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Information receiving system and method

US6185360A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 8, 1997
Grant dateFeb 6, 2001
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Expiry dateOct 8, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N21/4882
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Comprising memory means for recording contents of a program and service additional information containing information relating to a program received in an information receiving apparatus, means for reserving to record a program on the basis of service additional information, means for detecting overlapping of recording time of programs, selecting means for comparing service additional information of programs overlapped in recording time, and selecting a program preferable for the user, means for changing record reservation of program on the basis of the result of selection, viewing trend survey means for investigating the viewing trend of the user, and reproducing means, a program preferable for the user is automatically reserved for recording according to service additional information, or a preferred program out of overlapped programs is automatically selected and recorded in the case of change in broadcasting time.

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