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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2005
Applicant:
Akihiko Toyoshima, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventor:
Akihiko Toyoshima, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications Japan, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/76 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
According to the present invention, a recording instruction signal including channel information on the program that the user is viewing at present is transmitted from a communication terminal with a television receiving function; this recording instruction signal is received by a recording and reproducing apparatus; and the recording processing of the program indicated by the received recording instruction signal to be recorded is controlled, so that the program viewed using a communication terminal away from home can be viewed using a recording and reproducing apparatus at home.