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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 01, 2013
Sony Computer Entertainment Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Kensaku Ishizuka, Tokyo, JP;
Yuki Kobayashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Masakazu Hayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Manabu Nishizawa, Tokyo, JP;
SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus information acquisition unitacquires information representative of a limitation relating to viewing or recording of a broadcasting program in regard to each of a plurality of recording apparatus. An operation detection unitaccepts a user operation which designates a recording target program. When the user operation is accepted, a recording apparatus selection unitdetermines a priority of each recording apparatus in response to the limitation relating to viewing or recording of a broadcasting program in each recording apparatus, and selects a recording apparatus which has the highest priority as a recording apparatus which is to record the recording target program.