Broadcasting receiver for receiving and regenerating records of digital broadcasting

• US 6,839,902 B2
• Filed: 04/25/2003
• Issued: 01/04/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 11/30/1998
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Hirota, Atsushi
• Primary Examiner(s): BOCCIO, VINCENT F
• Application Number:
  US10/422,800
• Publication Number:
  US 20030185546A1
• Time in Patent Office: 620 Days
• Field of Search: 725/37, 725/38, 725/40, 725/45, 725/47, 725/44, 725/50, 725/142, 725/39, 345/719, 345/717, 345/716, 386/46, 386/83, 386/95
• US Class Current: 725/37
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4112 having fewer capabilities than the client, e.g. thin client having less processing power or no tuning capabilities
• 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 21/488 Data services, e.g. news ticker systems specially adapted for using meteorological information in broadcast systems H04H60/71
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/76 Television signal recording
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/781 on disks or drums
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8042 involving data reduction

Abstract

A broadcasting receiver for setting beforehand, a threshold of free disk space of a file system on a Hard Disk Drive (HDD), detection of record termination of a specified program investigates the free disk space of the HDD. The present free disk space is compared with the threshold level of free disk space set up beforehand. If the present free disk space is smaller than the threshold level, a message indicating the free disk space has decreased is displayed automatically, and, if necessary, the present free disk space is displayed simultaneously.

Claims

1. A broadcasting receiver comprising:

program selection means for choosing a signal of at least one program from received digital broadcasting signals;

program record means for creating a file or a directory in a storage media, and for recording said at least one program chosen by said program selection means;

related information administration means for controlling and updating at least one attribute of recordable space, expiry date, playback count and record time of the at least one program recorded by said record means

related information display control means for controlling display of related information of record playback controlled and updated by said related information administration means; and

performing means for performing deletion of said file or said directory selected by a user,

wherein, said related information administration means sons a plurality of files or a directory of recorded programs in order of at least one attribute including at least one of record time, record volume, expiry date, or playback count, and designates said related information display control means to display the at least one attribute, and

wherein said related information administration means administrates the expiry date of each program recorded in the storage media, and deletes the program which passes the expiry date, said expiry date being predetermined initially and changeable by a user.

2. A broadcasting receiver comprising:

program selection means for choosing a signal of at least one program from received digital broadcasting signals;

program record means for creating a file or a directory in a storage media, and for recording said at least one program chosen by said program selection means;

related information administration means for controlling and updating information relevant to record and playback of the at least one program recorded in said storage media by said program record means;

related information display control means for controlling display of related information of record playback controlled and updated by said related information administration means;

inquiry words display control means for controlling display of inquiry words regarding the at least one program controlled and updated by said related information administration means; and

performing means for performing said program transaction when a displayed button is manipulated corresponding to said inquiry words;

wherein, said related information administration means sorts a plurality of files by a directory of recorded programs in order of at least one attribute including at least one of record time, record volume, entry date, or playback count, and designates said related information display control means to display the at least one attribute, and

wherein said related information administration means administrates the expiry date of reach program recorded in the storage media and deletes the program which passes the expiry date, said expiry date being predetermined initially and changeable by a user.

3. The broadcasting receiver as claimed in claim 2, wherein said inquiry words display control means controls display of whether the at least one recorded program is transmitted to other storage media.

4. The broadcasting receiver as claimed in claim 3, wherein said inquiry words display control means controls the display of inquiry words so that a transmission inquiry may be displayed at a time of record reservation of the at least one program.

5. The broadcasting receiver as claimed in claim 3, wherein said inquiry words display control means controls the display of inquiry words so that a transmission inquiry may be displayed at a time of read-out of the at least one program.