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VIDEO RECORDING SYSTEM, VIDEO RECORDING APPARATUS, AND VIDEO RECORDING METHOD

  • US 20090245758A1
  • Filed: 03/30/2009
  • Published: 10/01/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A video recording system for recording a content that has been broadcasted or distributed, said video recording system comprisinga first video recording apparatus and a second video recording apparatus that are connected to each other via a network,said first video recording apparatus including:

  • a recording registration unit configured to accept scheduled recording information indicating a period of time during which the content is to be recorded;

    a first recording control unit configured to start recording the content when the period of time indicated by the scheduled recording information starts;

    a scheduled information transmitting unit configured to transmit relay-recording scheduled information to said second video recording apparatus, the relay-recording scheduled information notifying said second video recording apparatus of the period of time indicated by the scheduled recording information; and

    a signal transmitting unit configured to continue to transmit a signal to said second video recording apparatus during the period of time indicated by the scheduled recording information, andsaid second video recording apparatus including;

    a receiving unit configured to receive the relay-recording scheduled information and the signal that have been transmitted from said first video recording apparatus;

    a partner-recording-state monitoring unit configured to determine whether or not said receiving unit has suspended the continued reception of the signal during a period of time indicated by the relay-recording scheduled information; and

    a second recording control unit configured to start recording the content when said partner-recording-state monitoring unit determines that said receiving unit has suspended the continued reception of the signal.

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