Patent ID: 8726028
Filing Date: 2014-05-13
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A receiving apparatus capable of receiving digital moving image contents from outside providers of the digital moving image contents comprising: a selector which manually selects one of the digital moving image contents provided in accordance with a program schedule table predetermined by the outside provider, the selected digital moving image content being an integral program continuing from an opening part to an ending part by way of a midstream part; a receiver which receives the selected digital moving image content at the midstream part which is currently provided by the outside provider at the time of selection by the selector; a display which displays the digital moving image content received by the receiver; a digital storage which stores digital moving image contents in case the digital moving image contents will no more be provided by the outside provider; a signal generator which designates the same digital moving image content as the selected one for later viewing without storing the digital contents in the digital storage while the digital moving image content is provided by the outside provider; a first memory which keeps designating information necessary for the signal generator to designate the same digital moving image content for viewing the designated digital content without storing the digital content in the digital storage while the digital content is provided by the outside provider; a keeper including a receiver which automatically obtains, in advance from the outside provider, time limit information relating to a time limit for the outside provider to surely provide the designated moving image content and a second memory which keeps the time limit information in relation to the designating information kept in the first memory, wherein the time limit is inextensible; and a controller which automatically receives the designated digital moving image content in response to the time limit information kept by the second memory of the keeper and have the digital storage store the received digital moving image content so as to view the digital moving image content even if the designated digital contents will no more be provided by the outside provider.