Apparatus and a method for recording and reproducing a broadcast program
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
InventorsKeiichiro Fujie, Shozo Isobe
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Abstract
In an apparatus for recording and reproducing a broadcast program, a receiver receives program content data broadcasted. The program content data includes viewer response request information. A memory records the program content data received by the receiver. A decoder decodes the program content data in case of reproducing the program content data recorded in the memory, and extracts the response request information from decoded program contents data. A sending unit sends an item to be counted in response to the viewer's response to the response request information.
Claims23
An apparatus for recording and reproducing a broadcast program, comprising:
- a receiver configured to receive program content data broadcasted, the program contents data including viewer response request information;
- a memory configured to record the program content data received by said receiver;
- a decoder configured to decode the program content data in case of reproducing the program content data stored in said memory, and to extract the response request information from the decoded program content data;
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- a sending unit configured to send an item to be counted in response to the viewer's response to the response request information.
A method for recording and reproducing a broadcast program, comprising:
- receiving program contents data broadcasted, the program content data including viewer response request information;
- recording the program content data received at the receiving step in a memory;
- decoding the program content data in case of reproducing the program content data recorded in said memory;
- extracting the response request information from the decoded program content data;
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- sending an item to be counted in response to the viewer's response to the response request information.
A computer program product for use with a computer, comprising:
- a computer usable medium having computer readable program code embodied in said medium for causing said computer to record and reproduce a broadcast program, said computer readable program code having:
- computer readable program code to receive program content data broadcasted, the program contents data including viewer response request information;
- computer readable program code to record the program content data in a memory;
- computer readable program code to decode the program content data in case of reproducing the program content data recorded in said memory;
- computer readable program code to extract the response request information from decoded program content data;
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- computer readable program code to send an item to be counted in response to the viewer's response to the response request information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.