Patent ID: 7974572

Claim:
A broadcast receiver provided with a receiving unit for receiving a broadcast, an output unit for outputting broadcast content, and a plurality of operational modes associated with identification information that identifies at least one of a user and a usage, the broadcast receiver comprising: a setting unit for setting an operational mode to one of the plurality of operational modes; a storing control unit for storing in a storing section reservation information including time information that indicates a time for receiving the broadcast by the receiving unit; a first judgment unit for judging the operational mode set by the setting unit when the reservation information is stored by the storing control unit; a second judgment unit for judging the operational mode set by the setting unit when the broadcast is received based on the time information included in the reservation information stored by the storing control unit; a comparison unit for comparing the operational mode judged by the first judgment unit with the operational mode judged by the second judgment unit; and an output control unit for controlling the output unit to output the broadcast content of the broadcast received by the receiving unit to a replay unit for replaying the broadcast content when the operational modes match as a result of the comparison by the comparison unit and controlling the output unit to suppress output of the broadcast content to the replay unit when the operational modes do not match.