INFORMATION RECEPTION APPARATUS, INFORMATION RECEPTION METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR INFORMATION RECEPTION, AND INFORMATION DISTRIBUTION APPARATUS
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Abstract
An information reception apparatus which allows a user to easily understand, from an electronic program guide, the information announced in a broadcast program, and which contributes to increasing viewer ratings of the broadcast program. The information reception apparatus (broadcast reception apparatus) is provided with: an electronic program information acquisition unit (tuner, control unit) for acquiring electronic program information; an announcement information acquisition unit (control unit, DEMUX unit) for acquiring information announced in the broadcast program from information included in the electronic program information acquired by the electronic program information acquisition unit or from information transmitted together with the electronic program information; and an announcement information output unit (control unit, AV output unit) for outputting the electronic program information and for outputting information indicating the presence or absence of the announcement information, based on the information acquired by the announcement information acquisition unit.
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12 Claims
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1-6. -6. (canceled)
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7. An information reception apparatus comprising:
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an electronic program information acquisition unit which acquires electronic program information; an announcement information acquisition unit which acquires information announced in a program from information included in the electronic program information acquired by the electronic program information acquisition unit or from data transmitted along with the electronic program information; and a recording reservation reception unit which, when reserving recording of a program, displays whether or not the program to be reserved for recording includes the announced information on the basis of the information acquired by the announcement information acquisition unit, in which; the announced information is prize information, and the recording reservation reception unit notifies of a program whose application deadline is within the airtime of the program among candidates to be reserved for recording in the electronic program information. - View Dependent Claims (8, 11)
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9. An information reception method comprising:
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an electronic program information acquisition step of acquiring electronic program information; an announcement information acquisition step of acquiring information announced in a program from information included in the electronic program information acquired by the electronic program information acquisition step or from data transmitted along with the electronic program information; and a recording reservation reception step of, when reserving recording of a program, displaying whether or not the program to be reserved for recording includes the announced information on the basis of the information acquired by a process of the announcement information acquisition step, wherein; the announced information is prize information, and in the recording reservation reception step, a program whose application deadline is within the airtime of the program is notified among candidates to be reserved for recording in the electronic program information.
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10. A computer program for information reception causing a computer to function as:
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an electronic program information acquisition unit which acquires electronic program information; an announcement information acquisition unit which acquires information announced in a program from information included in the electronic program information acquired by the electronic program information acquisition unit or from data transmitted along with the electronic program information; and a recording reservation reception unit which, when reserving recording of a program, displays whether or not the program to be reserved for recording includes the announced information on the basis of the information acquired by the announcement information acquisition unit, wherein; the announced information is prize information, and the recording reservation reception unit notifies of a program whose application deadline is within the airtime of the program among candidates to be reserved for recording in the electronic program information.
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12-22. -22. (canceled)
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