Patent ID: 7620965

Claim:
An information processing apparatus which acquires preset-recording data for preset-recording a television program from a predetermined information providing apparatus via a network and, on the basis of said preset-recording data, controls preset-recording of said television program, comprising: selecting means for selecting said television program to be preset-recorded; transmitting means for transmitting television program identifying information for identifying said television program selected by said selecting means to said information providing apparatus; receiving means for receiving said preset-recording data, keyword data, and first advertisement-associated data from said information providing apparatus in response to said television program identifying information and second advertisement-associated data from said information providing apparatus in response to said keyword data; recording means for recording said television program to an information recording medium on the basis of said received preset-recording data received by said receiving means; reproducing means for reproducing said television program recorded to said information recording medium by said recording means; and display control means for controlling the displaying of said first and second advertisement-associated data received by said receiving means to force the display of said first and second advertisement-associated data substantially at the same time to force a viewer to playback said first and second advertisement-associated data while simultaneously playing back said television program, wherein said display control means displays the first advertisement-associated data in a first window beside a display of the preset-recording data and displays the second advertisement associated data in a second window below said first window, said first window including a recording preset-recording execute button, wherein said preset-recording execute button is enabled to control recording of said television program after completion of display of the first advertisement-associated data.