Connection cable, 2
00: VTR, 201: tuning unit, 202: recording unit, 20
3. Recording control unit 205 Recording reservation unit 206 Central control unit (CPU) 207 ROM 208 RA
M, 210: infrared communication controller, 211: display unit, 212: infrared receiving unit

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Claims (9)

[Claims] 1. A program for storing information on a schedule and information on a broadcast program to be viewed or listened to, when a scheduled time indicated by the information on the schedule and a broadcast time indicated by the information on the broadcast program overlap. A recording reservation method for generating recording reservation information of a program whose broadcast time overlaps, and executing recording of the broadcast program based on the generated recording reservation information. 2. The recording reservation method according to claim 1, wherein a predetermined time is added to a scheduled time indicated by the information on the schedule before or after the scheduled time. A recording reservation method for generating recording reservation information of a program whose broadcast time overlaps when the time to which the time is added and the broadcast time indicated by the information on the broadcast program overlap. 3. The recording reservation method according to claim 2, wherein the added time is estimated from a time required for movement between a place indicated by the schedule and a place where the broadcast program recording means is installed. Recording time and recording reservation method. 4. The recording reservation method according to claim 1, wherein when the scheduled time indicated by the information on the schedule is changed, the time on the changed scheduled time is indicated by the information on the broadcast program. A recording reservation method for re-determining the overlap with the broadcast time, correcting the recording reservation information, and executing the recording reservation or the recording reservation release based on the recording reservation information or the recording reservation release information generated by the correction. 5. A schedule processing means for storing or receiving a schedule, a program information storage means for storing information relating to a broadcast time of a broadcast program to be viewed or listened to, and a schedule stored or received by the schedule processing means. A schedule management device comprising: control means for, when judging an overlap between a time and a broadcast time of a program stored in the program information storage means, generating recording reservation information of the overlapping program. 6. The schedule management device according to claim 5, wherein the control means is provided before or after a scheduled time of the schedule stored or received by the schedule processing means.
A schedule for adding a predetermined time and generating recording reservation information of a program whose broadcast time overlaps when judging an overlap between the time to which the predetermined time is added and the broadcast time indicated by the information on the broadcast program. Management device. 7. The schedule management device according to claim 6, wherein the control means moves, as the predetermined time, between a place indicated by a corresponding schedule and a place where the broadcast program recording means is installed. Schedule management device that is set to a time estimated from the time required for the schedule. 8. The schedule management device according to claim 5, wherein when the scheduled time stored or received by the schedule processing means is changed, the control means determines the changed scheduled time. A schedule management device for determining again the overlap with the broadcast time of the program stored in the program information storage means, correcting the recording reservation information, and generating new recording reservation information or recording reservation release information. 9. The schedule management device according to claim 5, wherein the generated recording reservation information is output via a predetermined transmission unit.