Recording Apparatus, Receiving Apparatus, and Receiving/Recording System
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Abstract
A recording apparatus includes an input device for inputting a television signal and channel information relating to the television signal from an external receiving apparatus which receives the television signal and generates the channel information, a recording device for recording the television signal, and a controller for controlling the recording device based on the channel information input by the input device.
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41 Claims
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1-33. -33. (canceled)
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34. A recording apparatus comprising:
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a first tuner capable of receiving a first plurality of channels;
a first memory for (a) acquiring information of a second plurality of channels from an external receiver device having a second tuner capable of receiving a second plurality of channels and (b) storing the information;
a second memory for storing information of the first plurality of channels that is receivable by the first tuner;
an accepting unit for accepting a signal for designating a channel of either one of the first plurality of channels or the second plurality of channels; and
a control unit for determining, based on information stored in each of the first memory and the second memory, a selection of either the first tuner or the second tuner, for receiving image data of the channel designated by the signal, wherein the control unit acquires the information of the second plurality of channels to be stored in the first memory at a predetermined timing and updates the first memory with the acquired information. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37)
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38. A method of controlling a recording apparatus having a first tuner capable of receiving a first plurality of channels, said method comprising:
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a first storing step for (a) acquiring information of a second plurality of channels from an external receiver device having a second tuner capable of receiving the second plurality of channels and (b) storing the information in a first memory;
a second storing step for storing information of the first plurality of channels receivable by the first tuner in a second memory;
an accepting step for accepting a signal for designating a channel of either one of the first plurality of channels or the second plurality of channels; and
a controlling step for determining, based on information stored in each of the first memory and the second memory, a selection of either the first tuner or the second tuner, for receiving image data of the channel designated by the signal, wherein, in the controlling step, the information of the second plurality of channels to be stored in the first memory is acquired at a predetermined timing and the first memory is updated with the acquired information. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41)
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