Patent ID: 6951031

Claim:
An apparatus for recording program information comprising: a program information obtaining device for obtaining program information including at least program names, broadcast start times, program lengths or program end times, and broadcast channels of a plurality of programs; a program guide providing device for providing a program guide to a user on the basis of the obtained program information; a storing device for storing at least the broadcast start time, the program length or the broadcast end time, and the broadcast channel with regard to a program selected by the user on the basis of the provided program guide; a reception contents recording device for receiving the broadcast channel of the selected program in a period within the program length after the broadcast start time, or in a period by the broadcast end time from said broadcast start time, and recording the reception contents; a newest program information obtaining device for newly obtaining the program information with regard to the selected program in a period while the reception contents are recorded; a program information recording device for recording the newly obtained program information; and a displaying device for displaying, to the user, the newly obtained program information and a change mark indicating the newest program information which was not included in the programming information selected by the user.