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Reception device, station selection method, and stream distribution system

  • US 20050262541A1
  • Filed: 05/21/2004
  • Published: 11/24/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/21/2004
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A receiving apparatus which can switch and receive a television broadcast and stream data, comprising:

  • reproducing means for reproducing the received stream data;

    switching means for switching an input between an input from said reproducing means and another input; and

    communicating means for communicating with a transmitting source of said stream data, wherein in the case where said input is switched from the input from said reproducing means to said another input by said switching means during the reproduction of said stream data by said reproducing means, a stop request to stop transmission of said stream data is transmitted to the transmitting source of said stream data by said communicating means, and in the case where said input is switched again from said another input to an output from said reproducing means by said switching means, a start request to start the reproduction of said stream data from a position where the transmission of said stream data has been stopped is transmitted to said transmitting source of said stream data by said communicating means.

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