Program information providing apparatus and method, program recording preset system and method, and program recording system and method
First Claim
1. A program recording preset system comprising a first terminal apparatus for requesting to send program information, which is attribute information about a program, and a program chart, a program information providing apparatus having storage means for storing the program information and the program chart and sending the program information and the program chart to said first terminal apparatus upon request therefrom, and a second terminal apparatus for presetting recording of a specified program listed in the program chart sent to said first terminal apparatus, said first terminal apparatus, said program information providing apparatus, and said second terminal apparatus being interconnected by a network, wherein:
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display means for displaying the received program information and program chart;
input means for inputting a program recording preset request; and
first sending means for sending the program recording preset request inputted through said input means;
said program information providing apparatus includes;
first receiving means for receiving the program recording preset request from said first terminal apparatus;
searching means for searching, in response to the program recording preset request received by said first receiving means, said storage means for the program information;
second sending means for sending the program information retrieved by said searching means to said first terminal apparatus;
program recording preset script generating means for generating, on the basis of the program information retrieved by said searching means, a program recording preset script, which is a control command for recording the program listed in the program chart to a recording medium;
third sending means for sending the program recording preset script generated by said program recording preset script generating means; and
program recording preset cancel script generating means for generating, in response to a program recording preset cancel request, a program recording preset cancel script, which is a control command for invalidating the program recording preset script; and
said second terminal apparatus includes;
second receiving means for receiving the program recording preset script supplied from said third sending means of said program information providing apparatus; and
signal converting means for converting the program recording preset script received by said second receiving means into a program recording preset control signal,wherein said program information providing apparatus comprises electronic mail generating means for generating an electronic mail message indicating the reception of one of the program recording preset script and the program recording preset cancel script by said second terminal apparatus upon reception of the script reception information by said script reception information receiving means.
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Abstract
The invention is intended to facilitate the recording presetting of programs from a remote site. A program information providing apparatus having a storage section for storing program information, which is attribute information about a program, and a program chart, the program information and the program chart being sent via a network in response to a request from a portable terminal apparatus, the program information providing apparatus comprising: a search section for searching the storage section for the program information in response to a program recording preset request from the portable terminal apparatus to which the program table has been sent; a program recording preset script generating section for generating a program recording preset script, which is a control command for causing a recording apparatus to record a user-specified program listed in the program chart to a recording medium, and a sending section for sending the generated script.
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1. A program recording preset system comprising a first terminal apparatus for requesting to send program information, which is attribute information about a program, and a program chart, a program information providing apparatus having storage means for storing the program information and the program chart and sending the program information and the program chart to said first terminal apparatus upon request therefrom, and a second terminal apparatus for presetting recording of a specified program listed in the program chart sent to said first terminal apparatus, said first terminal apparatus, said program information providing apparatus, and said second terminal apparatus being interconnected by a network, wherein:
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said first terminal apparatus includes; display means for displaying the received program information and program chart; input means for inputting a program recording preset request; and first sending means for sending the program recording preset request inputted through said input means; said program information providing apparatus includes; first receiving means for receiving the program recording preset request from said first terminal apparatus; searching means for searching, in response to the program recording preset request received by said first receiving means, said storage means for the program information; second sending means for sending the program information retrieved by said searching means to said first terminal apparatus; program recording preset script generating means for generating, on the basis of the program information retrieved by said searching means, a program recording preset script, which is a control command for recording the program listed in the program chart to a recording medium; third sending means for sending the program recording preset script generated by said program recording preset script generating means; and program recording preset cancel script generating means for generating, in response to a program recording preset cancel request, a program recording preset cancel script, which is a control command for invalidating the program recording preset script; and said second terminal apparatus includes; second receiving means for receiving the program recording preset script supplied from said third sending means of said program information providing apparatus; and signal converting means for converting the program recording preset script received by said second receiving means into a program recording preset control signal, wherein said program information providing apparatus comprises electronic mail generating means for generating an electronic mail message indicating the reception of one of the program recording preset script and the program recording preset cancel script by said second terminal apparatus upon reception of the script reception information by said script reception information receiving means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A program recording preset method for a program recording preset system having a first terminal apparatus for requesting to send program information, which is attribute information about a program, and a program chart, a program information providing apparatus having storage means for storing the program information and the program chart and sending the program information and the program chart to said first terminal apparatus upon request therefrom, and a second terminal apparatus for presetting recording of a specified program listed in the program chart sent to said first terminal apparatus, said first terminal apparatus, said program information providing apparatus, and said second terminal apparatus being interconnected by a network:
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said program recording preset method in said first terminal apparatus comprising the steps of; displaying the received program chart, inputting a program recording preset request for a program shown in the program chart, and sending the inputted program recording preset request to the program information providing apparatus; said program recording preset method in said program information providing apparatus comprising the steps of; receiving the program recording preset request from said first terminal apparatus, searching, in response to the received program recording preset request, said storage means for the program information, sending the retrieved program information to said first terminal apparatus, generating, on the basis of the retrieved program information, a program recording preset script, which is a control command for recording the program listed in the program chart to a recording medium by recording means, sending the generated program recording preset script; and generating, in response to a program recording preset cancel request, a program recording preset cancel script, which is a control command for invalidating the program recording preset script; and said program recording preset method in said second terminal apparatus comprising the steps of; receiving the program recording preset script sent from said program information providing apparatus, and converting the received program recording preset script into a program recording preset control signal, wherein said program information providing apparatus sends the generated program recording preset cancel script to said second terminal apparatus, wherein said second terminal apparatus receives the program recording preset cancel script sent from said program information providing apparatus, wherein said second terminal apparatus sends, upon receiving one of the program recording preset script and the program recording preset cancel script, script reception information thereof to said program information providing apparatus, wherein said program information providing apparatus receives the script reception information sent from said second terminal apparatus, and wherein said program information providing apparatus generates an electronic mail message indicating the reception of one of the program recording preset script and the program recording preset cancel script by the second terminal apparatus upon reception of the script reception information. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6)
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7. A program recording system comprising a first terminal apparatus for requesting to send program information, which is attribute information about a program, and a program chart, a program information providing apparatus having storage means for storing the program information and the program chart and sending the program information and the program chart to said first terminal apparatus upon request therefrom, a second terminal apparatus for presetting recording of a specified program listed in the program chart sent to said first terminal apparatus, and a recording apparatus for recording the program to a recording medium in response to the program recording preset to said second terminal apparatus, said first terminal apparatus, said program information providing apparatus, said second terminal apparatus, and said recording apparatus being interconnected by a network, wherein:
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said first terminal apparatus includes; display means for displaying the received program information and program chart; input means for inputting a program recording preset request; and first sending means for sending the program recording preset request inputted through said input means; said program information providing apparatus includes; first receiving means for receiving the program recording preset request from said first terminal apparatus; searching means for searching, in response to the program recording preset request received by said first receiving means, said storage means for the program information; second sending means for sending the program information retrieved by said searching means to said first terminal apparatus; program recording preset script generating means for generating, on the basis of the program information retrieved by said searching means, a program recording preset script, which is a control command for recording the program listed in the program chart to a recording medium; third sending means for sending the program recording preset script generated by said program recording preset script generating means; and program recording preset cancel script generating means for generating, in response to a program recording preset cancel request, a program recording preset cancel script, which is a control command for invalidating the program recording preset script; said second terminal apparatus includes; second receiving means for receiving the program recording preset script supplied from said third sending means of said program information providing apparatus; signal converting means for converting the program recording preset script received by said second receiving means into a program recording preset control signal; and fourth sending means for sending the program recording preset control signal converted by said signal converting means; and said recording apparatus includes; third receiving means for receiving the program recording preset control signal sent from said third sending means of said second terminal apparatus; fourth receiving means for receiving the program listed in the program chart, recording means for recording the program received by said fourth receiving means to said recording medium; and control means for drivingly controlling, in response to the program recording preset control signal received by said third receiving means, said recording means to record the program received by said fourth receiving means to said recording medium, wherein said program information providing apparatus comprises electronic mail generating means for generating an electronic mail message indicating the reception of one of the program recording preset control signal and the program recording preset cancel control signal upon reception of the control signal reception information by said control signal reception information receiving means. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9)
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10. A program recording method for a program recording system having a first terminal apparatus for requesting to send program information, which is attribute information about a program, and a program chart, a program information providing apparatus having storage means for storing the program information and the program chart and sending the program information and the program chart to said first terminal apparatus upon request therefrom, a second terminal apparatus for presetting recording of a specified program listed in the program chart sent to said first terminal apparatus, and a recording apparatus for recording the program to a recording medium in response to the program recording preset to said second terminal apparatus, said first terminal apparatus, said program information providing apparatus, said second terminal apparatus, and said recording apparatus being interconnected by a network:
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said program recording method in said first terminal apparatus comprising the steps of; displaying the received program chart; inputting a program recording preset request for a program shown in the program chart; and sending the inputted program recording preset request to the program information providing apparatus; said program recording method in said program information providing apparatus comprising the steps of; receiving the program recording preset request from said first terminal apparatus; searching, in response to the received program recording preset request, said storage means for the program information; sending the retrieved program information to said first terminal apparatus; generating, on the basis of the retrieved program information, a program recording preset script, which is a control command for recording the program listed in the program chart to a recording medium; sending the generated program recording preset script; and generating, in response to a program recording preset cancel request, a program recording preset cancel script, which is a control command for invalidating the program recording preset script; said program recording method in said second terminal apparatus comprising the steps of; receiving the program recording preset script supplied from said program information providing apparatus; converting the received program recording preset script into a program recording preset control signal; and sending the converted program recording preset control signal; and said program recording method in said recording apparatus comprising the steps of; receiving the program recording preset control signal sent from said second terminal apparatus; receiving the program listed in the program chart; and recording the received program to said recording medium, in response to the program recording preset control signal, wherein said program information providing apparatus sends the generated program recording preset cancel script to said second terminal apparatus, wherein said second terminal apparatus receives the program recording preset cancel script sent from said program information providing apparatus, wherein said second terminal apparatus converts the received program recording preset cancel script into a program recording preset cancel control signal, wherein said second terminal apparatus sends said converted program recording preset cancel control signal to said recording apparatus, wherein said recording apparatus receives the program recording preset cancel control signal, wherein said second terminal apparatus sends, upon reception of one of the program recording preset control signal and the program recording preset cancel control signal by said recording apparatus, control signal reception information thereof to said program information providing apparatus, wherein said program information providing apparatus receives the control signal reception information from said second terminal apparatus, and wherein said program information providing apparatus generates an electronic mail message indicating the reception of one of the program recording preset control signal and the program recording preset cancel control signal by said recording apparatus upon reception of the control signal reception information. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12)
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13. A program information providing apparatus having first storage means for storing a plurality of items of program information, which is attribute information about a program and sending said plurality of items of program information to a first terminal apparatus via a network, said program information providing apparatus comprising:
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electronic mail generating means for generating a program introducing electronic mail message attached with at least one item of program introducing information for introducing the program of said plurality of items of program information stored in said first storage means; address generating and attaching means for generating a program recording preset address to be linked with any one of said plurality of items of program information stored in said first storage means and attaching the generated program recording preset address to the program introducing electronic mail message generated by said electronic mail generating means for each item of the program introducing information; first sending means for sending the program introducing electronic mail message attached with the program recording preset address by said address generating and attaching means to said first terminal apparatus at a predetermined time; searching means for searching said first storage means for specified one of said plurality of items of program information in accordance with access input information inputted to the program recording preset address; program recording preset script generating means for generating, on the basis of the retrieved program information, a program recording preset script, which is a control command for causing a recording apparatus to record the program to a recording medium; and second sending means for sending the program recording preset script generated by said program recording preset script generating means to a second terminal apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A program information providing method for storing a plurality of items of program information, which is attribute information about a program and sending the stored program information to a first terminal apparatus via a network, said program information providing method comprising the steps of:
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generating an electronic mail message attached with at least one item of program introducing information for introducing the program of the stored plurality of items of program information; generating a program recording preset address to be linked with any one of the stored plurality of items of program information, attaching the generated program recording preset address to the generated program introducing electronic mail message for each item of the program introducing information; sending the program introducing electronic mail message attached with the program recording preset address to said first terminal apparatus; searching for specified one of said plurality of items of program information in accordance with access input information inputted to the program recording preset address; generating, on the basis of the retrieved program information, a program recording preset script, which is a control command for causing a recording apparatus to record the program to a recording medium; and sending the generated program recording preset script to a second terminal apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56)
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57. A program recording preset system comprising a program information providing apparatus having first storage means for storing a plurality of items of program information, which is attribute information about a program and sending said plurality of items of program information stored in said first storing means, a first terminal apparatus for receiving the program information sent from said program information providing apparatus, and a second terminal apparatus for recording presetting of a program having the program information sent to said first terminal apparatus as the attribute information, said program information providing apparatus, said first terminal apparatus, and said second terminal apparatus being interconnected by a network, wherein
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electronic mail generating means for generating an electronic mail message attached with at least one item of program introducing information for introducing the program of said plurality of items of program information stored in said storage means; address generating and attaching means for generating a program recording preset address to be linked with any one of said plurality of items of program information stored in said first storage means and attaching the generated program recording preset address to the program introducing electronic mail message generated by said electronic mail generating means for each item of the program introducing information; first sending means for sending the program introducing electronic mail message attached with the program recording preset address by said address generating and attaching means to said first terminal apparatus; searching means for searching said storage means for specified one of said plurality of items of program information in accordance with access input information inputted for accessing said address; program recording preset script generating means for generating, on the basis of the retrieved program information, a program recording preset script, which is a control command for causing a recording apparatus to record the program to a recording medium; and second sending means for sending the program recording preset script generated by said program recording preset script generating means; said first terminal apparatus comprising; first receiving means for receiving the program introducing electronic mail message sent from said first sending means of said program information providing apparatus; first display means for displaying the program introducing electronic mail message received by said first receiving means; input means for inputting access input information for accessing the program recording preset address attached to the program introducing electronic mail message received by said first receiving means; and third sending means for sending the access input information inputted from said input means; and said second terminal apparatus comprising; second receiving means for receiving the program recording preset script sent from said second sending means of said program information providing apparatus; and signal converting means for converting the program recording preset script received by said second receiving means into a program recording preset control signal. - View Dependent Claims (58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92)
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93. A program recording preset method for a program recording preset system comprising a program information providing apparatus storing a plurality of items of program information, which is attribute information about a program and sending said plurality of items of program information, a first terminal apparatus for receiving the program information sent from the program information providing apparatus, and a second terminal apparatus for recording presetting of the program having the program information sent to said first terminal apparatus as the attribute information, said program information providing apparatus, said first terminal apparatus, and said second terminal apparatus being interconnected by a network, wherein
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generating an electronic mail message attached with at least one item of program introducing information for introducing the program of the stored plurality of items of program information; generating a program recording preset address to be linked with any one of the stored plurality of items of program information; attaching the generated program recording preset address to the program introducing electronic mail message for each item of program introducing information to said program information providing apparatus; and sending the program introducing electronic mail message attached with the program recording preset address to said first terminal apparatus at a predetermined time; said program recording preset method in said first terminal apparatus comprising the steps of; receiving the program introducing electronic mail message; displaying the received program introducing electronic mail message; inputting access input information for accessing the program recording preset address attached to the received program introducing electronic mail message; and sending the inputted access input information to said program information providing apparatus; said program recording preset method in said program information providing apparatus comprising the steps of; searching for specified one of the stored plurality of items of program information in accordance with access input information inputted to the program recording preset address; generating, on the basis of the retrieved program information, a program recording preset script, which is a control command for causing a recording apparatus to record the program to a recording medium; and sending the generated program recording preset script to said second terminal apparatus; and said program recording preset method in said second terminal apparatus comprising the steps of; receiving the program recording preset script; and converting the received program recording preset script into a program recording preset control signal. - View Dependent Claims (94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127)
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128. A program recording system having a program information providing apparatus storing a plurality of items of program information, which is attribute information about a program and sending said plurality of items of program information, a first terminal apparatus for receiving the program information from said program information providing apparatus, a second terminal apparatus for recording presetting of the program having the program information sent to said first terminal apparatus as the attribute information, and a recording apparatus for recording the program to a recording medium in accordance with the program recording preset to said second terminal apparatus, said program information providing apparatus, said first terminal apparatus, said second terminal apparatus, and said recording apparatus being interconnected by a network,
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electronic mail generating means for generating an electronic mail message attached with at least one item of program introducing information for introducing the program of said plurality of items of program information stored in said storage means; address generating and attaching means for generating a program recording preset address to be linked with any one of said plurality of times of program information stored in said storage means and attaching the generated program recording preset address to the program introducing electronic mail message generated by said electronic mail generating means for each item of the program introducing information; first sending means for sending the program introducing electronic mail message attached with the program recording preset address by said address generating and attaching means to said first terminal apparatus; searching means for searching said storage means for specified one of said plurality of items of program information in accordance with access input information inputted in order to make an access to the program recording preset address; program recording preset script generating means for generating, on the basis of the retrieved program information, a program recording preset script, which is a control command for causing a recording apparatus to record said program to a recording medium; and second sending means for sending the program recording preset script generated by said program recording preset script generating means to said second terminal apparatus; said first terminal apparatus comprising; first receiving means for receiving an electronic mail message from said first sending means of said program information providing apparatus; first display means for displaying the electronic mail message received by said first receiving means; input means for inputting access input information for accessing the program recording preset address attached to the electronic mail message received by said first receiving means; and third sending means for sending the access input information inputted through said input means; said second terminal apparatus comprising; second receiving means for receiving the program recording preset script supplied from said second sending means of said program information providing apparatus; signal converting means for converting the program recording preset script received by said second receiving means into a program recording preset control signal; and fourth sending means for sending the program recording preset control signal converted by said signal converting means; and said recording apparatus comprising; third receiving means for receiving the program recording preset control signal sent from said fourth sending means of said second terminal apparatus; fourth receiving means for receiving the program listed in the program chart; recording means for recording the program received by said fourth receiving means to said recording medium; and control means for drivingly controlling, in response to the program recording preset control signal received by said third receiving means, said recording means to record the program received by said fourth receiving means to said recording medium. - View Dependent Claims (129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161)
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162. A program recording method for a program recording system having a program information providing apparatus storing a plurality of items of program information, which is attribute information about a program and sending said plurality of items of program information, a first terminal apparatus for receiving the program information from said program information providing apparatus, a second terminal apparatus for recording presetting of the program having the program information sent to said first terminal apparatus as the attribute information, and a recording apparatus for recording the program to a recording medium in accordance with the program recording preset to said second terminal apparatus, said program information providing apparatus, said first terminal apparatus, said second terminal apparatus, and said recording apparatus being interconnected by a network,
said program recording method in said program information providing apparatus comprising the steps of: -
generating a program introducing electronic mail message attached with at least one item of program introducing information for introducing the program of the stored plurality of items of program information; generating a program recording preset address to be linked with any one of the stored plurality of items of program information; attaching the generated program recording preset address to the program introducing electronic mail message for each item of the program introducing information; and sending the program introducing electronic mail message attached with the program recording preset address to said first terminal apparatus at the predetermined time; said program recording method in said first terminal apparatus comprising the steps of; receiving the program introducing electronic mail message from said program information providing apparatus; displaying the received program introducing electronic mail message; inputting access input information for accessing the program recording preset address attached to the received program introducing electronic mail message; and sending the access input information to said program information providing apparatus; said program recording method in said program information providing apparatus comprising the steps of; searching for specified one of the stored plurality of items of program information in accordance with access input information inputted to the program recording preset address; generating, on the basis of the retrieved program information, a program recording preset script, which is a control command for recording the program to a recording medium; and sending the program recording preset script to said second terminal apparatus; said program recording method in said second terminal apparatus comprising the steps of; receiving the program recording preset script; and converting the received program recording preset script into a program recording preset control signal; and sending the program recording preset control signal to said recording apparatus; said program recording method in said recording apparatus comprising the steps of; receiving the program recording preset control signal; receiving the program; and recording the received program to a recording medium in accordance with the program recording preset control signal. - View Dependent Claims (163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 196)
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