Patent ID: 7730511
Filing Date: 2010-06-01
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An information processing apparatus, comprising: display control means for controlling generation of a table including days of the week allocated in one of first and second directions and time zones of a day in the other direction, the table being displayed on a specified display device for showing contents corresponding to a reservation for recording on a specified tuner, the contents including a first broadcast program and a second broadcast program; acquiring means for acquiring, from information inputted in response to a user's operation, first information indicating a specified broadcast station, second information indicating a specified day of the week, and third information indicating a specified time zone of a day; setting means for setting the reservation once for periodically recording the contents specified with said first, second, and the third information acquired by said acquiring means, and received by said specified tuner, the received contents being recorded as data in a specified recording medium automatically at each periodic broadcast of the contents; and a reservation input unit configured to automatically divide a reservation for recording the first broadcast program and a reservation for recording the second broadcast program when the first and second broadcast programs overlap in time, and to input the divided reservations at a pre-specified time, defined as a divided reservation input schedule time, that is before a start time for a next reservation for recording, wherein, when said reservation for recording is set by said setting means, said display control means controls the display to display said table such that the area identified with the contents reserved to be recorded with a display format different from that of other areas, the display format including at least two types of display statuses, each specified by said first information, said at least two types of display statuses including a first type of display status indicating a recording of contents on a priority broadcast station, and a second type of display status indicating a recording of contents on a non-priority broadcast station.