Patent ID: 8689256
Filing Date: 2014-04-01
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A portable terminal comprising: obtaining means for obtaining program information via a network from a providing apparatus that provides the program information, the program information being used to display a program guide; program information storing means for storing the program information obtained; displaying means for displaying the program guide according to the obtained program information; display controlling means for controlling display of the program guide, wherein when an instruction for displaying a program guide is received after the program information is obtained by the obtaining means, the portable terminal is connected to the providing apparatus via the network, and an update time of the program information stored in the program information storing means does not coincide with an update time of new program information at the providing apparatus, the obtaining means obtains the new program information from the providing apparatus in response to the instruction for displaying the program guide and the display controlling means uses the new program information to display the program guide, and when an instruction for displaying a program guide is received after the program information is obtained by the obtaining means, and the portable terminal is not connected to the providing apparatus via the network, the display controlling means uses the program information stored in the program information storing means to display the program guide in response to the instruction for displaying the program guide; generating means for generating a setting request for requesting reservation for recording or viewing of a specified program to a device that is connected to the portable terminal via the network and that records the program or controls display of the program, wherein the generating means for generating, in response to not determining an identifier of the device while the portable terminal is offline, determines an unknown identifier of a device on the network after the portable terminal becomes online by automatically selecting the device on the network that satisfies a pre-established condition without a user selecting the device on the network; means for displaying a recording reservation preparation icon on the displayed program guide when the portable terminal is offline, the recording reservation preparation icon indicating that the setting request for requesting reservation for the recording or the viewing of the specified program has been generated and that the setting request will be sent to the device in response to the portable terminal being connected to the device; and sending means for sending, when the portable terminal is connected to the device via the network, the setting request generated by the generating means to the automatically selected device on the network with the identifier of the automatically selected device on the network.