Receiving device and receiving method for receiving digital broadcast
AssigneeFujitsu Limited
InventorToshiro Ohbitsu
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Abstract
A receiving device for receiving digital broadcasting. The receiving device includes a receiving unit to receive broadcasting waves multiplexed with a program and attached data from a broadcasting station; a guide information extracting unit to extract guide information from the received attached data; a Web page acquiring unit to acquire, if the guide information extracted from the attached data is deficient, a Web page provided by a server by establishing a connection with the server specified by the attached data; and a complementation unit to generate further pieces of guide information from the Web page and to complement the guide information with the generated pieces of guide information.
Claims12
A receiving device comprising:
- a receiving unit to receive broadcasting waves multiplexed with a program and attached data from a broadcasting station;
- a guide information extracting unit to extract guide information from the received attached data;
- a Web page acquiring unit to acquire, if the guide information extracted from the attached data is deficient, a Web page provided by a server by establishing a connection with the server specified by the attached data;
- and
- a complementation unit to generate further pieces of guide information from the Web page and to complement the guide information with the generated pieces of guide information.
A receiving method executed by a receiving device, the method including:
- receiving broadcasting waves multiplexed with a program and attached data from a broadcasting station;
- extracting guide information from the received attached data;
- acquiring, if the guide information extracted from the attached data is deficient, a Web page provided by a server by establishing a connection with the server specified by the attached data;
- generating further pieces of guide information from the Web page;
- and
- complementing the guide information with the generated pieces of guide information.
Anon-transitory storage medium storing a receiving program that causes, when read and executed by a receiving device, the receiving device to perform:
- receiving broadcasting waves multiplexed with a program and attached data from a broadcasting station;
- extracting guide information from the received attached data;
- acquiring, if the guide information extracted from the attached data is deficient, a Web page provided by a server by establishing a connection with the server specified by the attached data;
- generating further pieces of guide information from the Web page;
- and
- complementing the guide information with the generated pieces of guide information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.