Patent ID: 7433578

Claim:
An information recording apparatus for recording, on a recording medium, broadcasting information broadcasted with a plurality of pieces of unit information having a predetermined amount of information, the apparatus comprising: a constituting device which causes a predetermined number of pieces of the unit information included in the received broadcasting information to constitute a set of unit information, a first generating device for generating receiving time information including a receiving time of a first received piece of the unit information included in the constituted set of unit information and a receiving time of a last received piece of the unit information included in the constituted set of unit information, a detecting device for detecting predetermined specific information included in the unit information, a second generating device for generating, based on the detected specific information, corresponding information which includes corresponding time information indicating a time corresponding to the specific information and corresponding position information indicating a position of the specific information in the set of unit information, a third generating device for generating identification information which indicates whether the receiving time information and the corresponding information are both recorded on the recording medium, and a recording device for recording the generated corresponding information, the generated receiving time information, and the generated identification information on the recording medium.