| US 7,362,952 B2 | ||
| Personal digital assistant apparatus | ||
| Makoto Katagishi, Chigasaki (Japan); and Yutaka Matsunobu, Hitachiota (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Jul. 15, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/892,907. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2004-100170 (JP), filed on Mar. 30, 2004. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2005/0229223 A1, Oct. 13, 2005 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 13/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/91 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 386—83 [455/3.06; 455/3.04; 725/46; 345/169] | 17 Claims |
| 1. A portable information terminal apparatus comprising:
a reception unit for receiving a broadcast signal including program information;
a communication unit for conducting communication with a recording and reproduction apparatus, the recording and reproduction
apparatus recording and reproducing a broadcast signal;
a display unit for displaying the program information and video information included in the broadcast signal;
a storage unit for storing a viewing history of a received and displayed video signal; and
an operation unit for operating viewing in the portable information terminal apparatus,
wherein on the basis of the viewing history stored in said storage unit, the portable information terminal apparatus sends
an order signal to the recording and reproduction apparatus via said communication unit to order recording or reproduction
of information relating to the viewing history.
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