Patent ID: 8761566
Filing Date: 2014-06-24
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A mobile terminal device comprising a processing unit, the processing unit configured to: set a programmed recording based on an input of programmed-recording information that includes at least a recording start time and a recording end time and that is used for performing programmed recording of a broadcast program; start a tuner at a predetermined time before the recording start time and continuously check a reception state of broadcast radio waves until the recording start time; notify, if the processing unit determines that the reception state of the broadcast radio waves is not a desired reception state, a notification indicating that the reception state of the broadcast radio waves is not a desired reception state; start recording processing of the broadcast program if the processing unit determines that the reception state of the broadcast radio waves is the desired reception state; and check a reception quality based on a reception rate determined from a ratio between an amount of reference data pre-stored in the mobile terminal device and obtained in a predetermined time from transmission speeds of the broadcast radio waves and an amount of reception data actually obtained by the mobile terminal device in the predetermined time, wherein: