Patent ID: 8687938

Claim:
A video recording system for recording a content that has been broadcasted or distributed, said video recording system comprising: a first video recording apparatus and a second video recording apparatus that are connected to each other via a network, said first video recording apparatus including: a recording registrar configured to accept scheduled recording information indicating a period of time during which the content is to be recorded; a first recording controller configured to start recording the content when the period of time indicated by the scheduled recording information starts; a scheduled information transmitter configured to transmit relay-recording scheduled information to said second video recording apparatus, the relay-recording scheduled information notifying said second video recording apparatus of the period of time indicated by the scheduled recording information; and a signal transmitter configured to continue to transmit a signal to said second video recording apparatus during the period of time indicated by the scheduled recording information, the signal including recording state information of the first video recording apparatus and said second video recording apparatus including: a receiver configured to receive the relay-recording scheduled information and the signal, including the recording state information of the first video recording apparatus, that have been transmitted from said first video recording apparatus; a partner-recording-state monitor configured to determine whether or not the recording by said first video recording apparatus is interrupted, based on the recording state information of the first video recording apparatus included in the signal, and whether or not said receiver continues to receive the signal for a predetermined time during a period of time indicated by the relay-recording scheduled information; and a second recording controller configured to switch a state of said second video recording apparatus from a state in which the content is not recorded to a state in which the content is being recorded and start recording the content, to set only one of said first video recording apparatus and said second video recording apparatus to the state in which the content is being recorded, when said partner-recording-state monitor determines that the recording by said first video recording apparatus is interrupted.