Patent ID: 8233774

Claim:
A video recorder comprising: a schedule input section that is configured to register a plurality of schedules for performing programmed recordings to record desired programs; a program recording section that performs the programmed recordings in accordance with the schedules registered by the schedule input section; and a schedule reconfiguration section that reconfigures the schedules by: determining an occurrence of a conflict when both of first and second conditions are satisfied, wherein the first condition is satisfied when a first time slot in which a first program included in a given schedule included in the schedules is to be broadcasted and a second time slot in which a second program included in other schedule included in the schedules is to be broadcasted overlap with each other, and wherein the second condition is satisfied when a first resource that is to be used for recording the first program and a second resource that is to be used for recording the second program overlap with each other; and concurrently performing, when the conflict is determined, a reallocation of resources to be used for performing the programmed recordings for the schedules that are affected by a resource allocated to be used for performing the programmed recording for the first schedule based on information representing exclusion relationships between the first schedule and the second schedule, wherein the schedule reconfiguration section comprises: a local deterioration determining module that determines whether a local deterioration in a recording state occurs by performing simulating the recording state obtained when the reallocated resources are used for performing the programmed recordings and comparing the simulated recording state with a recording state obtained when the resources before the reallocation is used for performing the programmed recordings; and an allocation restoring module that restores the reallocated resources at a part causing the local deterioration to the resources allocated before the reallocation when the local deterioration determining module determines the occurrence of the local deterioration.