Receiving apparatus and receiving method, and storage medium
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsTomoyuki Ohno, Teruki Kikkawa
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Abstract
A signal receiving apparatus according to the present invention includes receiving unit for receiving a television broadcast, instruction unit for instructing change of a receiving channel of the receiving unit, and control unit for, in response to the instruction of channel change by the instruction unit, comparing an ending time of a program being broadcasted on a first channel which is being received by the receiving unit and an ending time of a program being broadcasted on a second channel after the change, and controlling a channel change operation of the receiving unit based on a result of the comparison.
Claims36
A signal receiving apparatus, comprising:
- receiving means for receiving a television broadcast;
- instruction means for instructing change of a receiving channel of said receiving means;
- and
- control means for, in response to the instruction of channel change by said instruction means, comparing an ending time of a program being broadcasted on a first channel which is currently being received by said receiving means and an ending time of a program broadcasted on a second channel after the channel change to control a channel change operation of said receiving means based on a result of the comparison.
A signal receiving apparatus, comprising:
- receiving means for receiving a television broadcast;
- an operation unit having instruction means for instructing change of a receiving channel of said receiving means;
- and
- control means for, based on time information concerning a program being broadcasted on a first channel before change instructed by said instruction means and time information concerning a program being broadcasted on a second channel after change instructed by said instruction means, controlling whether or not to change the first channel to the second channel.
A signal receiving apparatus, comprising:
- receiving means for receiving a television broadcast;
- an operation unit having instruction means for instructing change of a receiving channel of said receiving means;
- and
- control means for controlling a channel change operation of said receiving means instructed by said instruction means, according to whether or not a program being broadcasted on a channel which is being received by said receiving means is scheduled to be rebroadcasted.
A signal receiving apparatus, comprising:
- receiving means for receiving a television broadcast;
- instruction means for instructing change of a receiving channel of said receiving means;
- and
- control means for detecting whether or not first broadcast data associated with a program being broadcasted on a first channel which is being received by said receiving means can be obtained by a medium other than the television broadcast when channel change is instructed by said instruction means, and controlling a channel change operation of said receiving means instructed by said instruction means, in accordance with a result of the detection.
A signal receiving method, comprising the steps of:
- receiving a television broadcast;
- instructing change of a receiving channel of said receiving step;
- and
- comparing in response to the instruction of receiving channel change, an ending time of a program being broadcasted on a first channel which is being received in said receiving step and an ending time of a program being broadcasted on a second channel after the change to control a receiving channel change operation based on a result of the comparison.
A signal receiving method, comprising the steps of:
- receiving a television broadcast;
- instructing change of a receiving channel of said receiving step;
- and
- controlling whether or not to change the first channel to the second channel, based on time information concerning a program being broadcasted on a first channel before change by the instruction to change the receiving channel and time information concerning a program being broadcasted on a second channel after change.
A signal receiving method, comprising the steps of:
- receiving a television broadcast;
- instructing change of a receiving channel;
- and
- controlling a channel change operation of said receiving step instructed in said instructing step, according to whether or not a program being broadcasted on a channel which is being received in said receiving step is scheduled to be rebroadcasted.
A signal receiving method, comprising the steps of:
- receiving a television broadcast;
- instructing change of a receiving channel in said receiving step;
- and
- detecting whether or not first broadcast data associated with a program being broadcasted on a first channel which is being received in said receiving step can be obtained by a medium other than the television broadcast when the receiving channel change is instructed, and controlling a channel change operation of said receiving step instructed in said instructing step, according to a result of the detection.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.