Patent ID: 7400566
Filing Date: 2008-07-15
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. An information recording and reproducing apparatus which receives a data stream currently being transmitted, the data stream including content data and additional information including time information with respect to each program in the content data, records the data stream in a recording medium and reproduces the recorded content data, the information recording and reproducing apparatus comprising: a time calculation unit operable to calculate a reception ending time of a program in the content data currently being received based on the received additional information; a recording control unit operable to record the received content data sequentially in the recording medium, and to record position information in the recording medium in association with the additional information of the program as a head position of another program which will be received next, the position information indicating a recording position of the recorded content data in the recording medium and being recorded at the calculated reception ending time of the program; and an input unit operable to output a signal in accordance with an input operation from a user; wherein the recording control unit starts recording of the content data to the recording medium from the reception ending time of the program if it is determined from the calculated reception ending time that a portion of the content data in midstream of the program is being received when the input unit outputs a signal instructing the start of recording.