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Television Signal Processing For Dynamic Recording Or Reproducing > Processing Of Television Signal For Dynamic Recording Or Reproducing > Including Programmable Apparatus Including Programmable ApparatusIncluding Programmable Apparatus patent applications listed are from June 2005 to current and include Date, Patent Application Number, Patent Title, Patent Abstract summary and are linked to the corresponding patent application page.10/04/07 - 20070230901 - Information output apparatus and program An information output apparatus is provided, which is capable of displaying past contents, current contents and future contents so that these past contents, current contents and future contents are seamlessly handled and clearly distinguished from each other for easy viewing. An information output apparatus (12) includes an output unit (1209) ... 10/04/07 - 20070230900 - Content copy control apparatus and content copy control method A picture record data control device 101a converts picture record data stored in a picture record data memory device 101c in format and writes the converted picture record data into a removable medium 102. Then, the picture record data control device 101a updates output status information 24 in a picture ... 09/13/07 - 20070212019 - Broadcast recording apparatus and brodcast recording method According to one embodiment, a broadcast recording apparatus includes a tuner unit which receives a broadcast signal, demodulates the received signal, and then, outputs a signal of a program, a recording unit which records the program signal outputted by the tuner unit in a recording medium together with management information ... 09/13/07 - 20070212018 - Broadcast recording apparatus and broadcast recording method According to one embodiment, there is provided broadcast recording apparatus having tuner unit which receives broadcast signal, demodulates the received signal, and outputs video image/voice signal, reservation setting unit which makes image recording reservation for specific program, and then, provides lock setting for preventing automatic deletion after image recording at ... 09/13/07 - 20070212017 - System and method for television programming data management A system, method, and service of managing data comprises establishing a computerized user profile guideline corresponding to selected television programming interests of a user; instructing a processor to manage data based on the computerized user profile guideline, wherein the data is received from a television programming broadcaster; and managing access ... 09/06/07 - 20070206919 - Method and apparatus for controlling a recording function of a mobile communication terminal A method and apparatus for controlling a recording function of a mobile communication terminal are disclosed. The terminal determines an amount of available storage capacity for storing a received multimedia broadcast, and selectively records and stores frames of the broadcast according to a recording speed signal. Another embodiment is disclosed ... 09/06/07 - 20070206918 - Selecting device, selecting method, and selecting program storage medium Disclosed are a selecting device, a selecting method, and a selecting program storage medium, which are configured to surely and easily select programs such as a drama series, even when a large number of programs are recorded. The selecting device includes: a designating section which designates a program from programs ... 08/30/07 - 20070201825 - Method for time shift and television receiver Provided are a method for time shift and a television receiver capable of preventing storage of a broadcasting stream by clearing a buffer when a broadcasting stream is not buffered for longer than a predetermined time during a time shifting operation. In the time shift method, a received broadcasting stream ... 08/30/07 - 20070201824 - Tv broadcast viewing and recording system A TV broadcast viewing and recording system, which can enhance viewing efficiency for each user to view TV programs even though several users use the system. The TV broadcast viewing and recording system (1) comprises a TV receiver (2), a recorder (3), and a camera (4) which takes an image ... 08/30/07 - 20070201822 - Recommended program extracting apparatus and recommended program extracting method A recommended program extracting apparatus that finds a number of a program(s) for each component (such as DRAMA or VARIETY) of the genre, the program(s) being included in the record history information (S103 and S104), determines a number of an assigned program(s) regarding a recommended program(s) for each component of ... 08/30/07 - 20070201820 - Television broadcasting receiving device, television broadcasting receiving method, and television broadcasting receiving program A user can set reproduction of data broadcasting to ON and OFF by operating a remote control. When the reproduction of the data broadcasting is set to OFF, a disabling flag is set to ON. An NVRAM in a television receiver stores a disabling flag indicating whether or not the ... 08/23/07 - 20070196078 - Portable information terminal apparatus, information processing method, computer-program storage medium, and computer-program A portable information terminal apparatus connected to a recording/reproducing apparatus, including a first generating element for generating a first signal for causing the recording/reproducing apparatus to acquire program information about a program, the generation of the first signal being based on an operation performed by a user, a first transmitting ... 08/16/07 - 20070189713 - Digital multimedia reproducing apparatus and method of providing digital multimedia broadcasting in the digital multimedia reproducing apparatus A digital multimedia reproducing apparatus capable of receiving and providing digital multimedia broadcasting (DMB) in addition to reproducing moving pictures and music, and a DMB providing method performed in the digital multimedia reproducing apparatus, the digital multimedia reproducing apparatus including: a tuner unit to receive a digital broadcasting signal via ... 08/16/07 - 20070189712 - Broadcast program recording/reproducing device and broadcast program recording/reproducing method A broadcast program recording/reproducing device is provided that is capable of continuously reproducing a program recorded so as to be distributed between a plurality of devices. A reception level detection unit (105) detects the reception level of the received broadcast electric wave. When the reception level is equal to or ... 08/16/07 - 20070189711 - Device and method for data exchange between content recording device and portable communication device A content recording device includes a wireless communication interface that is capable of communicating with a portable communication device. A portable communication device includes an application program for data exchange with and controlling a content recording device. The portable communication device is capable of controlling the content recording device, and ... 08/09/07 - 20070183745 - Method and system to control recording of a digital program A method to control recording of a digital program includes receiving a recording instruction to record the digital program. The method further includes determining a time at which the recording instruction is received. A predefined recording profile for the digital program is retrieved, the recording profile comprising an allowed time ... 08/09/07 - 20070183744 - Mobile terminal, method for recording/reproducing broadcast in mobile terminal, and broadcast recording/reproducing program To provide a mobile terminal having a broadcast receiving function, wherein even when reception of an incoming call or start of a call interrupts playback of a broadcast being received, all remaining contents of the broadcast including an interrupted part can be played back after the call has ended. Upon ... 08/09/07 - 20070183743 - Broadcast program recording apparatus A broadcast program recording apparatus locates a start position of a target broadcast program preset to be recorded, even if a program preceding the target broadcast program is broadcast for an extended time period. In a record/playback apparatus 100, a silence detecting unit 108 detects silent frames and calculates a ... 07/26/07 - 20070172198 - Information recording apparatus and method, information processing terminal, method and apparatus, and recording medium New content is recorded onto a recording medium. Whether the current free recording capacity of the recording medium is sufficient to record the new content is determined. When the current free recording capacity of the recording medium is sufficient, the new content onto the recording medium is recorded. When the ... 07/26/07 - 20070172196 - Apparatus and method for programming the recording of broadcast programs An apparatus and method for programming the recording of broadcast programs, for programming recording by setting the recording start time and the recording end time of a given program in the broadcast program information is provided, wherein the apparatus and method for programming the recording of broadcast programs, delays the ... 07/19/07 - 20070166004 - Robot system using menu selection card having printed menu codes and pictorial symbols Disclosed herein is a robot system. The robot system includes a menu selection card, an optical reader, and a robot main body. Minute codes corresponding to respective menu options selectable in a robot system are printed on the menu selection card along with pictorial symbols corresponding to the respective menu ... 07/19/07 - 20070166003 - Personal spectrum recorder A system and method is disclosed for a personal radio recorder. The personal radio recorder allows for random access of communication signals by identifying a channel and time. The personal radio recorder is capable of concurrent reception, storage and playback of a complete spectrum of individual communication signals. A wide-band ... 07/19/07 - 20070166002 - System and method for transport pid version check Systems and methods for processing media information are disclosed and may include tracking a number of times that at least one stored identifier that identifies program content for a particular data channel that is received via one of a plurality of multiplexed transport data streams is modified. At least a ... 07/12/07 - 20070160342 - Methods and apparatuses for managing reproduction of text subtitle data In one embodiment, the method includes, receiving at least one text subtitle stream from an external source. Each text subtitle stream includes a style segment and at least one presentation segment associated with the style segment. The style segment includes at least one set of style information, and each set ... 07/05/07 - 20070154174 - Video signal recording and reproducing apparatus The video signal recording and reproducing apparatus of the invention includes: a receiving section for receiving a television signal; an image compression section for compressing an amount of information per unit time of the received continuous video signal; a writing section for intermittently writing a compressed video signal, obtained as ... 07/05/07 - 20070154173 - Broadcasting receiver and method for recording and reproducing video signal A broadcasting receiver and method for recording and reproducing a video signal in a digital recording medium are disclosed. A digital/analog broadcasting signal which is directly received via an antenna or a cable, an external video signal (e.g., a HDMI signal, a DVI signal, an YPbPr signal, a RGB signal, ... 07/05/07 - 20070154172 - Recording and reproduction apparatus With time buffer reproduction, which uses a fixed-length ring buffer, it is necessary to forcefully change the reproduction position in the case where reproduction is paused and the recording position within the ring buffer makes a revolution around the ring buffer and reaches the position of reproduction, and thus the ... 07/05/07 - 20070154171 - Navigating recorded video using closed captioning Video navigation is provided where a video stream encoded with captioning is received. A user-searchable captioning index comprising the captioning and synchronization data indicative of synchronization between the video stream and the captioning is generated. In illustrative examples, the synchronization is time-based, video-frame-based, or marker-based. ... 07/05/07 - 20070154170 - Managing a digital video recorder via a network The aspects of the present invention provide a computer implemented method, system, and computer usable program code for managing programming for a digital video recorder via a network. The method includes receiving user instructions at a content manager, wherein the content manager receives the user instructions through a network. The ... 07/05/07 - 20070154169 - Systems and methods for accessing media program options based on program segment interest The disclosed technology provides systems and methods for maintaining a user's interest level in a media program by allowing a user to access particular segments of interest from a media program. A media program can have logical segments, and the disclosed technology can identify the segments of the media program. ... 07/05/07 - 20070154168 - Systems and methods for accessing media program options based on program segment interest The disclosed technology provides systems and methods for maintaining a user's interest level in a media program by providing different media program options for a media program. The media programs can have logical segments, and the disclosed technology can monitor a user's interest in particular media program segments. In one ... 06/28/07 - 20070147775 - Audio and/or video generation apparatus and method of generating audio and/or video signals An audio and/or video generation apparatus comprises a recording processor which is operable to record audio and/or video signals on a recording medium, a meta data generation processor which is operable to generate meta data identifying the content of the audio/video signals, and a communications processor which arranged to communicate ... 06/28/07 - 20070147774 - Image display system, image reproducing apparatus, digital television apparatus, image display method, and storage medium There is provided an image display system that can display images recorded by a plurality of image recording apparatuses in such a manner that the images are associated with each other. The image display system is comprised of a TV apparatus that captures and reproduces images recorded by the plurality ... 06/28/07 - 20070147773 - Digital television When recording image data inputted from a plurality of data ports and a clock port, for a data port at which the data value has not changed over a predetermined time period, the data value at that data port and a data item which indicates that this data value has ... 06/28/07 - 20070147772 - Broadcast recording apparatus and broadcast recording method According to one embodiment, a broadcast recording apparatus includes a tuner unit which receives a broadcast signal, demodulates the received signal, and outputs a plurality of broadcast contents, a recording unit which records the plurality of broadcast contents from the tuner unit, and a control which that makes control to ... 06/28/07 - 20070147771 - Recording and reproducing apparatus and programmed recording method thereof A recording and reproducing apparatus is operable to set a programmed recording of a television program. A recording date setting section sets a recording date of the programmed recording to a date of a day on which the programmed recording is set when the programmed recording is commanded. A recording ... 06/21/07 - 20070140652 - Display apparatus for having a scheduling function to play recorded programs and a method thereof A display device for having a scheduling function to play a recorded program and the method thereof is disclosed. The present invention includes a display device for having a scheduling function to play a recorded program comprising a memory for storing the recorded program, a user interface for setting a ... 06/21/07 - 20070140651 - Recording apparatus The broadcast recording and reproduction apparatus 1300 which limits loss of content to a minimum includes: a recording generation unit 2801 which records data included in a broadcast signal into a unit-region; a volume remainder detection unit 2813 which detects the remaining capacity, within the unit-region, that can be recorded ... 06/21/07 - 20070140650 - Broadcast receiving apparatus A broadcast receiving apparatus which can change the operation of a Java application depending on whether a broadcast is being viewed or recorded content is being reproduced. Control information, including first control information which controls startup of the Java application at the time of broadcasting and second control information which ... 06/21/07 - 20070140649 - Information recording and reproducing apparatus with function of video recording reservation and information recording and reproducing method Provided is a technique to eliminate a waste of a recording capacity due to redundant video recording reservations. When the video recording reservations made by a plurality of users overlap one another at least in part, video recording information in an overapping part of the video recording reservations is jointly ... 06/14/07 - 20070133943 - Broadcast recording apparatus and broadcast recording method According to one embodiment, a broadcast recording apparatus has a temporary recording region portion that records broadcast contents from a tuner, a storage region portion that records broadcast contents, and control unit that carries out recording of broadcast contents within a range of a time limit in the temporary recording ... 06/07/07 - 20070127883 - Digital multimedia broadcasting receiver, image-forming system having the same, and image-forming method thereof A digital multimedia broadcasting (DMB) receiver is provided in an image-forming. Such a DMB receiver comprises: a receiving unit for receiving DMB signals; a data storage unit for converting the received DMB signals to image data and storing the converted image data; and a connection unit arranged to interface with ... 06/07/07 - 20070127882 - Video recording apparatus and method thereof A video recording apparatus, by comparing the preselected video recording duration with a preset reference video recording duration, assumes a video recording end time as an end time of a broadcast program next to the broadcast program for which the start of video recording is instructed in case the preselected ... 05/31/07 - 20070122110 - Receiver provided with electronic program guide The present invention provides a receiver provided with an electronic program guide in a program configuration with other programs inserted in the middle thereof, which easily transmits a reservation excluding the programs inserted in the middle thereof. In step S180, programs closely related to a reserved program are extracted from ... 05/31/07 - 20070122109 - Method and apparatus for checking overlap of reservation recordings, and recording medium storing program for executing the same A method of checking overlap of reservation recordings in a content storage includes converting input reservation recording data into a valid unit of reservation recording data, and checking whether the valid unit of reservation recording data is overlapped with reservation recording data stored in the content storage based on the ... 05/31/07 - 20070122108 - Selective recording for digital video recorders Video programming is selected for recording on a digital video recorder (DVR) using an electronic program guide data interface for obtaining a list of video programs available to the DVR for recording. A preference engine filters entries from the list of video programs using a user recording history to thereby ... 05/24/07 - 20070116429 - Broadcast recording apparatus and broadcast recording method According to one embodiment, a broadcast recording apparatus has a tuner unit which receives a broadcast signal, demodulates the received signal, and outputs video image and voice signals, first and second hard disk drive units which record the video image and voice signals from the tuner unit in a memory ... 05/24/07 - 20070116428 - Video display apparatus and method for storing and reproducing broadcasting program A method is provided for reproducing a broadcasting program that includes setting a channel for the broadcasting program, and storing the broadcasting program in a storage medium. The stored broadcasting program may be reproduced when switching to the set channel. Other embodiments may also be provided. ... 05/24/07 - 20070116427 - Broadcasting recording Digitally broadcast content is viewed through a portable terminal. One or more devices within a network configured to receive and record digitally broadcast content are queried, such as through the portable terminal. The digitally broadcast content is recorded using one or more of the queried devices within the network and ... 05/17/07 - 20070110394 - Program recording reservation system, recording apparatus, and controller apparatus A program recording reservation system includes a recording apparatus including a recorder for recording broadcast programs; and a remote controller for setting a recording reservation for a broadcast program to be recorded by the recorder of the recording apparatus. There are provided a recording management section for obtaining a remaining ... 05/17/07 - 20070110393 - Method of performing time-shift function and television receiver using the same A method of performing a time-shift function and a television receiver using the same provide the time-shift function for at least one channel that is preferred by a user among a plurality of channels that are not currently viewed as well as for a currently viewed channel. The method includes ... 05/17/07 - 20070110392 - Method for using a rotating input device A method for using a rotating input device assigns multiple functions to the rotating input device without requiring special switching operations. When a rotating input operation of the rotating input device is first performed, the device detects a rotary position of the rotating input device at which the initial operation ... 05/10/07 - 20070104458 - Recording apparatus and method, playback apparatus and method, recording medium, program and computer-readable recording medium A recording apparatus contains a timer that measures the current time based on a time zone. When writing a VOB onto a DVD, the recording apparatus refers to TM_ZONE recorded on the DVD, and judges whether the time zone which the timer is based on matches the time zone that ... 05/10/07 - 20070104457 - Apparatus and method for recording digital multimedia broadcasting A broadcasting recording apparatus including a broadcasting communication unit configured to request and receive a broadcast from a broadcasting system, and a recording unit configured to record the broadcast received by the broadcasting communication unit at an image quality set at the broadcasting communication unit. ... 05/10/07 - 20070104456 - Systems and methods for recording programs using a network recording device as supplemental storage Systems and methods for recording programs using a user's equipment and a network recording device are provided. An interactive television application may determine whether the user's equipment has sufficient resources (e.g., tuners or space) to record a program selected for recording. If the interactive television application determines that the user's ... 05/03/07 - 20070098361 - Broadcasting signal recording/playing system, broadcasting signal recording/playing apparatus and broadcasting signal tuning apparatus A broadcasting signal recording/playing system and method are provided, including a storage apparatus which stores a broadcasting signal therein; a playing apparatus which processes the broadcasting signal and outputs it; and a broadcasting signal tuning apparatus which has a broadcasting signal tuning unit to tune the broadcasting signal, and a ... 05/03/07 - 20070098360 - Program recording reservation system and remote controller A program recording reservation system includes a recording apparatus including a recorder for recording a broadcast program; and a remote controller for making a recording reservation for the recording apparatus. A content management section is provided for managing, as recording parameters, an average recording bit rate for each of a ... 04/26/07 - 20070092204 - Strategies for controlling presentation of media information based on a sampling of customer playback behavior Functionality is described for controlling the playback of a recorded media program. The functionality formulates initial playback decisions that govern the playback of the program based on a set of initial assumptions. The functionality then formulates modified playback decisions that define the manner in which the program should actually be ... 04/26/07 - 20070092203 - Recording device and proxy-recording device A recording device, which receives record instructions directly from a user, enables the user to give a variety of record instructions without being restricted by the recording capability of the recording device. The recording device judges whether a processing content specified in a record instruction received from the user is ... 04/19/07 - 20070086725 - Setting information writing apparatus and tuner-incorporated electronic apparatus There is provided a setting information writing apparatus capable of saving the effort of channel setting for a tuner-incorporated electronic apparatus in which setting information written in an external recording medium is taken and used therein. In an arrangement of writing setting information into an external recording medium to be ... 04/12/07 - 20070081788 - Display apparatus and control method thereof A display apparatus having a digital record function and a method thereof. The display apparatus includes a broadcasting program memory in which a broadcasting program is stored; an up/down reproduction selecting part for selecting reproduction of the broadcasting program stored in the broadcasting program memory; and a controller for controlling ... 04/12/07 - 20070081787 - Display apparatus and control method thereof Provided is a display apparatus including a broadcasting receiver for receiving a broadcast signal, a signal processing unit for processing the received broadcast signal, a display unit for displaying the processed broadcast signal thereon, a connection unit to which at least one external storage medium is connected, and an internal ... 03/29/07 - 20070071402 - Mobile telecommunication terminal for receiving broadcast program The present invention relates to a method for receiving a broadcase program in a mobile communication terminal. The present invention includes receiving a broadcast program in the mobile communication terminal, recording the broadcast program when a first event occurs, playing back the recorded broadcast program when a second event occurs, ... 03/29/07 - 20070071401 - Recording apparatus With the present invention, based on prescribed characteristic information of an event scheduled to be recorded being entered and set via a key entry unit 2 before receiving an electronic program guide listing program information of a program of the event scheduled to be recorded, an event determining unit 9 ... 03/29/07 - 20070071400 - Video display device and video reproduction method A video display device including a receiving unit which receives a video signal, a signal processing unit which subjects the video signal received by the receiving unit to predetermined signal processing, a display unit which displays the video signal output from the signal processing unit, a recording and reproducing unit ... 03/29/07 - 20070071399 - Systems and methods for recording programs of lesser interest when convenient Systems and methods for recording a program are provided. Alternate transmissions of a program with a “when convenient” recording priority may be recorded in whole or in portions whenever recording does not interfere with other uses of the user's equipment. When the recording device is out of space to record ... 03/22/07 - 20070065100 - Television receiver At a reserved recording time, if a television receiver is turned off, then the television receiver is turned on, and a video of a reservation setting target channel is forcibly displayed. A content of a reserved program can be thereby checked. At this time, a mute control signal is output ... 03/15/07 - 20070058931 - Recording apparatus, recording method, and program A recording apparatus is disclosed which records at least either a video or an audio signal of a broadcast program in accordance with reservation information. The recording apparatus includes: an acquisition block configured to acquire program information about the broadcast program; a calculation block configured to calculate a degree of ... 03/15/07 - 20070058930 - Information processing apparatus, information processing method and program Disclosed herein is an information processing apparatus for controlling an operation that is performed to record a broadcast received by a tuner onto a recording medium, the information processing apparatus including: storage means configured to store a list of recording candidate broadcasts, which are to be recorded onto the recording ... 03/08/07 - 20070053656 - Method of setting recording end reservation time for instant recording in digital video recorder Disclosed is a method of setting a recording end reservation time for instant recording in a Digital Video Recorder (DVR) of a received digital broadcast. The method includes steps of selecting an instant recording function, creating an OSD window for displaying at least one preset invariable recording end reservation time ... 03/01/07 - 20070047907 - Broadcast receiver and method for managing reserved recording information A broadcast receiver and a method for managing reserved recording information are disclosed. If a cell for a reserved recording list is added to an EPG (Electronic Program Guide), a user can easily check, modify, or delete all information associated with the reserved recording on the EPG, such that the ... 03/01/07 - 20070047906 - Recording apparatus, mobile receiver apparatus and data management method A recording apparatus receives, with respect to an identical program, high image quality digital broadcasting data and low image quality digital broadcasting data, records the high image quality program data and the low image quality program data in a recording medium. When a cellular phone device is connected to the ... 03/01/07 - 20070047905 - Method of performing time-shift function and television receiver using the same A method of performing time-shift function and television receiver having a tuner and a personal video recorder for storing broadcast programs of at least one channel enables a broadcast program of a currently tuned channel to be continuously and efficiently stored to enable time-shifting, regardless of an interruption by switching ... 03/01/07 - 20070047904 - Information processing apparatus and control method therefor The present invention provides an information processing apparatus, comprising: a video recording unit for video recording a received broadcast program; a video recording indicator light for indicating visually whether the video recording is in progress or not; and a video recording indicator light control unit, being furnished as a part ... 02/22/07 - 20070041705 - Selective recording for digital video recorders using implicit correlation A method and apparatus for identifying programming that is estimated to meet a preference of a user is provided. An implicitly correlated list is generated using a correlation engine by estimating similarity of user recording logs corresponding to a plurality of users where each user recording log comprises implicit data ... 02/15/07 - 20070036515 - Monitoring system, image-processing apparatus, management apparatus, event detecting method, and program A monitoring system includes a plurality of image-capturing apparatuses each including an event detector that executes on a corresponding captured image at least one of a plurality of processing algorithms for detection of a monitor event, and a transmission controller that outputs to a network only a processing result of ... 02/08/07 - 20070031111 - Program recording completion A program recording completion system automatically completes an incomplete program recording of a program. A recording application creates a program recording completion event corresponding to the incomplete program recording which includes program information to automatically complete the incomplete program recording. The recording application can initiate recording a re-broadcast of the ... 02/01/07 - 20070025692 - Mobile communications terminal for reservation recording and method thereof A mobile communications terminal and method for reservation-recording a particular broadcast program or content, are provided. The method according to an embodiment includes temporarily reserving a recording of a particular broadcast program or content into a temporary list, reserving a recording of the particular broadcast program or content into a ... 02/01/07 - 20070025691 - Receiver apparatus and information recording/outputting apparatus First and second signal processing units are each configured by an IC, so that the circuit space occupying in a receiver apparatus can be reduced. The signal path can be shortened from a BPF section inputting a program signal coming from a broadcasting station to a demodulation section compared with ... 02/01/07 - 20070025690 - Receiving apparatus The invention aims at providing a receiving apparatus which is capable of reducing an unpleasant feeling for a user or those around him/her resulting from a received sound when a reserved program is recorded, and of reducing wasteful power consumption. When a user selects “SILENCE” of items (620) to be ... 02/01/07 - 20070025689 - Recording signal processing apparatus and control method thereof A recording signal processing apparatus and a control method are provided. The recording signal processing apparatus includes a recording signal processing unit which is configured to process an video-audio signal and video-audio information having at least one of virtual channel information including first language information and program map information including ... 01/25/07 - 20070019926 - display device and method for timer recording a broadcast program A method of recording using a timer recording function in a display device is disclosed. More specifically, the display device receives an input data which is a user inputted instruction information for executing a timer recording function. Thereafter, the display device stores the instruction information which includes an instruction for ... 01/18/07 - 20070014534 - Image display device and image display method An image display device and an image display method are provided. The image display device includes: a signal processing unit receiving and processing a broadcasting program; a storage unit storing the broadcasting program; an outputting unit decoding and outputting the broadcasting program; and a control unit controlling a progress bar ... 01/18/07 - 20070014533 - Program data recording method and apparatus In order to make a recording mode in case of recording a broadcast program to be a mode which is easily used when reproducing, guide information of the broadcast program of the recorded channel is obtained in a case when a received broadcast program is recorded and a pointer is ... 01/11/07 - 20070009229 - User interface for consumer electronic product A channel list is generated based, for example, on tuning operations of a tuner of a television. An interface displays at least a portion of the channel list and allows for user-selection of a channel from the channel list so that the selected channel may be tuned. ... 01/11/07 - 20070009228 - Information processing device and method, program recording medium, program, and imaging device The present invention relates to an information processing device and method, a program recording medium, a program, and an imaging device which enable different processing to be set easily and flexibly for different contents to be managed. An entry i in a content management file includes a pointer to a ... 01/04/07 - 20070003217 - Broadcast transmitter, broadcast receiver, method of transmitting broadcast signal, and method of performing reservation-recording of broadcast signal A broadcast transmitter, a broadcast receiver, a method of transmitting a broadcast signal in the broadcast transmitter, and a method of performing reservation-recording of the broadcast signal in the broadcast receiver are provided. The broadcast transmitter transmits broadcast content including reservation-recording information of future broadcast content to be broadcasted in ... 01/04/07 - 20070003216 - Information recording apparatus and information recording method According to one embodiment, an information recording apparatus comprises a receiving unit which receives a broadcast content including a program, an acquisition unit which acquires program information from the received broadcast content, and a control unit which records the received broadcast content such that the content is classified in more ... 12/28/06 - 20060291801 - Label creating apparatus and label creating program stored in computer-readable recording medium To program video-recording (YES at S1), the process receives EPG data to accumulate information of a program to be video-recorded into an EPG information DB (S4). To create a label immediately (YES at S5), the process uses the accumulated EPG information to create the label by arranging a template arbitrarily ... 12/28/06 - 20060291800 - Information processing apparatus and picture recording control method According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus which executes first and second application programs each including a function of recording broadcast program data on the basis of recording reservations, includes a receiver which receives broadcast program data in response to a request to receive broadcast program data from one ... 12/28/06 - 20060291799 - Method for tuning to an interconnected ieee-1394 compliant device A method by a television includes considering only IEEE-1394 compliant recording devices discovered by a television for selection as a default recording device; disabling a discovered IEEE-1394 compliant recording device from a recording operation when the discovered recording device is without a desired recording feature; selecting a single discovered recording ... 12/21/06 - 20060285824 - Program search support system A terminal apparatus 1 displays a still image when a person the user desires to search appears during reproduction so that the face of the person to be searched is selected from the still image. Feature point data is acquired which is composed of a contour, eye position, and the ... 12/21/06 - 20060285823 - Method for executing scheduled record task In a scheduled recording method, a specific recording apparatus perform a checking procedure in response to a triggering signal to upon actuating a scheduled record task for the specific recording apparatus, thereby realizing whether the specific recording apparatus is able to implement the scheduled record task. Then, a request command ... 12/21/06 - 20060285822 - Recording and reproducing apparatus and receiving apparatus Where a clock frequency based on which encoding is performed has deviated over time, problems such as that an appropriate digital signal can not be outputted occur. To solve the problems, it is arranged such that when a decoder decodes video data and audio data, a control variable for controlling ... 12/21/06 - 20060285821 - Simulation of multiple dvd video streams in dvd-video user interfaces and related method A video application that is configured to prompt the display of images on a screen for viewing by a user. The screen includes a display layer that includes a display image having a representation of a sub-stream image. The user can select the representation of a sub-stream image to display ... 12/21/06 - 20060285820 - Digital broadcast method and system for supporting dvd recording and relevant receiving and recording method and device A digital broadcast method and system for supporting DVD recording, and relevant receiving and recording method and device are disclosed. A navigation data used for forming a DVD program is loaded into a private data stream of a TS stream transmitted by a broadcast system to let the system of ... 12/14/06 - 20060280435 - Video display apparatus and method for storing and reproducing broadcasting program Provided is a method for reproducing a broadcasting program. According to the method, a channel for the broadcasting program is set, and the broadcasting program is stored in a storage medium. After that, when switching to the set channel is performed, the stored broadcasting program is reproduced. ... 12/14/06 - 20060280434 - Broadcast receiving terminal Although a scheduled recording that is set by an EPG (Electronic Program Guide) specifies in advance a time slot for using the resource, reproduction that is set by the EPG does not specify a time slot for using the resource. Therefore, although it is possible to carry out resource allocations ... 12/14/06 - 20060280433 - Distributed media recording module system processes A method of selecting broadcast recordings for playback on a personal video recorder interface may be performed by receiving broadcast recordings at a personal video recorder module and storing said broadcast recordings on a system memory device. A data file is created including information regarding said broadcast recordings and stored ... 11/30/06 - 20060269223 - Video and audio recording apparatus A video and audio recording apparatus includes: a reservation inputting unit to which a recording reservation is inputted; an area ensuring unit adapted to ensure a preferential recording area in an information recording medium; and a reserved-recording performing unit adapted to record a broadcast program on the ensured preferential recording ... 11/30/06 - 20060269222 - Broadcast recording and reproduction apparatus A conventional technique to accumulate a content and reproduce the accumulated content makes wasteful use of a recording area, since an application included in the accumulated content is not deleted from the recording area even after the expiration date of its certificate has passed and the application has thus become ... 11/23/06 - 20060263046 - Recording/playback apparatus, content management method, and content playback method According to one embodiment, a recording/playback apparatus for recording content transmitted from an external apparatus into a recorder on the basis of reservation information, comprises a recording controller which records, in the recorder, a first content to be recorded in the recorder on the basis of the reservation information, and ... 11/23/06 - 20060263045 - Video image recording and reproducing apparatus and video image recording and reproducing method An apparatus includes a program guidance information holding section which holds electronic program guidance information, an algorithm holding section which holds separation point forming algorithms corresponding to a plurality of program attributes acquired from the electronic program guidance information, a program attribute determining section which determines one of the program ... 11/23/06 - 20060263044 - Method of providing time shift function in audio/video network and apparatus for the same A method and apparatus of providing a time shift function in an audio/video (A/V) network are provided. The method of providing the time shift function includes restoring broadcast content of received broadcast signals; transmitting the restored broadcast content to a content output apparatus; transmitting the restored broadcast content to a ... 11/23/06 - 20060263043 - Apparatus and method for storing data in a digital broadcasting receiver Embodiments of an apparatus and a method for storing data in a digital broadcasting receiver can convert received digital TV broadcasting data into data of another format before being stored. In one embodiment, redundancy data of the digital TV broadcasting data can be generated based on the converted data of ... 11/23/06 - 20060263042 - Method and apparatus for recording non-recorded part of broadcast program A method and apparatus for recording a non-recorded part of a partially recorded broadcast program, e.g., the recording starts from the middle of the broadcast program, is provided. The broadcast program recording apparatus includes a control unit, which when a broadcast program that a user is watching is selected to ... 11/23/06 - 20060263041 - Transformation of recommender scores depending upon the viewed status of tv shows A device and method for recommending and recording television programming which creates a program recommendation score to recommend programs. The device and method reduces the recommendation priority or score if the program being recommended was previously viewed. ... 11/23/06 - 20060263040 - Method and apparatus for indicating whether sufficient space exists for recording a program There is provided a method for indicating whether a program is capable of being fully recorded in a remaining storage space on a storage device. An on screen display device is configured as a grid having a first axis and a second axis. The first axis is for identifying the ... 11/16/06 - 20060257101 - Broadcast receiver and broadcast receiving method Permanent recording continuation is prevented and a recorded content is guaranteed to be surely recorded by prescribe amount (for prescribed time). For that purpose, a temporary storing area is secured in advance on a recording medium by prescribed amount. When a temporary storing operation caused by temporary interruption is conducted, ... 11/09/06 - 20060251389 - Display apparatus and control method thereof The present invention relates to a display apparatus which includes a plurality of video signal input units to receive video signals from a plurality of video sources. The display apparatus includes a user input unit which has a plurality of keys to allow a user to select a channel; a ... 11/09/06 - 20060251388 - Recording control apparatus and recording control method According to one embodiment, in a recording control method, an information recording destination is managed upon dividing into a first area and a second area, and a specific function using the first area and recording of recording target information using the second area are controlled. ... 11/02/06 - 20060245722 - Recording/reproducing apparatus A recording/reproducing apparatus having a receiving unit configured to receive a television broadcast, a recording/reproducing unit configured to record image data of the received broadcast program on a recording medium, and reproduce the image data from the recording medium, an output unit configured to output the image data of the ... 10/26/06 - 20060239642 - Communication system, recording apparatus and method, recording medium, and program A communication system includes a first recording apparatus and a second recording apparatus. The first recording apparatus determines whether recording of a broadcast program is settable in the first recording apparatus based on first information for reservation of the recording and second information for selecting an apparatus to be used ... 10/26/06 - 20060239641 - Automatic recording/reproducing method and automatic recording/reproducing apparatus Recording reservation information of a plurality of programs is grouped and at least the latest program among the programs recorded on the basis of the reservation information is left on a recording medium. Therefore, a program information registration unit to register a plurality of items of recording reservation information as ... 10/26/06 - 20060239640 - Contents information displaying device and method There are growing needs to efficiently programs desired to be viewed from among contents spreading to a channel direction and a time axis direction. However, GUI having a hierarchical structure and requiring numerous button operations require users to perform several complicated operations to view desired image contents. The present invention ... 10/05/06 - 20060222329 - Information processing system, information processing method, and information processing program An information processing system serves to input a timer record setting of a content. The system includes a dividing unit that divides a first timer record setting to record the content delivered from a predetermined source for a predetermined period into a plurality of second timer record settings each designed ... 10/05/06 - 20060222328 - Digital broadcast playback system, digital broadcast receiving apparatus, and digital broadcast recording and playback apparatus A digital broadcast playback system is provided in which, when a program being watched on a digital broadcast receiving apparatus is intermittently unable to be watched, only missed portions can be watched later on a digital broadcast recording and playback apparatus in a simple manner. The digital broadcast receiving apparatus ... 10/05/06 - 20060222327 - Reserved program recording apparatus and its method A broadcast reception apparatus 10 includes a broadcast program reception part 101 to acquire broadcast program information from a signal of a broadcast program, an audio information temporary storage part 103 to acquire audio information of the broadcast program to be recorded and to temporarily store it onto an audio ... 10/05/06 - 20060222326 - Recording apparatus The invention provides an effective means that realizes a long-hour recording and multi-channel simultaneous recording of TV broadcast programs without sacrificing the picture quality in reproduction. The invention also enhances user-friendliness in recording multiple channels. The invention provides a transcoder for the digital broadcast, utilizes program information during recording, and ... 10/05/06 - 20060222325 - System and method for quality marking of a recording Systems and methods for identifying a recorded video program are provided. The method may include recording a video and identifying the video as lacking desirable recording attributes. A future occurrence of a transmission of the video may be automatically selected in response to the identification of the video as lacking ... 09/28/06 - 20060215993 - Broadcast program recorder A hard disk recorder that can help to configure a group of information of a periodically broadcasted program includes: a remote control receiver that receives an instruction from a user; a controller that determines whether an instruction to record a broadcast program also designates a periodical interval applied to record ... 09/28/06 - 20060215992 - Recording and playing apparatus The invention provides a recording and playing apparatus capable of recording data via timer recording, having a simplified power control setting operation at the end time of timer recording, thereby enabling to provide an apparatus having superior power-saving feature and improved operability. When the user manipulates the recording and playing ... 09/28/06 - 20060215991 - Method and apparatus for using closed captioning data to identify television programming content for recording A television video recorder controlled by a viewer automatically compares a closed captioning stream from a current program instance with one or more respective closed captioning streams associated with previously recorded program instances to determine whether the current instance matches a previously recorded instance. If the closed captioning streams match, ... 09/28/06 - 20060215990 - Multi-user pvr A multi-user video recorded which provides filtering of the recorded program and/or electronic program guide on a user-by-user basis. Users can be prevented from seeing specified channels, programs, etc. in the EPG, and/or from viewing them. Users can be prevented from seeing and/or watching programs that other users have recorded ... 09/28/06 - 20060215989 - Method and apparatus for enabling sub-channel recording and playback An apparatus such as a television signal receiver controls a digital recording device via a digital data bus to enable sub-channel recording and playback. According to an exemplary embodiment, the apparatus includes a processor that is operative to process signals representing a plurality of sub-channels to generate digital data for ... 09/28/06 - 20060215988 - Recording of broadcast programmes A recording system (75) includes a broadcast receiver (210) for receiving broadcast programmes, and a download receiver (280) for requesting and receiving content parts of a broadcast programme from a server (90). A controller (250) determines whether an instruction for recording a broadcast programme would exceed a capacity for recording ... 09/28/06 - 20060215987 - Method for representing animated menu buttons Optical storage media often contain data structures for a menu suitable for selection of a title, a chapter, a parameter or others. Such menus usually comprise a number of buttons to be displayed, with each button having a state. Possible states of buttons are “unselected”, “selected” or “activated”. According to ... 09/21/06 - 20060210242 - Recording/reproduction apparatus and method A recording/reproduction apparatus recording/reproducing audio-visual data from a recording medium includes; a reception unit a reception unit receiving, from a server via a network, distribution information for audio data that is not recorded an optical disk; a display unit displaying the distribution information for the audio data that is received ... 09/21/06 - 20060210241 - Recording apparatus and method, reproduction apparatus and method, and recording medium A recording apparatus for recording an input signal on a data unit basis and management information of data units of the input signal onto a recording medium, the recording apparatus includes a recording mode determination unit for determining a recording mode representing a recording time of the input signal onto ... 09/14/06 - 20060204218 - Method and apparatus for selecting a recording device from among a plurality of recording devices A data recording apparatus includes: an obtaining unit that obtains a usage state of each of recording devices; an extracting unit that extracts a channel device other than a channel device having a largest number of recording devices that are connected to the channel device and currently used, based on ... 09/07/06 - 20060198605 - Time setting system, imaging device, video-device, and time setting method An imaging device outputs video data with an image signal obtained from imaging an object, records video data onto a record medium, reproduces video data therefrom, outputs first time information from a clock section, communicates with another device through a first communication interface according to a predetermined protocol, and exchanges ... 08/31/06 - 20060193604 - Recording apparatus, receiving apparatus, and receiving/recording system A recording apparatus includes an input device for inputting a television signal and channel information relating to the television signal from an external receiving apparatus which receives the television signal and generates the channel information, a recording device for recording the television signal, and a controller for controlling the recording ... 08/31/06 - 20060193603 - Information recording and reproducing device In a second recording extension processing part 16, when it is selected to perform recording extension processing by a first recording extension processing part 15, if bit rate determination means determines, for recorded data subjected to the recording extension processing, that the current recording bit rate is larger than the ... 08/31/06 - 20060193602 - Digital broadcast recorder and recording method thereof A digital broadcast recorder and a recording method thereof are disclosed. The recording method of a digital broadcast recorder having a storage medium, includes analyzing transmitted channel data and program data, and editing a broadcast program for the unit of program referring to the analyzed channel data and program data ... 08/31/06 - 20060193601 - Audio input/output control apparatus and audio input/output control method The present invention relates to an audio input/output control apparatus. According to the audio input/output control apparatus, the speed difference between writing speed in writing audio data to a ring buffer and reading speed in reading out the audio data under a constant speed is calculated, and when a read-address ... 08/31/06 - 20060193600 - Program video-recording apparatus and method A program video-recording apparatus of the present invention comprises acquisition sections configured to acquire and store program information of a predetermined program being delivered, a decision section configured to decide whether a program corresponding to the program information can be video-recorded, based on the acquired program information, and a control ... 08/31/06 - 20060193599 - Recording start and stop The invention concerns a method and device for recording information broadcast over a channel. A receiver (14) receives the information, a recorder (16) records said information, a program timer (18) is programmed with program settings including channel and time settings including start time, and a control unit (22) reads the ... 08/24/06 - 20060188222 - System and method for facilitating fast-forwarding of first-run programs A system and method are disclosed for facilitating fast-forwarding by viewers through a first-run program beyond the current broadcast point. In one embodiment, the first-run program is distributed before its scheduled publication time, and may be viewed at any time after the publication time. In a second embodiment, content is ... 08/24/06 - 20060188221 - Video device having priority-based recording function and control method for the same A video device having a priority-based recording function and a control method for the same are disclosed in which timer recording is performed based on user preferences. First, recording priority of a specific program for timer or immediate recording is set. When the time to perform the timer or immediate ... 08/24/06 - 20060188220 - Method and apparatus for consecutively recording broadcast programs Embodiments of methods and apparatus for recording at least two broadcast programs that are consecutive in time can consecutively record the plurality of programs (e.g., consecutively) on a recording medium without a process of creating and recording navigation information between programs. Navigation information for the recorded section can be created ... 08/24/06 - 20060188219 - Recording/reproducing device To provide a recording/reproducing device for enabling a recording reservation to be set quickly and easily when the power is switched off. If the recording/reproducing device is switched off, power is still kept supplying to the microcomputer and key input is monitored; wherein a starting time of recording is set ... 08/10/06 - 20060177197 - Recording and playback apparatus and method Disclosed herein is a recording and playback apparatus that stores plural kinds of signals, for example, programs on multiple channels. When, while one kind of signal out of the plural kinds of signals is being played back, playback of another kind of signal is instructed, the another kind of signal ... 08/03/06 - 20060171671 - Image recording apparatus An image recording apparatus comprising: a receiving unit to receive a broadcast signal pertaining to a predetermined broadcast; a recording unit to record video data composed of sound data and image data, both based on a received broadcast signal; detection unit to detect an end of the predetermined broadcast based ... 08/03/06 - 20060171670 - Recording and playback device with simple programmed recording method To provide a recording and playback device with a simple programmed recording method which enables new programmed recording to be easily performed on a recording medium. A displayed recording title is selected under the control of a displaying unit, a recorded date and time, a recorded channel and the like ... 08/03/06 - 20060171669 - Video data recording and playing device A video data recording and playing device includes: a first recording unit adapted to record and read data on and from a first recording medium; a second recording unit adapted to record and read data on and from a second recording medium; and a control unit operatively connected to the ... 08/03/06 - 20060171668 - Image recorder/player and auto titling method A video recorder/player and an auto titling method where, if a recording of a received broadcast signal is started, a program name is extracted from the broadcast signal, and the extracted program name is stored as a title in a storage medium. A program name is continually extracted from the ... 08/03/06 - 20060171667 - Real time recording system and method The present disclosure provides a recording system and method that can record the video and audio portions of live performances in real time on removable digital media and provide such media at the end of the performance for distribution or purchase. The recording system directly records the video/audio on a ... 07/27/06 - 20060165376 - Method and apparatus for determining arrival time of data packets The present invention relates to a method and apparatus of determining arrival time of data packet when a digital broadcast data stream is recorded. According to the present invention, two program clock reference values are extracted from a transport packet sequence, an average packet interval time is obtained based on ... 07/27/06 - 20060165375 - Recordable pvr using metadata and recording control method thereof Disclosed are a personal video recorder (PVR) using metadata and a recording control method thereof that facilitates the selective recording of user-preferred segments of a broadcast program in real time. The PVR includes a broadcast receiver for receiving the digital broadcast and dividing the digital broadcast program into video data, ... 07/27/06 - 20060165374 - Method and apparatus for recording a signal The invention relates to a system for recording a signal. A recorder (200) comprises a receiver (201) for receiving a source signal (101) having associated first play time information such as a Normal Play Time timeline. The receiver (200) is coupled to a recording controller (203) which generates a recorded ... 07/20/06 - 20060159422 - Digital video recording apparatus and editing method for recorded broadcast programs A digital video recording apparatus and an editing method for recorded broadcast programs are disclosed. In accordance with the disclosed apparatus and method, information of recorded broadcast programs is extracted from a broadcast stream which includes the broadcast programs. The extracted information is displayed on a display in the form ... 07/20/06 - 20060159421 - Reservation video recording method using position on the paper and recording apparatus A method and system are provided which, in a program recording apparatus which performs recording of television programs, enable even those users who are inexperienced in operating machines to simply, directly and flexibly perform a program recording reservation operation and a recorded program viewing operation. An association is first made ... 07/20/06 - 20060159420 - Method and apparatus for determining title of recorded content An apparatus and method thereof determines a title of a recorded program. After a desired video content that is transmitted through a channel has been recorded upon user's request of timer recording, it is checked if more than one program is scheduled for broadcast on that channel during the preset ... 07/20/06 - 20060159419 - Recording control device and method, recording medium, and program A recording control device records a program to be reserved for recording on the basis of reservation information including recording start time information indicating a time, at which recording starts, and recording end time information indicating a time, at which recording ends. The recording control device includes a setting unit ... 07/20/06 - 20060159418 - Information recording device, information recording method, information transmission device, and information transmission metod There is provided an information recording device used for receiving digital broadcast and recording it. The information recording device may assuredly detect lack of information indicating a discontinuous point of a program in information to be recorded and record the information in a correct program configuration. When recording a partial ... 07/13/06 - 20060153529 - Broadcast receiver and system for performing copy prohibition and timed recording A receiving system and a receiving device are provided for receiving and processing broadcast digital and analog signals such as video and audio programs. The system and device are capable of determining whether a received program is subject to copy prohibition. If the program is subject to copy prohibition, the ... 07/13/06 - 20060153528 - Broadcast program recording apparatus using electronic program guide A broadcast program recording apparatus is provided in which ease of operation is improved for selecting a broadcast program to be entered by making it possible to enter a broadcast program to be recorded, by using EPG data, even when a broadcast program which is being currently broadcast is being ... 07/13/06 - 20060153527 - Method for pre-programmed recording The present invention relates to method for performing pre-programmed recording in an apparatus for reading from and writing to recording media, each recording requiring the generation of recording specific data at the end of the recording session. According to the invention, in case of successive pre-programmed recordings separated by a ... 07/13/06 - 20060153526 - Portable electronic apparatus and recording control method therefor In a portable electronic apparatus of the present invention, when a timer unit measures a video recording permission/inhibition determination time, in order to determine the reception condition of the reservation program stored in a memory unit, a CPU/control unit obtains the determination signal from a tuner unit and a demodulation ... 07/13/06 - 20060153525 - Robotic system for optically inspecting workpieces A manufacturing cell for inspecting workpieces such as magnetic disk substrates comprises an input conveyor for providing workpieces to be tested, one or more testers for inspecting the workpieces, and three or more output receptacles for receiving tested workpieces. One or more robotic arms move the workpieces from the input ... 07/13/06 - 20060153524 - Method for recording data, method for retrieving sets of data, data file, data structure and medium carrying such data After recording a data container, a back-pointer item is recorded, comprising a specific key and an indicator of the length of the data container. This back-pointer item can be used to jump to the beginning of the data container when reading the file backwards. Other types of coding than KLV ... 07/13/06 - 20060153523 - Recording apparatus and recording reservation processing method 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 ... 07/13/06 - 20060153522 - Method and apparatus for insuring complete recording of a television program The duration of a recording is automatically extended in the event that a televised program extends beyond the scheduled end of the television broadcast. Groups or “clusters” of commercial messages are detected. If no such group is found at the end of a scheduled broadcast, it is presumed that the ... 07/06/06 - 20060147182 - Digital video recording apparatus and method A digital video recording apparatus and method is disclosed. Under the condition in which the user sets information of a preferred program in the digital video recording apparatus, a broadcast stream received by the digital video recording apparatus is analyzed. Based on the results of the analysis, the preferred program ... 07/06/06 - 20060147181 - Method of providing rebroadcast information, and method and apparatus for recording broadcast program A method and apparatus for recording a broadcast program, by which a user can know whether a program the user wants to record will be rebroadcasted using electronic program guide (EPG) information, thereby allowing the user to choose whether to continue or cancel recording of the broadcast program. The method ... 07/06/06 - 20060147180 - Data processor apparatus A data processor that can record a program on a storage medium is connected to a network, to which a database and at least one server are also connected. The database collects program specific information, which is made up of a number of parameters to designate a particular program. The ... 06/29/06 - 20060140584 - Systems and methods for interactive program guides with personal video recording features Methods and systems that provide enhanced personal video recorder (“PVR”) and interactive television program guide (“IPG”) functionality are provided. An interactive television application (“application”) may be implemented to provide such functionality. The application may be used to display a list of PVR recordings, to schedule recordings to a PVR, to ... 06/29/06 - 20060140583 - Recording method of digital recording apparatus A method for recording in a digital recording apparatus is disclosed, whereby storage suitable for recording a broadcasting program is determined in consideration of an expected data capacity of the broadcasting program. There is an advantage of solving the discomfort of manipulating an external key at every time when storage ... 06/29/06 - 20060140582 - Recording and playback device and programmed recording program To provide a recording and playback device for simplifying setting operation of programmed recording of a series of programs associated with each other (for example, drama series) and enabling to associate the plural recording media each other when the series of programs are recorded across the plural recording media. The ... 06/29/06 - 20060140581 - Video recorder and method for reserve-recording a broadcast program A video recorder for recording a program video in a built-in HDD (hard disk drive) or the like on the basis of EPG data is easily put in a reserve-recording mode. To this end, reserve-recording candidate data is generated from the EPG data with use of recorded program information to ... 06/15/06 - 20060127038 - Method and apparatus for modifying scheduled recordings A method and apparatus for modifying scheduled recordings when a scheduled recording entered by a user overlaps in time with one or more pre-stored scheduled recordings is disclosed. If a channel and recording duration for a new scheduled recording is entered by a user, it is determined if the duration ... 06/15/06 - 20060127037 - Method and apparatus for secure transfer and playback of multimedia content A method and apparatus for secure transfer and playback of multimedia content enables the secure transfer of multimedia content from a digital video recorder (DVR) to a personal computer (PC) and further to a handheld device. A DVR determines which devices on a Local Area Network (LAN) are authorized to ... 06/08/06 - 20060120688 - Electronic device including timer programmed recording means A recording and reproducing device, wherein, if preset programs are overlapping, a recording end process is performed at the end of a last preset recording program resolving the overlapping so as to decrease cases of missing the recording. A programmed recording overlapping detecting portion 63 for controlling programmed recording detects ... 05/25/06 - 20060110130 - Display device and method with optimal external input setting capability A display device and method with an optimal external input setting capability are provided. A method for setting an external input in a display device includes receiving information about an external device which is connected to the display device via a network; determining based on the information about the external ... 05/25/06 - 20060110129 - Broadcast system, receiver apparatus, broadcast data protection method, and receiving method A broadcasting system, a receiving apparatus, a broadcasting method, and a receiving method which can protect a copyright of a still image which is sent by a digital broadcast are provided. When it is necessary to protect the copyright of the still image in the digital broadcast, a still image ... 05/18/06 - 20060104611 - Flexible conflict resolution in scheduled recording of broadcast content One embodiment of the invention is a technique to resolve recording conflict in program recording. A conflict is detected in recording first and second programs. The conflict is caused by an overlapping segment occupying a time period common to desired recording times of the first and second programs. A user ... 05/04/06 - 20060093325 - Data recording controller, method of controlling data recording controller, program, data recording system, and data recording device The invention relates to preventing recording from failing because of concentration of recording and recording reservation in a specific device in recording via a network. Concretely, the invention relates to a data recording controller connected to data recording devices provided with a recording medium so that communication is possible. The ... 04/27/06 - 20060088290 - Controller device connected via ieee 1394 serial bus to device having tuner function and digital recording device A controller device such as a digital television receiver that is connected via an IEEE 1394 serial bus to a device having a tuner function and a digital recording device compares a keyword entered by a user with information about each program that is contained in program schedule information received ... 04/27/06 - 20060088289 - Information recording and reproducing device An information recording and reproducing device allows a content having data about title, among contents recorded on a recording medium, to be contained in a frame for distinguishing the title from a background image so as to generate a framed title image. For a content without data about title, the ... 04/27/06 - 20060088288 - Auxiliary operation interface of digital recording and reproducing apparatus An auxiliary operation interface includes a guiding menu and an audio prompt generator. The guiding menu has a targeting item optionally triggered to have the digital recording/reproducing apparatus execute a selected function. The audio prompt generator is enabled to generate a first audio prompt when the targeting item is triggered ... 04/27/06 - 20060088287 - Apparatus and method for integrated scheduled recording in multi-tuner system An apparatus and method are disclosed for setting scheduled recording of a plurality of standard broadcast signals received by a multi-tuner system on a single integrated scheduled recording setup graphical user interface (GUI) screen. The apparatus comprises a multi-tuner receiver for receiving a plurality of broadcast signals complying with different ... 04/20/06 - 20060083484 - Program recording apparatus and program recording medium A program recording apparatus has a program information input unit inputting program information concerning programs; a program recording setting unit setting of the recording of programs; a recording unit writing in, and erasing, data containing the contents of the programs to and from a recording medium; and a management unit ... 04/20/06 - 20060083483 - Program recording device utilizing electronic program guide An operation input unit receives an instruction for unattended recording of a program on a designated broadcast channel at a designated broadcast time. A program recording reserving unit refers to an electronic program guide, and produces a program recording reservation list bearing, as a time of programmed recording, a different ... 04/20/06 - 20060083482 - Method and apparatus for programming the playback of program information A program information player automatically skips over any intermediate channel changes as a result of interrupting a prior recording of a selected program. The program information player includes a program sequence playback information generator. The program sequence playback information generator analyzes selected program identifier information and recorded program history log ... 04/13/06 - 20060078299 - Automatic broadcast program recorder A recorder capable of automatically recording a broadcast program without presetting recording of each program is disclosed. According to the automatic broadcast program recorder, keywords characterizing a program to be recorded are preliminarily designated, a reservation table of programs as candidates to be recorded is created by checking program information ... 04/13/06 - 20060078298 - Method and apparatus for facilitating program data acquisition Methods and apparatus for facilitating program data acquisition. In one embodiment, a set-top box is set to enter an auto-off state based on a user-defined auto-off time. Once the set-top box has entered the auto-off state, a channel from which program guide data may be obtained may be automatically tune ... 04/06/06 - 20060072902 - Method of recording a program comprised in a television signal The invention relates to a method of recording a program comprised in a television signal. A television signal comprises program information including the real starting hour of at least a following program. The method comprises the steps of: —memorizing a theoretical starting hour of the program to be recorded (30);—defining, ... 03/23/06 - 20060062550 - Method and apparatus for consecutive recording of a series of broadcast programs A method and apparatus for controlling of consecutive recoding of a series of broadcast programs are provided. In a digital broadcast signal receiver, in response to a request of recording a particular series of broadcast programs, it is determined whether or not a program being tuned is one episode of ... 03/09/06 - 20060051059 - Video recorder having user extended and automatically extended time slots The present invention is directed to a video recorder having user extended and automatically extended time slots. An embodiment of the present invention includes a set-top box having an internal storage device, such as a hard drive where broadcasts are transferred from a broadcast input source to the storage device. ... 03/09/06 - 20060051058 - Method and apparatus to display graphically recording timer conflicts The present invention is a method and apparatus for displaying conflicts between two or more recording timers. These conflicts are displayed graphically for the user to resolve. Other features and advantages of the present invention will become apparent from the following detailed description of the invention and the accompanying drawings. ... 03/02/06 - 20060045480 - Optical disc recording and reproducing apparatus In an optical disc recording and reproducing apparatus, when a time shift determining unit determines that a time shift reproduction is currently performed, a reservation determining unit determines whether or not there is a timer reservation in the next place. When it is determined that there is the timer reservation ... 03/02/06 - 20060045479 - Recorder or recorder/player capable of title-by-title parental lockout, or electronic apparatus equipped therewith; recording medium capable of title-by-title parental lockout; player or recorder/player capable of title-by-title parental lockout, or elect To provide a player or recorder/player which records content on a recording medium by a recording method compliant with the DVD-VR format, or electronic apparatus equipped therewith, where the recorder/player or the like is capable of setting parental locks on individual titles in the content. Title-by-title parental lockout works as ... 03/02/06 - 20060045478 - Method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving protected contents at home Provided are a system and a method for transmitting and receiving contents at home. The content service method includes: reconstructing encrypted compressed contents back into compressed contents by decrypting the encrypted compressed contents according to a first scheme; encrypting the reconstructed compressed contents according to a second scheme; and transmitting ... 03/02/06 - 20060045477 - Video recorder control using streamed data packets An apparatus (16) for recording a selected program includes a decoder (32), a recorder (34), and a user interface (36). The user interface (36) permits a user to select the program. The decoder (32) receives a data stream including, a start data packet, content data packets, and an end data ... 02/16/06 - 20060034587 - Recording system, recording method and recording device A recording system is constructed with at least first and second recording devices, both of which are connected to a network and have channel selection functions and functions of reserving the recording of broadcast program information forming a broadcast program. The first recording device includes a first memory for storing ... 02/09/06 - 20060029369 - Recording control apparatus and method, and program A recording control apparatus for controlling the recording of content of broadcast programs includes the following elements. An acquisition unit acquires electronic program guide data concerning the broadcast programs. A detector detects the title of a broadcast program from reserve-recording data indicating a recording reservation of the broadcast program. A ... 02/02/06 - 20060024029 - Program output control apparatus and method A program output control apparatus includes a storage area of program information which stores program information, and an output controller which controls an output of the user-desired program corresponding to the user desired channel and display operation of the program information. The program information includes two or more pieces of ... 02/02/06 - 20060024028 - Mobile terrestrial digital broadcast receiver A mobile terrestrial digital broadcast receiver is disclosed. With the arrival at a predetermined time before the starting time of a recording reserved program specified by arbitrary recording reservation information (hereinafter referred to as the intended recording reservation information), the broadcast is started to be received in preparation for the ... 02/02/06 - 20060024027 - System and method of recording and recording apparatus A recording system having a plurality of recording apparatuses connected to a network. The apparatuses can select a channel for receiving a broadcast signal and record reservations for recording a program broadcast through a broadcasting channel at a predetermined time of day. One of the apparatuses, denoted as a reservation-receiving ... 02/02/06 - 20060024026 - Recording apparatus, recording method, and program product In digital broadcast recording for automatically recording broadcasts on a channel selected from a plurality of digital broadcast programs on a recording medium, in accordance with a booking that is performed by specifying a time zone and giving a command to record a stream of broadcast contents on the user-selected ... 01/26/06 - 20060018630 - Retrospective television viewing The invention provides systems, apparatus and methods for recording a television broadcast, and a retrospective section of the record. These enable a television viewer to use a television control to select and store a retrospective section of a recorded television channel, while watching the channel. The retrospective section typically comprises ... 12/29/05 - 20050286867 - Program recording device and program recording method A program recording method receives and records a desired program, the recording of which is set based on at least a broadcast time period and a broadcast channel. The method includes obtaining an electronic program guide and, when the desired program recording is set, searching a character string in a ... 12/22/05 - 20050281539 - Multi function apparatus having scart connector and control method thereof A multi function apparatus having a SCART (Syndicat des Constructeurs d'Appareils Radiorecepteurs et Televiseurs) connector is configured so that a plurality of devices including first and second devices, each having an independent function, are combined therein, and includes a SCART connector to which a signal for connection to an external ... 12/22/05 - 20050281538 - Recording status display apparatus and method thereof An image recording/reproducing apparatus which supports recording by memorizing recording requests of a user, and a method thereof. A recording status display table stores a general recording information display part for recording such as a program recording date and a recording start time and a recording result display part for ... 12/22/05 - 20050281537 - Video recording and reproducing apparatus and method thereof An apparatus and method to store a recording pattern of a user. Recording information and recording pattern including the record repetition count are stored to record the user's favorite programs and a message is displayed to notify the user of the recording start time of the favorite programs. ... 12/15/05 - 20050276575 - Program receiver and method of display processing of program explanation screen In a program receiver and a method of display processing of a program explanation screen, it is possible to display a reproduced program explanation screen as high-definite as a received program explanation screen when reproducing received program explanation information after recorded. Unrelated and unnecessary information is not displayed in reproduction ... 12/15/05 - 20050276574 - Recording apparatus, recording reservation system, article management system, recording method, and computer program The present invention provides a recording apparatus for recording a broadcast program to be received including a data input unit, an article information analyzing unit, and a recording control unit. The data input unit acquires article information concerning a broadcast program and with an article identifier set to the information. ... 12/08/05 - 20050271363 - Storage unit and storage method A broadcast storage unit 1, which receives a program to be broadcasted digitally and records the program, includes a DeMUX processing unit 12 that acquires program information concerning a program to be broadcasted, an SI information analyzing unit 15 that extracts information on a new program from the acquired program ... 12/01/05 - 20050265695 - Display device and method for recording and replaying broadcasting program therein A method for selectively recording or replaying partial scenes of a broadcasting program includes the steps of: receiving a broadcasting program and a corresponding supplementary information; determining whether or not information on pre-selected scenes or user-selected scenes of the broadcasting program is contained in the supplementary information; and if so ... 11/24/05 - 20050259963 - Information processing apparatus, information processing method and program for the same An information processing apparatus for providing controls to have contents recorded in a recording medium for recording one or more broadcast programs aired in the past as data displayed on a specified display device, includes: an acquiring section to acquire program information for one or more broadcast programs recorded in ... 11/24/05 - 20050259962 - Information processing apparatus, information processing method and program for the same Disclosed herein is an information processing apparatus includes: a display control section which controls to generate a table with days of the week allocated in one of first and second directions and time zones of a day in the other direction and displays the table on a specified display device ... 11/24/05 - 20050259961 - Information processing apparatus, information processing method and program for the same An information processing apparatus for setting a recording reservation for a specified tuner and controlling record according to the recording reservation, having: a first acquiring section to acquire at least first, second, and third information indicating a specified broadcast station, a specified day of the week, and a specified time ... 11/24/05 - 20050259960 - Index table generation in pvr applications for avc video streams One or more methods and systems of indexing an AVC video stream are presented. In one embodiment, the method comprises identifying one or more fields within a picture of an AVC video stream. In one embodiment, a field of the one or more fields indicates the beginning of each picture. ... 11/17/05 - 20050254786 - Recording and reproduction apparatus A recording and reproduction apparatus includes a receiving unit for receiving scheduling information and an ID of a scheduling information transmitting apparatus; and a registering unit for registering the scheduling information received by the receiving unit in a schedule list. Based on the scheduling information registered by the registering unit, ... 10/20/05 - 20050232592 - Recorder In order to record a program provided by a program broadcasting device, a recorder (5) that receives program identifying information provided by a program information providing device to record the program includes: a program identifying information detector (10) for detecting the program identifying information at least at one timing of ... 09/29/05 - 20050213938 - Watching support apparatus and program recording system There is provided a watching support apparatus and a program recording system which can support easily recording a currently broadcasted program or a program to be broadcasted by an in-home recording apparatus set in a user's residential area even in the case where the user goes to a different location ... 09/29/05 - 20050213937 - Recording and reproducing apparatus with simple timer recording reservation function A recording and reproducing apparatus capable of making a timer recording reservation for a television program broadcast in a certain time zone at a time corresponding to a broadcast time of a next program in the series while using existing recording data on a past program in the series, and ... 09/08/05 - 20050196144 - Image recording apparatus capable of timer-recording analog or digital broadcasting signal through one menu screen and method thereof An image recording apparatus receiving and storing a broadcasting signal and a method for providing a timer-recording function. The image recording apparatus includes a digital receiver operable to receive a digital broadcasting signal, an analog receiver operable to receive an analog broadcasting signal, a storage operable to store the digital ... 09/01/05 - 20050191033 - Information processing system, information processing method, and computer program A contents processing system and method is disclosed by which contents copyright protected can be recorded suitably so as to be owned by a number of apparatus. A number of AV apparatus having a digital broadcast reception function and a contents recording function cooperate with each other on a network ... 08/11/05 - 20050175320 - Broadcast program recording system, broadcast program recording method and broadcast program recording control method A digital broadcast tuner and a network compatible recorder are interconnected to make up a network. The recorder is adapted to record a video signal output from a video output terminal of the tuner. When a recording reservation for the recorder is made on the tuner, recording reservation data is ... 07/21/05 - 20050158030 - Auto title frames generation method and apparatus A method and apparatus that provides a user a capability to create a title frame for recording when the user records a broadcasted program onto a recording device, using program data received from the broadcasted television transmission. The transmitted program data contains data on the genre or category and subcategory ... 07/21/05 - 20050158029 - Recording/reproducing apparatus and method, simultaneous processing program storage medium, and simultaneous processing program The present invention aims to certainly use an electronic program guide. According to the present invention, a switch circuit part 24 for connecting a first tuner 2 and a second tuners 3 that take in a television signal S2 on plural channels including a program guide providing channel and select ... 07/14/05 - 20050152678 - Recording method and apparatus The purpose of the present invention is to make it possible to perform a process in a good condition when an automatic video-record reservation such as a series reservation and another video-record reservation are overlapped. According to the present invention, it is performed a first record reservation process for detecting ... 06/30/05 - 20050141874 - Method and apparatus for storing content A system receives a broadcast program and temporarily stores the program data. A request is received to permanently record the broadcast program. This request is received after a portion of the broadcast program has been received and temporarily stored. The broadcast program is then permanently recorded, including the temporarily stored ... 06/30/05 - 20050141873 - Recording/reproduction apparatus A reservation information table stores reservation information including a channel number, a recording start time, a recording end time, and an attribute related to each recording-reserved program. A group information table stores group information including a total capacity setting value for each group. An MPU selectively deletes a recorded program ... 06/30/05 - 20050141872 - Recording-medium image recording system, recording-medium image recording apparatus, and recording-medium image recording method Program reservation information is input to a recording-medium image recording apparatus, and a recording medium is selected. In the event that automatic updating (overwriting) of the recording medium is set in a state wherein automatic recording to the recording medium has been set, simply inserting the recording medium in that ... 06/30/05 - 20050141871 - Apparatus and program for reserving a broadcast program Contents reserved to be recorded by a user manually operating a switch unit are stored in an EPG/reservation information memory as first reservation information. A CPU having acquired EPG data by a TV unit or a communication interface stores the acquired EPG data in the memory. By referring to the ... 06/30/05 - 20050141870 - Apparatus for receiving broadcast signals and method of receiving broadcast signals The EPG data about the broadcast program that a user is enjoying is acquired from an EPG server via the Internet. A record format for the type of the program is prepared on the basis of the EPG data. After the user finishes enjoying the program, an answer-input menu of ... 06/23/05 - 20050135786 - Signal processing apparatus A recording apparatus includes an input device for inputting a television signal and channel information relating to the television signal from an external receiving apparatus which receives the television signal and generates the channel information, a recording device for recording the television signal, and a controller for controlling the recording ... 06/09/05 - 20050123275 - Audiovisual apparatus which simplified program recording reservation operation The present invention can facilitate making a reservation of a recording of an audiovisual program without the need of inputting many conditions. A recording reservation operation is simplified by making it possible to set a standby time since the end of the reservation until the start of the recording. This ... ### FreshPatents.com Support |