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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2005
Rikiya Masuda, Osaka, JP;
Hideaki Nakaoka, Osaka, JP;
Rikiya Masuda, Osaka, JP;
Hideaki Nakaoka, Osaka, JP;
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A content reception/recording device for selectively receiving and accumulating transmitted contents. The content reception/recording device comprises: a receiving unit; an accumulation medium; a storage unit storing therein free time slot information that indicates a free time slot in which a predetermined operation specified by a user is not performed; an obtaining unit operable to obtain transmission timing information that indicates timings at which contents are transmitted respectively; a determining unit operable to, when a plurality of accumulation target contents are transmitted in the free time slot, determine priorities of the contents for being accumulated in the free time slot, in accordance with the transmission timing information obtained by the obtaining unit; and a control unit operable to control the receiving unit to receive the accumulation target contents in accordance with the determined priorities and to accumulate the received contents in the accumulation medium.