Patent ID: 7551833

Claim:
A broadcast recording system comprising: a broadcasting apparatus including: an attaching unit operable to attach entry information to broadcast content that is for broadcasting, the broadcast content corresponding to a specific content of a plurality of contents each composed at least of video and audio data, the entry information specifying a distribution content of a plurality of distribution contents available for distribution by a distributing apparatus, the specified distribution content being (i) composed of video and audio data and (ii) identical to the specific content with respect to a substance of the video and audio data of the specific content; and a broadcasting unit operable to broadcast the broadcast content with the attached entry information; a recording apparatus including: a receiving unit operable to receive the broadcast content with the attached entry information from the broadcasting apparatus; an entry information recording unit operable to record, in response to a user operation requesting that the received broadcast content be recorded, the entry information attached to the received broadcast content, the entry information being recorded to a storage area; and a requesting unit operable to request the distributing apparatus to distribute the distribution content specified by the recorded entry information; and the distributing apparatus that distributes the specified distribution content to the recording apparatus in response to the distribution request from the requesting unit, wherein the recording apparatus (i) receives, after broadcasting of the broadcast content corresponding to the specific content, the specified distribution content that is identical to the specific content with respect to the substance of the video and audio data of the specific content and (ii) plays back the received distribution content.