JP4392623B2 - Information processing apparatus and method - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus and method, and more particularly, to an information processing apparatus and method configured to record or reproduce so that broadcast program information can be efficiently searched.

  Usually, a video tape recorder is used to record an image of a television broadcast program. If the broadcast channel and time to be recorded are designated in advance in this video tape recorder, the image data of the program broadcast on that channel can be recorded on the video tape at that time.

  A user usually stores such a videotape by writing a program name in the case. However, if each video tape is not organized and stored, when searching for a video tape on which an image of a desired program is recorded, there is a problem that the video tape cannot be searched quickly.

  Further, for example, even when image data of a broadcast program is recorded on a hard disk recorder or the like, the image data of each program is simply arranged in the root directory as a predetermined file, and can be selected from many image data. There has been a problem that desired image data cannot be retrieved quickly.

  The present invention has been made in view of such a situation, and makes it possible to search for desired information quickly and efficiently.

The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, recording means for recording provided information on a recording medium, and storage means for storing a directory for managing information recorded on the recording medium by classifying it into a plurality of items Determining means for presenting items of the directory set in advance , and determining a plurality of items selected by the user from among the items as directory items for classifying the information, and the determining means Registration means for registering the name of the information in a plurality of items of the directory determined by the above, and display control means for controlling the information to be displayed on the display screen according to the item based on the directory. It is characterized by.

The information processing method according to claim 8, presenting items of the directory set in advance, and selecting a plurality of items selected by the user from among the items as items of the directory for classifying the information. Determining, registering the name of the information in the determined plurality of items in the directory, and controlling to display the information on a display screen according to the item based on the directory. .

The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 and the information processing method according to claim 8, wherein a plurality of items selected by a user from among those items are presented by presenting items in a preset directory. Is determined as an item of the directory into which information is classified, information names are registered in a plurality of items of the directory, and information is displayed on the display screen by item based on the directory.

  According to one aspect of the present invention, a program can be displayed efficiently.

  Hereinafter, specific embodiments to which the present invention is applied will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 shows a configuration example of a receiving system to which the present invention is applied. In the receiving system 1, the tuner 12 receives a radio wave transmitted via a satellite or a radio wave transmitted via a ground antenna via the antenna 11. Which channel radio waves are received is controlled in accordance with channel selection control information from the hard disk (HDD) recorder 13.

  The hard disk recorder 13 records the audio data and video data of the program supplied from the tuner 12 in a built-in hard disk, and the video data and audio data supplied from the tuner 12 or the video data and audio data reproduced from the hard disk. Is output to the monitor 14. The monitor 14 has a display and a speaker.

  The remote controller 15 is operated by the user and outputs an infrared signal corresponding to the operation to the hard disk recorder 13.

  That is, when the user operates the remote controller 15 to instruct reception of radio waves from a predetermined broadcasting station, the hard disk recorder 13 sends a tuning control signal for causing the tuner 12 to receive a designated channel. Output. The tuner 12 receives the radio wave of the designated channel via the antenna 11 in response to this channel selection control signal, and outputs the received signal to the hard disk recorder 13. The hard disk recorder 13 records the input signal from the tuner 12 on a built-in hard disk.

  The hard disk recorder 13 also reproduces image data and audio data recorded on the built-in hard disk and outputs them to the monitor 14 when a command is input via the remote controller 15.

  The hard disk recorder 13 is configured, for example, as shown in FIG. The receiving unit 21 receives the infrared signal from the remote controller 15, converts it into an electrical signal, and outputs it to the recorder control unit 26. The recorder control unit 26 is constituted by, for example, a microprocessor and executes various processes according to a program stored in the program memory 28. At this time, the recorder control unit 26 uses the work memory 29 as necessary. The communication unit 35 is controlled by the recorder control unit 26, communicates with the tuner 12, and mainly outputs a channel selection control signal to the tuner 12.

  The demodulator 22 demodulates the signal supplied from the tuner 12 and outputs the demodulated signal to the demultiplexer 23. The demultiplexer 23 separates the data supplied from the demodulation unit 22 into audio data, video data, and EPG data, and outputs them to the audio decoder 24, the video decoder 25, or the recorder control unit 26, respectively.

  The audio decoder 24 decodes the input audio data by, for example, the MPEG system, and outputs the decoded audio data to the recording / playback unit 33. The video decoder 25 decodes the input video data by, for example, the MPEG system, and outputs it to the display converter 30. The recorder control unit 26 supplies the input EPG data to the EPG data memory 27 for storage.

  The display converter 30 is configured as shown in FIG. 3, for example. The video encoder 41 encodes the video data supplied from the video decoder 25 into, for example, NTSC video data and outputs the encoded video data to the recording / playback unit 33. The display size converter 42 converts the screen size of the video data supplied from the video decoder 25 into a size corresponding to the size of the monitor 14, and outputs it to the video encoder 43. Similar to the video encoder 41, the video encoder 43 converts the input video data into NTSC video data and outputs it to the D / A converter 44. The D / A converter 44 converts the input video data into an analog signal and outputs the analog signal to the display control unit 32.

  The display control unit 32 superimposes the OSD signal output from the OSD (On Screen Display) control unit 31 on the video signal input from the display converter 30 under the control of the recorder control unit 26, and displays it on the display of the monitor 14. Output and display.

  The monitor 14 is also supplied with audio data output from the audio decoder 24 after being converted into an analog signal by the D / A converter 34. The monitor 14 outputs this audio signal from a built-in speaker.

  The recording / reproducing unit 33 is configured, for example, as shown in FIG. The audio encoder 51 encodes the audio data supplied from the audio decoder 24 by, for example, the MPEG method and outputs the encoded data to the multiplexer 53. The video encoder 52 encodes the video data supplied from the video encoder 41 of the display converter 30 by, for example, the MPEG system and outputs the encoded data to the multiplexer 53. The multiplexer 53 synthesizes the audio data input from the audio encoder 51 and the video data input from the video encoder 52, and outputs them to the channel coding unit 54. The channel coding unit 54 performs channel coding on the combined data input from the multiplexer 53. The recording amplifier 55 amplifies the data output from the channel coding unit 54 and supplies the data to the hard disk 57 via the recording head 56 for recording.

  The reproducing head 58 reproduces the data recorded on the hard disk 57 and outputs it to the demultiplexer 60 via the reproducing amplifier 59. The demultiplexer 60 separates the data input from the reproduction amplifier 59 into audio data and video data, and outputs them to the audio decoder 61 and the video decoder 62, respectively. The audio decoder 61 decodes the input audio data by the MPEG method and outputs the decoded audio data to the D / A converter 63. The D / A converter 63 D / A converts the input audio data and outputs it to the speaker of the monitor 14.

  The video decoder 62 decodes the video data input from the demultiplexer 60 by the MPEG method. The D / A converter 64 D / A converts the video data input from the video decoder 62 and outputs it to the display of the monitor 14.

  FIG. 5 shows a configuration example of the remote controller 15. When the user operates various buttons, the transmission unit 71 transmits an infrared signal corresponding to the operated buttons. As described above, the infrared signal transmitted from the transmitter 71 is received by the receiver 21 of the hard disk recorder 13.

  The power button 72 is operated when the hard disk recorder 13 is turned on or off. The recording button 73 is operated when starting a recording operation. The program guide button 74 is operated when displaying an EPG (Electric Program Guide) image or when displaying a program guide representing more detailed contents of each program.

  The directory button 75 is operated when displaying the directory structure of program information recorded on the hard disk 57. The image file search button 76 is operated when searching for a predetermined image file from the image files recorded on the hard disk 57. The G code reservation button 77 is operated when a program recording reservation is made using the G code. The numbers constituting the G code are input by operating the number buttons 70. The number buttons 70 are also used when inputting characters.

  Up button 78, right button 79, down button 80, and left button 81 (hereinafter also referred to as cursor buttons) move the cursor displayed on the display in the up, right, down, or left direction, respectively. It is operated when letting The decision playback button 82 is operated when the selection is confirmed or when the program data recorded on the hard disk 57 is played back.

  The volume button 84 is operated when increasing or decreasing the volume, and the channel button 83 is operated when increasing or decreasing the number of the channel to be selected.

  Next, with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 6, a process in the case of making a recording reservation for image information of a predetermined broadcast program will be described. First, in step S <b> 1, the user operates the program guide button 74 of the remote controller 15. When an infrared signal corresponding to this operation is transmitted from the transmission unit 71, this infrared signal is received by the reception unit 21 of the hard disk recorder 13 and input to the recorder control unit 26. When receiving this signal input, the recorder control unit 26 reads the EPG data already stored in the EPG data memory 27.

  The EPG data is frequently transmitted from the broadcasting station side at a relatively short predetermined cycle, and the recorder control unit 26 controls the tuner 12 via the communication unit 35 to receive the EPG data. The demodulator 22 of the hard disk recorder 13 demodulates the input EPG data and outputs it to the demultiplexer 23. The demultiplexer 23 outputs the input EPG data to the recorder control unit 26. The recorder control unit 26 supplies the EPG data input in this way to the EPG data memory 27 and stores it. Therefore, the latest EPG data is always updated and stored in the EPG data memory 27.

  Data read from the EPG data memory 27 by the recorder control unit 26 is input to the OSD control unit 31. The OSD control unit 31 generates image data corresponding to the input EPG data and outputs it to the display control unit 32. The display control unit 32 outputs the video data input from the OSD control unit 31 to the display of the monitor 14 for display. Thereby, for example, an EPG (electronic program guide) as shown in FIG. 7 is displayed on the display of the monitor 14.

  Next, it progresses to step S2 and a user performs operation which selects the program to record based on EPG. That is, at this time, the user operates the cursor button to move the cursor on the EPG to a desired program position. By such an operation, for example, in FIG. 7, the cursor positioned on the program A (display shown with a shadow in FIG. 7) is moved onto the program C in FIG. .

  That is, when the user operates the cursor button, an infrared signal corresponding to the cursor button is output from the transmission unit 71. Therefore, when the recorder control unit 26 receives this signal via the reception unit 21, the position of the cursor is moved. The image data is generated in the OSD control unit 31. As a result, the image where the cursor is moved is displayed on the display of the monitor 14.

  In a state where the cursor is positioned on a desired program, the user operates the decision playback button 82. When this operation signal is input, the recorder control unit 26 stores in the work memory 29 that the program at which the cursor is positioned is determined as the program to be recorded.

  Next, in step S3, the user performs an operation for displaying a program guide. At this time, the user operates the program guide button 74 of the remote controller 15. When receiving the operation signal, the recorder control unit 26 reads the program guide information representing the details of the content of the program selected in step S2 already stored in the EPG data memory 27, and the OSD control unit 31. Output to. The OSD control unit 31 generates image data corresponding to the input program guide information, and displays it on the monitor 14 via the display control unit 32. Thereby, for example, a program guide as shown in FIG. 9 is displayed on the monitor 14. In this example, program guide information that introduces more detailed contents of the program C is shown assuming that the program C is selected in step S2.

  Next, in step S4, the user selects the directory of the file of the program C to be recorded. This selection is also performed by moving the cursor to a predetermined position and inputting a determination operation. For example, the display example of FIG. 9 indicates that the genre of the program C is “documentary”. When the user wants to register the program C in the “documentary” directory, the user positions the cursor on the “documentary” and operates the decision reproduction button 82. When this operation signal is input, the recorder control unit 26 controls the OSD control unit 31 to change the display state of the characters “documentary” from the state shown in FIG. To let them know that the item has been accepted as a directory item.

  The user can proceed to the next page of the program guide information by further operating the icon button “next” displayed on the monitor 14 as necessary, and can further select necessary items.

  When the user completes input of necessary directory items, a reservation process is executed in step S5. At this time, the user selects the “Reserve” icon button. When receiving the operation signal, the recorder control unit 26 controls the OSD control unit 31, and as shown in FIG. 11, a message “Do you want to record this program?” And an icon “Record”. Button, and a “cancel” icon button are displayed. When the “cancel” icon button is selected, the recorder control unit 26 controls the OSD control unit 31 to return the display to the state shown in FIG.

  When the “record” icon button is selected, the recorder control unit 26 controls the OSD control unit 31 to display a message “Reservation procedure completed” and “OK” as shown in FIG. Icon button is displayed. When the user selects and determines the “OK” icon button, in step S6, the recorder control unit 26 executes directory creation processing.

  That is, for example, the recorder control unit 26 creates a directory as shown in FIG. 13, arranges the program selected in step S2 in the created directory, and stores it in the work memory 29 (or hard disk 57). . In the display example of FIG. 13, a document item is generated in the directory, and the name of the program C selected in step S2 is registered in the item. In FIG. 13, in addition to this, dramas and movies are recorded as items in the directory, and the names of programs D1 and D2 are registered in the dramas. The name of the program M4 is registered.

  In the above description, only the genre is used as the directory item. However, for example, the day of the week and the time of the broadcast can be selected and input as the directory item. In this case, for example, as shown in FIG. 14, a directory is created based on the day of the week and the broadcast time. In the display example of FIG. 14, items of the day of the week such as “Monday” and “Tuesday” are formed in the genre of “drama”, and further below, for example, “8 am”, “9 am”, and the like. Time items are formed. And names of programs D11 to D13, D21, D31, D32, etc. are arranged under this time item.

  As shown in FIG. 14, when the genre, day of the week, and time are set as items in the directory, it is possible to continuously register programs broadcast at the same time every week, and to reproduce them. It is possible to command all at once.

  The recorder control unit 26 also registers the reserved program channel and broadcast time information in the reservation list of the work memory 29 (or hard disk 57). Then, the recorder control unit 26 performs a time counting operation, and executes recording processing in step S7 when the time registered in the reservation list comes.

  That is, when the time registered in the reservation list arrives, the recorder control unit 26 outputs a channel selection control signal to the tuner 12 to receive a channel registered in the reservation list. The signal output from the tuner 12 is demodulated in the demodulator 22 of the hard disk recorder 13 and separated into audio data, video data, and EPG data in the demultiplexer 23. The audio decoder 24 decodes the audio data input from the demultiplexer 23 by the MPEG method, and outputs it to the recording / reproducing unit 33. The video decoder 25 decodes the video data supplied from the demultiplexer 23 by the MPEG method, and outputs it to the video encoder 41 of the display converter 30. The video encoder 41 converts the input video data into NTSC video data and outputs the video data to the recording / playback unit 33.

  The audio encoder 51 of the recording / playback unit 33 encodes the audio data supplied from the audio decoder 24 in the MPEG format, and the video encoder 52 encodes the video data input from the video encoder 41 in the MPEG format. The multiplexer 53 multiplexes the audio data input from the audio encoder 51 and the video data input from the video encoder 52, and outputs the multiplexed data to the channel coding unit 54. The channel coding unit 54 performs channel coding on the input data, supplies the data to the recording head 56 via the recording amplifier 55, and records the data on the hard disk 57 as one file.

  The directory creation process may be performed after the recording process is completed. In this way, it is possible to prevent a directory from being created for some reason when the recording process is not executed.

  Next, processing for reproducing the program information recorded in the hard disk 57 in this way will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. In step S11, the user performs a directory display operation. That is, the user operates the image file search button 76 of the remote controller 15. When receiving the operation signal, the recorder control unit 26 of the hard disk recorder 13 reads the directory stored in the work memory 29 (or the hard disk 57) and outputs it to the OSD control unit 31. The OSD control unit 31 converts the input directory data into image data, outputs it to the monitor 14 via the display control unit 32, and displays it. In this way, for example, a directory as shown in FIG. 13 or FIG. 14 is displayed on the monitor 14.

  Next, in step S12, the user performs an operation of selecting a program to be reproduced. That is, at this time, the user operates the cursor button of the remote controller 15 to select a predetermined program. For example, when a directory as shown in FIG. 13 is displayed, the user first selects one genre from genres such as documentary, drama, and movie. When a predetermined genre is selected, the user further moves the cursor over the predetermined program name among the program names included in the genre. When the cursor is moved over the desired program name, the user operates the enter / play button 82 to confirm the selection. Further, in step S13, the user commands the start of reproduction. That is, at this time, the user operates the determination playback button 82 again to instruct playback.

  When the recorder control unit 26 receives a reproduction start command, the recorder control unit 26 controls the recording / reproducing unit 33 to reproduce designated program data from the program data recorded on the hard disk 57. Data reproduced from the hard disk 57 by the reproducing head 58 is amplified by the reproducing amplifier 59 and input to the demultiplexer 60. The demultiplexer 60 separates the input data into audio data and video data. The audio data is decoded by the audio decoder 61 in the MPEG system, converted into an analog signal by the D / A converter 63, and output to the speaker of the monitor 14.

  On the other hand, the video decoder 62 decodes the video data input from the demultiplexer 60 by the MPEG method. The D / A converter 64 D / A converts the video data and outputs it to the display of the monitor 14.

  When a directory as shown in FIG. 14 is displayed, the user designates a program to be reproduced by designating a day of the week and time after designating a genre.

  As described above, since a program to be reproduced can be specified from the directory, a desired program can be selected and specified quickly and reliably.

  In the above, the name of the program recorded on the hard disk 57 is registered in one item in the directory. However, if it corresponds to a plurality of items, the program name is registered in duplicate in each item. You can also. In this case, the process of step S4 in FIG. 6 is omitted. Then, the recorder control unit 26 executes processing as shown in the flowchart of FIG. 16 in the directory creation processing in step S6.

  That is, first, in step S21, the recorder control unit 26 selects one item from the program guide information corresponding to the program selected in step S2. This process is executed regardless of whether the program guide information is displayed by the user. In step S22, the recorder control unit 26 registers the item selected in step S21 in the directory. If the item is already registered in the directory, this process is omitted.

  Next, in step S23, the recorder control unit 26 registers the program name selected in step S2 in the item registered (or already registered) in step S22.

  Next, proceeding to step S24, the recorder control unit 26 determines whether or not processing for all items existing in the program guide information has been completed, and if there are items that have not yet been processed. Returning to step S21, the same processing is repeatedly executed. If it is determined in step S24 that the processing for all items has been completed, the directory creation processing is terminated.

  In this way, since the program is registered for all items existing in the program guide information, for example, as shown in FIG. 17, the program name is registered in duplicate in a plurality of items in the directory. Is done. In the example of FIG. 17, the program D 41 overlaps “Monday” “Day of the week”, “Drama” “Genre”, “Patent Taro” “Performer”, and “Channel 8” “Channel”. Registered. Therefore, when searching, the user can search for the program D41 from any of the items "day of the week", "genre", "performer", and "channel".

  In the above description, items included as characters in the program guide information are appropriately selected and classified. However, in the process of step S4 shown in the flowchart of FIG. Directory items may be selected, and directories may be created for the selected items in the directory creation process in step S6.

  In the above, the directory item is selected from the characters included in the program guide information. However, the item to be selected as the directory is prepared in advance and stored in the work memory 29 or the hard disk 57 in advance. It can also be done. In this case, the reservation process is performed as shown in the flowchart of FIG. The processing from step S41 to step S47 is basically the same as the processing from step S1 to step S7 in FIG. 6, but in step S4 in FIG. 6, the directory is determined from the program guide information displayed in step S3. However, in step S44 in FIG. 18, a directory is selected from the directory items displayed in step S43. Other processes are the same as those in FIG.

  That is, in step S43 of FIG. 18, the user operates the directory button 75 of the remote controller 15. At this time, the recorder control unit 26 controls the OSD control unit 31 to display on the monitor 14 items of a directory set in advance as shown in FIG. In the display example of FIG. 19, items of “drama”, “news”, “documentary”, “animation”, “weather forecast”, and “special feature” are displayed. The user can further display the next item by selecting the “next” icon button. Then, by selecting and determining the “decision” icon button, one or more directory items can be selected.

  FIG. 20 shows another example of directory items displayed in this way. In this example, items for specifying a family such as “dad”, “mother”, “Taro”, and “Hanako” are displayed. As a result, the image data recorded on the hard disk 57 can be individually managed by the family.

  In the above description, a directory is created in advance so that a desired program can be quickly searched during reproduction. However, the creation of the directory may be omitted. FIG. 21 shows a reservation process in such a case.

  In this case, first, in step S61, the user operates the program guide button 74 to display the EPG on the monitor 14. In step S62, the user operates the cursor button and the decision playback button 82 to select a program to be reserved for recording. In step S63, the user inputs a recording reservation for the selected program.

  The processes in steps S61 through S63 are the same as the processes in steps S1, S2 and S5 in the flowchart of FIG.

  When a reservation process is performed in step S63, the recorder control unit 26 executes a process of registering program information in the database in step S64. That is, the recorder control unit 26 registers the EPG information related to the program selected in step S62 and the program guide information in the database of the work memory 29 (or hard disk 57) corresponding to the program selected in step S2. To do.

  Next, in step S65, when the time registered in the reservation list created in step S63 arrives, the recorder control unit 26 executes a recording process. The process in step S65 is similar to the process in step S7 in FIG.

  That is, in this example, when a program is reserved for recording, guide information together with EPG data of the program is registered in the database corresponding to the program. Then, a scheduled recording operation is performed.

  In this way, when the reserved recording operation is performed, the search process is performed as shown in the flowchart of FIG. 22, for example.

  First, in step S81, the user inputs a keyword related to a program to be reproduced. This keyword can be input by converting the numeric button 70 of the remote controller 15 into the character key mode. When the keyword is input, the recorder control unit 26 searches for a program corresponding to the input keyword from the database on the work memory 29 (or the hard disk 57) in step S82. The program name obtained as a result of the search is output from the OSD control unit 31 to the monitor 14 via the display control unit 32 and displayed. In step S83, the user looks at the displayed search result to determine whether or not the desired program is displayed. If not, the user returns to step S81 to input the keyword again, and thereafter Repeat the process.

  In this way, for example, when keywords such as “drama”, “Monday”, and “8:00 am” are input, the recorder control unit 26 selects programs including these keywords from the programs registered in the database. Search and display on the monitor 14.

  If it is determined in step S83 that the desired program is searched and displayed, the process proceeds to step S84, and the user selects a program to be reproduced from the displayed programs. In step S85, the start of reproduction is instructed. The processes in steps S84 and S85 are the same as the processes in steps S12 and S13 in FIG.

  Thus, in this example, since the keyword is input at the time of reproduction, the operation during the reserved recording operation is simplified.

  In the above, the case where the present invention is applied to a hard disk recorder has been described as an example. However, the present invention can also be applied to the case where broadcast information and other information are recorded on a recording medium other than a hard disk. is there.

  Further, as a providing medium for providing a computer program for performing the processing as described above to a user, a communication medium such as a network or a satellite can be used in addition to a recording medium such as a magnetic disk, a CD-ROM, or a solid-state memory. .

It is a block diagram which shows the structural example of the receiving system to which this invention is applied. It is a block diagram which shows the structural example of the hard disk recorder of the receiving system of FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the structural example of the display converter of FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the structural example of the recording / reproducing part of FIG. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the remote controller of FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining a reservation operation of the disk recorder in FIG. 2. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of the monitor of FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of the monitor of FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of the monitor of FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of the monitor of FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of the monitor of FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of the monitor of FIG. It is a figure explaining the example of a directory. It is a figure explaining the example of a directory. It is a flowchart explaining the process at the time of the search of the hard disk recorder of FIG. It is a flowchart explaining the example of a directory creation process. It is a figure which shows the example of a directory. 7 is a flowchart for explaining another example of reservation processing of the hard disk recorder in FIG. 2. It is a figure which shows the example of the item of a directory. It is a figure which shows the example of the item of a directory. 7 is a flowchart for explaining another operation example of the reservation processing of the hard disk recorder in FIG. 2. It is a flowchart explaining the process at the time of the search of the hard disk recorder of FIG.

Explanation of symbols

  12 tuner, 13 hard disk recorder, 14 monitor, 15 remote controller, 24 audio decoder, 25 video decoder, 26 recorder control unit, 27 EPG data memory, 29 work memory, 33 recording / playback unit, 57 hard disk

Claims (12)

Recording means for recording provided information on a recording medium;
Storage means for storing a directory for classifying and managing information recorded on the recording medium into a plurality of items;
Determining means for presenting items of the directory set in advance and determining a plurality of items selected by the user from among those items as items of the directory into which the information is classified;
Registration means for registering names of the information in a plurality of items of the directory determined by the determination means;
An information processing apparatus comprising: a display control unit configured to control the information to be displayed on a display screen for each item based on the directory. The display control means displays the stored items of the directory on the display screen, and controls to further display the name of information registered in the item selected by the user among the displayed items. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein: The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: a reproducing unit that reproduces the name information displayed on the display screen. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the determining unit automatically determines an item of the directory that classifies the information based on accompanying information regarding a content of provided information. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the registration unit registers the name of the information in the directory item after the recording of the information by the recording unit is completed . The directory item identifies a user;
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display control unit controls the information to be displayed for each user based on the stored directory. The information is a program to be broadcast,
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the registration unit registers programs broadcast at the same time every week in the same item. Recording means for recording provided information on a recording medium;
In an information processing method of an information processing apparatus comprising: a storage unit that stores a directory for managing information recorded on the recording medium by classifying it into a plurality of items
Presenting the items of the directory set in advance, and determining a plurality of items selected by the user from among those items as the items of the directory that classifies the information,
The name of the information is registered in a plurality of items of the determined directory,
An information processing method comprising the step of controlling the information to be displayed on a display screen by item based on the directory. The information processing method according to claim 8, wherein items of the directory for classifying the information are automatically determined based on incidental information related to contents of provided information. 9. The information processing method according to claim 8 , wherein after the recording of the information by the recording unit is completed, the name of the information is registered in the directory item . The directory item identifies a user;
The information processing method according to claim 8, wherein the information is controlled to be displayed for each user based on the stored directory. The information is a program to be broadcast,
The information processing method according to claim 8, wherein programs broadcast at the same time every week are registered in the same item.

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