JP2007110501A - Picture recording support device, picture recording device, picture recording system, picture recording support method, and picture recording control method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a picture recording support device which can reduce a user load concerning picture recording reservation of programs. <P>SOLUTION: A receiving unit 201 receives program information from a terminal device. A creation unit 202 creates recommended program information which shows recommended program for picture recording on the basis of the received program information. An output unit 205 outputs the created recommended program information to the terminal device. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a recording support apparatus, a recording apparatus, a recording system, a recording support method, and a recording control method for reserving recording of a program.

  Conventionally, in a recording apparatus for recording a television program, recording of a specific program is reserved by inputting a program start time, a program end time and channel, or a G code.

  In recent years, a recording apparatus has been proposed that not only reserves recording of a specific program but also reserves recording of a program according to a theme or a program in which a specific performer appears. Yes.

  For example, in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2003-87777, when a keyword such as a program name or a performer is input, an electronic program guide (EPG) is stored as the input keyword. A program viewing device to be transmitted to a server is described.

In this program viewing apparatus, when the server receives a keyword, the server searches the electronic program guide with the received keyword and acquires program information including the keyword. The program viewing device reserves recording of the program indicated by the program information acquired by the server.
JP 2003-87777 A

  In the early morning or late night programs, the amount of program information included in the electronic program guide is small.

  For example, the program information may include the program name but not the performer name. In this case, in the program viewing apparatus described in Patent Document 1, recording of the program cannot be reserved even if the name of a performer appearing in the program is input as a keyword.

  In general, an electronic program guide does not include advertisement information. For this reason, the program viewing device described in Patent Document 1 cannot reserve recording of a specific advertisement.

  In these cases, in order to reserve recording of a desired program or advertisement, the user needs to reserve recording of the program, for example, by searching for the desired program from another information source (for example, a magazine). . For this reason, it takes time and effort.

  In addition, the keywords input by the user include notation fluctuations (for example, ramen and Chinese soba). For this reason, for example, when the program information included in the electronic program guide indicates “ramen”, even if the user inputs “Chinese soba” as a keyword, recording of the program indicated by the program information cannot be reserved.

  For this reason, the user needs to reserve recording of the program while paying attention to the fluctuation of the notation, which is troublesome.

  Furthermore, since the number of channels for broadcasting programs has increased in recent years, it has become difficult for users to search for programs that meet their preferences.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a recording support apparatus, a recording apparatus, a recording system, a recording support method, and a recording control method that can reduce a burden on a user related to recording reservation of a program.

In order to achieve the above object, a recording support apparatus according to the present invention is a recording support apparatus that supports recording by a plurality of recording apparatuses, and shows program information indicating a program reserved for recording in the recording apparatus from each recording apparatus. Receiving unit, a creating unit that creates recommended program information indicating a recommended recording program based on the program information received by the receiving unit, and the recommended program information created by the creating unit to the plurality of recording devices The recording reservation method of the present invention is a recording support method performed by a recording support apparatus that supports recording of a plurality of recording apparatuses, and each recording apparatus reserves a recording reservation for the recording apparatus. A receiving step for receiving program information indicating the recorded program; a creating step for creating recommended program information indicating a recommended recording program based on the received program information; and the created recommended program information for the plurality of recommended program information. And an output step of outputting to the recording device.

  According to the above invention, the recommended program information is created based on the program information received from each recording device. The created recommended program information is output to the recording device.

  For this reason, the user can acquire from the recommended program information a favorite program that suits his preference that he could not find himself. Accordingly, since it is possible to reduce the user's effort to search for a favorite program, it is possible to reduce the burden on the user related to the recording reservation of the program.

  It is preferable that output conditions for limiting the amount of information output to the plurality of recording devices are stored, and the recommended program information is created from the program information according to the output conditions.

  According to the above invention, the recommended program information is created according to the output condition. For this reason, it becomes possible to restrict | limit the information content of the recommended program information output to a user.

  The recording apparatus of the present invention is a recording apparatus connected to a recording support apparatus that outputs recommended program information indicating a recommended recording program, the communication unit receiving the recommended program information from the recording support apparatus, and the communication Recording control means for controlling recording of the program based on the recommended program information received by the department.

  The recording control method of the present invention is a recording control method performed by a recording apparatus connected to a recording support apparatus that outputs recommended program information indicating a recommended recording program, and receives the recommended program information from the recording support apparatus. A receiving step, and a control step for controlling recording of the program based on the received recommended program information.

  According to the above invention, recording of a program is controlled based on the received recommended program information. For this reason, it becomes possible to automatically reserve recording of the program indicated by the recommended program information. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the burden on the user related to the program recording reservation.

  Further, reception conditions for limiting the amount of information obtained from the recording support device are stored, and when the received recommended program information meets the reception conditions, the reception recommended program information is selected, and the selection It is desirable that the recording of the program is controlled based on the recommended program information.

  According to the above invention, the recommended program information that meets the reception conditions for limiting the amount of information to be obtained is selected. As a result, it is possible to reduce the acquisition of information unnecessary for the user.

The recording system of the present invention is a recording system including a plurality of recording devices and a recording support device that supports recording of the plurality of recording devices, each recording device having a program reserved for recording by itself. Is transmitted to the recording support device, and thereafter, a communication unit that receives recommended program information indicating a recommended recording program from the recording support device, and recording of the program based on the recommended program information received by the communication unit. Recording control means for controlling
The recording support device includes a receiving unit that receives the program information from each of the plurality of recording devices, a creating unit that creates the recommended program information based on the program information received by the receiving unit, and the creating unit And an output unit that outputs the recommended program information created by the plurality of recording devices.

  The recording support method according to the present invention is a recording method performed by a recording system including a plurality of recording devices and a recording support device that supports recording of the plurality of recording devices. A program transmission step of transmitting program information indicating a program reserved for recording to the recording support device; a program receiving step of receiving the program information from each recording device by the recording support device; and the recording support device comprising: A generation step of creating recommended program information indicating a recommended recording program based on the received program information; and a recommended output step in which the recording support device outputs the generated recommended program information to the plurality of recording devices; The recording device accepts the recommended program information from the recording support device, and the recording device accepts the recommended program information based on the received recommended program information. Comprising a recording step of controlling the set of recording, the.

  According to the above invention, when the recording apparatus transmits program information indicating a program reserved for recording to the recording support apparatus, the recording apparatus receives recommended program information indicating a recommended recording program. Also, when receiving the program information from the recording device, the recording support device creates recommended program information and outputs the created recommended program information to the recording device.

  For this reason, when recording is reserved by the user, it is possible to reserve recording of a recommended recording program. Therefore, the user can reserve the recording of the recommended recording program only by reserving recording of the desired program. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the burden on the user related to the program recording reservation.

  Further, in the recording device, transmission conditions are stored, program information to be transmitted to the recording support device is extracted from program information indicating a program reserved for recording in accordance with the transmission conditions, and the extracted program information Is preferably transmitted to the recording support apparatus.

  According to the above invention, the user can select program information to be transmitted to the recording support apparatus. Therefore, it becomes possible to protect a user's privacy.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, it becomes possible to reduce the burden of the user concerning the recording reservation of a program.

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

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a recording system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

  In FIG. 1, the recording system includes terminals 100 a and 100 b, a server 200, and a network 300. Note that the number of terminals is 2 in FIG.

  The terminals 100a and 100b are recording devices having a communication function.

  The server 200 is, for example, an application service provider server, and supports recording of the terminals 100a and 100b.

  The terminals 100 a and 100 b and the server 200 are connected to each other via the network 300. Note that the network 300 is, for example, the Internet.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of the terminals 100a and 100b. Since the terminals 100a and 100b have the same configuration, the terminal 100a will be described as an example.

  2, the terminal 100a includes an operation unit 101, a control unit 102, a storage unit 103, a clock unit 104, a selection unit 105, a communication unit 106, and a recording unit 107.

  When the operation unit 101 receives program information for reserving a program from the user, the operation unit 101 outputs the received program information to the control unit 102.

  The program information indicates at least one of program start time, program end time, channel, program name, and keyword.

  When the operation unit 101 receives a transmission time from the user, the operation unit 101 outputs the received transmission time to the control unit 102.

  The storage unit 103 includes a reservation information storage unit 110, an identifier storage unit 111, a transmission time storage unit 112, a transmission condition storage unit 113, and a reception condition storage unit 114.

  The reservation information storage unit 110 stores program information for reserving a program.

  The identifier storage unit 111 stores an identifier that identifies the terminal.

  The transmission time storage unit 112 stores the transmission time.

  The transmission condition storage unit 113 stores transmission conditions for extracting program information to be transmitted to the server 200 from program information for reserving a program.

  The transmission condition indicates, for example, “extract program information indicating a predetermined keyword” or “extract program information not indicating a predetermined keyword”.

  The reception condition storage unit 114 stores reception conditions for limiting the amount of information acquired from the server 200.

  The reception condition indicates, for example, “upper limit value of information amount acquired per day” and “upper limit number of recommended program information acquired per day”.

  The reservation condition storage unit 115 stores reservation conditions for creating reservation setting information for specifying a program to be recorded.

  The reservation setting information includes, for example, a program start time, a program end time, and a channel.

  The transmission conditions, reception conditions, and reservation conditions are set by the user.

  The program guide storage unit 116 stores an electronic program guide.

  The reservation setting storage unit 117 stores reservation setting information.

  When receiving the program information from the operation unit 101, the control unit 102 outputs the received program information to the recording unit 107 and stores it in the reservation information storage unit 110.

  When storing the program information, the control unit 102 acquires an identifier from the identifier storage unit 111.

  When the control unit 102 acquires the identifier after receiving the program information from the operation unit 101, the control unit 102 outputs the acquired identifier and the received program information to the selection unit 105.

  Further, when receiving the transmission time from the operation unit 101, the control unit 102 stores the received transmission time in the transmission time storage unit 112.

  The clock unit 104 measures the current time.

  The control unit 102 monitors the clock unit 104 and the transmission time storage unit 112 and determines whether or not the current time measured by the clock unit 104 is the transmission time stored in the transmission time storage unit 112.

  When the current time becomes the transmission time, the control unit 102 acquires program information from the reservation information storage unit 110 and also acquires an identifier from the identifier storage unit 111.

  When acquiring the program information and the identifier, the control unit 102 outputs the acquired program information and the identifier to the selection unit 105.

  Upon receiving the program information and the identifier from the control unit 102, the selection unit 105 confirms the transmission condition stored in the transmission condition storage unit 114.

  Upon confirming the transmission conditions, the selection unit 105 extracts program information to be transmitted to the server 200 from the received program information according to the confirmed transmission conditions.

  For example, when the transmission condition indicates “extract program information indicating a predetermined keyword”, when the transmission condition is confirmed, the selection unit 105 extracts program information indicating the predetermined keyword from the received program information.

  When the selection unit 105 extracts the program information, the selection unit 105 outputs the extracted program information and the received identifier to the communication unit 106.

  When the communication unit 106 receives the program information and identifier from the selection unit 105, the communication unit 106 transmits the received program information and identifier to the server 200 via the network 300.

  Server 200 includes a receiving unit 201, a creating unit 202, a server recording unit 203, an input unit 204, and an output unit 205.

  When receiving the program information and the identifier from the terminal 100a (specifically, the communication unit 106), the receiving unit 201 outputs the received program information and the identifier to the creating unit 202.

  The server storage unit 203 includes a user information storage unit 210 and a program information storage unit 211.

  The user information storage unit 210 restricts the identifier, the affiliation identifier that identifies the group to which the user of the terminal specified by the identifier belongs, and the amount of information transmitted to the terminal specified by the identifier Are stored in association with each identifier.

  The group is, for example, a network community. For example, the group includes a group related to a specific performer or a group related to a specific keyword (for example, ramen).

  The program information storage unit 211 stores an affiliation identifier and program information indicating a program reserved for recording by a user of a group specified by the affiliation identifier in association with each affiliation identifier.

  Upon receiving the program information and identifier from the receiving unit 201, the creating unit 202 creates recommended program information indicating a recommended recording program based on the received program information and identifier.

  The creation unit 202 includes a management unit 220 and an extraction unit 221.

  When receiving the program information and the identifier from the receiving unit 201, the management unit 220 acquires the affiliation identifier associated with the received identifier from the user information storage unit 210.

  When acquiring the affiliation identifier, the management unit 220 stores the acquired affiliation identifier and the received program information in the program information storage unit 211 in association with each other.

  When the affiliation identifier and the program information are stored in association with each other, the management unit 220 creates recommended program information based on the acquired affiliation identifier and the program information associated with the program information storage unit 211.

  For example, the management unit 220 confirms the program information associated with the acquired affiliation identifier in the program information storage unit 211.

  When the management unit 220 confirms the program information, the management unit 220 calculates, for each program information, the reserved number of people who reserved recording with the confirmed program information. Specifically, when the management unit 220 confirms the program information, the reserved number of people reserved for recording with the confirmed program information is displayed, the program name indicated by the program information, the program time zone (program start time or program end time), and the keyword Calculate for each.

  When the number of reserved persons is calculated, the management unit 220 creates recommended program information indicating a predetermined number of program names, program time zones, and keywords in descending order of the calculated reserved number.

  Note that the management unit 220 may create recommended program information indicating a predetermined number of at least one of a program name, a program time zone, and a keyword in descending order of the calculated reservation number. For example, the management unit 220 may create recommended program information that indicates a predetermined number of program names in descending order of the calculated reservation number.

  Further, the management unit 220 may use recommended program information as information that associates program information with the number of people reserved for recording by the program information.

  After creating the recommended program information after receiving the identifier, the management unit 220 outputs the received identifier and the created recommended program information to the extraction unit 221.

  Upon receiving the identifier and recommended program information from the management unit 220, the extraction unit 221 confirms the reply condition associated with the received identifier and the user storage unit 210.

  Upon confirming the reply condition, the extraction unit 221 extracts recommended program information to be transmitted to the terminal 100a from the accepted recommended program information according to the confirmed reply condition.

  For example, when the reply condition indicates “send only three pieces of program information indicating program names in the order of the number of reserved people”, the selection unit 105 selects only three of the received recommended program information in the order of the number of reserved people. Program information indicating a program name associated with the number of reservations is extracted as recommended program information.

  When extracting the recommended program information, the extraction unit 221 outputs the extracted recommended program information to the output unit 205.

  Further, the administrator of the server 200 may update program information for creating recommended program information.

  Specifically, when receiving the program information and the affiliation identifier from the administrator, the input unit 204 outputs the received program information and the affiliation identifier to the management unit 220.

  Next, when receiving the program information and the affiliation identifier from the input unit 204, the management unit 220 stores the received program information and the affiliation identifier in the program information storage unit 211.

  When receiving the recommended program information from the extraction unit 221, the output unit 205 outputs the received recommended program information to the terminal 100 a (specifically, the communication unit 106) via the network 300.

  When receiving the recommended program information from the output unit 205, the communication unit 106 outputs the received recommended program information to the selection unit 105.

  Upon receiving recommended program information from the communication unit 106, the selection unit 105 confirms the reception conditions stored in the reception condition storage unit 114.

  The selection unit 105 determines whether or not the received recommended program information meets the confirmed reception condition.

  If the recommended program information meets the confirmed reception conditions, the selection unit 105 selects the recommended program information to be received as recommended program information.

  For example, when the reception condition indicates “the upper limit value of recommended program information received in one day is 3”, the selection unit 105 confirms the reception condition, and whether or not the received recommended program information is received more than 3 times. Determine whether.

  Next, when the recommended program information is received less than 3, the selection unit 105 selects the recommended program information to be received as recommended program information. Note that the selection unit 105 holds the number of times recommended program information has been received per day.

  When selecting the recommended program information, the selection unit 105 outputs the selected recommended program information to the recording unit 107.

  When the recording unit 107 receives the program information or the recommended program information from the selection unit 105, the recording unit 107 records the program based on the received program information or the recommended program information.

  The recording unit 107 includes a recording control unit 120, a program receiving unit 121, and a recording unit 122.

  When receiving the program information or the recommended program information from the selection unit 105, the recording control unit 120 controls the recording of the program based on the received program information or the recommended program information.

  Specifically, the recording control unit 120 creates reservation setting information based on the received program information or recommended program information.

  For example, when the program information includes the keyword “AAA”, when receiving the program information from the selection unit 105, the recording control unit 120 searches the electronic program guide stored in the program guide storage unit 116 with the received program information. .

  When searching for the electronic program guide, the control unit 102 extracts program information indicating the program start time, program end time, and channel of the program information indicating the keyword “AAA” from the searched electronic program guide as reservation setting information. To do.

  When the program information indicates a program start time, a program end time, and a channel, when the recording control unit 120 receives the program information from the selection unit 105, the recording program unit sets the received program information as reservation setting information.

  In addition, when receiving the recommended program information from the selection unit 105, the recording control unit 120 checks the reservation conditions stored in the reservation condition storage unit 115.

  When the recording control unit 120 confirms the reservation condition, the recording control unit 120 extracts the reservation permission information from the accepted recommended program information according to the confirmed reservation condition.

  For example, if the reservation condition indicates “reserve only programs including the keyword“ AAA ””, the recording control unit 120, after confirming the reservation condition, extracts the keyword “AAA” from the received recommended program information as reservation permission information. .

  When the recording control unit 120 extracts the reservation permission information, the recording control unit 120 creates reservation setting information based on the extracted reservation permission information. Specifically, the recording control unit 120 performs processing similar to the processing for creating reservation setting information from program information, and creates reservation setting information from the extracted reservation permission information.

  When the recording control unit 120 creates reservation setting information, the recording control unit 120 stores the created reservation setting information in the reservation setting storage unit 117.

  In addition, the recording control unit 120 monitors the clock unit 104 and the reservation setting storage unit 117.

  When the current time measured by the clock unit 104 reaches the recording start time indicated by the reservation setting information stored in the reservation setting storage unit 117, the recording control unit 120 informs the program receiving unit 121 of the channel indicated by the reservation setting information. To receive the program.

  The program receiving unit 121 is, for example, a television tuner.

  When receiving the program, the program receiving unit 121 outputs the received program to the recording control unit 120.

  When the recording control unit 120 receives a program from the program receiving unit 121, the recording control unit 120 records the received program in the recording unit 122. Note that when the program is received as an analog signal from the program receiving unit 121, the recording control unit 120 may convert the analog signal into a digital signal and record the digital signal in the recording unit 122.

  The recording unit 122 is, for example, a hard disk.

  Next, the operation will be described.

  FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the recording system.

  When receiving the program information from the user, the operation unit 101 of the terminal 100a executes Step S401.

  In step S <b> 401, the operation unit 101 outputs the received program information to the control unit 102. When receiving the program information, control unit 102 executes step S402.

  In step S <b> 402, the control unit 102 outputs the received program information to the recording control unit 120 and stores it in the reservation information storage unit 110. When the control unit 102 finishes step S402, it executes step S403.

  In step S <b> 403, the control unit 102 acquires an identifier from the identifier storage unit 111.

  When acquiring the identifier, the control unit 102 outputs the acquired identifier and the received program information to the selection unit 105. Upon receiving the identifier and program information, the selection unit 105 executes step S404.

  In step S404, the selection unit 105 confirms the transmission condition stored in the transmission condition storage unit 114.

  Upon confirming the transmission condition, the selection unit 105 extracts program information to be transmitted to the server 200 from the received program information according to the confirmed transmission condition. When selecting the program information, the selection unit 105 executes Step S405.

  In step S <b> 405, the selection unit 105 outputs the extracted program information and the received identifier to the communication unit 106.

  When the communication unit 106 receives the program information and the identifier, the communication unit 106 transmits the received program information and the identifier to the reception unit 201 of the server 200. Receiving part 201 will perform Step S406, if program information and an identifier are received.

  In step S <b> 406, the reception unit 201 outputs the received program information and identifier to the management unit 220. When receiving the program information and the identifier, management unit 220 executes step S407.

  In step S407, the management unit 220 acquires the affiliation identifier associated with the received identifier from the user information storage unit 210.

  When acquiring the affiliation identifier, the management unit 220 stores the acquired affiliation identifier and the received program information in the program information storage unit 211. After storing the affiliation identifier and the program information, management unit 220 executes step S408.

  In step S <b> 408, the management unit 220 creates recommended program information based on the acquired affiliation identifier and the program information associated with the program information storage unit 211.

  When creating the recommended program information, the management unit 220 outputs the created recommended program information and the received identifier to the selection unit 105. When receiving the recommended program information, the extraction unit 221 executes Step S409.

  In step S409, the extraction unit 221 checks the reply condition associated with the received identifier and the reply condition storage unit 212.

  Upon confirming the reply condition, the extraction unit 221 extracts recommended program information to be transmitted to the terminal 100a from the accepted recommended program information according to the confirmed reply condition. When extracting the recommended program information, the extraction unit 221 executes Step S410.

  In step S <b> 410, the extraction unit 221 outputs the extracted recommended program information to the output unit 205.

  When receiving the recommended program information, the output unit 205 outputs the received recommended program information to the communication unit 106 of the terminal 100a via the network 300. When receiving the recommended program information, the communication unit 106 executes Step S411.

  In step S411, the communication unit 106 outputs the accepted recommended program information to the selection unit 105. When receiving the recommended program information, the selection unit 105 executes Step S412.

  In step S <b> 412, the selection unit 105 confirms the reception conditions stored in the reception condition storage unit 114.

  The selection unit 105 determines whether or not the received recommended program information meets the confirmed reception condition. If the recommended program information meets the reception condition, the selection unit 105 executes step 413. If the recommended program information does not meet the reception condition, the selection unit 105 executes step 414.

  In step 413, the selection unit 105 selects the recommended program information received as recommended program information to be acquired.

  On the other hand, in step 414, the selection unit 105 ends the operation.

  In step S414, the selection unit 105 outputs the selected recommended program information to the recording control unit 120.

  When receiving the recommended program information, the recording control unit 120 controls the recording of the program based on the received recommended program information.

  According to the present embodiment, the receiving unit 201 receives program information from the terminals 100a and 100b. The creating unit 202 creates recommended program information based on the program information received by the receiving unit 201. The output unit 205 outputs the recommended program information created by the creation unit 202 to the terminals 100a and 100b.

  In this case, recommended program information is created based on the program information received from each terminal. The created recommended program information is output to the terminal.

  For this reason, the user can acquire from the recommended program information a favorite program that suits his preference that he could not find himself. Accordingly, since it is possible to reduce the user's effort to search for a favorite program, it is possible to reduce the burden on the user related to the recording reservation of the program.

  In the present embodiment, the user information storage unit 210 stores a reply condition. The creation unit 202 creates recommended program information from the program information according to the reply condition.

  In this case, recommended program information is created according to the output conditions. For this reason, it becomes possible to restrict | limit the information content of the recommended program information output to a user.

  In this embodiment, the communication unit 106 accepts recommended program information. The recording control unit 120 controls recording of a program based on the recommended program information received by the communication unit 106.

  In this case, recording of the program is controlled based on the received recommended program information. For this reason, it becomes possible to automatically reserve recording of the program indicated by the recommended program information. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the burden on the user related to the program recording reservation.

  In the present embodiment, the reception condition storage unit 114 stores reception conditions. The selection unit 105 selects the recommended program information when the recommended program information received by the communication unit 106 meets the reception conditions. The recording control unit 120 controls recording of a program based on the recommended program information selected by the selection unit 105.

  In this case, recommended program information that meets the reception conditions for limiting the amount of information to be obtained is selected. As a result, it is possible to reduce the acquisition of information unnecessary for the user.

  In this embodiment, the communication unit 106 transmits program information indicating a program reserved for recording to the server 200, and then receives recommended program information from the server 200. The recording control unit 120 controls recording of a program based on the recommended program information received by the communication unit 106. The receiving unit 201 receives program information from the terminals 100a and 100b. The creating unit 202 creates recommended program information based on the program information received by the receiving unit 201. The output unit 205 outputs the recommended program information created by the creation unit 202 to the terminals 100a and 100b.

  In this case, according to the above-described invention, when the terminal 100a transmits the program information indicating the program reserved for recording to the server 200, the terminal 100a thereafter receives the recommended program information indicating the recommended recording program. In addition, when receiving program information from the terminal 100a, the server 200 creates recommended program information and outputs the created recommended program information to the recording apparatus.

  For this reason, when recording is reserved by the user, it is possible to reserve recording of a recommended recording program. Therefore, the user can reserve the recording of the recommended recording program only by reserving recording of the desired program. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the burden on the user related to the recording reservation of the program.

  The transmission condition storage unit 113 stores transmission conditions. The selection unit 105 extracts program information to be transmitted to the recording support apparatus from program information indicating a program reserved for recording by itself according to the transmission condition. The communication unit 106 transmits the program information extracted by the selection unit 105 to the server 200.

  In this case, the user can select program information to be transmitted to the recording support apparatus. Therefore, it becomes possible to protect a user's privacy.

  In the embodiment described above, the illustrated configuration is merely an example, and the present invention is not limited to the configuration.

It is the block diagram which showed the video recording system of one Example of this invention. It is the block diagram which showed an example of the structure of a terminal. It is the block diagram which showed an example of the structure of a server. It is a flowchart for demonstrating an example of operation | movement of a video recording system.

Explanation of symbols

100a terminal 100b terminal 101 operation unit 102 control unit 103 storage unit 104 clock unit 105 selection unit 106 communication unit 107 recording unit 110 reservation information storage unit 111 identifier storage unit 112 transmission time storage unit 113 transmission condition storage unit 114 reception condition storage Unit 115 reservation condition storage unit 116 program guide storage unit 117 reservation setting information storage unit 120 recording control unit 121 program reception unit 122 recording unit 200 server 201 reception unit 202 creation unit 203 server storage unit 204 input unit 205 output unit 210 user information storage Section 211 Program information storage section 220 Management section 221 Extraction section 300 Network network

Claims (12)

A recording support device that supports recording of a plurality of recording devices,
A receiving unit for receiving program information indicating a program reserved for recording in the recording device from each recording device;
Based on the program information received by the receiving unit, a creating unit that creates recommended program information indicating a recommended recording program;
An output unit that outputs the recommended program information created by the creating unit to the plurality of recording devices. The recording support device according to claim 1,
Output storage means for storing output conditions for limiting the amount of information to be output to the plurality of recording devices;
The recording support device, wherein the creation unit creates the recommended program information from the program information according to the output condition. A recording device connected to a recording support device that outputs recommended program information indicating a recommended recording program,
A communication unit that receives the recommended program information from the recording support device;
And a recording control means for controlling recording of the program based on the recommended program information received by the communication unit. The recording device according to claim 3,
A reception storage unit that stores reception conditions for limiting the amount of information obtained from the recording support device;
If the recommended program information received by the communication unit is in the reception condition, the selection unit further selects the recommended program information,
The recording apparatus, wherein the recording control means controls recording of a program based on recommended program information selected by the selection unit. A recording system including a plurality of recording devices and a recording support device that supports recording of the plurality of recording devices,
Each recording device
A communication unit for transmitting program information indicating a program reserved for recording to the recording support device, and then receiving recommended program information indicating a recommended recording program from the recording support device;
Recording control means for controlling recording of the program based on the recommended program information received by the communication unit,
The recording support device includes:
A receiving unit for receiving the program information from each recording device;
A creation unit that creates the recommended program information based on the program information received by the reception unit;
An output unit that outputs the recommended program information created by the creation unit to the plurality of recording devices. The recording system according to claim 5, wherein
The recording device includes transmission storage means for storing transmission conditions;
A selection unit that extracts program information to be transmitted to the recording support device from program information indicating a program reserved for recording by itself according to the transmission condition;
The communication system, wherein the communication unit transmits the program information extracted by the selection unit to the recording support device. A recording support method performed by a recording support apparatus that supports recording of a plurality of recording apparatuses,
A reception step of receiving program information indicating a program reserved for recording in the recording device from each recording device;
A creation step of creating recommended program information indicating a recommended recording program based on the received program information;
An output step of outputting the created recommended program information to the plurality of recording devices. The recording support method according to claim 7,
The recording support device includes output storage means for storing an output condition for limiting the amount of information to be output to the plurality of recording devices,
A recording support method further comprising a condition creating step of creating the recommended program information from the program information according to the output condition. A recording control method performed by a recording apparatus connected to a recording support apparatus that outputs recommended program information indicating a recommended recording program,
Accepting the recommended program information from the recording support device;
A control step of controlling recording of the program based on the received recommended program information. The recording control method according to claim 9,
The recording device includes a reception storage unit that stores reception conditions for limiting the amount of information received from the recording support device,
A selection step for selecting the recommended program information when the recommended program information received in the reception step meets the reception condition;
And a reception control step of controlling recording of the program based on the selected recommended program information. A recording support method performed by a recording system including a plurality of recording devices and a recording support device that supports recording of the plurality of recording devices,
A program transmission step in which each recording device transmits program information indicating a program reserved for recording to the recording support device;
A program receiving step in which the recording support device receives the program information from each recording device;
The recording support device generates a recommended program information indicating a recommended recording program based on the received program information;
A recommended output step in which the recording support device outputs the generated recommended program information to the plurality of recording devices;
A recommended receiving step in which the recording device receives the recommended program information from the recording support device;
A recording support method comprising: a recording step in which the recording apparatus controls recording of a program based on the received recommended program information. The recording support method according to claim 11,
The recording apparatus includes transmission storage means for storing transmission conditions,
A program extracting step for extracting the program information to be transmitted to the recording support device from the program information indicating the program reserved for recording by the recording device according to the transmission condition;
An extraction and transmission step in which the recording device transmits the extracted program information to the recording support device, and a recording support method further comprising:

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