Patent ID: 8447167

Claim:
A device for recording and reproducing digital broadcasts comprising: receiving means for receiving a transport stream in which a plurality of services are packet-multiplexed; conversion means for selecting packets relating to a desired service from the received transport stream; recording means for recording the selected packets on a recording medium; reading means for reading the selected packets recorded on the recording medium; and restoration means for receiving the converted stream from the reading means and for reproducing and outputting service content, wherein said conversion means further generates first information representing a time, place or device at which recording on the recording medium is performed and supplies the first information to the recording means together with the selected packets; and the restoration means compares the first information with second information representing a time, place or device at which reproduction from the recording medium is performed and controls the reproduction of the service content based on difference between the first and second information in accordance with a control rule described in the selected packets which do include the first information.