Program accumulation apparatus, program accumulation reservation method, and program

24 Pages·2014·1.92 MB·English

US008781303B2
(12) United States Patent (10) Patent N0.: US 8,781,303 B2
Kinoshita et a]. (45) Date of Patent: Jul. 15, 2014
(54) PROGRAM ACCUMULATION APPARATUS, (58) Field of Classi?cation Search
PROGRAM ACCUMULATION RESERVATION CPC ............ .. H04N 5/44543; H04N 5/782; H04N
METHOD, AND PROGRAM 21/47214; H04N 21/47202; H04N 7/17336;
H04N 5/482; H04N 21/482; H04N 21/6125;
(75) Inventors: Akihiko Kinoshita, Tokyo (JP); H04N 21/ 631
Hiroyuki Chiba, Kanagawa (JP); USPC ......... .. 386/2914299; 725/3947, 58, 864103
See application ?le for complete search history.
Takashi Kanao, Tokyo (JP); Tsuyoshi
Honma, Chiba (JP); Hirofumi Kouda, (56) References Cited
Saitama (JP)
U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS
(73) Assignee: Sony Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
6,002,394 A 12/1999 Schein et al.
6,208,799 B1 3/2001 Marsh et a1.
(*) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this
(Continued)
patent is extended or adjusted under 35
U.S.C. 154(b) by 992 days.
FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS
(21) App1.No.: 12/387,137 EP 1670242 A1 6/2006
JP 10174037 A 6/1998
(22) Filed: Apr. 28, 2009 (Continued)
OTHER PUBLICATIONS
(65) Prior Publication Data European Search Report EP 09156578, dated Apr. 28, 2010.
US 2009/0279847 A1 Nov. 12, 2009 (Continued)
(30) Foreign Application Priority Data Primary Examiner * Gelek W Topgyal
(74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm * Sony Corporation
Apr. 30, 2008 (JP) ............................. .. P2008-119356 (57) ABSTRACT
A program accumulation apparatus includes: a broadcast pro
(51) Int. Cl. gram acquisition section to acquire data of a broadcast pro
H04N 5/76 (2006.01) gram based on a preset recording reservation; a delivery pro
H04N 21/472 (2011.01) gram acquisition section to acquire data of a delivery program
H04N 5/445 (2011.01) delivered by a downloading method via a network based on a
H04N 21/61 (2011.01) preset download reservation; a storage section to accumulate
the data of the broadcast program or the data of the delivery
H04N 5/782 (2006.01)
program; a designation section to accept a designation of the
H04N 7/173 (2011.01)
broadcast program for the recording reservation; a judgment
H04N 21/482 (2011.01) section to judge whether the recording reservation of the
H04N 21/63 (2011.01) designated broadcast program is possible; and a setting sec
(52) vs. C]. tion to judge, when the recording reservation of the desig
CPC H04N21/47214 (2013.01); H04N 21/47202 nated broadcast program is judged as being impossible,
(2013.01); H04N 5/44543 (2013.01); H04N whether the download reservation of the delivery program of
5/782 (2013.01); H04N 7/1 7336 (2013.01); the same source as the broadcast program is possible, and set
the download reservation of the delivery program when
H04N21/482 (2013.01); H04N 21/6125
judged possible.
(2013.01); H04N21/631 (2013.01)
USPC .......................... .. 386/296; 386/291; 386/297 20 Claims, 11 Drawing Sheets
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(56) References Cited 2008/0025306 A1 1/2008 Kamura
2008/0285943 A1 * 11/2008 Wang et al. ................... .. 386/83
U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS 2010/0251299 A1 * 9/2010 Scott et al. .................... .. 725/39
6,532,591 3/2003 Arai et al. ................... .. 725/132 FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS
7,571,454 8/2009 Potrebic et a1. 725/50
7,822,319 10/2010 Miyazaki . 386/291 JP 2006524459 T 10/2006
7,890,973 2/2011 Urabe et al. .................. .. 725/39 JP 2007096998 A 4/2007
JP 2007124534 A 5/2007
2002/0046407 4/2002 Franco ........................ .. 725/110 JP 2008-035401 A 2/2008
2004/0221308 11/2004 Cuttner et a1. 725/46
JP 2008199339 A 8/2008
2005/0160462 7/2005 Shikata et a1. ................ .. 725/58 WO 0158150 A2 8/2001
2005/0257130 11/2005 Ito ............................ .. 715/500.1 WO 2004091217 A1 10/2004
2006/0083483 4/2006 Suzuki .......................... .. 386/83 OTHER PUBLICATIONS
2006/0215988 9/2006 T01 et al.
2006/0265427 11/2006 Cohen et a1. ................ .. 707/200 Of?ce Action from Japanese Application No. 2008-119356, dated
2007/0174336 7/2007 Day et al. ................. .. 707/104.1 Feb. 9, 2010.
2007/0180473 8/2007 Song et al. .................... .. 725/58
2007/0288967 12/2007 Candelore et al. * cited by examiner
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Reservation data
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