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Television receiver and method for counting the number of accesses from the receiver

  • US 7,926,082 B2
  • Filed: 10/22/2002
  • Issued: 04/12/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/23/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A television receiver having a television broadcast receiving function and an information acquisition function, the television receiver comprising:

  • a television broadcast receiving section operable to output video and audio information based on a received television signal;

    a link destination information extracting section operable to extract attribute information of accessible link destinations from the received television signal;

    an information acquisition section operable to acquire information from the link destinations designated by a user by using attribute information extracted by the link destination information extracting section;

    an identification information storing section operable to store, in advance, identification information for identifying specific link destinations which are accessed by the television receiver and whose access is subject to notification;

    a control section operable to change a manner in which the accessible link destinations are displayed and change a sound output in accordance with a determination as to whether or not the attribute information extracted by the link destination information extracting section is contained in the identification information stored in the identification information storing section, wherein the accessible link destinations are determined to be the specific link destinations when the attribute information is stored in the identification information storing section, and the accessible link is destinations are determined not to be the specific link destinations when the attribute information is not stored in the identification information storing section;

    a presenting section operable to, present the accessible link destinations by using a prescribed displayed form when the accessible link destinations are determined not to be specific link destinations, and present the accessible link destinations as an audio output or in a displayed form which is more highlighted than the prescribed displayed form when the accessible link destinations are determined to be the specific link destinations based on the determination by the control section, the accessible link destinations being presented by superimposing the accessible link destinations as a list of accessible link destinations, the list including both accessible link destinations determined to be the specific link destinations and the accessible link destinations determined not to be the specific link destinations, on an image obtained from a received television signal and currently being displayed;

    a comparing section operable to compare the accessible link destination with the specific link destinations to determine whether or not attribute information extracted by the link destination information extracting section is contained in the identification information stored in the identification information storing section;

    a link destination designating section operable to allow the user to designate link destinations presented by the presenting section; and

    an access history storing section operable to store an access history to the link destinations which are presented by the presenting section and which are designated by the user,wherein, among link destinations presented by the presenting section, only when the link destinations determined to be the specific link destinations are designated by the user, the control section updates the access history and transmits the access history at a prescribed time to an information server connected to a communication line, andwherein the access history includes information indicating that the user has designated specific link destinations.

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