Timer reservation recording system
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1. In an apparatus for timer reservation recording including:
- input means for sequentially inputting reservation information elements indicating programs and their respective recording start and end times, displaying means for displaying said reservation information elements, storing means for storing said reservation information elements, and output means for outputting said reservation information elements from said storing means;
the combination ofdatabase means for recording previously inputted reservation information elements together with respective certainty degree information which is renewed when said reservation information elements are recorded; and
database management means operative when said reservation information elements are inputted to said input means, to search reservation information elements recorded in said database means for reservation information elements which are identical to the inputted reservation information elements, and to display, in an order according to said certainty degree information, reservation information elements obtained from the search as proposed reservation information elements for augmenting said inputted reservation information elements.
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Abstract
In an apparatus for timer reservation recording, previously inputted reservations for a program are recorded in a habit database together with a degree of certainty which is reviewed according to the frequency of reservation inputting for the program. When a timer reservation is made, reservations are found in the habit database and displayed in order according to their probability of being for the same program for which a reservation is being made, thereby assisting the user to easily and positively make a timer reservation for a desired program.
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1. In an apparatus for timer reservation recording including:
- input means for sequentially inputting reservation information elements indicating programs and their respective recording start and end times, displaying means for displaying said reservation information elements, storing means for storing said reservation information elements, and output means for outputting said reservation information elements from said storing means;
the combination ofdatabase means for recording previously inputted reservation information elements together with respective certainty degree information which is renewed when said reservation information elements are recorded; and database management means operative when said reservation information elements are inputted to said input means, to search reservation information elements recorded in said database means for reservation information elements which are identical to the inputted reservation information elements, and to display, in an order according to said certainty degree information, reservation information elements obtained from the search as proposed reservation information elements for augmenting said inputted reservation information elements. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
- input means for sequentially inputting reservation information elements indicating programs and their respective recording start and end times, displaying means for displaying said reservation information elements, storing means for storing said reservation information elements, and output means for outputting said reservation information elements from said storing means;
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