Receiving device and receiving method
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1. A receiving device comprising:
- receiving means for receiving a broadcast;
operation means for performing a station selection instruction operation;
storage means for sequentially storing station selection history information including at least a selected broadcast station for each unit time; and
control means for, when station selection history information in a past at a time corresponding to a corrected time is stored in said storage means, selecting a broadcast station included in the stored station selection history information, said corrected time being generated by rounding a current time to a next multiple of the unit time.
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Abstract
Station selection history information is stored in a flash memory for each predetermined time (for example, 5 minutes) in the past from a predetermined number of days ago to the current time. In response to a station selection instruction, a CPU calculates a corrected time by rounding the current time to a time at which the station selection history information is to be stored next. If the station selection history information on a past (for example, a day ago, a week ago) at a time corresponding to the corrected time is stored in the flash memory, the CPU selects a broadcast station included in the stored station selection history information.
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1. A receiving device comprising:
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receiving means for receiving a broadcast;
operation means for performing a station selection instruction operation;
storage means for sequentially storing station selection history information including at least a selected broadcast station for each unit time; and
control means for, when station selection history information in a past at a time corresponding to a corrected time is stored in said storage means, selecting a broadcast station included in the stored station selection history information, said corrected time being generated by rounding a current time to a next multiple of the unit time. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. A receiving station comprising:
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receiving means for receiving a broadcast;
acquisition means for acquiring an Electronic Program Guide that includes broadcast stations, program start/end dates and times, and program names of programs that are broadcast;
operation means for performing a station selection instruction operation;
storage means for sequentially storing watching history information including at least a selected broadcast station, a program name, a watching start date and time, and a watching time for each unit time; and
control means that acquires program information on all broadcast stations broadcast at a time corresponding to a corrected time, generated by rounding a current time to a next multiple of the unit time, from the Electronic Program Guide and at the same time extracts programs, watched for a time equal to or longer than a predetermined watching time, from station selection history information in a past stored in said storage means, compares the program information on all broadcast stations broadcast at the time corresponding to the corrected time with the programs watched for a time equal to or longer than the predetermined watching time, and, if there is one matching program, selects a broadcast station of the matching program and, if there are a plurality of matching programs, selects a broadcast station of one program from the plurality of matching programs. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6)
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7. A receiving method comprising the steps of:
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sequentially storing station selection history information including at least a selected broadcast station for each unit time;
calculating a corrected time in response to an automatic station selection instruction from a user, said corrected time being generated by rounding a current time to a next multiple of the unit time; and
checking if the station selection history information in a past at a time corresponding to the corrected time is stored and, if such information is stored, selecting a broadcast station included in the stored station selection history information.
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