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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2008
Filed:
Feb. 04, 2004
Applicants:
Teruki Kikkawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Takashi Yamamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Atsushi Mizutome, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A receiving apparatus includes a receiver that receives a signal for playing back a program, a storage device that stores the signal received by the receiver, and a controller that, during a period in which a first program is selected, starts control for starting reception of a signal for playing back a second program different from the first program, and, when a predetermined portion of signals for playing back the second program is stored in the storage device during the period in which the first program is selected, stops reception of another portion of the signals for playing back the second program.