JP2009111744A - Video recording apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a video recording apparatus in which video recording is prevented from being missed, by conducting a high-accuracy detection of a program that matches the preference of a user, while effectively utilizing program specific information/service information (PSI/SI) information, and the program meeting the preference of the user can be distributed to a communication terminal at a remote site. <P>SOLUTION: A view-video recording keyword is extracted from information contained in PSI/SI information of a received program by a PSI/SI information analysis unit 14, program information is retrieved and a program is detected by a notification program detection unit 21, the program containing at least either the video video-recording keyword or a user keyword set by user operation. A message reporting the detected program is generated by a message generating unit 22, and this message is transmitted to a communication terminal 60 by a network communication control unit 27. On the basis of a message redirected from the communication terminal 60, reserved video-recording of the program detected by the notification program detection unit 21 is performed, and the program is distributed to the communication terminal 60. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a video recording apparatus for recording a digital broadcast program.

  Multiple programs (programs) are multiplexed on a transport stream (TS) that is a digital signal sequence compressed and encoded by MPEG2 (Moving Picture Experts Group 2), which is widely used as an image compression coding system. PSI (Program Specific Information) / SI (Service Information) information is multiplexed on the TS so that the receiving side can select and play back the target program from the multiple programs. ing.

  This PSI / SI information is transmission control information standardized by ISO / IEC13818-1, and includes a program relationship table (PAT: Program Association Table), a program map table (PMT: Program Map Table), and a selection information table ( It is composed of a table such as SIT (Selection Information Table) and various descriptors (Descriptors) used for each purpose.

  The above PSI / SI information is used to select a desired program in a receiving apparatus that receives a digital broadcast signal composed of a transport stream in which a plurality of programs are multiplexed (for example, Patent Document 1). reference).

In addition, the program that the user wants to be notified is automatically searched based on the reservation history and the notification condition set by the user, the user is notified by e-mail, and according to the reply contents to the notification information by e-mail, A broadcast receiver having means for making a recording reservation for a notified program is disclosed (for example, see Patent Document 2).
JP 2004-104752 A JP 2003-134409 A

  However, the digital broadcast receiving apparatus described in Patent Document 1 uses the digital copy control descriptor information which is a PMT descriptor in the PSI / SI information. There are various types. For example, there are a component descriptor indicating the type of component signal and a content descriptor indicating the genre of the program. Conventionally, these descriptors have not been used effectively, and the descriptor contents themselves have only been used for display.

  Further, in Patent Document 2, a program that the user wants to notify is searched based on the reservation history and the notification condition set by the user, but the user's preference changes and matches the user's preference. In order to notify the program with high accuracy, sufficient information cannot be obtained only by the reservation history and the user's condition designation. In addition, it is troublesome for the user to set the condition designation many times. In addition, recording reservation settings are made based on whether or not an e-mail is sent back, but there are only two choices for recording reservation or not as an action when a notification is received, and a remote user can watch the program on the spot. I couldn't.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above, and by using PSI / SI information effectively, a program that matches the user's preference can be detected with high accuracy, and recording can be prevented from being missed. It is another object of the present invention to provide a video recording apparatus capable of distributing a program that matches user preferences.

  In order to achieve the above object, a video recording apparatus of the present invention includes a receiving means for receiving a desired digital broadcast program, program name information, genre information, channel information, broadcast date and time information of a plurality of programs scheduled to be broadcast in a predetermined period. Program information acquisition means for acquiring program information for each of the plurality of programs from the outside, including at least program name information, genre information, and program content of the program information received by the reception means Keyword extracting means for extracting a keyword from information, viewing recorded keyword storing means for storing the keyword extracted by the keyword extracting means as a viewing recording keyword, and user keyword storing means for storing a keyword input by a user operation as a user keyword And the viewing recording keyword and the user from the program information. A search means for searching for the keyword and detecting a program having program information including at least one of the viewing recording keyword and the user keyword, and program name information of a detected program that is a program detected by the detection means, Transmitting means for transmitting detected program information including channel information and broadcast date / time information to an external communication terminal via a network, and recording reservation instruction for the detected program transmitted from the communication terminal that has received the detected program information When receiving information, a recording reservation means for recording recording of the detected program, a recording means for recording the detected program reserved for recording by the recording reservation means, and the communication terminal that has received the detected program information, The detection recorded on the recording means when the distribution reservation instruction information is received together with the recording reservation instruction information Set and characterized by comprising a delivering device for delivering the communication terminal is read from the recording means.

  According to the video recording apparatus of the present invention, the PSI / SI information is effectively used to detect a program that matches the user's preference with high accuracy, and prevents the recording from being missed. Programs that match user preferences can be distributed.

  The best mode for carrying out the video recording apparatus of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a video recording apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the video recording apparatus 10 according to the present embodiment includes a broadcast receiving unit 11, a program information acquisition unit 12, a program selection unit 13, a PSI / SI information analysis unit 14, and a dictionary information storage unit. 15, a video / audio reproduction unit 16, an output unit 17, a video / audio recording processing unit 18, a content storage unit 19, a user keyword setting unit 20, a notification program detection unit 21, a message generation unit 22, and a message The television monitor 40 includes an analysis unit 23, a video / audio format conversion unit 24, a recording / distribution reservation setting unit 25, a storage memory 26, a network communication control unit 27, a light receiving unit 28, and a control unit 29. It is connected.

  The video recording apparatus 10 has a function of connecting to the network 50, and can communicate with an external communication terminal 60 via the network 50.

  The broadcast receiving unit 11 receives digital broadcast waves such as terrestrial digital broadcasts and CS (Communication Satellite) broadcasts, and outputs digital signals in the MPEG2-TS format.

  The program information acquisition unit 12 uses program name information, genre information, channel information, and broadcast date / time information of a plurality of programs scheduled to be broadcast in a predetermined period from the PSI / SI information included in the MPEG2-TS input from the broadcast receiving unit 11. Program information including program content information is acquired. The program information may be acquired from an Internet site via the Internet.

  The program selection unit 13 selects a desired program from the MPEG2-TS input from the broadcast reception unit 11, and outputs video data, audio data, and PSI / SI information of the selected program.

  The PSI / SI information analysis unit 14 uses a received program information including the program name information, genre information, and program content information of the program included in the PSI / SI information of the program selected by the program selection unit 13 as a dictionary to be described later. The keyword is extracted with reference to the dictionary information stored in the information storage unit 15, and the extracted keyword list is stored in the storage memory 26 as a viewing / recording keyword list 26A.

  The dictionary information storage unit 15 stores dictionary information for reference by the PSI / SI information analysis unit 14. The dictionary information includes a plurality of keywords and is acquired from the outside via the network 50. Further, the dictionary information storage unit 15 is connected to the network 50 automatically in a predetermined period or in response to a user operation, and updates the dictionary information.

  The video / audio reproduction unit 16 decodes the video data and audio data of the program selected by the program selection unit 13 and supplies the decoded video data and audio data to the output unit 17.

  The output unit 17 generates a television output signal from the video data and audio data decoded by the video / audio reproduction unit 16, and outputs this to an external television monitor 40.

  The video / audio recording processing unit 18 performs processing for recording the video data and audio data of the program selected by the program selection unit 13 in the content storage unit 19 at the time of recording the program.

  The content storage unit 19 is composed of a random-accessible large-capacity recording medium such as a hard disk, and stores the video data and audio data of the program supplied from the video / audio recording processing unit 18.

  The user keyword setting unit 20 sets a keyword input according to a user operation as a user keyword, and stores the keyword list in the storage memory 26 as a user keyword list 26B.

  The notification program detection unit 21 searches the program information acquired by the program information acquisition unit 12 for a viewing recording keyword included in the viewing recording keyword list 26A and a user keyword included in the user keyword list 26B, and the viewing recording keyword and user. A program having program information including at least one of the keywords is detected. The notification program detection unit 21 is a notification that is a list of programs in which at least the program name information, channel information, and broadcast date / time information of the detected program are notified to the communication terminal 60 as detected program information among the detected program information. A completed program list 26C is generated and stored in the storage memory 26.

  The message generator 22 generates a message for transmitting the detected program information of the program detected by the notification program detector 21 to the communication terminal 60.

  The message analysis unit 23 analyzes the message returned from the communication terminal 60 that has received the message generated by the message generation unit 22 and transmitted from the video recording apparatus 10 via the network 50.

  The video / audio format conversion unit 24 re-encodes the video data and audio data of the program distributed to the communication terminal 60 into a compression format suitable for the specifications of the communication terminal 60.

  The recording / distribution reservation setting unit 25 generates recording reservation information including program name information, channel information, and broadcast date / time information of a program to be reserved for recording, and indicates that the program to be reserved for recording is distributed to the communication terminal 60 after recording. Distribution reservation information is generated, and the recording reservation information and distribution reservation information are stored in the storage memory 26 as recording / distribution reservation information 26D.

  The storage memory 26 stores various types of information such as the above-mentioned viewing / recording keyword list 26A, user keyword list 26B, notified program list 26C, recording / distribution reservation information 26D, and communication terminal information 26E described later.

  The network communication control unit 27 is connected to the network 50 and performs message transmission / reception and video data / audio data transmission / reception.

  The light receiving unit 28 receives, for example, infrared rays output from a remote controller (not shown), appropriately converts a transmission signal by the infrared rays into an operation signal, and outputs the operation signal to the control unit 29.

  The control unit 29 comprehensively controls each unit provided in the video recording apparatus 10.

  In the video recording apparatus 10 according to the present embodiment, in order to communicate with the remote communication terminal 60, it is necessary to set the communication terminal 60 in advance as a communication partner. The set information is stored in the storage memory 26 as communication terminal information 26E. The communication terminal information 26E is referred to during message transmission or video format conversion.

  A communication partner setting process will be described. When a signal indicating a setting instruction of a communication partner is input via the light receiving unit 28 by a user's remote control operation, the control unit 29 causes the video / audio reproduction unit 16 to generate a communication terminal information setting screen, and the output unit 17 causes the television to It is displayed on the monitor 40.

  An example of the communication terminal information setting screen displayed here is shown in FIG. In FIG. 2, the communication terminal information setting screen 30 includes a terminal type input field 31 for inputting a terminal type, a video format type input field 32 for inputting a video format type, and a mail address of the communication terminal 60. An e-mail address input field 33 for inputting, an “OK” button 34 for executing the setting, and a “return” button 35 for ending the communication terminal information setting screen 30 are displayed.

  As shown in FIG. 2, as the setting items, the terminal type of the communication terminal 60, the video format type of the distribution video, and in this embodiment, e-mail is used as an example for sending and receiving messages. Set.

  The type of communication terminal may be any device that can be connected to a network and can transmit and receive data, such as a mobile phone and a personal computer (PC). As a format of the distribution video, here, a high-quality image can be provided at a low bit rate. H.264 is set as an example, but can be changed according to the speed of the network 50 and the specifications of the communication terminal 60. Therefore, the video recording apparatus 10 incorporates various codecs in the video / audio format conversion unit 24.

  When the terminal type input field 31, the video format type input field 32, or the mail address input field 33 is selected by the user's remote control operation when the communication terminal information setting screen 30 is displayed, the control unit 29 displays As shown, the audio / video reproduction unit 16 is controlled so as to display the character input window 36 as a pop-up screen.

  And a user inputs the character string which shows the setting content according to each input column by selecting a character from the character input window 36 sequentially. When a character string indicating the setting content is input by the user's remote control operation and the “OK” button 34 is selected, the control unit 29 stores the setting content indicated by the input character string in the storage memory 26 as communication terminal information 26E. save.

  Next, a procedure for learning user preferences in the video recording apparatus 10 will be described with reference to a flowchart shown in FIG. The following series of processing is executed according to control from the control unit 29 unless otherwise specified.

  First, in step S10, when the broadcast receiving unit 11 receives a digital broadcast wave, in step S20, the program selecting unit 13 selects a desired program from the MPEG2-TS input from the broadcast receiving unit 11, and selects the selected program. Video data, audio data, and PSI / SI information of the program are output.

  When viewing the selected program, the video data and audio data of the program are input to the video / audio reproduction unit 16 via the PSI / SI information analysis unit 14, decoded by the video / audio reproduction unit 16, and then output. It is output to the television monitor 40 via the unit 17. On the other hand, when recording the selected program, the video data and audio data of the program are input to the video / audio recording processing unit 18 via the PSI / SI information analysis unit 14, and the video / audio recording processing unit 18 stores the content. Recorded in section 19.

  Next, in step S30, the PSI / SI information analysis unit 14 analyzes the PSI / SI information from the program selection unit 13 for the first time, or the PSI / SI information is changed from the previously acquired PSI / SI information. It is determined whether or not. If the PSI / SI information is analyzed for the first time or the PSI / SI information is changed (step S30: YES), the process proceeds to step S40. When the PSI / SI information is not analyzed for the first time and the PSI / SI information has not been changed (step S30: NO), the process returns to step S30.

  In step S40, the PSI / SI information analysis unit 14 analyzes the PSI / SI information of the program selected by the program selection unit 13, and receives program information including program name information, genre information, and program content information of the program. To get.

  Next, in step S50, the PSI / SI information analysis unit 14 determines whether the program selected by the program selection unit 13 is recorded or is played back (viewed) for a predetermined time (for example, 15 minutes). To do. If the selected program is recorded or is played back for a predetermined time or longer (step S50: YES), the process proceeds to step S60. If the selected program has not been recorded and has not been played back for a predetermined time (step S50: NO), the process returns to step S30.

  In step S60, the PSI / SI information analysis unit 14 refers to the dictionary information storage unit 15 and searches the received program information for a keyword included in the dictionary information.

  Next, in step S70, the PSI / SI information analyzing unit 14 determines whether or not there is a keyword that matches the keyword included in the dictionary information in the received program information. If there is a matching keyword (step S70: YES), the process proceeds to step S80, and if there is no matching keyword (step S70: NO), the process returns to step S30.

  In step S80, the PSI / SI information analysis unit 14 extracts matched keywords. In step S90, the PSI / SI information analysis unit 14 uses the keywords extracted in step S80 as viewing video recording keywords in the viewing memory 26. Add to the recorded keyword list 26A and save.

  The viewing recording keyword extracted from the received program information is stored as a keyword indicating the user's preference by the above procedure, but a keyword indicating the user's preference can also be set by a user operation.

  Processing for setting a keyword by a user operation will be described. When a signal indicating a keyword setting instruction is input via the light receiving unit 28 by a user's remote control operation, the control unit 29 causes the video / audio reproduction unit 16 to generate a keyword setting screen, and the output unit 17 causes the television monitor 40 to generate a keyword setting screen. Display.

  An example of the keyword setting screen displayed here is shown in FIG. In FIG. 5, the keyword setting screen 70 includes a user keyword display field 71 that displays a list of user keywords that are keywords set by the user, a “delete” button 72 for instructing deletion of the user keywords, and a user keyword. Are displayed, an “add” button 74 for instructing addition of a user keyword, and an “OK” button 75 for ending the keyword setting screen 70.

  When the “modify” button 73 or the “add” button 74 is selected by the user's remote control operation when the keyword setting screen 70 is displayed, the control unit 29 pops up a character input window 76 as shown in FIG. The video / audio reproduction unit 16 is controlled so as to be displayed as a screen.

  When the user inputs a user keyword to be corrected or added by remote control operation and the “OK” button 75 is selected, the control unit 29 adds the input user keyword to the user keyword list 26B and saves it. . When one user keyword is selected from the user keyword display field 71 and the “delete” button 72 is selected, the control unit 29 deletes the selected user keyword from the user keyword list 26B.

  Next, a procedure for notifying a remote communication terminal 60 of a program that seems to have forgotten to set a recording reservation among programs that match the user's preference will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. It should be noted that the following series of processing is executed according to control from the control unit 29 unless otherwise specified.

  First, when a digital broadcast wave is received by the broadcast receiving unit 11 in step S110, in step S120, the program information acquisition unit 12 starts from a PSI / SI information included in the MPEG2-TS from the broadcast receiving unit 11 in a predetermined period. Program information including program name information, genre information, channel information, broadcast date / time information, program content information, and the like of a plurality of programs scheduled to be broadcast is acquired.

  Next, in step S130, the notification program detection unit 21 determines whether the program information acquired by the program information acquisition unit 12 has been changed from the previously acquired program information for a program scheduled to be broadcast within 24 hours from the acquired time. Determine whether. Here, if the recording reservation setting is not set even on the day of broadcasting, it is determined that the user has forgotten to set the recording reservation, and the program information change determination target is a program scheduled to be broadcast within 24 hours.

  If the program information has been changed (step S130: YES), the process proceeds to step S140. If the program information has not been changed (step S130: NO), the process returns to step S120.

  In step S140, the notification program detection unit 21 searches the program information acquired by the program information acquisition unit 12 for a viewing recording keyword included in the viewing recording keyword list 26A and a user keyword included in the user keyword list 26B. It is determined whether there is a program including at least one of a recording keyword and a user keyword. When there is a program including at least one of the viewing recording keyword and the user keyword (step S140: YES), the process proceeds to step S150, and when there is no program including at least one of the viewing recording keyword and the user keyword (step S140: NO). Return to step S120.

  In step S150, the notification program detection unit 21 refers to the recording / distribution reservation information 26D, and the detected program detected in step S140, which is a program including at least one of the viewing recording keyword and the user keyword, is set for recording reservation. It is judged whether it is done. When the recording reservation is set (step S150: YES), the process returns to step S120, and when the recording reservation is not set (step S150: NO), the process proceeds to step S160.

  In step S160, the notification program detection unit 21 refers to the notified program list 26C, and detects the detected program information including the program name information, the channel information, and the broadcast date and time information of the detection program detected in step S140. It is determined whether or not notification has been made. If notified (step S160: YES), the process returns to step S120. If not notified (step S160: NO), the process proceeds to step S170.

  In step S170, the notification program detection unit 21 adds and updates the detected program detected in step S140 to the notified program list 26C.

  Next, in step S <b> 180, the message generator 22 acquires detected program information from the notification program detector 21 and generates a message for transmitting this detected program information to the communication terminal 60.

  In step S <b> 190, the network communication control unit 27 transmits the message generated by the message generation unit 22 to the communication terminal 60 via the network 50.

  An example of a message transmitted from the video recording apparatus 10 to the communication terminal 60 is shown in FIG. Although FIG. 8 shows an example in which an electronic mail is used as a message, the format of the message is not limited to this.

  In FIG. 8, the message transmitted to the communication terminal 60 includes detected program information 81 including program name information, channel information, and broadcast date / time information of the detected program, and instruction information for instructing the user to perform a reply operation. 82 and a reply format 83 are included.

  When the communication terminal 60 receives the message shown in FIG. 8, the user performs an input operation on the reply format 83 according to the instruction information 82. As a result, the user can select an instruction for the video recording apparatus 10 from among three types of instructions: reservation for recording, reservation for recording and distribution, and reservation for neither recording reservation nor distribution. In response to a user operation, the communication terminal 60 generates a message including a reply format 83 in which an instruction is input as illustrated in FIG. 9 and transmits the message to the video recording apparatus 10.

  Next, the operation of the video recording apparatus 10 that has received the message returned from the communication terminal 60 will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. It should be noted that the following series of processing is executed according to control from the control unit 29 unless otherwise specified.

  First, in step S <b> 210, when the network communication control unit 27 receives a message from the communication terminal 60 via the network 50, the network communication control unit 27 outputs the received message to the message analysis unit 23.

  Next, in step S220, the message analysis unit 23 analyzes the message from the communication terminal 60.

  Next, in step S230, the message analysis unit 23 determines whether information indicating a recording reservation instruction for the detected program has been received based on the analysis result of the message. When the information indicating the recording reservation instruction is received (step S230: YES), the process proceeds to step S240, and when the information indicating the recording reservation instruction is not received (step S230: NO), the process ends.

  In step S240, when receiving the information indicating the recording reservation instruction from the message analysis unit 23, the recording / distribution reservation setting unit 25 generates recording reservation information including the program name information, channel information, and broadcast date / time information of the detected program, By storing this in the storage memory 26 as recording / distribution reservation information 26D, a recording reservation for the detected program is set.

  Next, in step S250, the message analysis unit 23 determines whether information indicating a distribution reservation instruction for the detected program has been received based on the analysis result of the message. When the information indicating the distribution reservation instruction is received (step S250: YES), the process proceeds to step S260, and when the information indicating the distribution reservation instruction is not received (step S250: NO), the process ends.

  In step S260, when receiving the information indicating the distribution reservation instruction from the message analysis unit 23, the recording / distribution reservation setting unit 25 generates distribution reservation information indicating that the detected program is to be distributed to the communication terminal 60 after recording. Is stored in the storage memory 26 as the recording / distribution reservation information 26D, thereby setting the distribution reservation for the detected program.

  At the broadcast start time of the program set for recording reservation, the program selection unit 13 selects the program under the control of the control unit 29, and outputs video data, audio data, and PSI / SI information of the selected program. To do.

  The PSI / SI information analysis unit 14 analyzes the PSI / SI information as described above and performs keyword detection processing. The video / audio recording processing unit 18 records video data and audio data input via the PSI / SI information analysis unit 14 in the content storage unit 19.

  When the recorded program is set for distribution reservation, the video / audio format conversion unit 24 reads the video data and audio data of the program from the content storage unit 19, refers to the communication terminal information 26 </ b> E, and refers to the communication terminal 60. Re-encode to a compression format suitable for the spec.

  Then, the network communication control unit 27 distributes the video data and audio data re-encoded by the video / audio format conversion unit 24 to the communication terminal 60 via the network 50.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, a program that matches the user's preference is detected with high accuracy using the PSI / SI information of the program being recorded and viewed, and the detected program information is remotely located. By setting a recording reservation by information indicating a recording reservation instruction transmitted to a certain communication terminal 60 and transmitted from the communication terminal 60 in response to a user operation, it is possible to prevent the recording of a program that matches the user's preference from being missed. it can. In addition, based on information indicating a distribution reservation instruction transmitted from the communication terminal 60 in response to a user operation, a program that matches the user's preference can be distributed to the communication terminal 60, and the user can stay in a remote place. You can watch your favorite program.

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the video recording apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of a communication terminal information setting screen. It is a figure which shows an example of the communication terminal information setting screen where the character input window was displayed. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure which learns a user preference in the video recording device shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of a keyword setting screen. It is a figure which shows an example of the keyword setting screen where the character input window was displayed. 2 is a flowchart showing a procedure for notifying a communication terminal of a program that matches a user's preference in the video recording apparatus shown in FIG. 1. It is a figure which shows an example of the message transmitted from the video recording apparatus shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the message transmitted from a communication terminal. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the video recording apparatus shown in FIG. 1 at the time of receiving the message from a communication terminal.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Video recording apparatus 11 Broadcast receiving part 12 Program information acquisition part 13 Program selection part 14 PSI / SI information analysis part 15 Dictionary information storage part 16 Video / audio reproduction part 17 Output part 18 Video / audio recording process part 19 Content storage part 20 User keyword Setting unit 21 Notification program detection unit 22 Message generation unit 23 Message analysis unit 24 Video / audio format conversion unit 25 Recording / distribution reservation setting unit 26 Storage memory 27 Network communication control unit 28 Light receiving unit 29 Control unit 40 TV monitor 50 Network 60 Communication terminal

Claims (1)

Receiving means for receiving a desired digital broadcast program;
Program information acquisition means for acquiring program information for each of the plurality of programs from the outside, including program name information, genre information, channel information, broadcast date information, and program content information of a plurality of programs scheduled to be broadcast in a predetermined period;
Keyword extracting means for extracting a keyword from at least program name information, genre information, and program content information among program information of programs received by the receiving means;
Viewing / listening keyword storage means for storing the keyword extracted by the keyword extraction means as a viewing / recording keyword;
User keyword storage means for storing a keyword input by a user operation as a user keyword;
Detecting means for searching the viewing recording keyword and the user keyword from the program information, and detecting a program having program information including at least one of the viewing recording keyword and the user keyword;
Transmitting means for transmitting detected program information including program name information, channel information, and broadcast date and time information of a detected program that is a program detected by the detecting means to an external communication terminal via a network;
Recording reservation means for reserving recording of the detected program when receiving the recording reservation instruction information of the detected program transmitted from the communication terminal that has received the detected program information;
Recording means for recording the detected program reserved for recording by the recording reservation means;
When the distribution reservation instruction information is received together with the recording reservation instruction information from the communication terminal that has received the detected program information, the detected program recorded in the recording means is read out from the recording means to the communication terminal. A video recording apparatus comprising: a distribution means for distributing.

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