Data receiving apparatus, method and storage medium therefor
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1. A television broadcasting data receiving apparatus, comprising:
- a receiving unit adapted to receive television broadcasting data which includes image data of a broadcasting program, printing data related to the broadcasting program, and print additional information for notifying a user of an attribute of the printing data;
a print controlling unit adapted to output the printing data included in the television broadcasting data received by said received unit to a printing apparatus;
an acquiring unit adapted to extract the print additional information from the television broadcasting data received by said receiving unit; and
a display control unit adapted to generate display data on the basis of the print additional information acquired by said acquiring unit and output, to a display device, the display data together with the image data included in the television broadcasting data received by said receiving unit,wherein the print additional information included in the television broadcasting data includes at least one of information indicating a print sheet size of the printing data.
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Abstract
In case the digital broadcasting wave contains printable contents data, the invention multiplexes a message, a mark or an icon on the display screen of the currently viewed program or outputs an audio message to inform the user of the presence of such contents data. The invention prevents a situation where the contents data cannot be or are not printed even though the data are transmitted, and allows the user to correctly prepare the type or number of sheets in advance in the printer.
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1. A television broadcasting data receiving apparatus, comprising:
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a receiving unit adapted to receive television broadcasting data which includes image data of a broadcasting program, printing data related to the broadcasting program, and print additional information for notifying a user of an attribute of the printing data; a print controlling unit adapted to output the printing data included in the television broadcasting data received by said received unit to a printing apparatus; an acquiring unit adapted to extract the print additional information from the television broadcasting data received by said receiving unit; and a display control unit adapted to generate display data on the basis of the print additional information acquired by said acquiring unit and output, to a display device, the display data together with the image data included in the television broadcasting data received by said receiving unit, wherein the print additional information included in the television broadcasting data includes at least one of information indicating a print sheet size of the printing data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A control method of a television broadcasting data receiving apparatus, comprising:
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a receiving step of receiving television broadcasting data which includes image data of a broadcasting program, printing data related to the broadcasting program, and print additional information for notifying a user of an attribute of the printing data; a print controlling step of outputting the printing data included in the television broadcasting data received in said receiving step to a printing apparatus; an acquiring step of extracting the print additional information from the television broadcasting data received in said receiving step; and a display control step of generating display data on the basis of the print additional information acquired in said acquiring step and outputting, to a display device, display data together with the image data included in the television broadcasting data received in said receiving step, wherein the print additional information included in the television broadcasting data includes at least one of information indicating a print sheet size of the printing data, information indicating the number of the print sheets of the printing data, and information indicating the type of the printing data. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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