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Title:
PROGRAM SWITCHING CONTROL DEVICE AND PROGRAM
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2012/161115
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
Programs being viewed by other users can be shared. A terminal (5) obtains, by communicating with a viewer history presence management server (101) that manages viewing histories of multiple users including the user of said terminal, viewing histories of the other users from the viewer history presence management server (101); generates GUI video data, in which more than one symbols respectively corresponding to more than one program content viewed by the other viewers are listed chronologically, on the basis of the viewing histories of the other users; and outputs the video data for presentation. In this case, upon receiving a specific symbol selected by the user among the one or more symbols contained in the GUI video data, the terminal (5) transmits a command to a receiver so as to switch the program to be reproduced at the receiver to the program content which corresponds to the specific symbol received by an operation reception unit (77).

Inventors:
KIMURA TORU (JP)
MITSUYA SHIGEAKI (JP)
MATSUMURA KINJI (JP)
BABA AKITSUGU (JP)
FUJISAWA HIROSHI (JP)
TAKECHI MASARU (JP)
KANATSUGU YASUAKI (JP)
YAMAMOTO MAKOTO (JP)
HAMADA HIROYUKI (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2012/062764
Publication Date:
November 29, 2012
Filing Date:
May 18, 2012
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Assignee:
JAPAN BROADCASTING CORP (JP)
KIMURA TORU (JP)
MITSUYA SHIGEAKI (JP)
MATSUMURA KINJI (JP)
BABA AKITSUGU (JP)
FUJISAWA HIROSHI (JP)
TAKECHI MASARU (JP)
KANATSUGU YASUAKI (JP)
YAMAMOTO MAKOTO (JP)
HAMADA HIROYUKI (JP)
International Classes:
H04N5/00; H04N7/173
Foreign References:
JP2010534032A2010-10-28
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Other References:
"PPLICATION EXECUTION ENGINE PLATFORM FOR DIGITAL BROADCASTING, ARIB STANDARD, STD-B23 version 1.2", 29 July 2009, ASSOCIATION OF RADIO INDUSTRIES AND BUSINESS
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
SHOBAYASHI, Masayuki et al. (JP)
Right wood Masayuki (JP)
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