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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2001
Applicants:
Koichi Kawana, Chiba, JP;
Yoko Takahashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Makoto Korehisa, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/173 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A broadcast program recording and playing apparatus includes a program management unit that manages a database storing program information for broadcast programs. A transmission unit transmits the program information stored in the database to an electronic apparatus using wireless communication. Under the control of the electronic apparatus, a control unit controls an apparatus having functions of recording and playing the broadcast programs.