Information processing apparatus, information processing method and program for the same

• Main Author: SANO IKUYA
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 24.11.2005
• Edition: 7
• Subjects: ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; INFORMATION STORAGE; INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORDCARRIER AND TRANSDUCER; PHYSICS; PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION

An information processing apparatus for setting a recording reservation for a specified tuner and controlling record according to the recording reservation, having: a first acquiring section to acquire at least first, second, and third information indicating a specified broadcast station, a specified day of the week, and a specified time zone, respectively, from information inputted by a user; a setting section to set reservation in which the broadcast contents specified with the first to third information are received by the specified tuner and the received contents are recorded in a specified recording medium as data; a second acquiring section to acquire program information for one or more broadcast programs to be aired on the specified day of the week indicated by the second information in the specified time zone indicated by the third information from the specified broadcast station indicated by the first information; and a recording control section to control so that the broadcast contents specified with the contents of the recording reservation is received by the specified tuner, and of the received contents, one or more broadcast programs identified with the one or more program information are digitalized and included in different files respectively and the one or more files are recorded in the specified recording medium.