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INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM

  • US 20090328108A1
  • Filed: 06/11/2009
  • Published: 12/31/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/25/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An information processing apparatus, comprising:

  • transmission data acquisition means for acquiring transmission data includingprogram data which is data of a program, andelectronic program guide data including program information for a predetermined period of time and used to display an electronic program guide, the program information being information concerning programs;

    electronic program guide extraction means for extracting the electronic program guide data for the predetermined period of time from the transmission data;

    program selection means for selecting a given program as a selected program;

    search word extraction means for extracting, from the program information of the selected program included in the electronic program guide data for the predetermined period of time, a search word to be used as a keyword for search;

    search word transmission means for transmitting the search word to a program server for searching for a program;

    program information reception means for receiving, from the program server, the program information including a program identification ID (identification) for identifying a related program related to the selected program obtained as a result of a search for the related program performed using the search word as the keyword;

    program information storage means for storing the program information included in the electronic program guide data for the predetermined period of time and the program information of the related program; and

    processing means for identifying the program by using the program identification ID included in the program information stored in said program information storage means, and performing a process targeted at the identified program.

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