Portable terminal apparatus, computer-readable recording medium, and computer data signal

• US 9,025,928 B2
• Filed: 07/02/2007
• Issued: 05/05/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 07/04/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Lenovo Innovations Ltd Hong Kong (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Lenovo Innovations Ltd Hong Kong (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Inventors: Watanabe, Akira
• Primary Examiner(s): Tran, Thai
• Assistant Examiner(s): MESA, JOSE M
• Application Number:
  US11/824,800
• Publication Number:
  US 20080075425A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,864 Days
• Field of Search: 386/207
• US Class Current: 386/207
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 20/18 Error detection or correction; Testing , e.g. of drop-outs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2020/1823 wherein a flag is set when errors are detected or qualified
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/3036 Time code signal
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41407 embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4312 involving specific graphical features, e.g. screen layout, special fonts or colors, blinking icons, highlights or animations
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4334 Recording operations recording of a television signal H04N5/76; arrangements for recording or accumulating broadcast information or broadcast-related information H04H60/27
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44209 Monitoring of downstream path of the transmission network originating from a server, e.g. bandwidth variations of a wireless network arrangements for maintenance or administration in data switching networks involving bandwidth and capacity management H04L41/0896
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8547 involving timestamps for synchronizing content
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/76 Television signal recording
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/907 using static stores, e.g. storage tubes or semiconductor memories H04N5/91 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8205 involving the multiplexing of an additional signal and the colour video signal

Abstract

In a portable terminal apparatus, a CPU determines receiving condition of broadcast data received by a television broadcast receiving unit, while recording the received data, and records information indicating receiving condition according to the determination result. The CPU obtains information indicating recording condition of the recorded broadcast data based on information indicating receiving condition, and displays the obtained information on a main display unit. Specifically, the CPU sequentially receives time stamps synchronous with broadcast data while receiving and recording the broadcast data, and records them in time series as information indicating receiving condition. The CPU determines whether time stamps recorded in time series are temporally continuous, and specifies any error portion where the recorded broadcast data has not been received normally, according to the determination result. The CPU displays a bar chart showing distribution of error portions in the total broadcast data recorded, as information indicating recording condition.

Claims

1. A portable terminal apparatus for recording broadcast data received, comprising:

a determination unit within the portable terminal apparatus, said determination unit determining whether a receiving condition of broadcast data is normal or not, while the broadcast data is recorded;

a receiving condition information storage unit which stores information indicating the receiving condition apart from the broadcast data, according to a result of determination by the determination unit;

a recording condition information obtaining unit which obtains information indicating a recording condition of the broadcast data recorded, based on the information indicating the receiving condition stored in the receiving condition information storage unit; and

a recording condition information output unit which displays the information indicating the recording condition obtained by the recording condition information obtaining unit on a display unit;

wherein the receiving condition information storage unit stores time information extracted from the broadcast data as information indicating the receiving condition when the determination unit determines the receiving condition of the broadcast data is normal; and

wherein the recording condition information obtaining unit specifies any abnormally received portion in the broadcast data based on whether the time information stored in the receiving condition information storage unit is separated by a longer interval than a predetermined length from adjoining time information of the time information, and obtains information indicating the recording condition based on the abnormally received portion.

2. The portable terminal apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the recording condition information output unit displays the information indicating the recording condition on the display unit when recording of the broadcast data is finished.

3. The portable terminal apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the recording condition information obtaining unit generates information indicating a relationship between a total of the broadcast data and the abnormally received portion based on a total recording time which is from a start of recording of the broadcast data until an end thereof and a duration of the abnormally received portion, and obtains the generated information as the information indicating the recording condition.

4. The portable terminal apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the recording condition information obtaining unit generates information indicating a distribution of the abnormally received portion in the total of the broadcast data based on the total recording time and the duration of the abnormally received portion, and obtains the generated information as the information indicating the recording condition.

5. The portable terminal apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the recording condition information obtaining unit calculates a rate of the duration of the abnormally received portion to the total recording, time based on the total recording time and the duration of the abnormally received portion, and obtains the rate as the information indicating the recording condition.

6. The portable terminal apparatus according to claim 1, comprising:

a broadcast data storage unit which stores, each time recording of broadcast data is finished, the broadcast data recorded, identification information of the broadcast data, and the information indicating the recording condition of the broadcast data obtained by the recording condition information obtaining unit, in association with one another; and

a list output unit which outputs a list of broadcast data, by associating the identification information of each broadcast data stored in the broadcast data storage unit with an icon corresponding to the information indicating the recording condition of the broadcast data.

7. The portable terminal apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the list output unit determines an order in which the identification information of each broadcast data is arranged according to the information indicating the recording condition of each broadcast data, and outputs the list of broadcast data in the determined order.

8. A portable terminal apparatus for recording broadcast data received, comprising:

a determination unit within the portable terminal apparatus, said determination unit determining whether a receiving condition of broadcast data is normal or not, while the broadcast data is recorded;

a receiving condition information storage unit which stores information indicating the receiving condition apart from the broadcast data, according to a result of determination by the determination unit;

a recording condition information obtaining unit which obtains information indicating a recording condition of the broadcast data recorded, based on the information indicating the receiving condition stored in the receiving condition information storage unit; and

a control unit which controls whether or not to store the recorded broadcast data, according to the information indicating the recording condition obtained by the recording condition information obtaining unit;

wherein the receiving condition information storage unit stores time information extracted from the broadcast data as information indicating the receiving condition when the determination unit determines the receiving condition of the broadcast data is normal; and

wherein the recording condition information obtaining unit specifies any abnormally received portion in the broadcast data based on whether the time information stored in the receiving condition information storage unit is separated by a longer interval than a predetermined length from adjoining time information of the time information, and obtains information indicating the recording condition based on the abnormally received portion.

9. The portable terminal apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the recording condition information obtaining unit specified calculates a rate of a duration of the abnormally received portion to a total recording lime which is from a start of recording of the broadcast data until an end thereof, and obtains the rate as the information indicating the recording condition;

and the control unit stores the recorded broadcast data, in a case where the rate obtained by the recording condition information obtaining unit is equal to or lower than a predetermined rate.

10. The portable terminal apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the control unit controls whether or not to store the recorded broadcast data, when recording of the broadcast data is finished, according to the information indicating the recording condition obtained by the recording condition information obtaining unit.

11. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a program for controlling a computer to realize:

a determination function of determining whether a receiving condition of broadcast data is normal or not, while the broadcast data received is recorded by a portable terminal apparatus;

a receiving condition information storage function of storing information indicating the receiving condition apart from the broadcast data, according to a result of determination by the determination function;

a recording condition information obtaining function of obtaining information indicating a recording condition of the broadcast data recorded, based on the information indicating the receiving condition stored by the receiving condition information storage function; and

a recording condition information output function of displaying the information indicating the recording condition obtained by the recording condition information obtaining function on a display unit;

wherein the receiving condition information storage function stores time information extracted from the broadcast data as information indicating the receiving condition when the determination function determines the receiving condition of the broadcast data is normal; and

wherein the recording condition information obtaining function specifies any abnormally received portion in the broadcast data based on whether the time information stored in the receiving condition information storage function is separated by a longer interval than a predetermined length from adjoining time information of the time information, and obtains information indicating the recording condition based on the abnormally received portion.

12. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a program for controlling a computer to realize:

a determination function of determining whether a receiving condition of broadcast data is normal or not, while the broadcast data received is recorded by a portable terminal apparatus;

a receiving condition information storage function of storing information indicating the receiving condition apart from the broadcast data, according to a result of determination by the determination function;

a recording condition information obtaining function of obtaining information indicating a recording condition of the broadcast data recorded, based on the information indicating the receiving condition stored by the receiving condition information storage function; and

a control function of controlling whether or not to store the recorded broadcast data, according to the information indicating the recording condition obtained by the recording condition information obtaining function;

wherein the receiving condition information storage function stores time information extracted from the broadcast data as the information indicating the receiving condition when the determination function determines the receiving condition of the broadcast data is normal; and

wherein the recording condition information obtaining function specifies any abnormally received portion in the broadcast data based on whether the time information stored in the receiving condition information storage function is separated by a longer interval than a predetermined length from adjoining time information of the time information, and obtains information indicating the recording condition based on the abnormally received portion.

13. A portable terminal apparatus, comprising:

a receiving unit within the portable terminal apparatus, said receiving unit receiving broadcast data, in which time information is inserted at intervals of a predetermined length;

a broadcast data recording unit which records the broadcast data received by the receiving unit;

a time information extracting unit which extracts the time information from the broadcast data received by the receiving unit;

a discontinuous portion specifying unit which specifies a portion where the time information extracted by the time information extracting unit is separated by a longer interval than the predetermined length from adjoining time information of the time information; and

an abnormally recorded portion output unit which displays information indicating the portion specified by the discontinuous portion specifying unit, as information indicating an abnormally recorded portion in the broadcast data recorded by the broadcast data recording unit on a display unit.

14. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a program for controlling a computer to perform:

a receiving step of receiving broadcast data by a portable terminal apparatus, in which time information is inserted at intervals of a predetermined length;

a broadcast data recording step of recording the broadcast data received at the receiving step;

a time information extracting step of extracting the time information from the broadcast data received at the receiving step;

a discontinuous portion specifying step of specifying a portion where the time information extracted by the time information extracting unit is separated by a longer interval than the predetermined length from adjoining time information of the time information; and

an abnormally recorded portion outputting step of displaying information indicating the portion specified at the discontinuous portion specifying step as information indicating an abnormally recorded portion in the broadcast data recorded at the broadcast data recording step on a display unit.