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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 05, 2001
Tatsuo Kaizu, Tokyo, JP;
Takuma Miyazaki, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyuki Hanaya, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
This invention relates to an information processing apparatus for allowing a user at a remote location to make easy and quick reservation of a TV program for unattended recording over a network. In step S, the user accesses an EPG server to get an HTML-based TV program information screen displayed on the user's camera-equipped digital mobile telephone and reserves through the screen a desired program for unattended recording. In response, a main control unit of the telephone requests the EPG server to attach recording reservation data about the program reserved by the user to an e-mail and to send the e-mail to the user's personal computer along with the attachment. Given the send request, the EPG server retrieves the recording reservation data from an EPG information database in step S, and attaches the retrieved data to an e-mail via the internet before sending the e-mail to the personal computer in step S, the personal computer being located remotely such as in the user's home.