Recording method, recording apparatus, and computer-readable medium
A program extraction engine 421 of an automatic recording module 42 h extracts recommended programs, recording of which is recommended, out of programs scheduled to be broadcasted. A scheduling program 423 of the automatic recording module 42 h does not store the recommended programs in the storage medium when a provisional free capacity of the storage medium does not exceed a first threshold or when a provisional total data amount exceeds a second threshold even if the provisional free capacity exceeds the first threshold.
1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium encoded with a recording program for causing a computer to execute an operation, comprising:
receiving each TV program identified by each piece of record-scheduled TV program information in a record-scheduled TV program information table and to record received TV program onto a storage unit;
executing a first adding operation to add a piece of record-scheduled TV program information identifying a TV program, recording of which is designated by a user, to the record-scheduled TV program information table;
automatically extracting a recommended TV program, recording of which is recommended, among TV programs scheduled to be broadcasted by a broadcasting station based on received electric program guide information; and
executing a second adding operation to add a piece of record-scheduled TV program information identifying the recommended TV program to the record-scheduled TV program information table, and
where the second adding operation does not add the piece of record-scheduled TV program information identifying the recommended TV program to the record-scheduled TV program information table when a free capacity of the storage unit is less than a first threshold or when a total amount of recommended TV programs in the storage unit exceeds a second threshold.
2. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first threshold is a value obtained by adding a capacity required to store the extracted recommendation TV program to a first default value.
3. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 1 ,
wherein the second threshold is a value obtained by subtracting a capacity required to store the extracted recommendation TV program from a second default value.
4. A recording method executed by a computer having a storage unit, the method comprising:
receiving by a processor in the computer each TV program identified by each piece of record-scheduled TV program information in a record-scheduled TV program information table;
recording by the processor received TV program onto the storage unit;
adding by the processor a piece of record-scheduled TV program information identifying a TV program, recording of which is designated by a user, to the record-scheduled TV program information table;
automatically extracting by the processor a recommended TV program, recording of which is recommended, among TV programs scheduled to be broadcasted by a broadcasting station based on received electronic program guide information; and
adding by the processor a piece of record-scheduled TV program information identifying the recommended TV program to the record-scheduled TV program information table,
the adding a piece of record-scheduled TV program information identifying the recommended TV program does not add the piece of record-scheduled TV program to the record-scheduled TV program information table when a free capacity of the storage unit is less than a first threshold or when a total amount of recommended TV programs in the storage unit exceeds a second threshold.
5. The recording method according to claim 4 , wherein the first threshold is a value obtained by adding a capacity required to store the extracted recommendation TV program to a first default value.
6. The recording method according to claim 4 , wherein the second threshold is a value obtained by subtracting a capacity required to store the extracted recommendation TV program from a second default value.
7. A recording apparatus, comprising:
a storage unit;
a recording unit to receive each TV program identified by each piece of record-scheduled TV program information in a record-scheduled TV program information table and to record each received TV program onto the storage unit;
a first adding unit to add a piece of record-scheduled TV program information identifying a TV program, recording of which is designated by a user, to the record-scheduled TV program information table;
an extracting unit to automatically extract a recommended TV program, recording of which is recommended, among TV programs scheduled to be broadcasted by a broadcasting station based on received electronic program guide information; and
a second adding unit to add a piece of record-scheduled TV program information identifying the recommended TV program to the record-scheduled TV program information table,
the second adding unit does not add the piece of record-scheduled TV program information identifying the recommended TV program to the record-scheduled TV program information table when a free capacity of the storage unit is less than a first threshold or when a total amount of recommended TV programs in the storage unit exceeds a second threshold.
8. The recording apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the first threshold is a value obtained by adding a capacity required to store the extracted recommendation TV program to a first default value.
9. The recording apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the second threshold is a value obtained by subtracting a capacity required to store the extracted recommendation TV program from a second default value.