Patent ID: 8156436

Claim:
An information processing apparatus, comprising: a broadcast reception unit configured to receive broadcast content; a broadcast content playback and output unit configured to play back and output the broadcast content received by said broadcast reception unit; a communication unit configured to transmit request information to an external device and to receive, from an external device, in response to the request information, content related information related to the broadcast content received by said broadcast reception unit; a storage medium configured to store a first plurality of contents and identification information related to said first plurality of contents; a display unit configured to display a notification of whether the broadcast content has been recorded on said storage medium and to display a menu of a second plurality of contents; a judging unit configured to judge whether the broadcast content has been stored in the storage medium by comparing the content related information and the identification information, wherein, when the communication unit receives, from an external device, album identification information related to an album consisting essentially of the second plurality of contents available for a download, the judging unit judges whether the second plurality of contents are stored in the storage medium by comparing the album identification information and the identification information; and a control unit configured to control said display unit to display the notification of whether the broadcast content has been recorded on said storage medium, in response to a judgment, based on the content related information and the identification information, by the judging unit, and to indicate, by displaying an indicator, how many of the second plurality of contents are stored in the storage medium, in response to a judgment, based on the album identification information and the identification information, by the judging unit, the indicator indicating a number of the second plurality of contents of the album stored in the storage medium.