Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha Corporation

Ryutaro Mashiko

Tomohiro Nagano

Kenichi Kimura

Tatsuya Yoshida

Shuji Daioku

Koji Osaki

Tadamichi Atsumi

Taisuke Hara

Kyohichiroh Sawachika

Toru Ueda

Disclosed is a television () that outputs a content supplied from a source apparatus, which television includes an address acquiring section () that acquires a logical address from the source apparatus, a device type acquiring section () that acquires a device type from the source apparatus, and a UI section () that identifies which kind of apparatus the source apparatus is, based on a combination of the logical address and the device type.

Output device, source apparatus, television set, system, output method, program, and recording medium

A source device such as a mobile phone terminal can provide more surely a user with a notification of a status of the source device. A mobile phone terminal () serving as the source device includes a command processing section () which issues a command which (A) has an event ID which designates a status of the source device and (B) causes a TV () to display the status of the source device.

Source device, sink device, system, and recording medium

An information communication terminal apparatus allows a broadcasting signal transmitting side and a secondary service provider to provide a television service in consideration of a user's desired way of viewing. This is attained as follows. That is, a television receiving control section controls, in accordance with a predetermined broadcasting control command extracted by a data extracting section from data received by a data communication section, a television broadcasting receiving section such that the television broadcasting receiving section controls (start, halt, or carry out channel switching) reception of a broadcasting signal.

Broadcasting receiving apparatus, method for controlling broadcasting receiving apparatus, broadcasting receiving apparatus controlling program, and computer-readable recording medium

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Osaka, Japan

Ryutaro Mashiko