Receiving device, server, television receiver, mobile terminal, system, receiving method, information processing program, and storage medium
AssigneeSharp Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsSatoshi Terada, Takanobu Matsubara, Ryouta Yagi
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Abstract
A receiving device receives broadcast, information, etc. in response to a user selection by manipulation, in order to present the broadcast, information, etc. to the user. The device includes a channel set managing section (30) which collectively handles multiple channels corresponding to broadcast and content on the Internet or another network received by a receiving device (100) as channel groups which are preset handling units according to certain rules. The user can readily handle large numbers of channels when compared with cases where increasing channels are all handled equally without being grouped.
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1-65. (canceled)
A receiving device for, in response to a user selecting one of channels each assigned to either broadcast or information, receiving either broadcast or information corresponding to the selected channel to present either the broadcast or information to the user, the channels being classified into channel sets so that the user can select that channel from channels being classified into a channel set being specified as a current channel set, said device comprising:
- memory means for containing channel set descriptions on data by which to identity broadcast or information corresponding to the selected channels;
- and
- channel set managing means for, if the user has selected one of the channel sets, obtaining one of the channel set descriptions corresponding to the selected channel set in order to switch from the current channel set to a channel set in accordance with a selected channel set description.
A method of, in response to a user selecting one of channels each assigned to either broadcast or information, receiving either broadcast or information corresponding to the selected channel to present either the broadcast or information to the user, the channels being classified into channel sets so that the user can select that channel from channels being classified into a channel set being specified as a current channel set, said method comprising:
- the recording step of recording channel set descriptions on data by which to identity broadcast or information corresponding to the selected channels;
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- the channel set managing step of, if the user has selected one of the channel sets, obtaining one of the channel set descriptions corresponding to the selected channel set from the recording step, in order to switch from the current channel set to a channel set in accordance with a selected channel set description.
An information processing program for causing a computer to operate as individual means in a receiving device for, in response to a user selecting one of channels each assigned to either broadcast or information, receiving either broadcast or information corresponding to the selected channel to present either the broadcast or information to the user, the channels being classified into channel sets so that the user can select that channel from channels being classified into a channel set being specified as a current channel set, said device comprising:
- memory means for containing channel set descriptions on data by which to identity broadcast or information corresponding to the selected channels;
- and
- channel set managing means for, if the user has selected one of the channel sets, obtaining one of the channel set descriptions corresponding to the selected channel set in order to switch from the current channel set to a channel set in accordance with a selected channel set description.
A computer-readable storage medium containing an information processing program for causing a computer to operate as individual means in a receiving device for, in response to a user selecting one of channels each assigned to either broadcast or information, receiving either broadcast or information corresponding to the selected channel to present either the broadcast or information to the user, the channels being classified into channel sets so that the user can select that channel from channels being classified into a channel set being specified as a current channel set, said device comprising:
- memory means for containing channel set descriptions on data by which to identity broadcast or information corresponding to the selected channels;
- and
- channel set managing means for, if the user has selected one of the channel sets, obtaining one of the channel set descriptions corresponding to the selected channel set in order to switch from the current channel set to a channel set in accordance with a selected channel set description.
A receiving device for, in response to a user selecting one of channels each assigned to either broadcast or information, receiving either broadcast or information corresponding to the selected channel to present either the broadcast or information to the user, said device comprising:
- channel set managing means for managing classified channels as channel sets one of which can be selected by a manipulation input;
- channel managing means for, in response to a manipulation input, enabling selection of one of channels classified to the selected channel set;
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- communications means for connecting to a server, wherein
- the channel set managing means obtains a channel set description from the server via the communications means to update the channel sets.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.