Recording device, recording method, and program

• US 9,264,468 B2
• Filed: 05/18/2004
• Issued: 02/16/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 07/14/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Kikkoji, Hiroyuki, Okuzawa, Nozomu, Yamashita, Shinsuke, Moriya, Jun, Murase, Yasuhiro
• Primary Examiner(s): OBEID, MAMON A
• Application Number:
  US10/556,729
• Publication Number:
  US 20070071418A1
• Time in Patent Office: 4,291 Days
• Field of Search: 705 50- 79, 455 301- 306, 707/27, 725/88, 725/101, 725/102
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/00 Commerce
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/611 for multicast or broadcast systems for broadcast or conference H04L12/18; arrangements for broadcast or distribution combined with broadcast H04H20/00; arrangements for broadcast applications with a direct linkage to broadcast information or to broadcast space-time H04H60/00; selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS], H04W4/06
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/612 for unicast
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/62 Establishing a time schedule for servicing the requests
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols

Abstract

A content receiving apparatus including a receiver receiving first contents from a broadcasting station, a temporary memory unit temporarily storing first contents-related information related to the first contents, a memory storing the first contents and storing, based on an input recording request, the first contents-related information; and the memory storing a plurality of second contents and a plurality of second contents-related information received from a server, the second contents-related information being related to the first contents, and displayable.

Claims

1. A content receiving apparatus, comprising:

a receiver that receives first contents-related information from a server;

broadcast information recording processing circuitry that receives first contents broadcast from a broadcasting station and that stores a part of the first contents in a memory of the content receiving apparatus during a first period of time, the content receiving apparatus being separate from the broadcasting station and the server being separate from the broadcasting station;

a temporary memory, associated with the content receiving apparatus, that temporarily stores the first contents-related information related to the first contents; and

information recording processing circuitry that receives the first contents-related information from the temporary memory and stores the first contents-related information in the memory during a second period of time in response to an external input recording request received by the content receiving apparatus, the memory being separate from the temporary memory and the external input recording request being received during reception of the first contents from the broadcasting station;

sound information synthesizing circuitry that synthesizes sound information with the first contents being received at a time when the external input recording request is received by the content receiving apparatus, wherein

the broadcast information recording processing circuitry and the information recording processing circuitry store a remaining part of the first contents and the first contents-related information, respectively, in the memory during the second period of time in response to the external input recording request being received by the content receiving apparatus so as to correlate the first contents and the first contents-related information,

the memory stores a plurality of second contents and a plurality of second contents-related information received from the server, the second contents-related information being related to the first contents,

the first contents with synthesized sound information are correlated with the first contents-related information, and

the broadcast information recording processing circuitry records the correlated first contents with the synthesized sound information and the first contents-related information in the memory.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the broadcast information recording processing circuitry records the first contents at predetermined times in a buffer, included in the memory, and records the part of the first contents before the external input recording request and records the remaining part of the first contents after the external input recording request.

3. The apparatus according to claim 2, wherein

the predetermined times are modified to include recording amounts of the first contents for predetermined time periods in the buffer.

8. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the memory stores a plurality of the first contents in response to a single user operation, the first contents being included in one broadcast program.

12. The content receiving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the temporary memory temporarily stores the first contents-related information related to the first contents at specific time intervals.

16. The content receiving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the remaining part of the first contents and the first contents-related information are received separately by the content receiving apparatus from the broadcasting station and the server, respectively.

4. A content receiving method performed by a content receiving apparatus, the method comprising:

receiving first contents broadcast from a broadcasting station by broadcast information recording processing circuitry of the content receiving apparatus and first contents-related information from a server by a receiver of the content receiving apparatus, the content receiving apparatus being separate from the broadcasting station and the server being separate from the broadcasting station;

storing, in a memory, a part of the first contents by the broadcast information recording processing circuitry during a first period of time;

temporarily storing, using the receiver, the first contents-related information related to the first contents in a temporary memory, separate from the memory;

receiving, from a user, an external input recording request by the receiver during the receiving of the first contents from the broadcasting station;

storing, using the broadcast information recording processing circuitry and information recording processing circuitry in the memory, separate from the temporary memory, at least a remaining part of the first contents and the first contents-related information in response to the external input recording request during a second period of time;

correlating, using the broadcast information recording processing circuitry, in the memory, the first contents to the first contents-related information in response to the external input recording request;

storing, using the broadcast information recording processing circuitry and the information recording processing circuitry in the memory, a plurality of second contents and a plurality of second contents-related information received from the server, the second contents-related information being related to the first contents;

synthesizing, using sound information synthesizing circuitry, sound information with the first contents being received at a time when the external input recording request is received;

correlating, using the broadcast information recording processing circuitry, the first contents with the synthesized sound information and the first contents-related information;

recording, using the broadcast information recording processing circuitry, the correlated first contents with the synthesized sound information and the first contents-related information; and

storing, using the broadcast information recording processing circuitry, the correlated first contents with the synthesized sound information and the first contents-related information in the memory.

5. The method according to claim 4, further comprising:

recording the first contents at predetermined times in a buffer included in the memory; and

recording the part of the first contents before the external input recording request and recording the remaining part of the first contents after the external input recording request.

6. The method according to claim 5, further comprising:

modifying the predetermined times to include recording amounts of the first contents for predetermined time periods in the buffer.

9. The method according to claim 4, further comprising:

storing a plurality of the first contents in response to a single user operation, the first contents being included in one broadcast program.

13. The content receiving method according to claim 4, wherein

temporarily storing the first contents-related information related to the first contents includes temporarily storing the first contents-related information at specific time intervals.

7. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having embedded therein instructions, which when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform a method comprising:

receiving first contents broadcast from a broadcasting station and first contents-related information from a server by a receiver, the processor being separate from the broadcasting station and the server being separate from the broadcasting station;

storing, in a memory, a part of the first contents during a first period of time;

temporarily storing the first contents-related information related to the first contents in a temporary memory, separate from the memory;

receiving, from a user, an external input recording request in the receiver during the receiving of the first contents from the broadcasting station;

storing, in the memory, separate from the temporary memory, at least a remaining part of the first contents and the first contents-related information in response to the external input recording request during a second period of time;

correlating, in the memory, the first contents to the first contents-related information in response to the external input recording request;

storing, in the memory, a plurality of second contents and a plurality of second contents-related information received from the server, the second contents-related information being related to the first contents;

synthesizing sound information with the first contents being received at a time when the external input recording request is received;

correlating the first contents with the synthesized sound information and the first contents-related information;

recording the correlated first contents with the synthesized sound information and the first contents-related information; and

storing the correlated first contents with the synthesized sound information and the first contents-related information in the memory.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 7 including instructions for causing the processor to execute the method, further comprising:

storing a plurality of the first contents in response to a single user operation, the first contents being included in one broadcast program.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 7, wherein

temporarily storing the first contents-related information related to the first contents includes temporarily storing the first contents-related information at specific time intervals.

11. A content receiving apparatus, comprising:

a receiver that receives first contents-related information from a server;

broadcast information recording processing circuitry that receives first contents broadcast from a broadcasting station and that stores a part of the first contents in a memory of the content receiving apparatus during a first period of time, the content receiving apparatus being separate from the broadcasting station and the server being separate from the broadcasting station;

information recording processing circuitry that receives the first contents-related information from a temporary memory and stores the first contents-related information in the memory during a second period of time in response to an external input recording request received by the content receiving apparatus, the memory being separate from the temporary memory and the external input recording request being received during reception of the first contents from the broadcasting station; and

sound information synthesizing circuitry that synthesizes sound information with the first contents being received at a time when the external input recording request is received by the content receiving apparatus, wherein

the broadcast information recording processing circuitry and the information recording processing circuitry store a remaining part of the first contents and the first contents-related information, respectively, in the memory during the second period of time in response to the external input recording request being received by the content receiving apparatus so as to correlate the first contents and the first contents-related information,

the memory stores a plurality of second contents and a plurality of second contents-related information received from the server, the second contents-related information being related to the first contents,

the first contents with synthesized sound information are correlated with the first contents-related information, and

the broadcast information recording processing circuitry records the correlated first contents with the synthesized sound information and the first contents-related information in the memory.

15. The content receiving apparatus according to claim 11, wherein

the temporary memory temporarily stores the first contents-related information related to the first contents at specific time intervals.