Information processing device, information processing method, and information processing program

An information-processing method for use in an information-processing apparatus to be connected via a network to a broadcast terminal apparatus, the information-processing method comprising:

• storing set information including information identifying an area of operation of the broadcast terminal apparatus and a user ID, and broadcast-station information for a plurality of broadcast stations in association with an area in which broadcast signals output by the plurality of broadcast stations can be received, said broadcast-station information including names or identification data items of the plurality of broadcast stations;
• receiving the user ID and a password;
• extracting the area of operation of the broadcast terminal apparatus in response to the receiving;
• retrieving, based on the area of operation of the broadcast terminal apparatus and the area in which the broadcast signals can be received, the names or the identification data items of the plurality of broadcast stations;
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• transmitting at least one of the names or at least one of the identification data items to the broadcast terminal apparatus.

A non-transitory, computer readable medium encoded with an information-processing program that, when executed in an information-processing apparatus to be connected via a network to a broadcast terminal apparatus, causes the information-processing apparatus to perform a method comprising:

• storing set information including information identifying an area of operation of the broadcast terminal apparatus and a user ID, and broadcast-station information in association with an area in which broadcast signals output by a plurality of broadcast stations can be received, said broadcast-station information containing names or identification data items of the plurality of broadcast stations;
• receiving the user ID and a password;
• extracting the area of operation of the broadcast terminal apparatus in response to the receiving;
• retrieving, based on the area of operation of the broadcast terminal apparatus and the area in which the broadcast signals can be received, the names or the identification data items of the plurality of broadcast stations;
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• transmitting at least one of the names or at least one of the identification data items to the broadcast terminal apparatus.

An information-processing apparatus to be connected via a network to a broadcast terminal apparatus, the information-processing apparatus comprising:

• a user-set information storing unit configured to store set information including information identifying one or more areas of operation of the broadcast terminal apparatus and a user ID;
• a broadcast-station information storing unit configured to store broadcast-station information in association with an area in which broadcast signals output by a plurality of broadcast stations can be received, said broadcast-station information including names or identification data items of the plurality of broadcast stations;
• a detecting unit configured to extract the one or more areas of operation of the broadcast terminal apparatus in response to a reception of the user ID and a password, and to retrieve the names or the identification data items of the plurality of broadcast stations, based on the one of the one or more areas of operation of the broadcast terminal apparatus and the area in which the broadcast signals can be received;
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• a transmitting/receiving unit configured to receive the reception of the user ID and the password, and to transmit a transmission of at least one of the names or at least one of the identification data items of the plurality of broadcast stations to the broadcast terminal apparatus.