Patent ID: 7689102

Claim:
A digital recording device comprising: a digital recording unit having digital information recorded thereon; title creating means inputting a received program broadcast signal for creating, based on said input program broadcast signal, a title for each of programs that are broadcast in time sequence; program change detecting means inputting said received program broadcast signal for detecting, according to a change of audience restriction information for imposing a restriction as to viewers of programs included in said input program broadcast signal, that a broadcast of a new program is started; recording means for recording, automatically according to the detection by the program change detection means, content data indicating a content of said program, the title of said program that is created by said title creating means and said audience restriction information after the change, by associating said content data, said title and said audience restriction information with each other; and title display means for displaying said title in a list, said title being recorded on said digital recording unit, wherein said title display means makes a comparison between audience information which is input in advance and which indicates information concerning a viewer of programs and said audience restriction information for each of said programs recorded on said digital recording unit and, when said title display means determines from the comparison that a restriction is imposed on viewing by the viewer of the program associated with said audience restriction information, said title display means does not display the title in the list; wherein said digital recording unit comprises a recording region storing program content files and a file management region storing file management information comprising said title and said audience restriction information corresponding to each of the program content files.