System and method for recording and reproducing broadcasting programs
First Claim
1. A system for recording and/or reproducing programs received or programmed to be received, comprising:
- program sorting means for sorting said programs into categories according to a predetermined rule;
virtual channel management means for assigning virtual channels to respective categories, and for setting said programs, sorted into said categories, in sequential order on the assigned virtual channels;
program recording means for recording said programs in the respective categories on the assigned virtual channels or programming a recording schedule thereof;
user operation means for accepting user-based channel select operation and/or program search operation on said virtual channels; and
program presentation means for extracting a corresponding program for reproduction from a selected virtual channel in response to user operations accepted through said user operation means,wherein time base for display of each virtual channel advances when the virtual channels are not displayed.
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Abstract
There is provided a system for recording and/or reproduction of broadcasting programs permits the facilitation of selection and management of recorded videos in the manner of following the operations of general AV equipment such as televisions and video decks, in which virtual channels are assigned according to categories defined by a user, and programs corresponding to the categories are recorded into the virtual channels, and since the recorded programs are set in array on a time base for simultaneous reproduction on each virtual channel, the user may happen to watch various recorded programs only by switching over the channels from one to another or continuing to reproduce recorded programs in a single channel after application of power at any time, which results in quite passive style only sufficient for the user to watch the recorded programs.
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56 Claims
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1. A system for recording and/or reproducing programs received or programmed to be received, comprising:
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program sorting means for sorting said programs into categories according to a predetermined rule; virtual channel management means for assigning virtual channels to respective categories, and for setting said programs, sorted into said categories, in sequential order on the assigned virtual channels; program recording means for recording said programs in the respective categories on the assigned virtual channels or programming a recording schedule thereof; user operation means for accepting user-based channel select operation and/or program search operation on said virtual channels; and program presentation means for extracting a corresponding program for reproduction from a selected virtual channel in response to user operations accepted through said user operation means, wherein time base for display of each virtual channel advances when the virtual channels are not displayed. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 53, 54)
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27. A method of recording and/or reproducing programs received or programmed to be received, comprising:
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a program sorting step of sorting the programs into categories according to a predetermined rule; a virtual channel management step of assigning virtual channels to respective categories, and of setting said programs, sorted into said categories, in sequential order on the assigned virtual channels; a program recording step of recording the programs in the respective categories on the assigned virtual channels or programming a recording schedule thereof; a user operation step of accepting a user-based channel select operation and/or a program search operation on the virtual channels; a program presentation step of extracting a corresponding program for reproduction from a selected virtual channel in response to the user operation accepted through said user operation step; and advancing a time base for display of each virtual channel when the virtual channels are not displayed. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 55, 56)
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