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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 16, 2005
Hiroyuki Matsuyama, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyuki Matsuyama, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An information processing apparatus includes a reservation unit reserving predetermined processing for a broadcast program, the predetermined processing being started in accordance with conditions corresponding to program information concerning the broadcast program; a processing unit starting the processing, reserved by the reservation unit, for the broadcast program in accordance with the conditions; and an acquiring unit acquiring the program information. The reservation unit obtains program information concerning another broadcast program for which the processing is reserved and which is to be broadcasted subsequent to the broadcast program, the program information being acquired by the acquiring unit, if the processing reserved for the broadcast program is started by the processing unit. The reservation unit changes the conditions of the processing reserved for the other broadcast program in accordance with the obtained program information concerning the other broadcast program.