Broadcasting system with means to label programs being recorded and to display the label information
First Claim
1. A method of managing recorded programs recorded in a recording medium in a broadcasting system comprising at least one transmitter and a plurality of terminals, wherein each transmitter broadcasts a data stream, a plurality of channels being multiplexed into each data stream, each channel comprising a plurality of programs and wherein each transmitter includes, in the data stream, program information comprising program information (PI) records associated with respective programs available in the broadcasting system, the method comprising the steps of:
- each terminal permitting a user to select a desired one of said programs;
adding said selected program to a recording queue which keeps program-identifying data sets in order of broadcast start time;
recording on said recording medium a program identified by one of said program-identifying data sets in a first position of said recording queue;
recording a program information record of said recorded program in a predetermined area on said recording medium;
in response to a reception of a playing request from the user, displaying a program guide for said recorded programs recorded on said recording medium;
prompting the user to select one of said recorded programs for play; and
in response to the user selecting said one of said recorded programs, playing said selected recorded program to provide video and/or audio output(s).
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Abstract
A digital multimedia recorder that makes good use of EPG data to have at least one of the following capabilities of: (a) selecting a program to be played from a displayed program guide for recorded programs; (b) including, in the displayed program guide, program information on programs relating to each of the recorded programs thereby to permit the user to program the recorder to record a selected one of the related program; (c) recording a plurality of programs broadcast at the same time; (d) record a multi-channel program whose channel configuration changes in the middle of the program so as to support the capability (a); and (e) playing a recorded program within a limit prescribed in a contract with a provider. The information includes information on related programs, if any (which are related with each program), and information on recommended programs which a broadcasting party recommends to the subscribers.
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41 Claims
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1. A method of managing recorded programs recorded in a recording medium in a broadcasting system comprising at least one transmitter and a plurality of terminals, wherein each transmitter broadcasts a data stream, a plurality of channels being multiplexed into each data stream, each channel comprising a plurality of programs and wherein each transmitter includes, in the data stream, program information comprising program information (PI) records associated with respective programs available in the broadcasting system, the method comprising the steps of:
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each terminal permitting a user to select a desired one of said programs;
adding said selected program to a recording queue which keeps program-identifying data sets in order of broadcast start time;
recording on said recording medium a program identified by one of said program-identifying data sets in a first position of said recording queue;
recording a program information record of said recorded program in a predetermined area on said recording medium;
in response to a reception of a playing request from the user, displaying a program guide for said recorded programs recorded on said recording medium;
prompting the user to select one of said recorded programs for play; and
in response to the user selecting said one of said recorded programs, playing said selected recorded program to provide video and/or audio output(s). - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
including, in said PI record of each of recorded programs of recording media that have been recorded by said terminal, said medium ID of a recording medium storing the recorded program;
including, in said PI record of each of recorded programs of recording media that have been recorded by said terminal, a recorded program ID unique to the recorded program;
storing, in a storage device, all of said PI records for said recorded programs of recording media that have been recorded by said terminal, and permitting the user to retrieve a desired program.
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15. A method as defined in claim 14, wherein said recording media is a removable disc medium, wherein the method further includes the steps of, each time of loading said disc media, updating relevant PI records stored in said storage device.
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16. A method as defined in claim 1, wherein said recording medium is a removable tape medium and wherein the method further includes the steps of
when a recording medium is recorded for the first time, recording a medium ID unique to said recording medium at a predetermined location in said predetermined area of said recording medium; -
including, in said PI record of each of recorded programs of recording media that have been recorded by said terminal, said medium ID of a recording medium storing the recorded program;
including, in said PI record of each of recorded programs of recording media that have been recorded by said terminal, a recorded program ID unique to the recorded program;
storing, in a storage device, all of said PI records for said recorded programs of recording media that have been recorded by said terminal, and at a time of accessing a neighborhood of said predetermined area, copying said PI records of programs recorded on said recording medium which are stored in said storage device to said predetermined area of said recording medium, wherein said step of displaying a program guide uses said PI records stored in said storage device.
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17. A method as defined in claim 16, wherein said step of recording a program includes the step of recording said program and said medium ID in time-division-multiplexing, said medium ID being recorded in a raised frequency, wherein the method further includes the step of, at a time of loading said medium, obtaining said medium ID by winding said tape in either direction;
- and wherein said step of displaying a program guide includes the step of reading said PI records stored in said storage device by using said obtained medium ID.
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18. A multimedia terminal capable of managing recorded programs recorded in a recording medium in a broadcasting system comprising at least one transmitter and a plurality of terminals, wherein each transmitter broadcasts a data stream, a plurality of channels being multiplexed into each data stream, each channel comprising a plurality of programs and wherein each transmitter includes, in the data stream, program information comprising program information (PI) records associated with respective programs available in the broadcasting system, the multimedia terminal comprising:
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means for permitting a user to select a desired one of said programs;
means for adding said selected program to a recording queue which keeps program-identifying data sets in order of broadcast start time;
means for recording on said recording medium a program identified by one of said program-identifying data sets in a first position of said recording queue;
means for recording a program information record of said recorded program in a predetermined area on said recording medium;
means, responsive to a reception of a playing request from the user, for displaying a program guide for said recorded programs recorded on said recording medium;
means for prompting the user to select one of said recorded programs for play; and
means, response to the user selecting said one of said recorded programs, for playing said selected recorded program to provide video and/or audio output(s). - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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39. A multimedia reproducer for reproducing recorded programs recorded on a recording medium, wherein program information comprising program information (PI) records associated with said recorded programs is also recorded on the recording medium, the multimedia reproducer comprising:
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means, responsive to a reception of a reproducing request from the user, for displaying a program guide for said recorded programs and prompting the user to select one of said recorded programs for play; and
means, response to the user selecting said one of said recorded programs, for reproducing said selected recorded program. - View Dependent Claims (40, 41)
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Specification