Patent ID: 8509602

Claim:
A recording control apparatus for controlling the recording of content of a broadcast program, comprising: acquisition means for acquiring electronic program guide data concerning the broadcast program, the electronic program guide data indicating a program guide title of the broadcast program; detection means for detecting a recorded title of the broadcast program from reserve-recording data indicating a recording reservation of the broadcast program; calculation means for calculating, within a predetermined number of days before the broadcast program is broadcast, and, within each day of the predetermined number of days, for a time period, a similarity between the recorded title of the broadcast program and the program guide title of the broadcast program, wherein: the similarity is calculated by comparing characters or syllables comprising individual parts of words included in the recorded title and the program guide title, and the time period starts at a first predetermined time before a time that the broadcast program is scheduled to start, and the time period ends at a second predetermined time after a time that the broadcast program is scheduled to end; and changing means for determining whether the broadcast time of the broadcast program has changed based on the similarity calculated by the calculation means, and for changing the reserve recording data to reflect the change to the broadcast time.