BROADCAST PROGRAM RECORDING/PLAYING SYSTEM, PORTABLE TERMINAL AND VIDEO RECORDER

摘要

The present invention aims at providing an environment in which user's convenience can be enhanced remarkably by causing functions provided to a mobile terminal and a video recording device to cooperate closely with each other such that video recording and playback can be carried out flexibly in a variety of ways unlike the prior art and also a user can enjoy more comfortably digital television broadcastings containing the terrestrial digital broadcasting. A mobile terminal 1 that can receive digital television broadcasting and a video recording device 3 are connected via a communication network 2, and receiving channel information and a video recording start command are transmitted from the mobile terminal 1 to the video recording device 3. The video recording device 3 acquires program information by an electronic program guide (EPG) and performs the video recording of the program. Also, a save command of inhibiting an erasure of the video-recorded program can be transmitted to the video recording device 3 equipped with a video server function from the mobile terminal 1. The program data played by the video recording device 3 can also be played on the mobile terminal 1.