TRANSMISSION APPARATUS AND METHOD, RECEPTION APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION SYSTEM
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is a transmission apparatus for distributing a content to a client, including a question generation section configured to generate question information representative of a question regarding liking of a user of the client, and a transmission section configured to transmit the question information and provider side answer information representative of an answer set by a provider which provides the content to the question regarding the liking of the user to the client.
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19 Claims
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1. (canceled)
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2. A method of a content reception apparatus for receiving non-real-time (NRT) content, the method comprising:
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receiving a digital television broadcast signal from a service provider, the digital television broadcast signal including a digital television program and NRT content; extracting the digital television program from the received digital television broadcast signal; outputting the digital television program for display to a user; receiving an instruction from the user to access a setting screen that is configured to display questions received from a plurality of different service providers and receive answers to the questions, each of the questions relating to a preference, demographic, or interest of the user; and outputting, by the content reception apparatus in response to the instruction from the user, the setting screen. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions which, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform a method of a content reception apparatus for receiving non-real-time (NRT) content, the method comprising:
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receiving a digital television broadcast signal from a service provider, the digital television broadcast signal including a digital television program and NRT content; extracting the digital television program from the received digital television broadcast signal; outputting the digital television program for display to a user; receiving an instruction from the user to access a setting screen that is configured to display questions received from a plurality of different service providers and receive answers to the questions, each of the questions relating to a preference, demographic, or interest of the user; and outputting, by the content reception apparatus in response to the instruction from the user, the setting screen. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A content reception apparatus, comprising:
circuitry configured to receive a digital television broadcast signal from a service provider, the digital television broadcast signal including a digital television program and NRT content, extract the digital television program from the received digital television broadcast signal, output the digital television program for display to a user, receive an instruction from the user to access a setting screen that is configured to display questions received from a plurality of different service providers and receive answers to the questions, each of the questions relating to a preference, demographic, or interest of the user, and output, in response to the instruction from the user, the setting screen. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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