Patent ID: 7937730

Claim:
A recording control apparatus for controlling execution of recording of broadcast program data in a recording apparatus, comprising: a channel selection acceptance unit configured to accept a channel selection from a user; a display controller configured to control a display unit to display program data which is selected among received program data via broadcast signal and is corresponding to the channel selection accepted by said channel selection acceptance unit; an obtaining unit configured to obtain reserve-recording information to be executed by the recording apparatus; an extraction unit configured to extract first reserve-recording information from the reserve-recording information obtained by said obtaining unit, wherein the reserve-recording information includes the first reserve-recording information relating to a program data, the recording of which is automatically reserved based on a predetermined condition and second reserve-recording information relating to a program data, the recording of which is manually reserved by a user, and a determination unit configured to determine whether or not the program displayed on the display unit corresponds to a program according to the first reserve-recording information, wherein when said determination unit determines that the program displayed on the display unit is equal to a program according to the first reserve-recording information, said display controller controls the display unit to display a query screen to inquire of the user whether to erase recorded data corresponding to the first reserve-recording information in the recording apparatus after recording of the program according to the first reserve-recording information starts.