Recorder control apparatus and control method

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8731376
APP PUB NO 20080226258A1
SERIAL NO

12048164

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A recorder control apparatus which controls execution of broadcast program recording in a plurality of recorders connected thereto, comprises an acceptance unit configured to accept a request to execute broadcast program recording, an acquisition unit configured to acquire, from each recorder, reservation information related to reserved program recording to be executed by the recorder after a point at which the execution request is accepted, a selection unit configured to select, from the plurality of recorders, a recorder capable of executing broadcast program recording corresponding to the execution request for a longest duration, based on the reservation information, and a request unit configured to request the recorder selected by the selection unit to execute broadcast program recording corresponding to the execution request.

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  • CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Asanuma, Tomoya Yokohama, JP 17 60
Hanamitsu, Satoshi Kawasaki, JP 9 57
Kikkawa, Teruki Machida, JP 25 244
Mito, Koji Kawasaki, JP 25 173
Miyamoto, Katsuhiro Isehara, JP 56 1515
Shikata, Yasushi Tama, JP 37 297
Yonishi, Osamu Yokohama, JP 14 48
Yoshikawa, Tomoyasu Kawasaki, JP 24 348

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