Abstract: Input programming data items are recorded into a memory contained in an apparatus. That one of the programming data items recorded in the memory, which is requested to be recorded in a recording medium, is read from the memory, transferred to the recording medium and recorded thereon. Programming data for usual record programming and for record programming using a specified recording medium can be managed in a centralized manner by referring to the programming data items recorded in the memory.

Abstract: In a file management system of the present invention, in order to efficiently manage a picture recording file that stores moving picture data such as television program, there is provided a property file for storing status information indicating a use state (such as reproduction count or reproduction portion, for example) of the picture recording file. According to the use state of each picture recording file, the status information indicating the use state is stored in the property file. In this manner, for example, when all the image recording file is displayed in a list, the use state of each picture recording file is acquired from the property file, making it possible to clearly present a user with a use state such as “Not reproduced” or “Reproduced”.

Abstract: A television audiovisual apparatus using a personal computer comprises an audio/video I/O interface including a television tuner, disposed in the personal computer, and an information compression/decompression unit for compressing audio/video signals input through the audio/video I/O interface in accordance with the MPEG2 specifications to store the compressed audio/video signals in a large capacity storage disposed in the personal computer, and for decompressing compressed audio/video signals in accordance with the MPEG2 specifications.

Abstract: Input programming data items are recorded into a memory contained in an apparatus. That one of the programming data items recorded in the memory, which is requested to be recorded in a recording medium, is read from the memory, transferred to the recording medium and recorded thereon. Programming data for usual record programming and for record programming using a specified recording medium can be managed in a centralized manner by referring to the programming data items recorded in the memory.

Abstract: In a file management system of the present invention, in order to efficiently manage a picture recording file that stores moving picture data such as television program, there is provided a property file for storing status information indicating a use state (such as reproduction count or reproduction portion, for example) of the picture recording file. According to the use state of each picture recording file, the status information indicating the use state is stored in the property file. In this manner, for example, when all the image recording file is displayed in a list, the use state of each picture recording file is acquired from the property file, making it possible to clearly present a user with a use state such as “Not reproduced” or “Reproduced”.

Abstract: An input processing system inputs character string data including kanji characters and corresponding to phonetic data by entering phonetic data. An input device sequentially inputs phonetic data and sentence end data. A conversion section includes a conversion processor, a syntactic analyzer, and a priority order alterator. The conversion processor sequentially converts character string data in a predetermined conversion unit. If single phonetic data includes a plurality of conversion possibilities in the predetermined conversion unit, character string data is selected according to a predetermined priority order, thereby obtaining character string data (including kanji characters) corresponding to input phonetic data. The syntactic analyzer performs syntactic analysis of a sentence consisting of the character string data in response to sentence end data.