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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 02, 2007
Takefumi Kitayama, Kanagawa, JP;
Hideki Asazu, Tokyo, JP;
Takehisa Souraku, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasushi Tsuruta, Tokyo, JP;
Takefumi Kitayama, Kanagawa, JP;
Hideki Asazu, Tokyo, JP;
Takehisa Souraku, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasushi Tsuruta, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
A broadcast program reservation apparatus is disclosed. The broadcast program reservation apparatus may include a reception unit, a reservation unit, and a determination unit. The reception unit may receive a broadcast program and electronic program information. The reservation unit may execute a reserve-recording process of recording the program based on the electronic program information which has been received. The determination unit may determine whether or not a reservation candidate program as a candidate of the program is caused to be reserve-recorded by the reservation unit corresponding to a plurality of broadcast patterns of the program in a predetermined time period.