Patent ID: 7398542
Filing Date: 2008-07-08
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for reserving recording and viewing a broadcast program on a display screen, comprising the steps of: extracting a broadcast program timetable that is transmitted from a broadcast station; displaying said broadcast program timetable and a viewing reservation timetable on said display screen; waiting for a selection input to select a broadcast program in said broadcast program timetable on said display screen; waiting for an allocation input to allocate the broadcast program which is selected on said display screen into said viewing reservation timetable in response to said selection input; and generating, in response to said allocation input, recording reservation instruction data and reproduction reservation instruction data, wherein the recording reservation instruction data instructs to perform a recording reservation of a selected broadcast program, and wherein the reproduction reservation instruction data instructs to perform a reproduction reservation of a broadcast program of which the recording reservation has been instructed at a time corresponding to a position at which the selected program is allocated in said viewing reservation timetable.