Patent ID: 7738774
Filing Date: 2010-06-15
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A recording device for use with one or more external devices, the recording device comprising: a receiving unit configured to receive a record instruction specifying a processing content for recording a broadcast program from a user, the record instruction including information indicating a recording format; a collecting unit configured to collect second capability information that relates to a recording capability of the one or more external devices and includes information indicating a recording format in which the one or more external devices are capable of recording; a judging unit configured to determine, with reference to prestored first capability information that relates to a recording capability of the recording device and includes information indicating a recording format in which the recording device is capable of recording, whether the recording device satisfies predetermined conditions, which include at least a first recording condition of whether recording can be performed in the recording format shown by the record instruction; a recording unit configured to receive and record the broadcast program in accordance with the processing content if the judging unit determines that the predetermined conditions are satisfied by the recording device; a selecting unit configured to select an external device that satisfies the predetermined conditions including at least the first recording condition using the collected second capability information if the judging unit determines that the predetermined conditions are not satisfied by the recording device; and a communication unit configured to convey the record instruction to the selected external device, wherein the record instruction further includes information specifying corner indexing as supplementary data for adding to the processing content, the first capability information further includes information indicating whether the recording device is capable of recording with the addition of the corner indexing, the second capability information further includes information indicating whether the one or more external devices are capable of recording with the addition of the corner indexing, the predetermined conditions are satisfied when both of the first recording condition and a second recording condition are satisfied, the second recording condition indicating whether recording can be preformed with the addition of the corner indexing in the recording device, and the selecting unit selects an external device that satisfies both of the first recording condition and the second recording condition, based on the collected second capability information, if the judging unit determines that both of the first recording condition and the second recording condition are not satisfied by the recording device.