Patent ID: 7062151

Claim:
An information processing apparatus for receiving a broadcast signal and for transmitting information about a program created front said broadcast signal to another information processing apparatus which is connected via a network, said information processing apparatus comprising: first extraction means for extracting content information of said program; second extraction means for extracting relevant information of said program; first output means for outputting said content information extracted by said first extraction means to said other information processing apparatus via said network so that said content information is recorded in a first recording medium of said other information processing apparatus; conversion means for converting said relevant information extracted by said second extraction means into a format in which the information can be processed by said other information processing apparatus; receiving means for receiving an instruction to send said relevant information of said program from said other information processing apparatus via said network; wherein said instruction is received at a predetermined time after said content information starts recording in said first recording medium, such that said relevant information is extracted reliably; and second output means for outputting said relevant information whose format is converted by said conversion means to said other information processing apparatus via said network so that said relevant information whose format is converted by said conversion means is recorded in a second recording medium of said other information processing apparatus in response to said instruction.