JP5309196B2 - Receiver - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a content receiving apparatus provided with a built-in or external recording medium.

  Devices such as hard disk recorders are becoming widespread as devices for recording and reproducing broadcast content. Some of these apparatuses can receive and store content not only from broadcast content but also from a content download service using a network. When recording broadcast content, there is a case where reserved recording in which a recording start time and an end time are designated in advance is used. On the other hand, in the content download service using the network, there is a method of reserving the content to be downloaded in advance because it takes time to download.

  When pre-recording broadcast content or when reserving download content, in order to reliably record the content, when the reservation is instructed, the free space of a storage medium such as a hard disk is acquired, and the content is recorded. Alternatively, it may be determined whether or not download is possible, and the user may be notified. In addition, there is a technique of determining and processing which is prioritized when broadcast content reception reservations overlap.

  According to the method described in Patent Document 1, when reservations are duplicated, according to the resources provided in the apparatus with priorities, for example, even if the free space is low by reducing the recording bit rate, each content Can be recorded. Further, according to the method described in Patent Document 2, when reservations overlap, it is determined whether simultaneous recording is possible from the bit rate of the content.

JP 2002-94916 A JP 2000-217063 A

  However, in the above-described method, only the case where the broadcast content recording reservation is duplicated is taken into consideration, and it is determined which is prioritized when the content download reservation using the network and the broadcast content recording reservation are duplicated. And processing priority reservations.

  Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a priority unit and a reservation processing unit that are optimal when a content download reservation using a network and a broadcast content recording reservation overlap.

In order to solve the above-described problems, the receiving apparatus of the present invention sets a download reservation depending on whether or not there is a recording area for recording the content to be reserved when setting a recording reservation or a download reservation. Decide if you want to.

  According to the present invention, since the size of the free area of the storage medium is insufficient, the recording reservation can be stored even when both the content by the download reservation and the content by the recording reservation cannot be completely stored.

It is an example of the block diagram showing the structure of the receiver in embodiment of this invention. 5 is an example of a diagram showing a breakdown of areas recorded in the content recording unit 102 in the content recording unit 102. FIG. It is an example of the flowchart figure which shows the flow of a reservation addition process. FIG. 10 is an example of a flowchart showing a flow of processing for determining whether or not the receiving apparatus 101 can completely store a reservation. It is an example of the flowchart figure which shows the flow which adds a recording reservation in the state in which neither a recording reservation nor a download reservation is possible. It is an example of the figure which shows the screen which makes a user select whether priority is given to recording reservation, even if a download is stopped. It is an example of the figure which shows the screen which makes a user select whether priority is given to recording reservation, even if the content in the middle of download is deleted partially. It is an example of the figure which shows the screen which makes a user select whether to restart the download which has stopped since the unused area increased. It is an example of a flowchart showing a flow of processing when a recording reservation time comes during execution of download according to a user instruction. FIG. 10 is an example of a flowchart showing a flow of processing for determining whether or not the broadcast content to be recorded can be completely stored when the recording reservation execution time comes during execution of download.

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

FIG. 1 shows a configuration example of a receiving apparatus according to this embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, the receiving apparatus 101 includes a content recording unit 102, a status management unit 103, a reservation list management unit 104, a control unit 105, an instruction input unit 106, a network processing unit 107, a content A recording processing unit 108, a content reproduction processing unit 109, a network input / output unit 110, a broadcast wave input unit 111, and a content output unit 112 are provided. For example, such a receiving apparatus includes a hard disk recorder and a television with a built-in hard disk, but is not necessarily limited thereto.

  The receiving apparatus 101 includes a control unit 105 that gives an instruction to each unit constituting the apparatus and controls the whole. The control unit 105 includes a content recording unit 102, a status management unit 103, a reservation list management unit 104, an instruction input unit 106, a network processing unit 107, a content recording processing unit 108, and a content reproduction processing unit 109. , Is connected.

  The content recording unit 102 has a function of storing the download content received by the network input / output unit 110 or the broadcast content received by the broadcast wave input unit 111 in a recording medium. Examples of such a recording medium include a hard disk and a writable optical disk.

  The state management unit 103 is capable of executing a download reservation instructed by the user at a certain time, or a state in which the download reservation instructed by the user cannot be executed, and a recording reservation instructed by the user, or , And a function to save the state of being inexecutable.

  When a new download reservation or recording reservation is instructed by the user, the control unit 105 acquires the size that can be recorded in the content recording unit 102 and the size required for downloading or recording, and download reservation or It is determined whether or not the recording reservation can be executed, and the determined result is stored in the state management unit 103. The control unit 105 registers the download reservation or recording reservation newly instructed by the user in the reservation list management unit 104 based on the determined result.

  The reservation list management unit 104 manages a list of download reservations and recording reservations designated by the user. The control unit 105 issues an instruction to the network processing unit 107 or the content recording processing unit 108 based on the list held by the reservation list management unit 104, and executes download reservation or recording reservation. Execution of download reservation means download executed according to the download reservation list. Moreover, execution of recording reservation means recording performed according to the recording reservation list.

  The instruction input unit 106 has a function of inputting an instruction from the user to the receiving apparatus 101. Examples of such an input unit include a remote controller and buttons installed on the main body. The instruction input unit 106 transmits an instruction from the user to the control unit 105.

  In response to an instruction from the control unit 105, the network processing unit 107 uses the network input / output unit 110 to receive download content from the network and store it in the content recording unit 102. The network input / output unit 110 is a part connected to a network. For example, there are Ethernet (registered trademark) and wireless LAN.

  In response to an instruction from the control unit 105, the content recording processing unit 108 receives broadcast content from the broadcast wave using the broadcast wave input unit 111 and stores it in the content recording unit 102.

  Next, a method will be described in which the control unit 105 determines a state in which a download reservation or a recording reservation can be executed or cannot be executed.

  FIG. 2 shows a breakdown of the used area, reserved area, and unused area in the recording area in the content recording unit 102.

The recording area includes a recorded content usage area 201, a recording reserved content usage area 202, a downloaded content usage area 203, a download content usage area 204, and an unused area 205. The unused area 205 includes a download-use content scheduled use area 206 and a completely unused area 207. The recorded content usage area 201 is an area for storing content received from a broadcast wave and recorded.

  The recording reserved content use area 202 is an area necessary for storing broadcast contents reserved for recording in the list of the reservation list management unit 104. For a content for which a recording reservation has been established, an area required by the content is secured in the recording reservation content use area 202, thereby preventing the recording area from becoming insufficient during execution of the recording reservation. When one recording reservation is completed, the recording reservation content usage area 202 decreases and the recorded content usage area 201 increases by the size of the recorded broadcast content.

  The downloaded content use area 203 is an area for storing downloaded contents that have been received from the network.

  The download in-progress content use area 204 is an area for storing contents downloaded halfway among download contents reserved for download in the list of the reservation list management unit 104. When the download of the content is completed, the content use area 204 in the middle of downloading is reduced by the size of the download content, and the downloaded content use area 203 is increased.

  The download-in-progress content use scheduled area 206 is for storing the remaining part of the content that has been downloaded halfway in the download-use content use area 204 out of the download-reserved download contents in the list of the reservation list management unit 104. This is a necessary area. As the content download progresses, the content download scheduled use area 206 decreases by the downloaded size, and the content download use area 204 increases.

The completely unused area 207 is an area that is not used at all. When a recording reservation is newly set, if the size of the recording reservation content is equal to or smaller than the size of this area, the recording reservation target content can be completely stored. When a new recording reservation is added, the completely unused area 207 decreases and the recording reservation content usage area 202 increases by the size of the broadcast content to be reserved for recording. Similarly, when a new download reservation is added to the list, the completely unused area 207 is reduced by the size of the download content to be added, and the content use planned area 206 during download is increased.

  Here, when a recording reservation is newly set, if the size of the recording reservation content is less than the size of the completely unused area 207, the content use scheduled area 206 during download can be used. In this case, since the area necessary for downloading all the contents in the list held by the reservation list management unit 104 is insufficient, it is impossible to complete the download.

  When there is a download reservation in the list held by the reservation list management unit 104 and the content use planned area 206 is not yet being downloaded, the control unit 105 downloads a download reservation in the list held by the reservation list management unit 104. The execution of the download executed based on the is stopped. Stopping or canceling downloads is called downloading suppression.

  When the download is suppressed, the control unit 105 executes the download based on the download reservation list within a range in which the new reservation content can be completely stored, and stops the download immediately before the new reservation content cannot be completely stored. You can also.

  The control unit 105 monitors the state of the content usage scheduled area 206 during download at a certain interval, and the recorded content and the downloaded content recorded in the content recording unit 102 are deleted or the recording reservation is canceled. When the content use scheduled area 206 during download can be secured again by the user operation, the control unit 105 instructs the network processing unit 107 to resume download. At this time, the download may be automatically resumed, or a screen as shown in FIG. 8 may be displayed on the display unit to prompt the user to resume the download.

When the user newly instructs a download reservation or a recording reservation, the control unit 105 determines that the state management unit 103 determines that the size of the download content to be added or the size of the broadcast content to be added is greater than the completely unused area 207. The state is set to “download reservation can be stored completely” and “recording reservation can be stored completely”.

When the size of the completely unused area 207 does not satisfy the content size to be newly reserved, when the unused area 205 is larger than the size of the download content to be added or the size of the broadcast content to be added, the state management unit 103 The state is set to “cannot store download reservation completely” and “can store recording reservation completely”.

When the size of the unused area 205 does not satisfy the content size of the new reservation target, the state management unit 103 sets the state of “download reservation cannot be stored completely” and “recording reservation cannot be stored completely” "

The states of the state management unit 103 can be displayed on a display unit (not shown in FIG. 1). When the user sees “Download reservation cannot be completely stored” displayed on the display unit, the user deletes the download reservation or the recording reservation from the reservation list, thereby instructing to increase the free space of the content recording unit 102 Can be output to the receiving apparatus 101.

  With reference to FIG. 3, the flow of reservation addition processing when the user newly instructs download reservation or recording reservation will be described.

The instruction input unit 106 receives “new download reservation” from the user to the receiving apparatus 101.
Alternatively, an instruction of “recording reservation” is accepted (ST301). Control section 105 determines whether or not the reservation target content can be completely stored in content recording section 102 of receiving apparatus 101 (ST302). The flow of the determination process will be described later with reference to FIG.

Based on the determination result, control unit 105 determines whether or not the newly designated download reservation and the already reserved download reservation can be completely stored in content recording unit 102 (ST303). If it can be stored completely, the newly instructed download reservation or recording reservation is added to the reservation list management unit 104 (ST307).

When the download reservation cannot be completely stored in ST303, control unit 105 determines whether or not the newly designated recording reservation can be stored completely (ST304). As a result, if the recording reservation can be completely stored, a download reservation or a recording reservation is added to the reservation list management unit 104 under the condition that content that cannot be downloaded occurs.

At this time, the control unit 105 displays a screen as shown in FIG. 6 on the display unit, and urges the user to confirm whether a download reservation or a recording reservation may be added to the reservation list management unit 104 under certain conditions. (ST305). An instruction is received from the user as to whether to add with condition (ST306), and when adding, the instructed download reservation or recording reservation is added to reservation list management section 104 (ST307). If not added, the reservation addition process is terminated. If the recording reservation is not possible in ST304, the reservation adding process is terminated.

  With reference to FIG. 4, a description will be given of the flow of processing for determining whether or not the reservation can be stored completely when the download reservation or the recording reservation is newly instructed.

  First, control section 105 acquires the size of unused area 205 of content recording section 102 (ST301). Let this size be a.

Next, control section 105 obtains the size required by the newly designated download reservation or recording reservation content (ST302). Let this size be b. In order to obtain the size of the content, for example, in the case of download content using HTTP, a method that uses the Content-Length of the HTTP header, or in the case of broadcast content, EPG (Electronic
There is a method that uses the product of the content time that can be acquired from a TV program information service such as Program Guide) and a bit rate prepared in advance for each broadcasting service such as terrestrial digital broadcasting or digital satellite broadcasting, or for each broadcasting channel. .

Further, the control unit 105 acquires the size of the area required for the download content registered in the list of the reservation list management unit 104 to complete the download. That is, the download content use scheduled area 206 is acquired (ST403). Let this size be c.

The newly instructed download reservation or recording reservation content is compared with the sum of the sizes required by the download content registered in the list of the reservation list management unit 104 and the size of the unused area 205 (ST404). ). The former is smaller than the latter,
That is, when the inequality b + c ≦ a holds, the state management unit 103 sets the state of “download reservation can be completely stored” and “recording reservation can be stored completely” (ST405).
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  In this case, the control unit 105 secures the scheduled recording content use area 202 by using the content use scheduled area 206 during download. As a result, the recording reservation can be executed with priority.

When the inequality b + c> a holds in ST404, the newly instructed download reservation or recording reservation content is compared with the size of the unused area 205 (ST406). When the inequality b ≦ a holds, the state of the state management unit 103 is set such that “download reservation cannot be stored completely” and “recording reservation can be stored completely”. When the inequality b> a is established in ST406, the state management unit 103 sets the state of “download reservation cannot be stored completely” and “recording reservation cannot be stored completely”.

  The receiving apparatus 101 according to the present embodiment described above uses the content use scheduled area 206 during download even when the completely unused area 207 of the content recording unit 102 is insufficient when a recording reservation is newly instructed. Thus, the recording reservation is prioritized and executed.

In this embodiment, the case where the user newly instructs a download reservation and a recording reservation is described. However, reservations such as “daily” and “weekly” are set in advance, and the receiving device 10 is set as necessary.
The same method can be applied to the case where 1 automatically resets the reservation.

  Next, a method for adding a recording reservation in a state where neither a recording reservation nor a download reservation can be newly added will be described with reference to FIG. In addition, description is abbreviate | omitted about the part same as Example 1, and a different part is demonstrated in detail.

  In the method shown in the first embodiment, when the size of content to be newly reserved for recording is larger than the unused area 205, the recording reservation cannot be added.

  In this embodiment, when the size of the content to be newly reserved for recording is smaller than the sum of the download in-use content use area 204 and the unused area 205, the in-download content stored in the in-download content use area 204 is displayed from the end of the content. The recording reservation is added by deleting the part and assigning the deleted part to the unused area 205.

  When the download is interrupted, the control unit 105 stores the interrupted point. When resuming the download of the content in the middle of the download, the control unit 105 designates the point as the point at which the download is to be resumed to the content provider. For example, in the case of downloading using HTTP, the point to be resumed is specified in the Range header when sending an HTTP request.

In this embodiment, when downloading is resumed, the point to be resumed is returned (rolled back) from the point at the time of interruption to the beginning. The control unit 105 partially deletes the content being downloaded stored in the content usage area 204 being downloaded from the end of the content as much as it is rolled back, and assigns the deleted portion to the unused area 205. By rolling back the point to be resumed to the top side of the content, it is possible to allocate the unused area 205 to the unused area 205 by the amount rolled back.

The actual procedure will be described with reference to FIG. In ST504, when receiving apparatus 101 is in a state where neither download reservation nor recording reservation is possible, control unit 105 newly adds a recording reservation by performing the rollback processing described above. At this time, a screen as shown in FIG. 7 is presented on the display unit (ST505), and rollback processing is performed to allow the user to select whether to add a recording reservation (ST507).

  As in the first embodiment, the control unit 105 monitors the state of the content download scheduled area 206 during download at a certain interval, and the recorded content and the downloaded content recorded in the content recording unit 102 are deleted or a recording reservation is made. When the download-use content use scheduled area 206 is secured again due to the release or the like, the control unit 105 instructs the network processing unit 107 to resume download. At this time, the download may be automatically resumed, or a screen as shown in FIG. 8 may be displayed on the display unit to prompt the user to resume the download. The point to resume is the point that returned to the beginning for the size of the rollback.

  Note that the control unit 105 partially deletes the content being downloaded in the rollback process of ST509 as much as it is rolled back. However, the deletion process is not executed during the rollback process of ST509, but a flag indicating deletion is attached, and the flagged content is deleted when the actually reserved recording is executed. Also good.

Then, the point at which the download is to be resumed is set as the point at which the download is interrupted, and when the actually reserved recording is executed, the point at which the download is resumed is changed from the interrupted point to the point to be rolled back.

  By adopting this method, it is possible to add a recording reservation even when the size of the content to be newly reserved for recording is larger than the unused area 205, while the recording reservation has been added but later canceled. However, it is possible to download again from the point where the download was interrupted rather than from the point where the download was rolled back.

  In the case of the receiving apparatus 101 according to the present embodiment described above, when the recording reservation is newly instructed, even if the unused area 205 of the content recording unit 102 is insufficient, the content usage area 204 in the middle of downloading is set. By using it, priority is given to recording reservation.

  Next, when the recording reservation time comes during execution of the download by the user's instruction, or when the download starts according to the user's instruction while the recording reservation is being executed, the free space of the content recording unit 102 is insufficient Next, a method of prioritizing recording reservation will be described. In addition, description is abbreviate | omitted about the part same as Example 1, and a different part is demonstrated in detail.

  Unlike the above-described first and second embodiments, this embodiment determines whether or not a reservation can be made based on a free area of a recording medium when a user newly instructs a download reservation or a recording reservation. . Alternatively, priority processing is performed.

With reference to FIG. 9, a procedure when a recording reservation time comes during execution of a download according to a user instruction will be described. The control unit 105 checks whether or not the content to be recorded can be completely stored when the recording reservation execution time comes during execution of the download in accordance with a user instruction or the like (ST901). The confirmation method will be described later with reference to FIG. It is determined whether or not the content can be completely stored (ST902).
In 02, an area required for execution of recording reservation, that is, the recording reservation content use area 202 is secured only for the size of the content to be reserved for recording (ST905), and the recording reservation is executed (S905).
T906).

If the recording reservation cannot be completely stored, control unit 105 determines whether or not to interrupt the download execution (ST903). At this time, a screen indicating whether or not to interrupt the download execution may be displayed on the display unit and selected.

When the download execution is interrupted, the download execution is interrupted (ST904),
Thereafter, an area necessary for executing the recording reservation is secured in the content recording unit 102 (ST905), and the recording reservation is executed (ST906). Stopping or canceling a download is called downloading suppression.

When the download execution is not interrupted, an area necessary for the recording reservation execution is secured in the content recording unit 102 as it is (ST905), and the recording reservation is executed (ST906).
. If the recording reservation content usage area 202 cannot be secured by the size of the broadcast content in ST905, the recording reservation content usage area 202 is secured as much as possible.

  When the download is suppressed, the control unit 105 can execute the download based on the download reservation list within a range where the recording reservation can be executed, and can stop the download immediately before the recording reservation cannot be executed. In ST901 and ST902, the content to be stored by executing the recording reservation can be stored, but when it is determined that the content currently being downloaded cannot be stored, a method of interrupting the download immediately can be considered. At this time, it is not necessary to secure the recording reservation content usage area 202.

  The flow of processing for determining whether or not the broadcast content to be recorded can be completely stored when the recording reservation execution time comes during execution of download according to a user instruction or the like will be described with reference to FIG.

  First, control section 105 acquires the size of unused area 205 of content recording section 102 (ST1001). Let this size be a.

Next, the size required for the broadcast content to be recorded is acquired (ST1002). Let this size be b. To obtain the size of the content, for example, in the case of broadcast content, the content time that can be acquired from the EPG, and the bit rate prepared in advance for each broadcast service such as terrestrial digital broadcast or digital satellite broadcast, or for each broadcast channel There is a method using the product of.

The size required by the broadcast content to be recorded is compared with the size of the unused area 205 (ST1003), and when the inequality b ≦ a is satisfied, the state of the state management unit 103 is set to “completely store recording reservation”. Is made possible "(ST1004). When the inequality b> a is satisfied in ST1003, the state of the state management unit 103 is set to “recording reservation cannot be stored completely” (S
T1005).

  A procedure when download starts in response to a user instruction or the like during execution of recording reservation will be described. When it is time for scheduled recording during download, immediately before executing scheduled recording, the content recording unit 102 reserves an area necessary for scheduled recording execution. This does not affect the recording reservation that is already being executed.

Therefore, according to the present embodiment, the size of the content stored by executing the recording when the recording reservation is executed even if the free space is insufficient when the download is started by the user's instruction or the like during the reservation recording. If only the area can be secured, the recording reservation can be stored completely.

  In the case of the receiving apparatus 101 according to the present embodiment described above, the download starts when the recording reservation time comes during execution of the download by the user's instruction or the user's instruction or the like during execution of the recording reservation. Even if the free space of the content recording unit 102 is insufficient, the recording reservation is executed prior to the download reservation, so that the content by the recording reservation is completely within the free space range of the content recording unit 102. Can be stored.

  When setting a recording reservation or a download reservation, the receiving apparatuses described in the first and second embodiments determine whether there is a recording area for recording the content to be reserved. If the recording area is free, the reservation is registered at the same time as the recording area is secured. If there is no space in the recording area, if the reservation to be set is a recording reservation, a download reservation is extracted from the registered reservations, and the recording area reserved for the download reservation is changed to the recording reservation. , The recording reservation is registered. If the reservation to be set is a download reservation, the download reservation is registered under the condition that the download reservation cannot be completely received.

  In the receiving apparatus according to the third embodiment, when the time for recording reservation is reached during execution of content download, or when the download is started by a user instruction or the like during execution of recording reservation, the content of the recording reservation is It is determined whether or not all data can be stored in the recording area. If both the download in progress and the recording reservation content cannot be recorded, the recording reservation content can preferentially secure the recording area, and the download is stopped if necessary.

When the download reservation and the recording reservation overlap, the size of the free space of the storage medium, the size of the storage medium area required by the already reserved download content, the newly downloaded content to be reserved, or the new reservation Based on the size of the area of the storage medium required for the broadcast content, it is determined whether or not the download content to be newly reserved or the size of the broadcast content to be newly reserved can be stored in the storage device. If both the content by download reservation and the content by recording reservation cannot be completely stored in the storage device, the recording reservation is preferentially performed.

  According to the present embodiment, since the size of the free area of the storage medium is insufficient, even if the content by download reservation and the content by recording reservation cannot be completely stored, the broadcast content has fewer reception opportunities than the download content. It is possible to provide a receiving apparatus that can preferentially perform recording reservations as much as possible. According to the above receiving device, priority is given to recording reservation, so that there is no shortage of free space for recording reservation at the time of scheduled recording execution compared to the case where priority is not given to recording reservation and download reservation. Even if the user has a download reservation, the recording reservation can be completely stored.

  Also, by partially deleting the content that is being downloaded and allocating it to an area for recording reservation, even if the free space in the storage device is smaller than the content size of the recording reservation, the recording reservation is given priority as much as possible. It is possible to provide a receiving device that enables this. According to the above receiving apparatus, the user can completely store the recording reservation even if the user cannot secure a free space of a size necessary for making the recording reservation in the storage device in the receiving apparatus.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 101 ... Receiving device, 102 ... Content recording part, 103 ... Status management part, 104 ... Reservation list management part, 105 ... Control part, 106 ... Instruction input part, 107 ... Network processing part, 108 ... Content recording processing part, 109 ... Content reproduction processing unit 110 ... Network input / output unit 111 111 Broadcast wave input unit 112 ... Content output unit 201 ... Recorded content use area 202 ... Record reserved content use area 203 ... Downloaded content use area 204 ... content use area in the middle of downloading, 205 ... unused area, 206 ... scheduled content use area in the middle of downloading, 207 ... completely unused area

Claims (4)

The content is received from the network or broadcast, the recorded content usage area, the recording reserved content usage area, the downloaded content usage area, the downloading content usage area, the downloading content usage area, and the completely unused area A content receiving device for recording in a recording device comprising:
An input unit that accepts a reservation for downloading content from the network and a recording reservation for content from broadcasting;
A control unit for controlling download and recording based on the reservation received by the input unit;
By the control unit,
When recording one content based on the recording reservation,
When the capacity required for the recording cannot be secured in the completely unused area, the recording based on the recording reservation is performed using the content use scheduled area during the download,
When the download content is in a download execution state using the content download scheduled area , the content reception device is in a download interrupt state before the recording reservation cannot be executed .   The content is received from the network or broadcast, the recorded content usage area, the recording reserved content usage area, the downloaded content usage area, the downloading content usage area, the downloading content usage area, and the completely unused area A content receiving device for recording in a recording device comprising:
  An input unit that accepts a reservation for downloading content from the network and a recording reservation for content from broadcasting;
  A control unit for controlling download and recording based on the reservation received by the input unit;
  By the control unit,
  When recording one content based on the recording reservation,
  When the capacity required for the recording cannot be secured in the completely unused area, the recording based on the recording reservation is performed using the content use scheduled area during the download,
  When the download content is in the download execution state using the content download scheduled area during download, if the recording reservation cannot be secured and the recording reservation cannot be executed, the download being executed is executed. What is claimed is: 1. A content receiving apparatus, wherein a content being downloaded is partially deleted in a suspended state, and the deleted portion is assigned to an unused area. The control unit sets the download interrupted state to a download executing state when the download content in the download interrupted state becomes available for the content area scheduled to be downloaded. Item 3. The content receiving device according to Item 1 or 2 . The control unit presents to the user that the download can be resumed when the content area scheduled to be used for download is available for the download content in a state where download is suspended, and the user's instruction The content receiving apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the download interruption state is changed to a download execution state.

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