Patent ID: 7046913

Claim:
A broadcast program recording apparatus using EPG data, comprising: a tuner section for receiving a current broadcast program containing broadcast program information; an EPG decoder section for decoding the received broadcast program information to output the EPG data, which includes a current time and a broadcast program start time; a controller configured to extract recording management information from the decoded EPG data, wherein said controller compares the current time with the broadcast program start time, outputs a match signal in response to substantial coincidence of time between the current time and the broadcast program start time, and enters a new desired broadcast program into said recording management information when the match signal is output so that the new desired broadcast program is reserved and is automatically entered into the recording management information even when said controller is already managing recording of the current broadcast program, said controller reserving and automatically entering the new desired broadcast program into the recording management information using said decoded EPG data; and a recording section for recording the current broadcast program using the recording management information.