Patent ID: 7043138

Claim:
A digital broadcast receiving system, comprising: a digital broadcast receiving device for receiving a digital broadcast transmitted with a transport stream of which video data and audio data are compressed and decoding the received signal of the digital broadcast; and a plurality of digital signal processing devices for processing a digital signal, wherein said digital broadcast receiving device and said plurality of digital signal processing devices are connected through an interface and a digital signal is exchanged between said digital broadcast receiving device and said plurality of digital signal processing devices, and wherein said digital broadcast receiving device comprises: timer record operation setup means for setting up a timer record operation for a desired program; copy prohibition determining means for determining whether or not a program to which the timer record operation has been set up is prohibited from being digitally copied; and displaying means for displaying an indication that represents that a program that has been set up for the timer record operation cannot be digitally copied when the program is prohibited from being digitally copied; and means for determining a registration state, wherein the timer record operation is set up only if the registration state of a selected one of the plurality of digital signal processing devices indicates that the selected device is registered with the digital broadcast receiving device.