Patent ID: 7756396

Claim:
An information processing system which serves to input a timer record setting of a content, comprising: a dividing unit that divides a first timer record setting to record a content delivered from a predetermined source for a predetermined period into a plurality of second timer record settings each designed to record the content corresponding thereto, which is expected to be delivered for the predetermined period; a change unit that determines whether the content corresponding to each of the second timer record settings satisfies a predetermined condition, and changes a predetermined setting of the second timer record setting to record the corresponding content which has been determined to satisfy the predetermined condition using a change process preliminarily correlated with the predetermined condition; and an input unit that inputs the second timer record settings to record the corresponding contents, respectively, including the second timer record setting having the changed predetermined setting, wherein a priority order is assigned to respective information which includes the respective predetermined condition for each of the second timer record settings, and in which the system further comprises means for enabling a user to change the priority order.