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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2012
Filed:
May. 07, 2004
Yukinori Kita, Tokyo, JP;
Shinichiro Sugai, Saitama, JP;
Makoto Korehisa, Kanagawa, JP;
Takayuki Miyama, Tokyo, JP;
Yukinori Kita, Tokyo, JP;
Shinichiro Sugai, Saitama, JP;
Makoto Korehisa, Kanagawa, JP;
Takayuki Miyama, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A program recording method receives and records a desired program, the recording of which is set based on at least a broadcast time period and a broadcast channel. The method includes obtaining an electronic program guide and, when the desired program recording is set, searching a character string in a predetermined region of the electronic program guide including the broadcast time and broadcast channel, and changing the broadcast time period to a new time period when a predetermined word is included in the character string. A program recording apparatus for performing the method is also provided. The program recording apparatus and method ensure that a situation does not occur in which an end portion of the desired program is not recorded.