APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY RECORDING CONTENT, AND RECORDING MEDIUM AND PROGRAM THEREOF

摘要

operation history management means (101) for generating history information on the operation associated with content preference from a plurality of types of operations associated with content preference and explanation information on the content subjected to these operations by using a preference value parameter for each operation; preference information management means (102) for generating and updating preference information consisting of preference values for a plurality of elements associated with content preference by using the coefficient parameter of these elements according to the history information; and content recommendation means (103) for calculating the preference degree for the content from the preference information and the explanation information on the content and performing recording reservation of the content according to the preference degree; so that the content is recorded. Thus, according to various operations by the user concerning a content, it is possible to automatically record a content in accordance with user' s complicated preference.