Patent ID: 8712213

Claim:
A first video-recording reservation management apparatus which is connected to a network, is communicatable with a second apparatus having a video-recording function, and has a video-recording function, and can receive the same channels, the first video-recording reservation management apparatus comprising: a video-recording reservation processing unit which registers video-recording reservation information of the first apparatus in a video-recording reservation management area of a storage unit and notifies the second apparatus of the video-recording reservation registration of the first apparatus via the network when a video-recording reservation is made with respect to the video-recording function of the first apparatus; and a substitutional video-recording reservation processing unit which acquires registered video-recording reservation information from the second apparatus and registers the information in a substitutional video-recording reservation management area of the storage unit as substitutional video-recording reservation information when a registration notification of a video-recording reservation of the second apparatus is received from the network, and executes a substitutional video-recording reservation by using the video-recording function of the first apparatus when the video-recording reservation of the second apparatus corresponding to the substitutional video-recording reservation information is not executed when video-recording cannot be performed due to power outage or failure.