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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2008
Yasushi Shikata, Tama, JP;
Katsuhiro Miyamoto, Isehara, JP;
Tomoyasu Yoshikawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Teruki Kikkawa, Machida, JP;
Satoshi Hanamitsu, Kawasaki, JP;
Tomoya Asanuma, Yokohama, JP;
Osamu Yonishi, Yokohama, JP;
Koji Mito, Kawasaki, JP;
Yasushi Shikata, Tama, JP;
Katsuhiro Miyamoto, Isehara, JP;
Tomoyasu Yoshikawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Teruki Kikkawa, Machida, JP;
Satoshi Hanamitsu, Kawasaki, JP;
Tomoya Asanuma, Yokohama, JP;
Osamu Yonishi, Yokohama, JP;
Koji Mito, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A recorder control apparatus which controls execution of broadcast program recording in a plurality of recorders connected thereto, comprises an acceptance unit configured to accept a request to execute broadcast program recording, an acquisition unit configured to acquire, from each recorder, reservation information related to reserved program recording to be executed by the recorder after a point at which the execution request is accepted, a selection unit configured to select, from the plurality of recorders, a recorder capable of executing broadcast program recording corresponding to the execution request for a longest duration, based on the reservation information, and a request unit configured to request the recorder selected by the selection unit to execute broadcast program recording corresponding to the execution request.