JPH11234612A - Recording reservation device - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Problem] A conventional recording reservation apparatus has a problem that information of recording reservation of a program to be recorded on a VTR must be received from a user each time the recording reservation is made, There was a problem that it was not possible to make a recording reservation on a VTR. A reservation list selecting means (5) having a recording instruction input means for instructing a name of a predetermined program or attribute data of the predetermined program, an EPG being inputted, and Compare the name of the program with the name of a predetermined program for which the recording instruction input means has accepted the instruction,
Alternatively, a comparing means 7 for comparing attribute data of a program in an EPG relating to an unbroadcast program with attribute data of a program whose instruction has been received by the recording instruction input means, a name of the program or a program When the attribute data is coincident or similar, a recording control means 9 is provided for controlling the recording of the program of the attribute data of the coincident or similar program or the attribute data of the coincident or similar program.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a recording reservation apparatus for making a video recording apparatus such as a VTR make a reservation for recording a television program from a television broadcasting station.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art At present, viewers are informed of broadcast schedules of television programs by newspapers and magazines. by the way,
As an alternative to newspapers and magazines, an EPG (Electronic Program Information Guide) has been proposed, and in the future, the EPG will also be used to notify viewers of a broadcast schedule of a television program. Will be done. The EPG is transmitted from a television broadcasting station or the like, and is data of a scheduled broadcast of a television program as described in current newspapers and magazines, and includes a scheduled broadcast date, time, and channel of the program. , Program names, performers, and the like are described for each program.

[0003] As a recording reservation apparatus for recording a television program from a television broadcasting station using such an EPG, the following recording apparatus has been considered.

FIG. 13 shows a block diagram of such a conventional recording reservation apparatus.

[0005] A tuner 1 receives video and audio data from a broadcasting station, and receives an EPG from the broadcasting station.
And the separating means 2 separates the video and audio data from the tuner 1 from the EPG and outputs it to the display data selecting means 10.

After the EPG is displayed on the display means 11 via the display data selection means 10, the recording instruction input means 23
Is the program that the user wants the VTR 12 to record,
Information on the scheduled broadcast date, channel, and start time and end time is received from the user. Then, the recording reservation program storage means 8 stores the information input by the recording instruction input means 23.

After the recording reservation program storage means 8 stores the information from the recording instruction input means 23, the recording control means 9
When a program of the information stored in the recording reservation program storage means 8 is broadcasted in the future, the control is performed so that the VTR 12 records the program.

The display data selecting means 10 selects either video and audio data or EPG from the separating means 2 or video and audio data from the VTR 12 based on a user's instruction, and displays the selected data. Means 11
Output to

The display means 11 displays the data selected by the display data selection means 10.

[0010]

By the way, in the future multi-channel era, the number of programs to be broadcasted will increase, but it is not easy in terms of time and cost to produce many new programs. Therefore, it is considered that a program having the same content will be repeatedly broadcast. That is, the number of rebroadcast programs may increase.

However, as described above, the conventional recording reservation apparatus, when reserving a rebroadcast program, requires information such as a scheduled broadcast date, a channel, and a start time and an end time of the recorded program each time the reservation is made. Must be accepted from the user.

[0012] Further, the conventional recording reservation apparatus uses a VT for a TV program whose broadcast schedule is determined in advance.
Although it is possible to make a recording reservation for a program to be recorded by R, it is not possible to make a recording reservation for a television program whose broadcast schedule is undecided.

The present invention considers the problem that such a conventional recording reservation apparatus has to accept recording reservation information of a recording program to be recorded on a VTR from a user every time the recording reservation is made, and It is an object of the present invention to provide a recording reservation apparatus which does not need to accept the recording reservation information from the user each time the recording reservation is made.

Further, the present invention provides a conventional recording reservation device,
In view of the problem that it is not possible to make a reservation for recording a TV program whose broadcast schedule is undecided on a VTR, there is provided a recording reservation device capable of making a reservation for recording a TV program whose broadcast schedule is undecided on a VTR. It is the purpose.

[0015]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a recording instruction inputting means for instructing a name of a predetermined program or attribute data of the predetermined program, and an EPG (Electronic Program Information Guide). And the EPG for the unbroadcast program
The name of the program in the, and the recording instruction input means to compare the name of the predetermined program received the instruction, or,
Comparing means for comparing attribute data of a program in the EPG relating to an unbroadcast program with attribute data of the program for which the recording instruction input means has received an instruction; and a name of the program which the comparing means has compared, or And recording control means for controlling the recording of the program of the attribute data of the coincident or similar program when the attribute data of the program is coincident or similar, or recording the program of the attribute data of the coincident or similar program. The recording reservation device is characterized in that:

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a program, comprising:
Alternatively, a recording instruction input means for instructing attribute data of a predetermined program, an EPG (Electronic Program Information Guide) is inputted, a program name in the EPG relating to an unbroadcast program, and the recording instruction input means are inputted. Compares the name of the predetermined program for which the instruction has been received, or compares the attribute data of the program in the EPG with respect to the unbroadcast program and the attribute data of the program for which the recording instruction input means has received the instruction. When the comparison means and the name of the program compared by the comparison means or the attribute data of the program are identical or similar, the name of the identical or similar program or the attribute of the identical or similar program Recording means for notifying that there is a data program, and recording control means for controlling recording of the program notified by the notifying means. It is about equipment.

[0017]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

(Embodiment 1) First, the configuration of a recording reservation apparatus according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention will be described.

FIG. 1 shows a block diagram of a recording reservation device according to the first embodiment of the present invention. The recording reservation apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention includes a tuner 1, a separation unit 2, an EPG data extraction unit 3, an EPG data storage unit 4, a reservation list selection unit 5, a reservation list storage unit 6, Control means 7, recording reservation program storage means 8, recording control means 9,
It comprises a display data selection means 10 and a display means 11. In addition, as shown in FIG.
Has a list creation instruction means 13, a list creation means 14, an extraction instruction means 15, an extraction means 16, and a recording instruction input means 17. FIG. 1 also shows a VTR 12 as a recording device.

The tuner 1 receives video and audio data from a broadcasting station, and receives an EPG from the broadcasting station.
(Electronic program information guide).

EPG (Electronic Program Information Guide)
The broadcast schedule data of a television program transmitted from a television broadcast station every week. As shown in FIG. 3, for each program, the title, current date and time, start date and time, end date and time, value, classification, It is composed of a program outline description, a program details description and the like. The classification in the EPG specifies a genre such as whether the program is a movie or a sport. Also, in the detailed program description,
It is assumed that the data includes name data of a program's producer, performer, and the like, data of music titles of music used in the program, data of place names appearing in the program, and the like.

The separating means 2 separates the video and audio data from the tuner 1 from the EPG, outputs the video and audio data to the display data selecting means 10, and
Is output to the EPG data extracting means 3 and the comparing means 7.

The EPG data extracting means 3 receives the EPG from the separating means 2, sets a predetermined rule in advance, extracts a title, a detailed program description, etc. from the EPG based on the rule, and mainly extracts the title from the EPG. This is a means for creating a title list (program database) and a name list (name database) mainly including data of names of a producer, a performer, and the like in the detailed program description.
The title list is as shown in FIG. 4, and the name list is as shown in FIG. Note that the classification in the name list shown in FIG. 5 does not specify the genre of the program, but indicates whether the name described in the name column indicates, for example, a producer or a performer. It is specified whether there is. Also, in FIG.
1 and N2... And N1 and N2... In FIG. 5 are associated with each other, and those having the same reference numerals mean the same.

The EPG data storage means 4 is a means for storing the title list (program database) and the name list (name database) created by the EPG data extraction means 3.

The reservation list selecting means 5 displays the above-mentioned title list and name list on the display means 11 via the display data selecting means 10 to indicate to the user, and displays a genre-based list based on a genre instruction from the user. It is a means to create. Further, the reservation list selecting means 5 displays the genre-specific list on the display means 11 to show the user, and allows the user to select either the title or the name. Based on the selection instruction, the title list or the name is displayed. Reservation list storage means 6 for storing any part of the list
This is a means for controlling so as to be stored in the. The above-described genre-based list will be described later in detail when describing the operation of the recording reservation device according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
As described above, the reservation list selection means 5 includes the list creation instruction means 13, the list creation means 14, the extraction instruction means 15, the extraction means 16, and the recording instruction input means 17. The creation instruction unit 13, the list creation unit 14, the extraction instruction unit 15, the extraction unit 16, and the recording instruction input unit 17 will be described later in detail when describing the operation of the recording reservation apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention. .

The reservation list storing means 6 is a means for storing a part of a title list or a name list under the control of the reservation list selecting means 5.

The comparing means 7 inputs the EPG from the separating means 2 and collates the title in the EPG relating to the unbroadcast program with the title in the title list stored in the reservation list storing means 6. Alternatively, the name in the EPG relating to the unbroadcast program and the reservation list storage means 6
This is a means for collating with the names in the name list stored in the.

If the titles matched by the comparing means 7 are the same or similar,
If the names match or are similar, this is a means for inputting information on the scheduled broadcast date, channel, start time and end time of the program of the match or similar one from the comparison means 7 and storing the information.

The recording control means 9 is a means for controlling the VTR 12 to record the program of the information stored by the recording reservation program storing means 8.

The display data selection means 10 outputs data to be displayed on the display means 11 based on a user's instruction.
Any one of the video and audio data from the separating means 2, the data such as the title list and the name list from the reservation list selecting means 5, and the video and audio data from the VTR 12 is selected, and the display means 11 is selected. Output means.

The display means 11 is a display data selecting means 10
Is a means for displaying the data selected in.

The VTR 12 is a device that inputs video and audio data from a broadcasting station and records a predetermined program under the control of the recording control means 9.

In the present invention, the recording instruction input means 17 is used as the recording instruction input means, and the contrast means 7 is used as the contrast means.
The recording control means 9 was used as the recording control means. List display means 14 and display means 11, as display means,
Further, these and the extracting means 16 were used.

Next, the operation of the recording reservation apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described.

First, the tuner 1 inputs video and audio data from the broadcast station and an EPG from the broadcast station, and the separating means 2 outputs the video and audio data from the tuner 1 and the EPG. And outputs the EPG to the EPG data extracting means 3.

Next, the EPG data extracting means 3 inputs the EPG from the separating means 2 and extracts a title, a detailed program description and the like from the EPG based on a rule set in advance by the user. As shown, a title list (program database) mainly composed of titles,
As shown in FIG. 5, a name list (name database) mainly including data of names of a producer, a performer, and the like is created and output to the EPG data storage means 4.

Thereafter, the EPG data storage means 4 stores the EP
The title list and the name list from the G data extracting means 3 are input and stored.

Then, the reservation list selecting means 5 shown in FIG.
The list creation means 14 inputs the title list and the name list from the EPG data storage means 4 in FIG. 1 and displays them on the display means 11 via the display data selection means 10 to show to the user.

Next, the list creation instructing means 13 of the reservation list selecting means 5 receives from the user an instruction on how to create the list by genre when the list creating means 14 creates the list by genre. Output to the means 14. Here, for the convenience of the following description, the list creation instructing means 13
It is assumed that the list creating means 14 has received an instruction to create a list of sports genres.
Note that the genre-based list is a list different from the title list and the name list.

Thereafter, the list creating means 14 extracts a program of a sports genre from the title list of FIG. 4 based on the instruction of the list creating instruction means 13 and, for the extracted program, a name list of FIG. , The title and the names of the performers are arranged, a genre-based list as shown in FIG. 6 is created, and the created list is displayed via the display data selecting means 10 in FIG. Means 11 are displayed.

After the genre-specific list created by the list creating means 14 is displayed on the display means 11, the extraction instructing means 15 determines whether the extracting means 16 selects either the genre-specific title list or the genre-specific name list. An instruction as to whether to create the image is received from the user, and the instruction is output to the extracting unit 16. Here, for convenience of the following description, it is assumed that the extraction instructing unit 15 has received an instruction so that the extracting unit 16 creates a genre-based name list.

Then, the extracting means 16 inputs the genre-based list shown in FIG. 6 from the list creating means 14 and, based on the instruction of the extraction instructing means 15, uses the genre-based list as shown in FIG. Thus, the genre-specific name list is created, and is displayed on the display unit 1 via the display data selection unit 10.
1 is displayed.

Thereafter, the recording instruction input means 17 inputs the number of a specific name in the genre-name list shown in FIG. 7 displayed on the display means 11 from the user. For convenience of description below, it is assumed that the number input by the recording instruction input unit 17 is 1. Then, the recording instruction input means 17
Specifies that the name corresponding to the number 1 is "Japan National Soccer Team" in FIG.

Thereafter, the reservation list storage means 6 stores the name "Japan representative of soccer" specified by the recording instruction input means 17.

Next, after the reservation list storage means 6 stores "Japan National Soccer Team", the comparison means 7 inputs the EPG transmitted from the broadcasting station via the separation means 2 and stores the reservation list storage means. 6. Enter the name of “Japan National Soccer Team” from Step 6. Then, the name in the detailed program description of the EPG relating to the unbroadcasted program is compared with the name “Japan representative of soccer”.

As a result of the collation, after the reservation list storage means 6 stores “Japan representative of soccer”, there is a name in the EPG transmitted from the broadcasting station that matches “Japan representative of soccer”. Or if there is a "Japan soccer representative" similar to the "soccer Japan representative" or "soccer Japan", the recording reservation program storage means 8
Is the information on the scheduled or broadcast date, channel, start time and end time, and EP
G is input from the comparing means 7, the information is extracted from the EPG and stored, and output to the recording control means 9.

The recording control means 9 inputs information on a scheduled broadcast date, a channel, and further information on a start time and an end time of a program which matches or is similar to “Japan National Soccer Team” from the recording reservation program storage means 8. , Based on that information, when the program is actually broadcast from a broadcasting station in the future,
The VTR 12 is controlled to record. VTR12
Records a program according to the control.

As shown in FIG. 8, when the title or the name collated by the comparing means 7 matches or is similar, the recording reservation apparatus of the present invention notifies the user that there is a program of the matching or similar. Notification means 18 for performing
After the notification, a post-notification recording instruction unit 19 that receives a recording instruction of the program from the user may be provided.
In such a case, for example, when the user determines that it is not necessary to record a program similar to the title or name collated by the comparing means 7, in other words, when only the program whose title or name is collated is recorded. For example, the post-notification recording instruction means 19 inputs an instruction of a program to be recorded from the user, and the comparing means 7 outputs the scheduled broadcast date,
Only the information of the channel and the start time and the end time may be output to the recording reservation program storage means 8.
In this case, the recording control means 9 comprises the recording reservation program storage means 8
When the program is actually broadcast from a broadcasting station in the future, control is performed so that the VTR 12 records the program based on the information on recording from the VTR.

When the recording instruction means 19 after notification does not give any recording instruction from the user, for example, when the user forgets to give the recording instruction, the control means 7 sets the Information on the scheduled broadcast date, the channel, and the start time and end time may be output to the scheduled recording program storage unit 8. The recording control means 9 controls the VTR 12 to record the program when the program is actually broadcast from a broadcasting station in the future based on the information on the recording from the recording reservation program storing means 8.

Further, as shown in FIG. 9, the recording reservation apparatus of the present invention includes a buffer 20 for temporarily storing the EPG from the separating means 2, and the video and audio data from the separating means 2 When output to the display data selection means 10, that is, when program data is output to the display means 11 in real time, the display data selection means 10
The information to that effect is output to the EPG data extracting means 3. Then, based on the information from the display data selection unit 10, the EPG data extraction unit 3 compares the title list shown in FIG. 4 with respect to only the program of the data output to the display unit 11 in real time, and FIG. A name list may be created. By doing so, the obtained title list and name list reflect the tastes of the user, and the EPG data storage means 4 does not need to store data relating to programs that the user is not interested in. The capacity of the means 4 can be reduced. Further, the time for the reservation list selecting means 5 to create a list from the data stored in the EPG data storage means 4 is also shortened. The display means 11 was used as the display according to the seventh aspect.

Further, as shown in FIG. 10, the recording reservation apparatus of the present invention is designed so that the program stored in the reservation list storage means 6 which matches or is similar to, for example, “Japan National Soccer Team” will be broadcasted in the future. A transmitting unit 21 and a modem 22 for transmitting a request to that effect to a broadcasting station may be provided.
It should be noted that the request means of the present invention according to claim 22 is the transmitting means 2
1 and modem 22 were used.

In the first embodiment, the example in which the list creating means 14 creates a genre-based list of sports genres has been described, but the genre-based list created by the list creating means 14 is as follows. Not limited to the sports genre, it may be of any genre such as a movie or a drama, or may be a list of programs on a predetermined day, or a program of a predetermined time period. May be listed. In short, the list creating unit 14 only needs to input an instruction for creating a list from the user via the list creating instruction unit 13 and create the list based on the instruction. Alternatively, the list creating means 14
In this case, an instruction for creating a list may be set in advance, and the list may be created based on the instruction.

Further, in the above-described first embodiment, the example in which the extracting means 16 creates the genre-based name list as shown in FIG. 7 is described. It may be created as a separate title list. In short, the extracting means 16 gives an instruction from the user as to which table of the genre name list or the genre title list is to be created.
5 and a genre-based name list or a genre-based title list need only be created based on the instruction.

In the first embodiment, the title in the EPG is used as the name of the program of the present invention, and the name of the detailed program description in the EPG is used as the attribute data of the present invention.

In the first embodiment, a genre title list is used as the program name list of the present invention, and a genre name list is used as the attribute data list of the present invention.

The data similar to the title and name attribute data to be compared by the comparing means 7 include, for example, those in which a part of the full name of the name is omitted, nicknames, and the like.

The extraction means 16 creates a title list by genre and a name list by genre, accumulates them, and newly inputs and adds titles and attribute data from the list creating means 14. It may be. In this case, if the title or attribute data newly input to the list creating unit 14 overlaps with the already stored title or attribute data, the extracting unit 16 newly adds the same data so that the same data is not redundantly stored. Either the input one or the one already stored may be deleted.

The EPG transmitted from the broadcasting station includes
For all or some programs, information about the degree of rebroadcast possibility may be included. At that time, the extracting unit 16 may delete the title or attribute data of the program that is not likely to be rebroadcast from the genre-specific title list or the genre-specific name list. Or
The extracting unit 16 may create a genre-based title list or a genre-based name list for program names or attribute data of programs whose rebroadcasting degree is equal to or more than a predetermined degree. Further, the extracting means 16 sets the registration validity period of the title or attribute data registered in the genre title list or the genre name list based on the possibility of rebroadcasting, and sets the registration validity period. May be deleted from the title list by genre or the name list by genre.

Further, the extracting means 16 determines that any one of the titles in the genre title list or any of the attribute data in the attribute data list is included in the EPG relating to the unbroadcast program for a predetermined period. Is detected, the detected title or attribute data is displayed, and the specified title or attribute data is deleted from the genre-specific title list or genre-specific name list by the user's instruction. Good.

If the title or attribute data matched by the comparing means 7 is identical or similar, the extracting means 16 extracts the matching or similar title or attribute data from the genre-specific title list or genre-specific name list. You may delete it.

Further, the recording reservation apparatus of the present invention comprises a watched program input means for inputting information on a program which the user has watched in the past, and the extracting means 16 comprises: A genre-based title list or attribute data list may be created with only programs viewed in the past as target programs.

The extraction means 16 creates a genre-specific title list or attribute data list for only titles or attribute data whose appearance frequency is higher than or equal to a predetermined level among titles or attribute data in the EPG. You may do it.

Although the EPG is transmitted from the television broadcasting station every week, the timing at which the EPG is transmitted is not limited to the above-mentioned timing every week. In addition, the title list and the name list created by the EPG data extracting means 3 are different from the title list shown in FIG. 11 in which the newly transmitted EPG is added at another timing, and the title list shown in FIG. Such a name list may be used. The “update time” in the title list shown in FIG. 11 or the name list shown in FIG. 12 is the time at which the title list or the name list is rewritten or added each time a new EPG is transmitted. Is shown. The “number of times” in the title list shown in FIG. 11 and the name list shown in FIG. 12 indicates that the title list and the name list are rewritten or added each time a new EPG is transmitted. Shows the number of appearances.

Further, in the detailed description of the program of the EPG, data of the name of the program's producer, performer, etc., data of the name of music used in the program, data of the place name appearing in the program, etc. Is included, but the data of the producer, performer, music song name or place name, etc.
It may be included in the program outline description of the EPG.
In short, it is only necessary that the data of the producer, the performer, the music title or the place name of the music, etc. be included in the EPG. Further, if the identifiers set in advance are marked on the names of the producers, performers, etc., music titles, or place name data, the identifiers are used in FIGS. 7, 11, and 12 may be created.

FIGS. 4, 5, 6, 7, 11, and 12
May be sorted by classification, by the number of appearances, or by "aiueo", or by the timing criteria of the most recently broadcasted program.

The EPG data extracting means 3 displays a list of EPG titles such as foreign films, Japanese films, dramas, sports, music, etc. on the display means 11, and allows the user to select some of them. Alternatively, only the data in the selected field may be stored in the EPG data storage unit 4.

The recording control means 9 may display the contents such as the title and the time on the display means 11 via the display data selecting means 10 so that the user can confirm the contents of the recording reservation program. For a program that does not need to be recorded, the user cancels the recording reservation, the recording reservation program storage means 8 removes the canceled recording reservation data, and the recording control means 9 records the program in the VTR 12. It may be controlled so as not to be performed.

Further, in the above-described first embodiment, if there is a matching or similar attribute data such as a title or a name as a result of the collation by the comparing means 7, the recording is reserved without confirming the recording reservation. The reservation may be made only when the recording reservation is confirmed by the user.

Further, the display data selecting means 10 simultaneously displays a plurality of data among the data from the separating means 2, the reservation list selecting means 5, the VTR 12 and the like.
May be displayed.

[0070]

As is apparent from the above description, the present invention can provide a recording reservation apparatus which does not need to receive the information of the recording reservation of the recording program on the VTR from the user every time the recording reservation is made. .

Further, the present invention can provide a recording reservation apparatus which can make a recording reservation for a VTR of a television program whose broadcast schedule is undecided.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a recording reservation device according to a first embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a reservation list selection unit 5 of the recording reservation device according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 shows an example of an EPG used in Embodiment 1 of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an example of a title list used in the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an example of a name list used in the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 shows an example of a genre-based list used in the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is an example of a genre-based name list used in the first embodiment of the present invention.

8 is a block diagram of the recording reservation device of the present invention, which is different from the recording reservation device of the present invention in FIG. 1;

FIG. 9 is a block diagram of a recording reservation apparatus of the present invention, which is different from the recording reservation apparatus of the present invention in FIGS. 1 and 8;

FIG. 10 is a block diagram of a recording reservation device of the present invention, which is different from the recording reservation device of the present invention in FIGS. 1, 8 and 9;

FIG. 11 is an example of a title list of the present invention different from FIG. 4;

FIG. 12 is an example of a name list of the present invention different from FIG. 5;

FIG. 13 is a block diagram of a conventional recording reservation device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Tuner 2 Separation means 3 EPG data extraction means 4 EPG data storage means 5 Reservation list selection means 6 Reservation list storage means 7 Control means 8 Recording reservation program storage means 9 Recording control means 10 Display data selection means 11 Display means 12 VTR 13 List Table creation instructing means 14 List creating means 15 Extraction instructing means 16 Extracting means 17 Recording instruction input means 18 Notification means 19 Recording instructing means after notification 20 Buffer 21 Transmitting means 22 Modem 23 Recording instruction input means

Claims (22)

[Claims] 1. A recording instruction input means for designating a name of a predetermined program or attribute data of a predetermined program, and inputting an EPG (Electronic Program Information Guide), and inputting an EPG for an unbroadcast program The program name of the program is compared with the name of the predetermined program for which the recording instruction input means has received the instruction, or the attribute data of the program in the EPG relating to an unbroadcast program, and the recording instruction input means Control means for comparing the attribute data of the program for which the instruction has been received; and the name of the program compared by the control means, or, if the attribute data of the program is identical or similar, the name of the matched or similar program Or recording control means for controlling the recording so as to record a program having the attribute data of the matching or similar program. 2. A program name list is created by inputting an EPG and extracting, from the EPG, only the names of all or a part of the programs in each of the predetermined sections, and creating a program name list. Display means for extracting only the attribute data of the program to create an attribute data list and displaying the program name list and / or the attribute data list based on a user's instruction; The recording reservation device according to claim 1, wherein: 3. A recording instruction input means for instructing a name of a predetermined program or attribute data of the predetermined program, and inputting an EPG (Electronic Program Information Guide), wherein the EPG relating to an unbroadcast program is included. The program name of the program is compared with the name of the predetermined program for which the recording instruction input means has received the instruction, or the attribute data of the program in the EPG relating to an unbroadcast program, and the recording instruction input means Control means for comparing the attribute data of the program for which the instruction has been received; and the name of the program compared by the control means, or, if the attribute data of the program is identical or similar, the name of the matched or similar program Or a notifying means for notifying that there is a program having attribute data of the matching or similar program, and a recording control means for controlling recording of the program notified by the notifying means. The video-recording programming apparatus characterized by comprising and. 4. The system according to claim 3, wherein said recording control means controls to record the program notified by said notifying means based on a recording instruction from a user after said notifying means. The recording reservation device described in the above. 5. The recording control means controls to record all the notified programs when no recording instruction is given from a user to the programs notified by the notifying means. The recording reservation device according to claim 3. 6. A program name list is created by inputting an EPG, extracting only the names of all or a part of the programs in each of the predetermined sections from the EPG, and creating a program name list. Display means for extracting only the attribute data of the program to create an attribute data list and displaying the program name list and / or the attribute data list based on a user's instruction; The recording reservation device according to any one of claims 3 to 5. 7. The display means creates the program name list and the attribute data list in real time using a program output on a display connected to the recording reservation device as a reference program. 7. The recording reservation device according to claim 2, wherein: 8. The recording reservation apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said EPG includes information on a possibility of rebroadcasting a predetermined program. 9. The recording reservation apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the name or attribute data of the program having no possibility of rebroadcasting is deleted from the program name list or the attribute data list. 10. The program name or attribute data whose rebroadcast possibility is equal to or higher than a predetermined level is extracted and displayed in the program name list or the attribute data list. Item 9. A recording reservation device according to Item 8. 11. The display means sets a name of a program registered in the program name list or the attribute data list or a registration validity period of attribute data based on the possibility of the rebroadcast. The recording reservation apparatus according to any one of claims 8 to 10, wherein the name or attribute data of a program whose registration validity period has elapsed is deleted from the program name list or the attribute data list. 12. The EPG relating to the unbroadcast program for a predetermined period includes a name of a predetermined program in the program name list or predetermined attribute data in the attribute data list. Is detected, and the detected name of the predetermined program or the predetermined attribute data is displayed. When a user instructs, the name or attribute data of the specified program is displayed in the program. 7. The recording reservation device according to claim 2, wherein the recording reservation device is deleted from a name list or the attribute data list. 13. The display means, if the name or the attribute data of the program compared by the comparing means matches or is similar, displays the name or attribute data of the matched or similar program in the program name list or the program name list. 7. The method according to claim 2, wherein the attribute data is deleted from the attribute data list.
The recording reservation device described in the above. 14. A watched program input means for inputting information on a program which the user has watched in the past, wherein the display means inputs the watched program input means,
7. The recording reservation apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the program name list and the attribute data list are created with only the programs viewed by the user in the past as target programs. 15. The display means creates the program name list and the attribute data list only for names or attribute data of programs whose appearance frequency is equal to or higher than a predetermined level in the EPG. The recording reservation device according to claim 2 or 6, wherein 16. The recording reservation apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the attribute data of the program is a name of a cast of the program. 17. The program according to claim 1, wherein the attribute data of the program is a name of a producer of the program.
5. The recording reservation device according to any one of 5. 18. The recording reservation apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the attribute data of the program is a title of a work appearing in the program. 19. The recording reservation apparatus according to claim 18, wherein the work name is a music title. 20. The recording reservation apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the attribute data of the program is a place name appearing in the program. 21. The recording reservation apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the EPG is transmitted from a broadcasting station. 22. A request that a program that matches or is similar to the name of the predetermined program or that has attribute data that matches or is similar to the predetermined attribute data, which is received by the recording instruction input means, is broadcast. 22. The recording reservation apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 21, further comprising a request unit that outputs information indicating that the recording is to be performed to a broadcasting station.