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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2000
Hiroji Saito, Tokyo, JP;
Tatsuji Nagaoka, Sapporo, JP;
Tomoko Matsuura, Tokyo, JP;
Mariko Wakaizumi, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroji Saito, Tokyo, JP;
Tatsuji Nagaoka, Sapporo, JP;
Tomoko Matsuura, Tokyo, JP;
Mariko Wakaizumi, Tokyo, JP;
NTT Advanced Technology Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
NTT DoCoMo, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Program guide information of the program to be broadcast by the broadcast stationis reserved in the EPG serverof the center stationThe EPG serverretrieves for each user, the program satisfying the conditions such as the category of the program registered in the personal information databaseand then transmits the guide information of the retrieved programs to the portable telephoneof a user who has set the conditions, via the communication networkThereby, even if the user is outside the home, if there is a program satisfying the conditions specified by the user, the user can obtain the information concerning the program by utilizing the portable telephoneThen, the user can instruct, with reference to the obtained program information, a recording operation from the portable telephoneto the VTRin the home