Patent ID: 9020330
Filing Date: 2015-04-28
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A receiving apparatus for sending received contents to a recording apparatus and for getting said recording apparatus to record the contents in accordance with preset recording reservations, said receiving apparatus comprising: recording ready time information acquisition means for acquiring from said recording apparatus information about a recording ready time that elapses from the time the recording of one content is ordered to be ended until the recording of another content is ready to be started, wherein said recording ready time information acquisition means acquires said recording ready time by communicating with said recording apparatus over said network in accordance with UPnP (Universal Plug and Play) protocols; continuous recording determination means for determining whether two chronologically successive broadcast contents are reserved for recording based on said preset recording reservations; and end time setting means for, if said two chronologically successive broadcast contents are found reserved for recording, setting the time at which to end processing for recording the earlier of the two contents based on a broadcast start time of the latter of the two contents and on the acquired information about said recording ready time.