JP2014160997A - Terminal device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reliably enable the performance of a video-recording reservation in a video-recording apparatus that has received video-recording reservation information by reliably transmitting video-recording reservation information generated in a terminal device to the video-recording apparatus concerning the terminal device capable of setting a video-recording reservation with respect to the video-recording apparatus by transmitting the video-recording reservation information to the video-recording apparatus.SOLUTION: A terminal device includes: a video-recording reservation information generation unit (23) for generating video-recording reservation information; and a video-recording reservation information storage unit (32) for storing video-recording reservation information. The video-recording reservation information stored in the video-recording reservation information storage unit (32) is transmitted to a predetermined video-recording apparatus so as to perform a video-recording reservation in the predetermined video-recording apparatus. The terminal device includes: a video-recording apparatus connection determination unit (21) for determining that connection has been communicably established to the predetermined video-recording apparatus; and a video-recording reservation information notification unit (22) for performing predetermined notification processing that indicates the fact that video-recording reservation information has been stored when communicably connected to the predetermined video-recording apparatus in a case where the video-recording reservation information has been stored in the video-recording reservation information storage unit (32).

Description

  The present invention relates to a terminal device, and more particularly to a terminal device that can make a recording reservation for a recording device.

  For example, a recording device that records broadcast content such as a television broadcast wave is usually provided with a recording reservation function that reserves a recorded program in advance. As means for making a recording reservation for a recording device, for example, a system that uses a communicable terminal device such as a smartphone, a mobile phone, or a tablet terminal is known. Here, by operating the terminal device by the user, recording reservation information for making a recording reservation in the recording device is generated and held. Then, by setting the terminal device in an environment capable of communicating with a specific recording device and transmitting the recording reservation information of the terminal device to the recording device, setting the recording reservation corresponding to the user operation on the terminal device in the recording device Can do.

With regard to the technology for executing the recording reservation function using such a terminal device, for example, in Patent Document 1, program information is acquired in advance from a program information service provider to a terminal device, and the user operates the terminal device. A program for searching for a desired program to make a recording reservation, transmitting the recording reservation information to a recording device, and making a recording reservation is described.
Further, the technology described in Patent Document 2 acquires program information from a program information service provider to a terminal device, and when program information for recording reservation is selected by a user, the terminal device performs recording reservation. The reservation information is transmitted to the information processing apparatus. Then, the information processing apparatus performs program recording reservation control based on the reservation information transmitted from the terminal device.

Japanese Patent No. 4581269 Japanese Patent No. 4930812

  As described above, there is a technique for performing a recording reservation in a recording device or the like that has received the recording reservation information by making a recording reservation using a terminal device and transmitting the recording reservation information to a recording device or the like such as a recorder. Are known. In this case, the user can arbitrarily make a recording reservation in a place where there is no recording device, and by appropriately arranging the recording reservation in an environment capable of communicating with the recording device, the recording reservation information held in the terminal device can be recorded on the recording device. Recording reservation can be set in the recording device.

In this case, after the user makes a recording reservation for the terminal device at an arbitrary place where there is no recording device, the recording reservation information generated by the terminal device is appropriately transmitted to the recording device in an environment where communication with the recording device is possible. There must be.
However, if the user forgets the processing to transmit to the recording device after holding the recording reservation information in the terminal device, there arises a problem that the target program recording reservation cannot be set in the recording device. In this case, since the terminal device can perform a program reservation operation at an arbitrary place in advance at an arbitrary time, it takes time from generation of program reservation information to transmission to a recording device, or the number of program reservations and reservations. If the number of operations is large, the process of reliably transmitting all the recording reservation information generated by the terminal device to the recording device may be forgotten or neglected.

  As for the programs described in Patent Documents 1 and 2, after the program reservation information is generated by the terminal device using the program information acquired from the program information service provider, the program held by the terminal device by the user operation The reservation information needs to be transmitted to the recording terminal device or the information processing device, which causes the same problem as described above.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and in a terminal device capable of setting a recording reservation for a recording device by transmitting the recording reservation information to the recording device, the recording reservation information is generated by the terminal device. By ensuring that the user can recognize that the recording reservation information has been generated, the recording reservation information generated by the terminal device can be reliably transmitted to the recording device. It is an object of the present invention to provide a terminal device that can execute a recording reservation.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the first technical means of the present invention stores a recording reservation information generating unit for generating recording reservation information for setting a recording reservation in a predetermined recording device, and stores the recording reservation information. A recording reservation information storage unit; and a communication unit that communicates with the predetermined recording device, wherein the recording reservation information stored in the recording reservation information storage unit is transmitted from the communication unit to the predetermined recording device. A terminal device that schedules recording to the predetermined recording device, the recording device connection determining unit determining that the predetermined recording device is communicably connected, and the predetermined recording by the recording device connection determining unit A predetermined notification process indicating that the recording reservation information is stored when the recording reservation information is stored in the recording reservation information storage unit when it is determined that the device is communicably connected to the device. Recording About information notification unit, it is obtained by comprising: a.

The second technical means includes a program guide acquisition unit for acquiring program guide information of a broadcast program from an external device and a program guide storage unit for storing the program guide information acquired by the program guide acquisition unit in the first technical means. When,
A display unit that displays program guide information stored in the program guide storage unit; and an input unit that receives a user's operation input. The recording reservation information generation unit is configured to display the program guide information displayed on the display unit. According to an operation input, recording reservation information for setting a recording reservation for a specific program is generated.

  The third technical means includes a recording device information storage unit that stores information for identifying the predetermined recording device to be set as a scheduled recording in the first or second technical means, and the recording device connection determination When determining the predetermined recording device connected to be communicable, the unit acquires information for identifying the counterpart device from the counterpart device capable of communication, and identifies the acquired counterpart device And the information stored in the recording device information storage unit match, it is determined that the counterpart device is the predetermined recording device.

  According to a fourth technical means, in any one of the first to third technical means, the predetermined notification processing displays predetermined notification information indicating that the recording reservation information is stored on a predetermined display unit. Or a plurality of processes for outputting audio information indicating that the recording reservation information is stored from a predetermined speaker. It is.

  According to the present invention, in a terminal device that can set a recording reservation for a recording device by transmitting the recording reservation information to the recording device, the user can surely recognize that the recording reservation information is generated in the terminal device. By doing so, the recording reservation information generated by the terminal device can be reliably transmitted to the recording device, and thereby the recording device that has received the recording reservation information can reliably execute the recording reservation. An apparatus can be provided.

It is a figure for demonstrating the notification operation example of the video recording reservation by the terminal device which concerns on this invention. It is a block diagram for demonstrating the example of a principal part structure of the terminal device which concerns on this invention. It is a functional block diagram for demonstrating the function implement | achieved by the terminal device which concerns on this invention. It is a flowchart for demonstrating an example of the video recording reservation process by the terminal device of this invention. It is a flowchart for demonstrating an example of the video recording reservation information notification process by the terminal device of this invention. It is a flowchart for demonstrating an example of the video recording apparatus connection notification process by the terminal device of this invention.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining an example of a recording reservation notification operation performed by a terminal device according to the present invention. The terminal device 100 can execute a recording reservation for a predetermined recording device 200. The terminal device 100 can be a portable terminal device such as a smartphone, a mobile phone, and a tablet terminal, but is not limited thereto. Here, as shown in FIG. 1A, the terminal device 100 is used alone, and a recording reservation is performed by a user operation. In this case, for example, a predetermined operation is performed on the touch panel 110 of the terminal device 100, and a program guide used to make a recording reservation for a broadcast program is acquired from a predetermined external device. The operation input here can also be performed using the pen 101 for touch panel operation.

  The program guide for making a recording reservation can be acquired from an external device such as a server of a service provider that provides program information, for example. Alternatively, the program guide may be acquired from another external device such as a recording device that has acquired the program guide. The terminal device 100 uses its own communication means to connect to an external device that provides a program guide, and acquires and holds the program guide from the external device. The program guide acquisition process may be executed according to a user operation, or may be automatically acquired by the terminal device 100.

Then, the user operates the terminal device 100 in which the program guide is held to display the program guide, and selects an arbitrary program from the program guide, so that recording reservation information for setting in a predetermined recording device 200 is obtained. Can be generated. The generation of the recording reservation information is realized by a recording reservation function provided in the terminal device 100. The generated recording reservation information is held in the terminal device 100.
This recording reservation information generation process can be performed even in an environment where the terminal device 100 cannot communicate with the recording device 200. That is, if the program information is acquired in the terminal device 100, the user can perform an operation input for making a recording reservation for the program at an arbitrary place and timing.

Then, as shown in FIG. 1B, the user places the terminal device 100 in an environment where communication with the recording device 200 is possible. For example, after performing a recording reservation operation on the terminal device 100 when the user is out, the terminal device 100 and the recording device 200 can communicate with each other by short-range wireless communication by returning to the home where the recording device 200 is provided. It can be the environment.
When determining whether or not communication between the terminal device 100 and the recording device 200 is possible, the terminal device 100 holds recording device information that can identify a specific recording device 200 that is a target of recording reservation in advance. Further, the recording device 200 is in a state of accepting a search from the terminal device 100. Then, the terminal device 100 searches for a communication partner by transmitting a search radio wave, and automatically establishes a communication link when a specific recording device 200 matching the pre-stored recording device information is searched. It is determined that the environment allows mutual data communication. The connection procedure at this time can conform to the standards for short-range wireless communication.

  When the communication with the recording device 200 is possible, the terminal device 100 indicates that if the recording reservation information to be transmitted to the recording device 200 is held, the user is informed that the recording reservation information is held. To urge the user to transmit the recording reservation information to the recording device 200.

  As notification to the user at this time, for example, a predetermined message can be displayed on the display screen of the touch panel 110. As an example, by displaying “There is a program to reserve recording”, the user is notified that there is recording reservation information held in the terminal device 100. The user who sees this can transmit recording reservation information to the recording device 200 by performing a predetermined operation on the terminal device 100. The recording device 200 executes recording reservation according to the transmitted recording reservation information. The notification to the user that the recording reservation information as described above is held may be performed not only by displaying on the display screen but also by using means such as audio output or vibration.

  By providing such a notification function to the user, according to the embodiment of the terminal device according to the present invention, the user can reliably transmit the recording reservation information generated by the terminal device 100 to the recording device 200. It becomes.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram for explaining a configuration example of a main part of the terminal device according to the present invention. The control unit 1 is configured by a CPU (Central Processing Unit) and controls each element of the terminal device 100. The control unit 1 performs control to execute various operations of the terminal device 100 by reading and executing various control programs stored in a storage unit (ROM (Read Only Memory)) 2. Data stored in a storage unit (RAM (Random Access Memory)) 3 is used as appropriate for execution of the control program.

The storage unit (RAM) 3 stores and holds data used for executing the control program. The recording device information storage unit 31 stores recording device information for which a recording reservation is set. The recording device information is information for identifying a target recording device.
The recording reservation information storage unit 32 stores recording reservation information for making a recording reservation for a program selected by a user operation based on a program table acquired in advance. Further, the program guide storage unit 33 stores program guide information acquired from an external device.

  The storage unit (ROM) 2 is a non-volatile storage unit that stores various control programs. The recording device connection determination unit 21 determines that communication is established between the terminal device 100 and a predetermined recording device with which the terminal device 100 cooperates, and displays information indicating a connection state with the recording device. A control program to be displayed on the device 6 is held. The predetermined recording device is a device that is determined in advance to make a recording reservation based on the recording reservation information generated by the terminal device 100.

  Here, the recording device connection determination unit 21 transmits a radio wave for searching for a communication partner to be paired to search for a recording device to be a communication partner. In this case, recording device information for identifying a predetermined recording device to be reserved for recording is recorded in the recording device information storage unit 31, and device information is obtained by polling or the like from the partner device searched when searching for the recording device. Then, by comparing with the recording device information recorded in the storage unit 3, it is determined whether the searched device is a predetermined recording device. When it is determined that the recording device is a predetermined recording device, a communication link is established, and it is determined that the device is in a connection state in which mutual data communication can be performed with the predetermined recording device. At this time, the recording device connection determination unit 21 notifies the recording reservation information notification unit 22 that it is connected to a predetermined recording device.

  The search for the communication partner device may be performed when a predetermined operation is performed on the input devices 4, 5, or automatically or intermittently by the recording device connection determination unit 21. It may be performed. As a communication means between the terminal device 100 and the recording device 200, any of wired communication and wireless communication may be used, but communication is performed using a communication interface such as a wireless LAN I / F 9, Bluetooth I / F 11, NFC I / F 12. Can do.

  The recording reservation information notification unit 22 records the recording reservation information in the recording reservation information storage unit 32 when the recording device connection determination unit 21 notifies that the terminal device 100 is communicably connected to a predetermined recording device. If so, a control program for notifying that is held.

As a notification that the recording reservation information is held, a predetermined notification image can be displayed on the display device 6. Alternatively, the vibration device 7 may be vibrated or a predetermined voice notification may be output from the speaker 8. Further, a means for causing a predetermined light emitting unit to emit light may be applied.
These notifications allow the user to recognize that the recording reservation information for making a recording reservation for the program is held in the terminal device 100. The user can execute the recording reservation for the recording device by operating the input devices 4 and 5 according to this notification and transmitting the recording reservation information stored in the recording reservation information storage unit 32 to the recording device.

  The recording reservation information generating unit 23 generates recording reservation information for making a recording reservation for a program, and holds a control program stored in the recording reservation information storage unit 32. Here, the recording reservation information generation unit 23 causes the display device 6 to display the program table held in the program table storage unit 33 and selects a program to be reserved for recording according to a user operation via the input devices 4 and 5. Then, recording reservation information for making a recording reservation for the selected program is generated and stored in the recording reservation information storage unit 32.

  The program guide acquisition unit 24 acquires information on the program guide of the broadcast program from an external device and stores it in the program guide storage unit 33. The program guide is provided from, for example, a program information service provider, and the terminal device 100 can acquire the program guide by connecting to the server of the program information service provider via communication means such as the public network I / F 12. Alternatively, a program table acquired by an external device such as a recording device may be transferred to the terminal device 100 using a communication unit such as a wireless LAN I / F 9, Bluetooth I / F 11, or NFC I / F 11.

The network control unit 25 is connected to a network such as a LAN (Local Area Network) or WAN (Wide Area Network), or a network such as the Internet, and performs communication control to enable communication with an external device. Hold.
The output control unit 26 holds a control program that controls the output of various types of information from the terminal device 100. The output control includes various information outputs from the display device 6, the vibration device 7, the speaker 8, and the like in addition to the information output to the external device by the network control unit 25. Further, the input control unit 27 holds a control program that controls input of various information to the terminal device 100.

  The input devices 4 and 5 receive an operation input by a user operation and transmit it to the control unit 1 and correspond to the input unit of the present invention. The input device (key) 4 is a device that accepts an operation input by various keys and buttons, and the input device (touch device) is a device that accepts an operation input by a user's touch operation. The touch device can constitute a touch panel by being integrally attached to the display device 6.

The display device 6 is a device that includes a display screen that displays various images and information. For example, a display device such as a liquid crystal display, a plasma display, or an organic EL display can be applied. The display device 6 corresponds to a display unit of the present invention.
The vibration device 7 is a device for vibrating the terminal device 100 in order to send an incoming communication, various notification information, an alarm, and the like. The speaker 8 outputs various kinds of audio output information as audio. The display device 6, the vibration device 7, and the speaker 8 can notify the user when the recording reservation information is held in the recording reservation information storage unit 32. When the recording reservation information is held, the user can be notified using one or more of the display device 6, the vibration device 7, and the speaker 8.

  The terminal device 100 includes an interface (I / F) for communicating with an external device by a predetermined communication unit. The wireless LAN I / F 9 is an interface for performing communication with an external device connected to the wireless LAN. The Bluetooth I / F 10 is an interface for communicating with an external device by Bluetooth (registered trademark), which is a short-range wireless communication standard for digital devices. The NFC I / F 11 is an interface for communicating with an external device by NFC (Near Field Communication), which is an international standard for wireless communication. The public network I / F 12 is connected to a public network including an exchange connection type telecommunication network provided by a communication carrier or a data communication network represented by a packet exchange network, and is connected to an external device. It is an interface for performing communication. The communication unit of the present invention is realized by the interface and control unit 1.

FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram for explaining functions realized by the terminal device according to the present invention. 3, the functions realized by the elements in FIG. 2 are denoted by the same reference numerals as those in FIG.
The program guide acquisition unit 24 is connected to an external device such as a program information service provider by the network control unit 25 to acquire a necessary program guide, and stores the acquired program guide in the program guide storage unit 33.

The recording reservation information generating unit 23 performs a process for selecting a program to be reserved for recording. Here, the recording reservation information generating unit 23 reads the program table stored in the program table storage unit 33 and controls the display device 6 by the output control unit 26 to display the program table.
When the input control unit 27 accepts a program selection operation by a user operation on the input devices 4 and 5, the recording reservation information generation unit 23 selects a program from the program guide in accordance with the selection operation and makes a recording reservation. Recording reservation information is generated and stored in the recording reservation information storage unit 32.

  The recording device connection determination unit 21 acquires device information of an external device from the network control unit 25. If a recording device that matches the recording device information acquired from the recording device information storage unit 31 is connected, the registered recording is performed. Information indicating that the device is communicably connected to the device is notified to the recording reservation information notification unit 22.

When the recording reservation information notification unit 22 receives from the recording device connection determination unit 21 a notification indicating that it is connected to the registered recording device, the recording reservation information notification unit 22 controls the output control unit 26 to notify that there is recording reservation information. The information to be displayed is displayed on the display device 6. Alternatively, it is notified by vibration that there is recording reservation information, or by voice output or the like.
By executing the operation of each functional block as described above, when the terminal device 100 is communicably connected to a recording device that should make a recording reservation, recording reservation information for making a recording reservation is generated and held. The user can be surely recognized that

FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining an example of recording reservation processing by the terminal device of the present invention.
When a user makes a recording reservation for a program on the terminal device, the user first operates the terminal device to display a program guide (step S1). The program guide is acquired and held by the terminal device from an external device or the like. Then, the terminal device transitions to an input acceptance state for making a recording reservation for the program guide (step S2).

  Next, the terminal device determines whether or not there is an input (step S3). If there is an input, it further determines whether or not a program is selected from the program table by the input (step S4). When a program is selected here, recording reservation information for recording recording of the selected program is generated and stored (step S9). And it returns to step S3 and it is discriminate | determined whether there existed input again. When the user makes a recording reservation for a plurality of programs, the process proceeds from step S3 to step S4 again, and an input for selecting the next program to make a recording reservation can be made.

  If it is not a program selection in step S4, it is determined whether or not the input is an input for moving the cursor (step S5). If the cursor is moved, the cursor display is changed according to the input operation (step S10), and the process returns to step S3. If the input is not a cursor movement, it is further determined whether or not an end process has been selected (step S6). If the end process is not selected, other processes corresponding to the input are executed (step S11), and the process returns to step S3.

  If the end process is selected, it is determined whether or not recording reservation information for reserving recording of the program is stored (step S7). If the recording reservation information is stored, the recording reservation information notification process is started (step S8). This activation process can be executed in the background. If recording reservation information is not stored, the processing is terminated as it is.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart for explaining an example of recording reservation information notification processing by the terminal device of the present invention.
When the recording reservation information is recorded in the terminal device and the recording reservation information notification processing is activated by the processing shown in the flowchart of FIG. 4 (step S21), the terminal device transitions to the event reception state (step S22). Then, it is determined whether or not a predetermined recording device is connected (step S23). Here, it is determined whether or not it is connected so as to be communicable with a predetermined recording device by a search by short-range communication from the terminal device.

  When the terminal device is connected to a predetermined recording device, the terminal device acquires a terminal setting for performing notification (step S24). The terminal setting for notification refers to a setting value for operating the terminal device to notify the user that the recording reservation information is generated and held. And in a terminal device, the output process according to the acquired terminal setting is performed. This output processing is performed by, for example, displaying that there is recording reservation information on the display screen of the display device, vibrating the terminal device using a vibration device, or outputting sound from a speaker that there is recording reservation program selection information. Executed. Thereafter, the process may continue to the recording reservation process of FIG.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart for explaining an example of the recording device connection notification process by the terminal device of the present invention.
In order to transmit recording reservation information and make a recording reservation, the terminal device performs a recording device connection notification process for searching for a predetermined recording device that can communicate and issuing a connection notification. Here, when the search for the recording device is started, the terminal device transitions to the event acquisition state (step S31) and acquires a connection signal with the device (step S32). Here, a radio wave for searching for a communication partner is transmitted from the terminal device, and a signal when there is a response from the partner device can be acquired as a connection signal.

Then, according to the connection signal, it is determined whether or not the connected device is a pre-registered recording device (step S33). Here, for example, the terminal device acquires device information from the connection partner device by polling, and compares the acquired device information of the connection destination with the recording device information of a predetermined recording device registered in advance. If they match, it can be determined that the connected device is a pre-registered recording device.
If the connected device is a pre-registered recording device, the recording reservation information notification process as shown in FIG. 5 is started. Here, the recording device connection determination unit of the terminal device generates a device connection notification and notifies the recording reservation information notification unit. If the connected device is not a pre-registered recording device in step S33, the process returns to step S32 to continue the process of acquiring the connection signal.

  As described above, the terminal device of the present invention includes a recording reservation information generating unit that generates recording reservation information for setting a recording reservation in a predetermined recording device, and a recording reservation information storage unit that stores recording reservation information. A terminal unit that includes a communication unit that communicates with a predetermined recording device, and that transmits the recording reservation information stored in the recording reservation information storage unit to the predetermined recording device from the communication unit and makes a recording reservation to the predetermined recording device A recording device connection determination unit for determining that the communication device is communicably connected to a predetermined recording device, and a recording reservation information storage unit when the recording device connection determination unit is connected to the predetermined recording device so as to be communicable. A recording reservation information notification unit for performing a predetermined notification process indicating that the recording reservation information is stored. Thereby, in the terminal device that can set the recording reservation for the recording device by transmitting the recording reservation information to the recording device, the user can surely recognize that the recording reservation information is generated in the terminal device. Thus, the recording reservation information generated by the terminal device can be reliably transmitted to the recording device, so that the recording device that has received the recording reservation information can reliably execute the recording reservation.

  Furthermore, the terminal device of the present invention includes a program guide acquisition unit that acquires program guide information of a broadcast program from an external device, a program guide storage unit that stores program guide information acquired by the program guide acquisition unit, and a program guide storage unit. A display unit for displaying the stored program guide information, and an input unit for receiving an operation input by the user, and the recording reservation information generating unit is configured to display a specific program according to the operation input for the program guide information displayed on the display unit. Recording reservation information for setting a recording reservation is generated. Thereby, the user can generate recording reservation information to be set in the recording device at an arbitrary location and timing in a state where the program guide is acquired by the terminal device.

  Furthermore, the terminal device of the present invention has a recording device information storage unit that stores information for identifying the predetermined recording device for which scheduled recording is set, and the recording device connection determination unit is communicably connected. When determining a predetermined recording device, information for identifying the counterpart device is acquired from a counterpart device capable of communication, and information for identifying the acquired counterpart device and information stored in the recording device information storage unit Is determined to be the predetermined recording device. As a result, it is possible to appropriately determine a state in which the terminal device that has generated the recording reservation information can communicate with the predetermined recording device for which the recording reservation information is to be set.

  Furthermore, in the terminal device according to the present invention, the predetermined notification process includes a process for displaying predetermined notification information indicating that recording reservation information is stored on a predetermined display unit, a process for vibrating the terminal device, and a recording reservation. This is one or a plurality of processes for outputting sound information indicating that information is stored from a predetermined speaker. Thereby, the notification means when the recording reservation information is stored can be more specifically defined.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Control part, 2 ... Memory | storage part (ROM), 3 ... Memory | storage part (RAM), 4, 5 ... Input device, 6 ... Display apparatus, 7 ... Vibration apparatus, 8 ... Speaker, 9 ... Wireless LAN I / F, DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 ... Bluetooth I / F, 12 ... NFC I / F, 21 ... Recording apparatus connection determination part, 22 ... Recording reservation information notification part, 23 ... Recording reservation information generation part, 24 ... Program guide acquisition part, 25 ... Network control part , 26 ... output control unit, 27 ... input control unit, 31 ... recording device information storage unit, 32 ... recording reservation information storage unit, 33 ... program guide storage unit, 100 ... terminal device, 101 ... pen, 110 ... touch panel, 200 ... recording equipment.

Claims (4)

A recording reservation information generating unit that generates recording reservation information for setting a recording reservation in a predetermined recording device, a recording reservation information storage unit that stores the recording reservation information, and a communication unit that communicates with the predetermined recording device A terminal device configured to transmit the recording reservation information stored in the recording reservation information storage unit to the predetermined recording device from the communication unit and to make a recording reservation in the predetermined recording device,
A recording device connection determination unit that determines that the predetermined recording device is communicably connected;
When the recording reservation information is stored in the recording reservation information storage unit when it is determined that the recording device connection determination unit is communicably connected to the predetermined recording device, the recording reservation information is stored in the recording reservation information storage unit. And a recording reservation information notification unit that performs a predetermined notification process indicating that the information is stored. The terminal device according to claim 1,
A program guide acquisition unit for acquiring program guide information of a broadcast program from an external device;
A program guide storage unit for storing program guide information acquired by the program guide acquisition unit;
A display unit for displaying program guide information stored in the program guide storage unit;
An input unit for receiving user operation input,
The terminal device for generating recording reservation information for setting a recording reservation for a specific program according to an operation input for the program guide information displayed on the display unit. In the terminal device according to claim 1 or 2,
A recording device information storage unit for storing information for identifying the predetermined recording device to be set for scheduled recording;
The recording device connection determination unit acquires information for identifying the partner device from a partner device capable of communication when determining the predetermined recording device connected to be communicable, and acquires the partner A terminal device characterized in that when the information for identifying a device matches the information stored in the recording device information storage unit, the counterpart device is the predetermined recording device. The terminal device according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
The predetermined notification process includes a process of displaying predetermined notification information indicating that the recording reservation information is stored on a predetermined display unit, a process of vibrating the terminal device, and the recording reservation information. A terminal device characterized in that it is one or a plurality of processes for outputting voice information indicating that the voice information is output from a predetermined speaker.

Images