Recording/playing device and content management method

Abstract

In a first step, contents scheduled in the "past" of a virtual channel are extracted, in a second step one of the contents is selected, in the event that judgment is made in a third step that the contents are not in a playable state the flow proceeds to a seventh step but in the event that judgment is made that the contents are in a playable state judgement is made in a fourth step whether the corresponding contents have already been scheduled n times (n being a number for sufficient opportunity for viewing or listening) in the future. In the event that the number is less than n times, the contents are placed in the future at the time of the next scheduling in a fifth step, but in the event that the number is n times, in a sixth step the contents are set in a state to be deleted. In the event that judgment is made in the seventh step that processing of the all of the extracted contents has not been completed, the flow returns to the second step, but in the event that judgment is made that all processing has been completed, the flow ends. Thus, contents regarding which the user has no interest are automatically deleted.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to a recording / playing device and a content management method, more specifically, to a method that can provide users with sufficient opportunities to watch or listen to content, and can automatically delete only content that is really unnecessary for the user, that is, can accurately reflect the user's A recording / playback device and a content management method for wishing and thereby managing content. Background technique [0002] With conventional recording / playback apparatuses, a user who manages recorded program (content) data has to personally select unnecessary data and delete the data. [0003] In addition, increasing the capacity of a recording medium such as a hard disk means that a large amount of content can be stored. [0004] Therefore, in the case where the user cannot memorize the mass-stored content, it is no longer possible for the user to easily select unnecessary content, so that opera...

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[0006] However, with the arrangement of the conventional technology of automatically deleting content, the user does not have enough opportunities to watch or listen to the stored content, so it may happen that the user records the content he / she is interested in, but does not notice the recorded content and plays it. Situations where the chance of viewing or listening to the stored content is passed, which may result in the automatic deletion of content of interest to the user

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