PROGRAM RESERVATION APPARATUS AND PROGRAM RESERVATION METHOD

• US 20090064234A1
• Filed: 08/19/2008
• Published: 03/05/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 08/30/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: IKEDA, Shingo
• Application Number:
  US12/194,277
• Publication Number:
  US 20090064234A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/58
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4227 Providing Remote input by a user located remotely from the client device, e.g. at work
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4334 Recording operations recording of a television signal H04N5/76; arrangements for recording or accumulating broadcast information or broadcast-related information H04H60/27
• 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 21/4821 using a grid, e.g. sorted out by channel and broadcast time
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/782 on tape

Abstract

According to one embodiment a program reservation apparatus is provided with an acquiring unit for acquiring program information, a program listing producing unit for producing an electronic program listing based upon the program information acquired, a display unit for displaying the electronic program listing produced on a screen, a selecting unit for selecting and determining a desired program from the electronic program listing displayed, an e-mail producing unit for producing an e-mail main text for program reservation for making program reservation by e-mail with respect to the program selected and determined, and transmitting units for transmitting the e-mail main text for program reservation produced to the outside.

Claims

1. A program reservation apparatus comprising:

an acquiring unit configured to acquire program information,

a program listing producing unit configured to produce an electronic program listing based upon the program information acquired by the acquiring unit,

a display unit configured to display the electronic program listing produced by the program listing producing unit on a screen,

a selecting unit configured to select and determine a desired program from the electronic program listing displayed on the display unit,

an e-mail producing unit configured to produce an e-mail main text for program reservation for making program reservation by e-mail with respect to the program selected and determined by the selecting unit, and

a transmitting unit configured to transmit the e-mail main text for program reservation produced by the e-mail producing unit to the outside.

2. The program reservation apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the e-mail producing unit is configured to be capable of producing the e-mail main texts for program reservation with formats corresponding to various receiving apparatuses capable of making program reservation registration by e-mail.

3. The program reservation apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the e-mail producing unit

comprises a setting unit configured to set manufacturer and model of a receiving apparatus which makes program reservation registration by e-mail, and

is configured to produce an e-mail main text for program reservation in a format corresponding to a receiving apparatus for making program reservation registration by e-mail, based upon the manufacturer and the model set by the setting unit.

4. The program reservation apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the e-mail producing unit is configured to produce an e-mail main text for program reservation for making program designation reservation with respect to the program selected and determined by the selecting unit by e-mail including identification information inherent to the program.

5. The program reservation apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the transmitting unit is configured to transmit the e-mail main text for program reservation produced by the e-mail producing unit to an external information terminal by either wireless or barcode.

6. A broadcast receiving apparatus comprising:

a receiving unit configured to receive a broadcasting signal,

a signal processing unit configured to produce a video signal by extracting a desired channel signal from the broadcasting signal received by the receiving unit and applying a predetermined signal processing,

an outputting unit configured to output the video signal acquired by the signal processing unit,

an acquiring unit configured to acquire program information,

a program listing producing unit configured to produce an electronic program listing based upon the program information acquired by the acquiring unit,

a display unit configured to display the electronic program listing produced by the program listing producing unit on a screen,

a selecting unit configured to select and determine a desired program from the electronic program listing displayed on the display unit,

an e-mail producing unit configured to produce an e-mail main text for program reservation for making program reservation by e-mail with respect to the program selected and determined by the selecting unit, and

a transmitting unit configured to transmit the e-mail main text for program reservation produced by the e-mail producing unit to the outside.

7. A program reservation method comprising:

acquiring program information,

producing an electronic program listing based upon the program information acquired,

displaying the electronic program listing produced on a screen,

selecting and determining a desired program from the electronic program listing displayed,

producing an e-mail main text for program reservation for making program reservation by e-mail with respect to the program selected and determined, and

transmitting the e-mail main text for program reservation produced to the outside.