digital contents receiving apparatus

A receiving method configured to receive digital moving image contents from a provider of the digital moving image contents, the receiving method comprising:

• a step of executing, by a computer processor, instructions to designate a part of the digital moving image contents in the provider automatically or in response to a manual operation;
• a step of keeping information necessary for the executing step to automatically designate a succeeding part of the digital moving image contents to a viewed part of the digital moving image contents;
• a step of controlling the keeping step to keep the information in response to a termination of viewing the viewed part and control the executing step to automatically designate the succeeding part of the digital moving image contents when the viewing starts again;
• a step of receiving the designated part of the digital moving image contents in response to the designation by the executing step;
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• a step of displaying the part of the digital moving image contents received by the receiving step.

A receiving system configured to receive digital moving image contents from a provider of the digital moving image contents, the provider being commutatively connected to the receiving system, the receiving system comprising:

• a processor executing instructions to designate a part of the digital moving image contents from the provider automatically or in response to a manual operation;
• a memory that keeps information necessary for the processor to automatically designate a succeeding part of the digital moving image contents to a viewed part of the digital moving image contents;
• a designation software controller configured to control the memory to keep the information in response to a termination of viewing the viewed part and control the processor to automatically designate a succeeding part of the digital moving image contents when the viewing starts again;
• a receiver configured to receive the designated part of the digital moving image contents in response to the designation by the processor;
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• a display configured to display the part of the digital moving image contents received by the receiver.