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INFORMATION STORAGE APPARATUS, ITS CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM

  • US 20090113485A1
  • Filed: 10/29/2008
  • Published: 04/30/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An information storage apparatus for processing a plurality of broadcast contents, each content subject to a respective use condition, the information storage apparatus comprising:

  • a storage unit for storing such contents;

    a control unit configured to manage a respective recording reservation of each content and to control the storage unit so as to store a reservation target content in the storage unit and delete a stored content from the storage unit, the reservation target content and the stored content being respective members of the plurality of broadcast contents; and

    a determination unit configured to determine, when an instruction to perform a recording reservation of the reservation target content is received, whether there is any content stored in the storage unit that, according to its use condition, is permitted to be deleted from the storage unit by a recording start time of the reservation target content.

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