Personal digital assistant apparatus
First Claim
1. A portable information terminal apparatus comprising:
- a reception unit for receiving a broadcast signal including program information;
a communication unit for conducting communication with a recording and reproduction apparatus, the recording and reproduction apparatus recording and reproducing a broadcast signal;
a display unit for displaying the program information and video information included in the broadcast signal;
a storage unit for storing a viewing history of a received and displayed video signal; and
an operation unit for operating viewing in the portable information terminal apparatus, wherein on the basis of the viewing history stored in said storage unit, the portable information terminal apparatus sends an order signal to the recording and reproduction apparatus via said communication unit to order recording or reproduction of information relating to the viewing history.
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Abstract
A personal digital assistant (PDA) apparatus and a recording and reproduction apparatus improved in convenience in use by reflecting the viewing situation in the PDA into the recording and reproduction apparatus are provided. The PDA includes a reception unit for perceiving a broadcast signal including program information, a communication unit for communicating with the recording and reproduction apparatus, which records/reproduces a broadcast signal, a display unit for displaying the program information and video information included in the broadcast signal, a storage unit for storing viewing history of a received and displayed video signal, and an operation unit for operating viewing in the apparatus. Based on viewing history stored in the storage unit, an order signal is sent to the recording and reproduction apparatus via the communication unit to order reproduction of information relating to the viewing history from among information stored in the recording and reproduction apparatus.
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17 Claims
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1. A portable information terminal apparatus comprising:
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a reception unit for receiving a broadcast signal including program information;
a communication unit for conducting communication with a recording and reproduction apparatus, the recording and reproduction apparatus recording and reproducing a broadcast signal;
a display unit for displaying the program information and video information included in the broadcast signal;
a storage unit for storing a viewing history of a received and displayed video signal; and
an operation unit for operating viewing in the portable information terminal apparatus, wherein on the basis of the viewing history stored in said storage unit, the portable information terminal apparatus sends an order signal to the recording and reproduction apparatus via said communication unit to order recording or reproduction of information relating to the viewing history. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 16)
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10. A recording and reproduction apparatus comprising:
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a recording and reproduction unit for recording and reproducing a broadcast signal;
a communication unit for conducting communication with a portable information terminal apparatus, the portable information terminal apparatus including an operation unit for operating said recording and reproduction unit; and
program information acquisition unit for acquiring program information included in the program signal, wherein on the basis of viewing history information of the portable information terminal apparatus itself received from the portable information terminal apparatus, a record of information relating to the viewing history is searched for, and the record obtained by the search is reproduced. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12)
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13. A recording and reproduction system comprising:
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a portable information terminal apparatus including a reception unit for receiving a broadcast signal including program information, a communication unit for conducting communication with a recording and reproduction apparatus, the recording and reproduction apparatus recording and reproducing a broadcast signal, a display unit for displaying the program information and video information included in the broadcast signal, a storage unit for storing a viewing history of a received and displayed video signal, and an operation unit for operating viewing in the portable information terminal apparatus; and
the recording and reproduction apparatus connected to said portable information terminal apparatus via said communication unit, wherein on the basis of a viewing history stored in the storage unit, the portable information terminal apparatus orders the recording and reproduction apparatus via the communication unit to reproduce information relating to the viewing history from among information stored in the recording and reproduction apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 17)
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