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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2009
Akihiko Kinoshita, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyuki Chiba, Kanagawa, JP;
Takashi Kanao, Tokyo, JP;
Tsuyoshi Honma, Chiba, JP;
Hirofumi Kouda, Saitama, JP;
Akihiko Kinoshita, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyuki Chiba, Kanagawa, JP;
Takashi Kanao, Tokyo, JP;
Tsuyoshi Honma, Chiba, JP;
Hirofumi Kouda, Saitama, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A program accumulation apparatus includes: a broadcast program acquisition section to acquire data of a broadcast program based on a preset recording reservation; a delivery program acquisition section to acquire data of a delivery program delivered by a downloading method via a network based on a preset download reservation; a storage section to accumulate the data of the broadcast program or the data of the delivery program; a designation section to accept a designation of the broadcast program for the recording reservation; a judgment section to judge whether the recording reservation of the designated broadcast program is possible; and a setting section to judge, when the recording reservation of the designated broadcast program is judged as being impossible, whether the download reservation of the delivery program of the same source as the broadcast program is possible, and set the download reservation of the delivery program when judged possible.