Patent ID: 8095952

Claim:
A mobile terminal device for reproducing a television broadcast signal, said mobile terminal device comprising: a holding unit operable to hold a start time at which a television reproduction for a reserved viewing is to be started; a control unit operable to perform a control so that the television reproduction is started at the start time; and a determination unit operable to determine a current operation mode of said mobile terminal device, wherein said control unit is further operable to control the determined operation mode and the television reproduction for the reserved viewing to avoid a collision of the reserved viewing with the determined operation mode, wherein said mobile terminal device further comprises a recording unit operable to record a television broadcast onto one of a memory in a main body of said mobile terminal device and a removable recording medium, wherein when the operation mode at the start time is an email creation mode, said control unit is operable to perform a control in accordance with a selection made by the user from among: (a) temporarily saving an email that is currently being created at the start time; (b) displaying both the email currently being created and video by the television reproduction; (c) causing said recording unit to perform the recording instead of the television reproduction; and (d) continuing the email creation mode and reproducing a sound of a television broadcast without a television display, and wherein when the selection made by the user is (c) causing said recording unit to perform the recording instead of the television reproduction, after the email creation mode is terminated, said control unit is further operable to notify the user that the recording of the television broadcast is currently being performed by the recording unit.