Program accumulation apparatus, program accumulation reservation method, and program

摘要

A program accumulation apparatus includes: a broadcast program acquisition section to acquire data of a broadcast program based on a preset recording reservation; a delivery program acquisition section to acquire data of a delivery program delivered by a downloading method via a network based on a preset download reservation; a storage section to accumulate the data of the broadcast program or the data of the delivery program; a designation section to accept a designation of the broadcast program for the recording reservation; a judgment section to judge whether the recording reservation of the designated broadcast program is possible; and a setting section to judge, when the recording reservation of the designated broadcast program is judged as being impossible, whether the download reservation of the delivery program of the same source as the broadcast program is possible, and set the download reservation of the delivery program when judged possible.

主权项

1. A program accumulation apparatus, comprising:
one or more processors operable to: acquire Electronic Program Guide (EPG) data of a broadcast program from a broadcasting station and data of a delivery program from a server, wherein the EPG data of the broadcast program is based on a preset recording reservation, and the data of the delivery program is based on a preset download reservation, wherein the broadcast program and the delivery program correspond to a predetermined source; store recording reservation data of the broadcast program and download reservation data of the delivery program; acquire download availability information that indicates whether the delivery program can be delivered by a downloading method, the download availability information of the delivery program being attached to the EPG data for each broadcast program; and in response to a cancellation of the preset recording reservation or the preset download reservation, change the download reservation data associated with the preset download reservation to the recording reservation data associated with the preset recording reservation, wherein the preset recording reservation of the broadcast program was previously changed to the preset download reservation based on one or more factors.