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Program executing apparatus

  • US 7,089,554 B2
  • Filed: 08/04/2004
  • Issued: 08/08/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/05/2003
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A broadcast receiving apparatus comprising:

  • a Java VM that executes a Java program;

    a downloader configured to download the Java program;

    an input unit configured to accept an input;

    a receiver configured to receive a broadcast;

    a channel reproduction unit configured to reproduce a channel included in the broadcast received by the receiver;

    a reproduction program that comprises an embedded program that notifies the channel reproduction unit of a channel to be reproduced, based on an instruction from the input unit;

    an execution unit configured to execute the reproduction program and the Java VM; and

    an information provision unit configured to provide the Java program with a channel identifier of a channel that is last notified to the channel reproduction unit by the reproduction program, the Java program being executed by the Java VM,wherein the information provision unit includes a storage unit that temporarily stores the channel identifier to be transmitted from the reproduction program to the Java program, the channel identifier being transmitted through the storage unit.

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