Content receiving apparatus and method for changing connection of content receiving apparatus
AssigneeFunai Electric Co., Ltd.
InventorMakoto Takemoto
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Abstract
A content receiving apparatus that connects to a first network and one or more access points of a second network includes a communication unit that receives a content distributed from an external apparatus, a memory that stores a first access point of the second network that meets a predetermined first condition, a detector that detects a first access point connectable to the content receiving apparatus of the second network in the memory; and a controller that changes a connection to the detected first access point if a predetermined second condition is met while the content is being played.
Claims18
A content receiving apparatus that connects to a first network and one or more access points of a second network, comprising:
- a communication unit that receives a first content distributed from an external apparatus via the first network;
- a memory that stores a first access point of the second network that meets a predetermined first condition;
- a detector that detects a first access point connectable to the content receiving apparatus of the second network in the memory;
- a playback control manager that maintains playback information from a video playback application on the content receiving apparatus;
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- a controller that automatically changes a connection from the first network to the detected first access point based on determining that a predetermined second condition is met while the first content is being played based on the playback information,
- wherein the predetermined first condition is that a second content was previously played using the video playback application without interruption over a predetermined period.
A method for changing a connection of a content receiving apparatus that connects to a first network and one or more access points of a second network, the method comprising:
- receiving, with a communication unit of the content receiving apparatus, a first content distributed from an external apparatus via the first network;
- storing, with a memory of a content receiving apparatus, a first access point of the second network that meets a predetermined first condition;
- detecting, with a detector of the content receiving apparatus, a first access point connectable to the content receiving apparatus of the second network in the memory;
- maintaining, with a playback control manager, playback information from a video playback application on the content receiving apparatus;
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- automatically changing, with a controller of the content receiving apparatus, the connection from the first network to the detected first access point based on determining that a predetermined second condition is met while the first content is being played,
- wherein the predetermined first condition is that a second content was previously played using the video playback application without interruption over a predetermined period.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.