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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 22, 2005
Teppei Yokota, Chiba, JP;
Michiaki Yoneda, Kanagawa, JP;
Teppei Yokota, Chiba, JP;
Michiaki Yoneda, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
A recording system having a plurality of recording apparatuses connected to a network. The apparatuses can select a channel for receiving a broadcast signal and record reservations for recording a program broadcast through a broadcasting channel at a predetermined time of day. One of the apparatuses, denoted as a reservation-receiving recording apparatus, receives recording reservation information from a user and detects if there is any overlapping programs in time using received recording reservation information and prexisting recording reservation information stored in memory. The reservation-receiving recording apparatus sends to the network a recording reservation request including overlapping recording reservation information, if it detects broadcasting time period overlaps, wherein the overlapping recording reservation information causes the overlapping program to be recorded by another recording apparatus connected to the network instead.