Data receiving apparatus and method
First Claim
1. A data receiving apparatus for automatically scheduling the recording of broadcast programs without user intervention in the scheduling process, comprising:
- reservation accepting means for accepting reservation requests of one or more data broadcast programs that are sequentially and repetitively transmitted in groups over ones of multiple channels such that programs in different channels can overlap each other in time,a reception and storing means for recording one data broadcast program at a time, grouping means for grouping the reserved data broadcast programs into one or more groups in which each group contains programs that interfere with each other with respect to recording by the reception and recording means,priority assigning means for assigning a unique recording priority to each group and to each program within a group such that all of the reserved repeating programs can be recorded in sequence according to the assigned priorities.
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Abstract
Different programs are broadcasted in a plurality of channels. A broadcast program which transmits same data in repetition is reserved in such programs to download the data. The GUI part 250 displays EPG data indicating a broadcast time zone of a data broadcast program and the like. When a user select and reserves a program, the virtual program processing part 224 groups the selected program into a virtual program in which priorities interfere each other. The priority processing part 222 assigns a unique priority to each reserved program for each virtual program depending on user'"'"'s operation. The reception control part 230 controls a broadcast receiving apparatus (not shown) to download data of a program which is assigned the highest priority at each time.
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15 Claims
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1. A data receiving apparatus for automatically scheduling the recording of broadcast programs without user intervention in the scheduling process, comprising:
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reservation accepting means for accepting reservation requests of one or more data broadcast programs that are sequentially and repetitively transmitted in groups over ones of multiple channels such that programs in different channels can overlap each other in time, a reception and storing means for recording one data broadcast program at a time, grouping means for grouping the reserved data broadcast programs into one or more groups in which each group contains programs that interfere with each other with respect to recording by the reception and recording means, priority assigning means for assigning a unique recording priority to each group and to each program within a group such that all of the reserved repeating programs can be recorded in sequence according to the assigned priorities. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. Apparatus for automatically scheduling without user intervention the recording of broadcast data programs that are sequentially and repetitively transmitted in groups over ones of multiple channels such that programs in different channels can overlap each other in time, comprising:
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structure for accepting reservation requests of one or more of the data broadcast programs, structure for grouping the reserved data broadcast programs into one or more groups in which each group contains programs that interfere with each other with respect to receiving in sequence, and structure for assigning a unique receiving priority to each group and to each program within a group such that all of the reserved repeating programs can be received in sequence according to the assigned priorities.
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6. A method of automatically scheduling without user intervention the recording of broadcast data programs that are repetitively transmitted in groups over ones of multiple channels such that programs in different channels can overlap each other in time, comprising the steps of
accepting reservation requests of one or more of the data broadcast programs, grouping the reserved data broadcast programs into one or more groups in which each group contains programs that interfere with each other with respect to receiving in sequence, and assigning a unique receiving priority to each group and to each program within a group such that all of the reserved repeating programs can be received in sequence according to the assigned priorities.
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10. A computer program product for storing a program to control a computer that when executed on the computer automatically schedules without user intervention the recording of broadcast data programs that are repetitively transmitted in groups over ones of multiple channels such that programs in different channels can overlap each other in time, the method comprising the steps of accepting reservation requests of one or more of the data broadcast programs,
grouping the reserved data broadcast programs into one or more groups in which each group contains programs that interfere with each other with respect to receiving in sequence, and assigning a unique receiving priority to each group and to each program within a group such that all of the reserved repeating programs can be received in sequence according to the assigned priorities.
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14. A method for automatically scheduling the recording of broadcast programs in a scheduling process, comprising:
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accepting reservation requests of one or more data broadcast programs that are sequentially and repetitively transmitted in groups over ones of multiple channels such that programs in different channels overlap each other in time; grouping, without user intervention, the reserved data broadcast programs into one or more groups in which each group contains programs that temporally interfere with each other; and assigning, without user intervention, a unique recording priority to each group and to each program within a group such that all of the reserved programs can be recorded in sequence according to the assigned priorities. - View Dependent Claims (15)
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