Program switching control device and program

A computer program that causes a computer to function as the following component, the computer controlling switching of a program content targeted for reproduction by a broadcast/communication integrated receiver terminal that receives a program content currently broadcasted from a broadcasting station on a broadcast wave, and receives a program content broadcasted in the past from a first server via communications through a network and reproduces the program content on the broadcast wave or via the communications, the component comprising:

• first communication unit that communicates with a second server that manages viewing histories of multiple users including a user operating a program switching control device;
• different user information acquiring unit that acquires a viewing history of a different user from the second server through the first communication unit;
• image generating unit that generates data about a GUI image based on the viewing history of the different user acquired by the different user information acquiring unit, the GUI image containing one or more symbols listed in chronological order corresponding to one or more respective program contents viewed by the different user;
• display control unit that exerts control to output and display the data about the GUI image generated by the image generating unit;
• operation accepting unit that accepts user's operation to select a certain symbol from the one or more symbols contained in the data about the GUI image output and displayed under control of the display control unit;
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• second communication unit that transmits a command to the broadcast/communication integrated receiver terminal, the command instructing switch of a reproduction target of the broadcast/communication integrated receiver terminal to a program content corresponding to the certain symbol the selecting operation made for which is accepted by the operation accepting unit.