Patent ID: 6205284
Filing Date: 2001-03-20
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
A method for performing reserved recording of broadcasting programs, the method comprising(a) a various setting recording reservation data for recording reservation of the broadcasting programs;(b) determining relative priority between the various recording reservation data, corresponding to each of the broadcasting programs;(c) selecting a channel corresponding to a recording reservation data having an earliest priority among the various recording reservation data;(d) extracting program identification information contained in a broadcasting program received via the channel selected in the selecting operation (c);(e) comparing all the recording reservation data which correspond to the channel selected in the selecting operation (c) with the program identification information extracted in the extracting operation (d), and judging whether the recording reservation data corresponding to the program identification information exists;(f) starting a recording of a broadcasting program using the recording reservation data, when the recording reservation data corresponding to the program identification information exists in the comparing operation (e); and(g) performing (c) through (f) repeatedly based on the recording reservation data having the earliest priority among the various recording reservation data corresponding to the remaining channels which have not already been used for selection, when the recording reservation data corresponding to the program identification information does not exist in (e).