Patent ID: 7505671

Claim:
A recording/reproduction apparatus comprising: a receiver that receives a digital television broadcast; a program recorder that records thereon video and voice data of a selected program included in the digital television broadcast received by the receiver; a metadata recorder that records metadata of the selected program included in the received digital television broadcast and a broadcasting elapse time of the program in a corresponding relationship; a speed-related data storage device that stores reproduction speed-related data comprising: (i) a plurality of keywords, each related to a respective one of a like number of program sections of the selected program, and (ii) a like number of reproduction speeds in a corresponding relationship with the plurality of keywords; a reproduction output unit that reproduces and outputs the video and voice data recorded on the program recorder; and means for controlling the reproduction output unit so as to reproduce video and voice data of a program section relating to a selected keyword in the reproduction speed-related data for a part of the broadcast elapse time recorded by the metadata recorder and corresponding to the program section at a reproduction speed corresponding to the selected keyword in the reproduction speed-related data.