Patent ID: 8571393
Filing Date: 2013-10-29
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A non-transitory portable recording medium on which information is digitally recorded to be read and processed by a processor-based apparatus, said digitally recorded information comprising: reproducible information comprising at least one of encoded compressed video information and encoded compressed audio information, which is related to a program to be broadcasted, the reproducible information being recorded on the portable recording medium in such manner as to be capable of being decoded, decompressed, and reproduced by the processor-based apparatus; a reservation set command recorded on the portable recording medium in relationship with the reproducible information in such manner as to be capable of being executed by the processor-based apparatus, while the reproducible information is being reproduced or in response thereto, to set a reservation of video recording and/or audio recording of the program; program attribute information including at least a broadcast start time of the program, which is recorded on the portable recording medium in relationship with the reproducible information and the reservation set command in such manner as to be capable of being used by the processor-based apparatus to set the reservation; and button information causing the processor-based apparatus to display a button when the reproducible information is reproduced, and selection of said button by a user causes the processor-based apparatus to execute the reservation set command and prompt the user to remove the portable recording medium therefrom and insert another recording medium, wherein said portable recording medium is an optical disk.