Conventionally, there is known a program recording device for recording TV broadcast programs. In the program recording device, setting in advance the broadcast date and time, and the channel of a program which the user would like to record allows for the user to reserve recording of the program. Further, there is also known a program recording device configured such that setting a certain keyword in advance allows for the user to reserve recording of a program associated with the keyword, without the need of setting the broadcast date and time, and the channel individually.
There is known an electronic program guide (EPG), which is one of the tools for TV viewing, as a technique of supporting program recording. In the electronic program guide, a list of TV broadcast programs is displayed on a screen. This makes it easy for the viewer to know when and what programs are broadcasted. Utilizing the electronic program guide makes it possible to know the information relating to programs.
It is often the case that TV programs introduce a variety of shops, facilities, travel information, sightseeing information, or local information. As a result, the places, restaurants, or hotels introduced on TV programs are often set as destinations in a car navigation device. In this case, the user is required to record on paper or memorize the places introduced on TV programs, and set the recorded or memorized places as destinations in a car navigation device when the user would like to go to the places introduced on TV programs. However, the user may forget to record the places introduced on TV programs on paper, or may take time in setting the places as destinations in a car navigation device.
For instance, patent literature 1 and patent literature 2 disclose a method, in which a keyword relating to specific position information is extracted from program information received as an electronic program guide at the time of route search in a car navigation device, and the keyword is set as a destination in the car navigation device.
Further, it is often the case that the user is interested in the shops, facilities, or sightseeing areas where the user has visited as destinations. Therefore, when these places are broadcast on TV programs, it is desirable to automatically record these places as TV programs in which the user is interested. For instance, patent literature 3 and patent literature 4 disclose a method, in which a route to a destination is searched, and a program to be recorded is determined based on information relating to the destination or information relating to the route.
However, in the conventional destination setting method utilizing an electronic program guide, it is necessary to search an intended destination from the entirety of an electronic program guide of an enormous information amount. Further, in the method for determining a recording program based on destination or route information, a program which is not necessary to be recorded may be recorded, because destination or route information of a car may be used by an unspecified family member who drives the car.