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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2007
Akihiko Kinoshita, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Kanao, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyuki Chiba, Kanagawa, JP;
Tsuyoshi Honma, Chiba, JP;
Hirofumi Kouda, Saitama, JP;
Akihiko Kinoshita, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Kanao, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyuki Chiba, Kanagawa, JP;
Tsuyoshi Honma, Chiba, JP;
Hirofumi Kouda, Saitama, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A network system in which a terminal apparatus, a recording apparatus, and a server apparatus are connectable via a network is disclosed. The server apparatus includes a service processing unit performing a service of reserving recording of a content to the recording apparatus by a request from the terminal apparatus, and an available service information provision unit managing information on the service available to the recording apparatus as available service information and transmitting the available service information to the terminal apparatus in response to a request from the terminal apparatus. The terminal apparatus includes a content guide acquisition unit acquiring a content guide which lists information to guide watching and listening of a plurality of contents, an available service information acquisition unit acquiring the available service information from the server apparatus, and a content guide display processing unit processing the content guide acquired by the content guide acquisition unit based on the available service information acquired by the available service information acquisition unit and displaying the processed one.