Patent ID: 7433577

Claim:
A reproduction apparatus for reproducing a television broadcast program digest, comprising: a first storage device which stores a broadcast signal indicative of audio and video signals of at least one television broadcast program and guide data of the at least one television broadcast program; a second storage device which previously stores as data a broadcast period of time and a weight point for at least one attribute every different television broadcast program, the attribute representing a program part distinguishable in terms of contents in one television broadcast program, and the weight point being a value indicative of user's preference concerning each attribute; a reading device, when a digest reproduction is performed, which reads the broadcast signal and the guide data of the at least one television broadcast program from said first storage device, and in accordance with the read guide data, reads from said second storage device a broadcast period of time and a weight point for each attribute of a television broadcast program which is equal to or similar to the at least one television broadcast program in contents; and a reproduction device which reproduces a partial signal of the broadcast signal read from said first storage device, the partial signal having a length of time corresponding to the weight point in the broadcast period for each attribute read from said second storage device.