RECORD/REPLAY APPARATUS, RECORD/REPLAY METHOD, AND PROGRAM

• US 20070280636A1
• Filed: 05/16/2007
• Published: 12/06/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 05/31/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Canon Ayutthaya Limited (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Ayutthaya Limited (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Adachi, Keiji
• Application Number:
  US11/749,320
• Publication Number:
  US 20070280636A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 386/295
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/252 Processing of multiple end-users' preferences to derive collaborative data
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4335 Housekeeping operations, e.g. prioritizing content for deletion because of storage space restrictions storage management, e.g. defragmentation G06F3/0604; unloading stored programs G06F9/445; storage management in file systems G06F16/10; buffering arrangements in a network node or in an end terminal in packet networks H04L49/90
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47214 for content reservation or setting reminders; for requesting event notification, e.g. of sport results or stock market stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services over packet-switching network H04L12/1859; notification of incoming messages in packet switching networks H04L51/224
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/765 Interface circuits between an apparatus for recording and another apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/775 between a recording apparatus and a television receiver
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/781 on disks or drums
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/782 on tape

Abstract

The record/replay apparatus includes a broadcast program receiver which receives a broadcast program, a broadcast program storage unit adapted to store the broadcast program received by the broadcast program receiver, an evaluation value transceiver adapted to obtain the evaluation values of broadcast programs via a network from an evaluation value accumulation server that stores the evaluation values of broadcast programs, an evaluation value processing unit adapted to decide a broadcast program to be deleted based on the evaluation values obtained by the evaluation value transceiver, and a broadcast program deletion unit adapted to automatically delete the broadcast program, deletion of which is decided by the evaluation value processing unit, from the broadcast program storage unit.

Claims

1. A record/replay apparatus comprising:

a receiver which receives a broadcast program;

a storage unit adapted to store the broadcast program received by said receiver;

an obtaining unit adapted to obtain evaluation values of broadcast programs via a network from an accumulation server that stores evaluation values of broadcast programs;

a processing unit adapted to decides a broadcast program to be deleted based on the evaluation values obtained by said obtaining unit; and

a deletion unit adapted to automatically delete the broadcast program, deletion of which is decided by said processing unit, from said storage unit.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a determination unit adapted to determine an available storage capacity of said storage unit,

wherein when said determination unit determines that the available storage capacity is not more than a predetermined storage capacity, deletion is performed.

3. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said processing unit determines whether an evaluation value of a broadcast program is not more than a predetermined value, and when the evaluation value of the broadcast program is not more than the predetermined value, decides to delete the broadcast program.

4. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said processing unit decides to delete a broadcast program of the lowest evaluation value.

5. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a transmitter adapted to transmit an evaluation value to the accumulation server.

6. The apparatus according to claim 4, further comprising an input unit adapted to input an evaluation value to be transmitted to the accumulation server.

7. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a protection unit adapted to make a setting to prevent deletion of a broadcast program stored in said storage unit, wherein a broadcast program set as the one to be prevented from deletion by said protection unit is excluded from automatic deletion targets.

8. A record/replay method comprising:

receiving a broadcast program;

storing the received broadcast program in a storage unit;

obtaining evaluation values of broadcast programs via a network from an accumulation server that stores evaluation values of broadcast programs;

deciding a broadcast program to be deleted based on the obtained evaluation values; and

automatically deleting the broadcast program, deletion of which is decided, from the storage unit.

9. The method according to claim 8, further comprising determining an available storage capacity of the storage unit,

wherein when the available storage capacity is determined to be not more than a predetermined storage capacity, deletion is performed.

10. The method according to claim 8, wherein in the deciding step, whether an evaluation value of a broadcast program is not more than a predetermined value is determined, and when the evaluation value of the broadcast program is not more than the predetermined value, the broadcast program is decided to be deleted.

11. The method according to claim 8, wherein in the deciding step, a broadcast program of the lowest evaluation value is decided to be deleted.

12. The method according to claim 8, further comprising transmitting an evaluation value to the accumulation server.

13. The method according to claim 12, further comprising inputting an evaluation value to be transmitted to the accumulation server.

14. The method according to claim 8, further comprising making a setting to prevent deletion of a broadcast program stored in the storage unit,

wherein a broadcast program set as the one to be prevented from deletion is excluded from automatic deletion targets.

15. A program stored in a computer-readable storage medium, the program causing a computer to execute

receiving a broadcast program,

storing the received broadcast program received in a storage unit,

obtaining evaluation values of broadcast programs via a network from an accumulation server that stores evaluation values of broadcast programs,

deciding a broadcast program to be deleted based on the obtained evaluation values, and

automatically deleting the broadcast program, deletion of which is decided, from the storage unit.

16. The program according to claim 15, further comprising determining an available storage capacity of the storage unit,

wherein when the available storage capacity is determined to be not more than a predetermined storage capacity, deletion is performed.

17. The program according to claim 15, wherein in the deciding step, whether an evaluation value of a broadcast program is not more than a predetermined value is determined, and when the evaluation value of the broadcast program is not more than the predetermined value, the broadcast program is decided to be deleted.

18. The program according to claim 15, wherein in the deciding step, a broadcast program of the lowest evaluation value is decided to be deleted.

19. The program according to claim 15, further comprising transmitting an evaluation value to the accumulation server.

20. The program according to claim 19, further comprising inputting an evaluation value to be transmitted to the accumulation server.

21. The program according to claim 15, further comprising making a setting to prevent deletion of a broadcast program stored in the storage unit,

wherein a broadcast program set as the one to be prevented from deletion is excluded from automatic deletion targets.