JP3933141B2 - Server apparatus and client apparatus in reservation record confirmation system - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a server device and a client device in a reservation recording confirmation system for television broadcasting, and in particular, reservation of television broadcasting for transmitting a part of the recorded data to a user terminal after starting recording of television broadcasting reserved for recording by a user. The present invention relates to a server device and a client device in a recording confirmation system.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a television broadcast recording reservation made by a viewer is made by inputting information such as a desired television broadcast channel, broadcast start time, and broadcast end time to a recording device. There has also been proposed a means for knowing that the recording of the TV broadcast reserved by the viewer has been completed (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

  In the conventional reservation recording confirmation system described in Patent Document 1, a mobile terminal device as a client device acquires TV broadcast program information by data broadcasting, browses the program information, and further, based on the program information, obtains a desired information. The recording reservation information of the program is transmitted by e-mail to the receiving device which is the server device, and the recording device makes a recording reservation based on the recording reservation information of the e-mail received by the receiving device. An e-mail containing TV broadcast information is generated by the e-mail transmission means of the receiving device and transmitted to the mobile terminal device owned by the viewer, and the viewer knows the completion of recording by receiving the e-mail, etc. A reservation record confirmation system is disclosed.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2001-136453

  However, in the above-described conventional reservation recording confirmation system, the viewer who is the owner of the portable terminal device is scheduled due to the fact that the TV broadcast program reserved for recording has been changed to a TV broadcast such as extraordinary news, or due to the extension of the baseball broadcast Because it is difficult to know that it will not be broadcast at the time of the day, whether the TV broadcast program reserved for recording is recorded normally on the recording device until the recorded data is played back and confirmed at home There is a problem that you can not know.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and even a client device such as a mobile terminal device that does not have a means for receiving a television broadcast acquires and browses an image of the television broadcast being recorded in the server device. It is an object of the present invention to provide a server device and a client device in a reservation recording confirmation system that can know whether or not a broadcast signal program reserved by a viewer is normally recorded in a recording device.

  In order to achieve the above object, the server device of the present invention accumulates a desired information signal in a storage unit from a reserved recording start time to a recording end time, and connects the reservation recording status via a communication network. Server device of the reservation record confirmation system to be confirmed by the client device, connecting means for connecting to the client device via the communication network and performing bidirectional communication, from the reserved recording start time to the recording end time, Accumulating means for accumulating a desired information signal of a reserved channel in an accumulating unit, and converting an information signal of a predetermined time immediately after the start of reservation recording or after a predetermined time elapses into a predetermined format Data generation means for obtaining information data and confirmation e-mail attached with the information data are generated, and the client is connected via the connection means. A mail transmission means for transmitting to the device, a menu screen information generating means for generating reservation record confirmation menu screen information based on access to the reservation record from the client device, and transmitting it to the client device via the connection means, and a client device Reservation recording information transmitted from the connection means, and reservation recording setting means for setting a reservation recording start time, a reservation recording end time, and a reservation channel according to the received reservation recording information. And

  According to the present invention, a confirmation e-mail attached with information data obtained by converting an information signal of a predetermined time to a predetermined format immediately after the start of reservation recording or after a preset time has elapsed is sent to the client device. Since the data is transmitted, the client device can confirm the information content for a certain time immediately after the start of the reservation recording. Further, in the present invention, based on the reservation record information transmitted from the client device, the reservation record start time, reservation record end time and reservation channel of the reservation record information can be set.

  In order to achieve the above object, the client device of the present invention records the reserved recording status of the server device that records a desired information signal of the reserved channel on a predetermined recording medium from the reserved recording start time to the recording end time. A client device of a reservation record confirmation system for confirming by connecting to a server device via a communication network, connecting means for performing bidirectional communication by connecting to the server device via the communication network, and a desired information signal Reproduction means for reproduction and information data obtained by converting an information signal of a predetermined time, which is transmitted from the server device immediately after the start of reserved recording or after a predetermined time has elapsed, into a predetermined format is attached Receiving means for receiving the confirmation e-mail received through the connecting means and supplying the attached information data to the reproducing means for reproduction Based on the displayed menu screen information, menu screen information display means for obtaining and displaying the reservation record confirmation menu screen information from the server device by accessing the server device via the connection means for the reservation record. And reservation information transmitting means for generating reservation information including a desired reservation recording start time, reservation recording end time, and reservation channel, and transmitting the reservation information to the server device via the connection means.

  In this invention, an information signal of a predetermined time that is attached to the confirmation e-mail transmitted from the server device is converted into a predetermined format immediately after the start of reservation recording or after a predetermined time has elapsed. Since the obtained information data is supplied to the reproducing means and reproduced, the information content immediately after the start of recording when the reserved recording is started in the server device can be confirmed. Also, in the present invention, reservation information including a desired reservation recording start time, reservation recording end time, and reservation channel can be generated and transmitted to the server device via the connecting means. Can be controlled.

  According to the present invention, a confirmation e-mail attached with information data obtained by converting an information signal of a predetermined time into a predetermined format immediately after the start of reservation recording is transmitted to the client device, and the confirmation e-mail received by the client device By playing back the information data attached to the e-mail, the client device can confirm that the reservation recording has been performed in the server device, and the sudden change of the broadcast program recorded in the reservation can be confirmed from the content of the reproduced information signal. It can be easily known from the client device on the go.

  Further, according to the present invention, the client device generates reservation information including a desired reservation recording start time, reservation recording end time, and reservation channel, and transmits the reservation information to the server device via the connection unit. Since the control of the operation is performed, when the desired broadcast program reserved and recorded is changed, the viewer can redo the reservation recording, thereby preventing unnecessary recording. It is possible to prevent overwriting of the information data.

  Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a configuration diagram of a reservation record confirmation system including an embodiment of a client device and a server device according to the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the scheduled recording confirmation system 100 receives a video signal 10 and a television broadcast signal 20 to perform recording, and further distributes the recorded image data to the Internet 30, It is comprised from the client apparatus 300 which acquires image data.

  In FIG. 1, a server device 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention receives a video signal 10 and a television broadcast signal 20 and performs electrical signal processing, and a signal processing unit 210 compresses the signal processing unit 210. An image storage unit 220 that stores image data and the like, a control unit 230 that controls the entire server device 200, an operation unit 240, and a network communication unit 250 are included.

  The signal processing unit 210 selects and receives the TV broadcast signal 20 of a desired channel and outputs a video signal, and converts the analog video signal 10 or the TV broadcast signal 20 from the tuner 211 into a digital video signal. An A / D converter 212 and an image processor 213 that performs image processing on the digital video signal output from the A / D converter 212 are configured.

  The TV broadcast video signal of a desired channel output from the tuner 211 or the video signal 10 supplied from an external device is converted into a digital video signal by the A / D converter 212. The image processing device 213 uses an image codec capable of storing the digital video signal output from the A / D conversion device 212 in the image storage unit 220, for example, ISO / IEC (the International Organization for Standardization / the International Electro technical Commission). It is converted into MPEG-2 (Moving Picture Experts Group phase 2) or MPEG-4 (Moving Picture Experts Group phase 4). The image processing device 213 is controlled by the control unit 230.

  The image storage unit 220 records image data obtained by conversion by the image processing device 213. On the contrary, the image storage unit 220 can read out the recorded image data and take it into the image processing device 213 and the control unit 230. The image storage unit 220 includes a rewritable recording medium such as a magnetic disk, magnetic tape, magneto-optical disk, or semiconductor memory capable of storing a plurality of image data, and a recording / reproducing unit thereof.

  The control unit 230 includes an HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) server 231, a mail transmission device 232, and a mail reception device 233, and also stores various programs and data for comprehensively controlling the entire server device 200. It also has an arithmetic unit (none of which is shown) having a determination function for performing processing based on the memory to be stored and their programs and data. Here, the various programs and data refer to file formats that can be reproduced by the client device 300 from the image data output from the image processing device 213 and the image storage unit 220, such as MP4 files defined by ISO / IEC. Program and data for performing conversion, recording reservation, and other processing.

  The HTTP server 231 receives a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) access from another device, and performs a process according to the content of the URL, for example, a process of transmitting image data. The mail transmission device 232 performs an e-mail creation process with image data attached. The mail reception device 233 performs reception processing such as an electronic mail transmitted from the client device 300 output from the network communication unit 250. The control unit 230 performs processing according to the content of the electronic mail received by the mail receiving device 233.

  The operation unit 240 includes a touch panel attached to a display such as a liquid crystal display or a cathode ray tube (CRT), a remote controller, various input devices, a data input device using voice recognition, and the like. Input various information such as e-mail address.

  The network communication unit 250 is connected to the Internet 30 or the like, stores data (for example, e-mail or image data) supplied from the control unit 230 in a packet of a predetermined method, and is connected to the client device via the Internet 30. To 300. In addition, the network communication unit 250 outputs data or a program stored in a packet received from the client device 300 via the Internet 30 to the control unit 230.

  FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of a reservation record confirmation system showing an embodiment of the client device 300 according to the present invention together with the server device 200 and the Internet. In the figure, the same components as those in FIG. In FIG. 2, the client device 300 includes a network communication unit 310 that acquires e-mail and image data transmitted from the server device 200, a control unit 320 that controls the entire client device 300, an operation unit 330, an image The image reproduction unit 340 performs data reproduction processing and the like.

  The network communication unit 310 has the same configuration as the network communication unit 250 shown in FIG. The control unit 320 includes a mail transmitting device 321, a mail receiving device 322, and a browser 323, and has a memory for storing various programs and data for controlling the entire client device 300 and a determination function. An arithmetic unit (none of which is shown) is included. The mail transmission device 321 performs an e-mail creation process. The mail receiving device 322 receives the e-mail data output from the network communication unit 310, extracts the attached image data and the like, and outputs the extracted image data to the image reproduction unit 340. The browser 323 has a function of performing file transfer by the HTTP protocol and decoding and displaying hypertext described in HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language).

  The operation unit 330 has the same configuration as the operation unit 240 shown in FIG. 1 and has the same operation, and performs input for creating the contents of an e-mail. The image reproduction unit 340 has a function of interpreting image data received by the mail receiving device 322 or the browser 323 and displaying the image data on a display.

  Note that the server apparatus 200 and the client apparatus 300 are normally owned by the same owner, and the server apparatus 200 is a combination of a magnetic tape recording / reproducing apparatus and a disk recording / reproducing apparatus such as an HDD. There is a server device installed in a home device, a server device installed in a household electrical appliance capable of handling and storing images, such as a DVC or a digital camera, or a dedicated server device. On the other hand, the client device 300 is, for example, a portable terminal device that does not have a means for receiving a television broadcast, but may not be portable.

  Next, processing operations of the reservation record confirmation system shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 will be described with reference to flowcharts shown in FIGS. First, a process in which the server apparatus 200 transmits a recording confirmation mail to the client apparatus 300 at the start of recording will be described with reference to FIG. When the recording of the television broadcast reserved by the viewer is started (step S101 in FIG. 3), the image processing device 213 of the server device 200 in FIG. 1 starts from the digital video signal supplied from the A / D conversion device 212. For example, the recorded image data for 30 seconds from 3 minutes after the start of the television broadcast program is extracted and converted into an image format that can be reproduced by the image reproduction unit 340 of the client device 300 in FIG. 2 (step S102 in FIG. 3).

  At this time, if the extraction start time of the recorded image data matches the program start time of the television broadcast, the content of the recorded image data may be commercial (CM). Is set. The time length of the recorded image data is also set in advance with a time length that the viewer determines to be sufficient for confirming the recording.

  The mail transmission device 232 creates a recording confirmation e-mail attached with the recorded image data output from the image processing device 213 (hereinafter also simply referred to as a recording confirmation mail) (step S103 in FIG. 3). FIG. 7 shows an example of the recording confirmation mail. This recording confirmation email includes information such as the date, the reservation ID created by the control unit 230 when the viewer performs the recording reservation process, the recording start time and the scheduled end time of the recording, and the TV broadcast channel. It is included and the recorded image data is attached. The network communication unit 250 transmits the recording confirmation mail output from the mail transmission device 232 to the client device 300 via the Internet 30 (step S104 in FIG. 3).

  Next, in the server device 200, when the recording of the television broadcast reserved for recording by the viewer is interrupted before the scheduled recording end time, the server device 200 cancels the recording for notifying the client terminal 300 of the recording abnormality. Will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 4.

  For example, when the image storage unit 220 of the server apparatus 200 in FIG. 1 is configured to perform recording / playback with respect to a tape medium, recording may be stopped due to a lack of remaining tape during recording. Yes (step S201 in FIG. 4). Here, the control unit 230 manages the recording reservation information, and when the recording end time of the image storage unit 220 is earlier than the end time in the recording reservation, the control unit 230 determines that the recording is to be stopped and transmits the mail. This is communicated to the device 232. Thereby, the mail transmission device 232 creates a recording stop mail (step S202 in FIG. 4).

  FIG. 8 shows an example of the recording stop mail. In this example, the contents of the recording stop mail include information such as date, reservation ID, recording start time, channel, and the like, as in the recording confirmation mail of FIG. 7, and detailed information indicating the cause of the recording stop. . The network communication unit 250 in the server apparatus 200 of FIG. 1 transmits a recording stop mail output from the mail transmitting apparatus 232 to the client apparatus 300 via the Internet 30 and records the recording to the viewer who is the owner of the client apparatus 300. Is stopped (step S203 in FIG. 4).

  Next, the recording confirmation operation in the client apparatus 300 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. First, the client device 300 in FIG. 2 receives an electronic mail transmitted from the server device 200 by the network communication unit 310 via the Internet 30 and performs an email reception process by the mail receiving device 322 (FIG. 5). Step S301).

  Subsequently, the mail receiving device 322 determines whether the received electronic mail is a recording confirmation mail or a recording stop mail based on, for example, the value (unique identifier) of the mail header (step S302 in FIG. 5). If it is determined that the received e-mail is a recording confirmation mail as shown in FIG. 7, the image data attached to the recording confirmation mail is output to the image reproduction unit 340, and the attached image data is reproduced. The reproduced image is displayed on the display (step S303 in FIG. 5).

  The viewer who is the owner of the client device 300 looks at the playback image of the attached image data and determines whether the image content matches the television broadcast reserved for recording (step S304 in FIG. 5). The confirmation operation ends (step S308 in FIG. 5). On the other hand, if the content of the image data attached to the recording confirmation email is content other than a TV program such as a CM, for example, the viewer cannot determine that the attached image data matches the TV broadcast reserved for recording. The operation unit 330 is operated to instruct the creation of an image request mail for requesting other recorded image data.

  In accordance with the image request mail creation instruction, the mail transmission device 321 creates an image request mail for requesting other recorded image data (step S305 in FIG. 5), and the server device 200 via the network communication unit 310 and the Internet 30. (Step S307 in FIG. 5).

  FIG. 9 shows an example of the image request mail. In this example, the content of the image request mail is composed of an item surrounded by tags (<>) and the setting content of the item, <ID> is the reservation ID described in FIG. 7, and <command1> is the image. The request command, <elapsed time> indicates the image data recording start time represented by the elapsed time from the recording start time, and <recording time> indicates the time length of the image data. The contents of each item are set from the operation unit 330 by the viewer.

  In the server device 200, when the mail receiving device 233 receives the above-described image request mail via the network communication unit 250, the content of the received image request mail is determined, and an image read command is sent to the image storage unit 220 according to the content. I do. The recorded image data read from the image storage unit 220 in accordance with this image read command is converted into an image format by the image processing device 213 and then again as a recording confirmation email from the mail transmission device 232 via the network communication unit 250 to the Internet 30. And transmitted to the client device 300.

  On the other hand, when the control unit 320 determines that the received e-mail is a recording stop mail as shown in FIG. 8 by the mail receiving device 322 in step S302, the television transmission reserved for recording by the mail transmitting device 321 is performed. A recording resumption mail for resuming the recording is created (step S306 in FIG. 5), and the recording resumption mail is transmitted to the server device 200 via the network communication unit 310 and the Internet 30 (step S307 in FIG. 5).

  FIG. 10 shows an example of a recording resumption mail that is created when a recording resumption request is made with respect to the recording interruption mail of FIG. In this example, the content of the recording resumption mail is composed of an item surrounded by tags (<>) and setting contents of the item, as in the image request mail of FIG. 9, and <ID> is described in FIG. The reservation ID, <command1> indicates a recording resumption command, <command2> indicates a tape rewind command, and <command3> indicates a recording confirmation mail request command after resumption of recording. The viewer sets the content of each item from the operation unit 330.

  When the mail reception device 233 receives the image resumption mail via the network communication unit 250, the content of the received image resumption mail is determined, the tape of the image storage unit 220 is rewound, and recording is resumed.

  Next, the operation of the recording confirmation operation in the server apparatus 200 by the client apparatus 300 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. This recording confirmation work can be performed using the HTTP server 231 in the server device 200 and the browser 323 in the client device 300.

  First, the viewer who is the owner of the client device 300 opens the network communication unit 310 and the Internet 30 from the browser 323 of the client device 300 and the network communication unit 250 of the server device 200 at a time when a desired program is broadcast. To the HTTP server 231 (step S401 in FIG. 6).

  In accordance with this access, the HTTP server 231 generates menu information of the HTML document and transmits a response to the browser 323 via the network communication unit 250 of the server device 200, the Internet 30, and the network communication unit 310 of the client device 300, respectively. As a result, the browser 323 decodes the HTML document output from the HTTP server 231 and displays a menu screen as shown in FIG. 11 to determine whether “recording confirmation” or “recording reservation” is selected (FIG. 11). 6 step S402).

  That is, on the menu screen shown in FIG. 11, there are a URL displayed as “recording confirmation” and a URL displayed as “recording reservation” as a menu. When the viewer selects “recording confirmation”, the selection information is transmitted from the client device 300, received by the server device 200, and supplied to the HTTP server 231. The HTTP server 231 proceeds to step S403 or step S407 in FIG. 6 according to the URL selected by the viewer.

  When the viewer selects a URL displayed as “recording confirmation”, the HTTP server 231 determines whether or not a recording process is currently being performed (step S403 in FIG. 6). The information of the setting screen of the recorded image data as shown in a) and (b) is transmitted to the client apparatus 300 via the Internet 30 and displayed on the browser 323, and the desired setting of extracting the recorded image data is set by the viewer. This is performed (step S404 in FIG. 6).

  The setting information is transmitted from the client device 300 to the server device 200 via the Internet 30 by the above-described recording image data extraction setting using the operation unit 330 of the client device 300. When the server device 200 receives the setting information, the control unit 230 interprets the setting information, and sends an image extraction command to the image storage unit 220 according to the interpretation result. The output recorded image data is supplied to the image processing device 213, where it is converted into a format that can be played back by the image playback unit 340 of the client device 300 (step S405 in FIG. 6).

  The recorded image data extracted and format-converted by the image processing device 213 is distributed from the server device 200 to the client device 300 via the Internet 30 (step S406 in FIG. 6). The client apparatus 300 receives the above recorded image data received by the network communication unit 310 and supplied to the control unit 320 in response to a request that the browser 323 selects a URL in FIGS. 12 (a) and 12 (b). If it is determined that the response is a response, the received recorded image data is transferred to the image reproduction unit 340 and is reproduced by the image reproduction unit 340, and the reproduced image is displayed on the display.

  The viewer who is the owner of the client apparatus 300 looks at the reproduced image of the received recorded image data and determines whether the image content matches the television broadcast reserved for recording (step S409 in FIG. 6). The recording confirmation operation ends (step S410 in FIG. 6). On the other hand, if it cannot be determined whether or not the content of the recorded image data matches the television broadcast reserved for recording, the process returns to step S403 in FIG. 6 (step S409 in FIG. 6).

  Further, when the viewer selects “recording reservation” from the menu screen shown in FIG. 11 in step S402 in FIG. 6, or when it is determined in step S403 in FIG. 13 is displayed, and the viewer makes a recording reservation for setting a desired recording start time, scheduled recording end time, and channel according to the recording reservation screen (step S407 in FIG. 6).

  When this recording reservation is performed, the recording reservation information is transmitted from the client device 300, received by the network communication unit 250 in the server device 200 via the Internet 30, and then supplied to the HTTP server 231. An arithmetic unit (not shown) having a determination function for overall control of the server device 200 in the control unit 230 is based on the recording reservation information received by the HTTP server 231, and the tuner in the signal processing unit 210. 211 to control the tuner 211 to select a reserved channel from immediately before the recording start time to the recording end time, thereby recording the image storage unit 220 of the channel reserved for recording from the recording reservation start time. Start (step S408 in FIG. 6).

  As described above, according to this embodiment, a client device 300 such as a mobile terminal device that does not have a means for receiving a television broadcast can acquire and view an image of the television broadcast being recorded in the recording device. Thus, it is possible to know whether or not the television broadcast reserved by the viewer who is the owner of the client device 300 and the server device 200 is normally recorded on the recording device.

  Therefore, the viewer can know the sudden change of the television broadcast reserved for recording from the outside by using the client device 300. Furthermore, since a new recording reservation can be made from the client device 300, the viewer can redo the recording reservation when the desired television program reserved for the recording is changed. Thereby, useless recording can be prevented.

  Note that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment. For example, an external recording device may perform recording reservation and recording processing for television broadcasting. In this case, the video signal 10 output from the external recording device is converted into a format that can be reproduced by the client device 300 in the image processing device 213 and the control unit 230 of the server device 200, and the network communication unit 250 distributes it to the client device 300. .

  In the present invention, the information signal to be recorded / reproduced is described as a television broadcast video signal in the above embodiment, but may be a television signal composed of a video signal and an audio signal, or an audio signal of a television broadcast or an audio broadcast. Only a signal may be used. The present invention can also be applied to reserved recording of information signals other than broadcast signals.

It is a block diagram of one embodiment of a server device of the present invention in a reservation record confirmation system. It is a block diagram of one embodiment of a client device of the present invention in a reservation record confirmation system. It is a flowchart for operation | movement description in which the server apparatus of this invention transmits a recording confirmation mail. It is a flowchart for operation | movement description in which the server apparatus of this invention transmits a recording stop mail. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of operation | movement until a client apparatus of this invention receives a recording confirmation mail and a recording cancellation mail, and a viewer confirms recording. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of operation | movement of a server apparatus and a client apparatus, when recording confirmation is performed by HTTP access to the server apparatus from the client apparatus of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the recording confirmation mail transmitted / received in this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the recording stop mail transmitted / received in this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the image request mail transmitted / received in this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the recording resumption mail transmitted / received in this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the menu selection screen displayed on the browser of a client apparatus, when recording confirmation is carried out by HTTP access to the server apparatus from the client apparatus of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the acquisition image setting screen displayed on the browser of a client apparatus, when recording confirmation is carried out by the HTTP access to the server apparatus from the client apparatus of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the recording reservation screen displayed on the browser of a client apparatus, when performing recording reservation by the HTTP access to the server apparatus from the client apparatus of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Video signal 20 Television broadcast signal 30 Internet 100 Reservation record confirmation system 200 Server apparatus 211 Tuner 212 A / D conversion apparatus 213 Image processing apparatus 210 Signal processing section 220 Image storage section 230, 320 Control section 231 HTTP server 232, 321 Mail transmission Device 233, 322 Mail receiving device 240, 330 Operation unit 250, 310 Network communication unit 300 Client device 323 Browser 340 Image playback unit

Claims (2)

A server device of a reservation recording confirmation system that accumulates a desired information signal in a storage unit from a reserved recording start time to a recording end time, and that allows a client device connected via a communication network to confirm the reservation recording status. There,
Connection means for performing bidirectional communication by connecting to the client device via the communication network;
From the reserved recording start time to the recording end time, storage means for storing the desired information signal of the reserved channel in the storage unit,
Data generation means for obtaining information data by converting the information signal of a predetermined time immediately after the start of reservation recording or after a predetermined time elapses into a predetermined format;
A mail transmission unit that generates a confirmation e-mail attached with the information data and transmits the confirmation e-mail to the client device via the connection unit;
Menu screen information generation means for generating reservation record confirmation menu screen information based on access to the reservation record from the client device and transmitting the reservation record confirmation menu screen information to the client device via the connection means;
Reservation record setting means for receiving the reservation record information transmitted from the client device via the connection means, and setting a reservation record start time, a reservation record end time and a reservation channel according to the received reservation record information And a server device in a reservation record confirmation system. Reservation recording for confirming a reservation recording status of a server device that records a desired information signal of a reservation channel on a predetermined recording medium from a reserved recording start time to a recording end time by connecting to the server device via a communication network A client device of the verification system,
Connection means for performing bidirectional communication by connecting to the server device via the communication network;
Reproducing means for reproducing the desired information signal;
For confirmation with information data attached from the server device converted from the information signal for a predetermined time immediately after the start of reservation recording or after a preset time has elapsed, to a predetermined format A mail receiving means for receiving an e-mail via the connecting means and supplying the attached information data to the reproducing means for reproduction;
Menu screen information display means for acquiring and displaying reservation record confirmation menu screen information from the server apparatus by accessing the server apparatus via the connection means for reservation recording;
Reservation information transmission means for generating reservation information including a desired reservation recording start time, reservation recording end time and reservation channel based on the displayed menu screen information, and transmitting the reservation information to the server device via the connection means; A client apparatus in a reservation record confirmation system comprising:

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