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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2000
Yukihiko Aoki, Tokyo, JP;
Shinichiro Sugai, Saitama, JP;
Keiji Kaneko, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An IRD (Integrated Receiver-Decoder) causes SmartFile information of a D-VHS (Digital-Video Home System) to be read so as to operate the D-VHS on the basis of the SmartFile information. The IRD instructs the D-VHS to record a program, extracts content information and relevant information from a broadcast signal received by an antenna, and outputs the content information and relevant information to the D-VHS. The D-VHS records the input content information and relevant information in accordance with an instruction from the IRD. Furthermore, the IRD causes the recorded relevant information to be read from the D-VHS and displays it on a monitor, selects a program on the basis of the displayed relevant information, and sends an instruction for playing back the selected program to the D-VHS. The D-VHS plays back the content information in accordance with this playback instruction.