Patent ID: 9596499
Date: 2017-03-14
CPC Classifications: H04N,H04W

Claim:
1. A content recording method for a recording apparatus, the content recording method comprising: an automatic recording control step of automatically recording, with the recording apparatus, a first plurality of pieces of content in a channel automatic recording area included in a recording medium, each of the first plurality of pieces of content being broadcast through a channel in a time slot, the channel and the time slot being designated by a user; a deletion step of instructing, with the recording apparatus, a mobile apparatus to delete a first piece of content that has previously been copied or moved from the channel automatic recording area to the mobile apparatus when the recording apparatus detects that the recording apparatus has become able to communicate with the mobile apparatus; and a content transfer step of copying or moving, with the recording apparatus, a second piece of content included in the first plurality of pieces of content to the mobile apparatus when the recording apparatus detects that the recording apparatus has become able to communicate with the mobile apparatus, the content transfer step being bypassed if, in the deletion step, the first piece of content does not exist in the mobile apparatus and an area available for recording the second piece of content does not exist in the mobile apparatus.