Patent ID: 7471876

Claim:
A terminal device capable of recording broadcast information, comprising: an operation unit that enables an operation to be input by a user; an input unit that receives channel data of a channel including a selected program which the user has selected as a program to be recorded through the operation unit; a first filter unit that selects, from the channel data, video and/or audio data for said selected program and program formation for the selected program; a second filter unit that extracts, from the program information selected by the first filter unit, only a program information portion to be recorded other than the other portion of the program information which is not no longer necessary for recording; an audio-visual data recording unit that records the video and audio data for the selected program; a program information recording unit that records the extracted program information portion and location information indicative of a recording location of the recorded video and audio data for the selected program wherein the video data is associated with the audio data; a program information displaying unit that displays the program information portion of the selected program recorded in the program information recording unit and another program information portion of another program already recorded in the program information recording unit; a unit that prompts the user to select, from the displayed program information portions, one of the recorded programs for play; and a unit, responsive to the user selecting the one of the recorded programs, for playing the selected recorded program to provide video and/or audio output, wherein the program information displaying unit includes: a unit, operative in case any recorded extracted program information portion includes a piece of information to which a valid period is assigned, that displays the any recorded extracted program information portion while excluding the piece of information if a current time is outside the valid period.