Patent ID: 7937729
Filing Date: 2011-05-03
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A receiving apparatus comprising: a receiving unit configured to receive a broadcast program; an output unit configured to output video data of the broadcast program received by the receiving unit to a monitor apparatus; a reservation setting unit configured to set reservation of receiving a broadcast program selected from a plurality of broadcast programs, the reservation setting unit generating reservation information including broadcast start time of a selected broadcast program; a detection unit configured to detect that the broadcast start time of the reserved broadcast program is approaching based on the broadcast start time included in the reservation information; a communication unit configured to communicate with a remote control unit for allowing a user to operate the receiving apparatus by a wireless communication; and a control unit configured to discriminate whether the receiving apparatus is power-on state in response to the detection unit detecting that the broadcast start time of the reserved broadcast program is approaching and to determine whether a notification that the broadcast start time of the reserved broadcast program is approaching performed by using the monitor apparatus or the remote control unit is notified that the broadcast start time is approaching in accordance with a result of the discrimination, wherein the control unit notifies by using the monitor apparatus if it is discriminated that the receiving apparatus is power-on state, and controls the communication unit to send an information indicating that the broadcast start time is approaching to the remote control unit such that the remote control unit notifies the user that the broadcast time is approaching if it is discriminated that the receiving apparatus is not power-on state, and wherein the control unit, if it is discriminated that the receiving apparatus is not power-on state, powers on the receiving unit and controls the receiving unit and the output unit to receive a broadcast program designated by the reservation information and to output video data of the received broadcast program in response to the communication unit receiving a request for viewing of the reserved broadcast program from the remote control unit after the information indicating that the broadcast start time is approaching is send to the remote control unit by the communication unit.