Infocity, Inc.

Gota Iwanami

Takamichi Mitsuhashi

An information communication terminal device adapted for an IPTV service that delivers program data from one of a plurality of delivery servers via a communication network includes a channel selection unit, a program data acquisition unit, and a display control unit. The channel selection unit selects a channel number according to channel allocation which defines allocation of channels corresponding to broadcasting regions. The program data acquisition unit requests a specific delivery server to deliver program data according to link information associated with the selected channel number and acquires the program data delivered from the specific delivery server in response to the request. The display control unit performs control such that program content is displayed on a screen based on the received program data. In response to a first operation by a user with respect to the screen, the channel selection unit determines a channel number of a first switching destination according to the channel allocation. The program data acquisition unit acquires first program data delivered from a specific delivery server according to link information associated with the current channel number, while, in response to a second operation, subsequent to the first operation, with respect to the screen, the program data acquisition unit starts acquiring second program data delivered from a specific delivery server according to link information associated with the determined channel number of the first switching destination. The display control unit performs control such that first program content based on the first program data and second program content based on the second program data are displayed on the screen.

Information communication terminal device and method for controlling display in said device

An information communication terminal device adapted for an IPTV service, which delivers program data from one of a plurality of delivery servers via a communication network, includes: a program selection unit, a program data acquisition unit, and a display control unit. The program selection unit selects a program according to EPG information in which program scheduling is defined by a plurality of channels and a plurality of delivery time slots along a time axis, the program being selected based on the channels and the delivery time slots. The program data acquisition unit requests delivery of program data of the program to a specific delivery server according to link information and a program identification code, both of which are associated with the selected program, and acquires the program data delivered from the specific delivery server in response to the request. The display control unit performs control such that program content is displayed on a screen based on the received program data. The program selection unit identifies, in response to a user's input operation on the screen, a directional vector of the input operation, and selects, if the identified directional vector represents a first direction, the single program by identifying a channel of a switching destination in the same delivery time slot in the EPG information, the same delivery time slot corresponding to the first direction.

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Tokyo, Japan

Gota Iwanami