Patent ID: 6489999
Filing Date: 2002-12-03
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
A television receiver having a function of reserving and receiving a serialized TV program to be broadcast over several times, comprising:reception means for receiving a program and a program table which are transmitted from a broadcast station; operation means for generating an operation signal for setting a reservation to receive a predetermined program, according to a predetermined operation; recording/playback means for recording and playing back the received program; program information/receiving time detection means for detecting program information for specifying the predetermined program received by a user, and the receiving time of the predetermined program, on the basis of the operation signal and the program table; display means for displaying the output from the reception means, the recording/playback means, or the program information/receiving time detection means; schedule creation means for creating an operation schedule for reception, recording, and playback of the predetermined program, on the basis of the detected program information and recording time of the predetermined program, and the program table; and control means for controlling the reception means, the recording/playback means, and the display means on the basis of the operation schedule; wherein, when the predetermined program on which a reservation for reception has been set is broadcasted, the last part of the broadcast is recorded, and the recorded part of the broadcast is played back just before the next broadcast of the predetermined program is started.