Recording apparatus and recording reservation processing method
First Claim
1. A recording apparatus comprising:
- first through n-th recording means for recording input broadcast contents to a recording medium;
user interfacing means for inputting an instruction of a user to reserve a recording of a broadcast content; and
reservation managing means which manages reservations of broadcast content recordings with respect to each of said first through n-th recording means and which, when making a reservation of a broadcast content recording in accordance with the recording reservation instruction input through said user interfacing means, selects automatically one of the first through n-th recording means available for a time slot corresponding to the recording reservation, in order to make said recording reservation to the selected recording means,when a time slot corresponding to said recording reservation conflicts with a time slot of a previously made recording reservation because none of the first through n-th recording means is available for the time slot corresponding to said recording reservation, and the recording reservation and the previously made recording reservation are assigned respective priorities by the user, one having a higher priority than the other, performs a process to allocate the time slot to the reservation having the higher priority, and to maintain a record of the reservation having the lower priority,when the recording reservation having the higher priority is canceled by the user, performs a process to change priority of the recording reservation having the lower priority to the higher priority and to change priority of the recording reservation that is canceled to a lower priority.
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Abstract
A recording apparatus is disclosed which includes first through n-th recording means for recording input broadcast contents to a recording medium. When a user designates a reservation of a broadcast content recording, the apparatus automatically selects one of the recording means so as to make the recording reservation to the selected recording means. If any such recording means cannot be selected automatically, i.e., if recording reservations have already been made to all recording means for a time slot corresponding to the reservation desired to be made anew, then the user is asked to select particular recording means for the reservation. A recording reservation made to one recording means may be switched automatically to another recording means as needed. That is, any recording reservation after being made may be switched from one recording means to another before actual execution of the recording, in order to reflect the status of other recording reservations that have been made since. These arrangements enhance the user'"'"'s ease of operation and help to build an advantageous setup for recording reservation management.
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9 Claims
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1. A recording apparatus comprising:
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first through n-th recording means for recording input broadcast contents to a recording medium; user interfacing means for inputting an instruction of a user to reserve a recording of a broadcast content; and reservation managing means which manages reservations of broadcast content recordings with respect to each of said first through n-th recording means and which, when making a reservation of a broadcast content recording in accordance with the recording reservation instruction input through said user interfacing means, selects automatically one of the first through n-th recording means available for a time slot corresponding to the recording reservation, in order to make said recording reservation to the selected recording means, when a time slot corresponding to said recording reservation conflicts with a time slot of a previously made recording reservation because none of the first through n-th recording means is available for the time slot corresponding to said recording reservation, and the recording reservation and the previously made recording reservation are assigned respective priorities by the user, one having a higher priority than the other, performs a process to allocate the time slot to the reservation having the higher priority, and to maintain a record of the reservation having the lower priority, when the recording reservation having the higher priority is canceled by the user, performs a process to change priority of the recording reservation having the lower priority to the higher priority and to change priority of the recording reservation that is canceled to a lower priority. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A recording reservation processing method for use with a recording apparatus having first through n-th recording means for recording input broadcast contents to a recording medium, said recording reservation processing method comprising the steps of:
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inputting an instruction to reserve a broadcast content recording based on operations by a user; automatically selecting from said first through n-th recording means recording means available for a time slot corresponding to the recording reservation designated by said instruction input in the inputting step; and making said recording reservation to the recording means selected automatically in the automatically selecting step, said recording reservation being designated by said instruction input in the inputting step, when a time slot corresponding to said recording reservation conflicts with a time slot of a previously made recording reservation because none of the first through n-th recording means is available for the time slot corresponding to said recording reservation, and the recording reservation and the previously made recording reservation are assigned respective priorities by the user, one having a higher priority than the other, the time slot is allocated to the reservation having the higher priority, and a record is maintained of the reservation having the lower priority, when the recording reservation having the higher priority is canceled by the user, changing priority of the recording reservation having the lower priority to the higher priority and changing priority of the recording reservation that is canceled to a lower priority. - View Dependent Claims (8)
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9. A recording reservation processing method for use with a recording apparatus having first through n-th recording means for recording input broadcast contents to a recording medium, said recording reservation processing method comprising the steps of:
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making a reservation of a broadcast content recording to any one of said first through n-th recording means; and switching automatically a recording reservation made to any one of said recording means to another recording means when the time slot corresponding to said recording reservation conflicts with a time slot of a previously made recording reservation for recording onto said another recording means, said previously made recording reservation is canceled, and said recording reservation does not conflict with any other previously made recording reservation for recording to said another recording means; when a time slot corresponding to said recording reservation conflicts with a time slot of a previously made recording reservation because none of the first through n-th recording means is available for the time slot corresponding to said recording reservation, and the recording reservation and the previously made recording reservation are assigned respective priorities by a user, one having a higher priority than the other, the time slot is allocated to the reservation having the higher priority, and a record is maintained of the reservation having the lower priority, when the recording reservation having the higher priority is canceled by the user, changing priority of the recording reservation having the lower priority to the higher.
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