INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING STORED THEREIN INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM
First Claim
1. An information processing apparatus comprising:
- task setting means for setting a program reception task and an advertisement reception task, the program reception task defining an execution content which includes an execution schedule of a reception process for program data including video data and audio data of programs, and the advertisement reception task defining an execution content which includes an execution schedule of a reception process for advertisement data including at least one of video data, still image data, and audio data of advertisements;
connection means for connecting the information processing apparatus to a server; and
task execution means for executing the program reception task and the advertisement reception task, based on the execution schedules which are set in the program reception task and the advertisement reception task, respectively, thereby executing reception of the program data and reception of the advertisement data from the server independently from each other.
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Abstract
A program reception task and an advertisement reception task are set. The program reception task defines an execution content which includes an execution schedule of a reception process for program data including video data and audio data of programs, and the advertisement reception task defines an execution content including an execution schedule of a reception process for advertisement data including at least one of video data, still image data, and audio data of advertisements. Then, the program reception task and the advertisement reception task are executed based on the execution schedules set in the program reception task and the advertisement reception task, respectively, to perform reception of the program data and reception of the advertisement data from a server independently from each other.
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20 Claims
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1. An information processing apparatus comprising:
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task setting means for setting a program reception task and an advertisement reception task, the program reception task defining an execution content which includes an execution schedule of a reception process for program data including video data and audio data of programs, and the advertisement reception task defining an execution content which includes an execution schedule of a reception process for advertisement data including at least one of video data, still image data, and audio data of advertisements; connection means for connecting the information processing apparatus to a server; and task execution means for executing the program reception task and the advertisement reception task, based on the execution schedules which are set in the program reception task and the advertisement reception task, respectively, thereby executing reception of the program data and reception of the advertisement data from the server independently from each other. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A computer-readable storage medium having stored therein an information processing program that is executed by a computer of an information processing apparatus, wherein
the information processing program causes the computer to function as: -
task setting means for setting a program reception task and an advertisement reception task, the program reception task defining an execution content which includes an execution schedule of a reception process for program data including video data and audio data of programs, and the advertisement reception task defining an execution content which includes an execution schedule of a reception process for advertisement data including at least one of video data, still image data, and audio data of advertisements; connection means for connecting the information processing apparatus to a server; and task execution means for executing the program reception task and the advertisement reception task, based on the execution schedules which are set in the program reception task and the advertisement reception task, respectively, thereby executing reception of the program data and reception of the advertisement data from the server independently from each other.
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19. An information processing method executed by an information processing apparatus, the method comprising:
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a task setting step of setting a program reception task and an advertisement reception task, the program reception task defining an execution content which includes an execution schedule of a reception process for program data including video data and audio data of programs, and the advertisement reception task defining an execution content which includes an execution schedule of a reception process for advertisement data including at least one of video data, still image data, and audio data of advertisements; a connection step of connecting the information processing apparatus to a server; and a task execution step of executing the program reception task and the advertisement reception task, based on the execution schedules which are set in the program reception task and the advertisement reception task, respectively, thereby executing reception of the program data and reception of the advertisement data from the server independently from each other.
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20. An information processing system constituted of a server and at least one information processing apparatus, wherein
the server includes transmission means capable of transmitting program data and advertisement data independently from each other, the program data including video data and audio data of a program, and the advertisement data including at least one of video data, still image data, and audio data of an advertisement, and the information processing apparatus includes: -
task setting means for setting a program reception task and an advertisement reception task, the program reception task defining an execution content which includes an execution schedule of a reception process for the program data, and the advertisement reception task defining an execution content including an execution schedule of a reception process for the advertisement data; connection means for connecting the information processing apparatus to a server; and task execution means for executing the program reception task and the advertisement reception task, based on the execution schedules which are set in the program reception task and the advertisement reception task, respectively, thereby executing reception of the program data and reception of the advertisement data from the server independently from each other.
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