Patent ID: 8145040

Claim:
A mobile program recording system comprising a remote recording and reproducing apparatus and a mobile communication terminal, wherein: the mobile communication terminal comprises: a television receiving unit which receives a television program; an audio and visual unit for viewing the television program received by said television receiving unit on a display; a first controller which generates a recording instruction signal that includes at least channel information of the television program and that gives an instruction to record the television program; and a transmitting unit which transmits said recording instruction signal from said first controller when viewing on said mobile communication terminal is suspended; and the remote recording and reproducing apparatus comprises: a clock unit; a first receiving unit which receives said recording instruction signal transmitted from the mobile communication terminal; a second receiving unit which receives an electronic program guide; a recording and reproducing unit which records and reproduces a television program on receipt of said recording instruction signal from said first controller by said receiving unit; and a second controller which starts said recording and reproducing unit to record the television program in accordance with said recording instruction signal received by said first receiving unit, wherein when a user fails to input a recording command for recording the television program to the first controller within a predetermined time period after starting viewing the television program on the display, the first controller automatically generates the recording instruction signal for recording the television program and the transmitting unit transmits the recording instruction signal to the remote recording and reproducing apparatus, wherein the second controller acquires an end time of the television program from the received electronic program guide according to the channel information included in the recording instruction signal, and the second controller stops recording the television program by the recording and reproducing unit when an end of the television program is determined to be reached according to a time of the clock unit and the acquired end time, and wherein the mobile communication terminal is capable of communicating with the remote recording and reproducing apparatus through a network.