Control device, television viewing system, information equipment, control method and medium
US8369685B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 26, 2009 |
| Grant date | Feb 5, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 21, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N5/85
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A device has an interface to the recorder and an interface to the television receiver and can connect the recorder to the television receiver. The device detects switching from a television program being viewed to the next television program to be next received and judges whether or not the current television program being viewed at the detection is registered as a television program to be recorded. When it is judged that the current television program is registered as a television program to be recorded, the device allows the recorder to start recording the current television program. After the recording is started, the device instructs the television receiver to switch the channel being received from the current television program channel to the next television program channel selected by the switching.
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