Television broadcast receiving apparatus, television broadcast receiving method, and television broadcast receiving program
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1. A television broadcast receiving apparatus for receiving a television broadcast, comprising:
- setup means for setting download information for a printer driver to be retrieved;
retrieving means for retrieving a printer driver file which is specified by the download information which is set by said setup means with the television broadcast;
installation-executing means for executing an installation operation to install the printer driver file retrieved by said retrieving means into storage so as to be executable; and
receiving means for receiving download guide information including printer driver information and download time information,wherein said setup means sets the download information by determining a download time for the printer driver to be retrieved according to the download guide information received by said receiving means.
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Abstract
In a system for receiving a television broadcast, when a printer is connected to a receiving apparatus for use, a printer driver which controls the printer is automatically registered. For this purpose, a television broadcast receiving apparatus includes a unit for setting download information for a printer driver to be retrieved, a unit for retrieving a printer driver file which is specified by the set download information with the television broadcast, and a unit for installing the printer driver file into a storage unit so as to be executable.
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1. A television broadcast receiving apparatus for receiving a television broadcast, comprising:
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setup means for setting download information for a printer driver to be retrieved; retrieving means for retrieving a printer driver file which is specified by the download information which is set by said setup means with the television broadcast; installation-executing means for executing an installation operation to install the printer driver file retrieved by said retrieving means into storage so as to be executable; and receiving means for receiving download guide information including printer driver information and download time information, wherein said setup means sets the download information by determining a download time for the printer driver to be retrieved according to the download guide information received by said receiving means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A television broadcast receiving method of receiving a television broadcast, comprising the steps of:
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setting download information for a printer driver to be retrieved; retrieving a printer driver file which is specified by the set download information with the television broadcast; executing an installation operation to install the retrieved printer driver file into storage so as to be executable; and receiving download guide information including printer driver information and download time information, wherein said setting step includes setting the download information by determining a download time for the printer driver to be retrieved according to the received download guide information. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A computer readable medium storing a computer program executed on a television broadcast receiving apparatus which receives a television broadcast, said computer program causing the television broadcast receiving apparatus to execute the steps of:
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setting download information for a printer driver to be retrieved; retrieving a printer driver file which is specified by the set download information with the television broadcast; executing an installation operation to install the retrieved printer driver file into storage so as to be executable; and receiving download guide information including printer driver information and download time information, wherein said setting step includes setting the download information by determining a download time for the printer driver to be retrieved according to the received download guide information. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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