Patent ID: 7546627
Filing Date: 2009-06-09
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A digital broadcast receiving and recording apparatus comprising: a receiving section adapted to receive a digital broadcast signal of a channel selected by a viewer; a digital data generating section adapted to generate digital data from the digital broadcast signal; a recording section adapted to record the digital data in a predetermined format and to sequentially output the recorded digital data; a storage section adapted to store a favorite channel map indicating a favorite channel of the viewer; and a control section adapted to control the recording section to start and stop recording the selected channel and to generate an EPG image of the favorite channel based on the favorite channel map, wherein when the viewer selects one channel which is included in the favorite channel map as the selected channel, the control section controls the recording section to start recording the selected channel; wherein when the viewer changes the selected channel to another channel which is not included in the favorite channel map while the recorder section records the one channel, the control section controls the recording section to stop recording the selected another channel; and wherein when the another channel is not changed over a predetermined time while the recording section does not record the selected channel, the control section controls the recording section to restart recording the selected channel.