Fujitsu Corporation

Yasumasa Tomita

Shigeru Oizumi

A device for sending broadcast-program information to a plurality of terminal devices connected via a network so that the plurality of terminal devices display the broadcast-program information on display screens. The device includes an addition unit attaching at least one of a reception setting button and a recording setting button to broadcast-program information which is to be sent to a terminal device, the reception setting button and the recording setting button being used in the terminal device for issuing a request to make settings for automatic receiving and recording, respectively, of a selected broadcast program. The device further includes an execution-information extracting unit obtaining execution information in response to the request, the execution information specifying information necessary for making the settings, and a transmission unit sending the execution information to the terminal device.

Transmission device and terminal device for automatic reception/recording of broadcast programs

A device sends broadcast-program information to a plurality of terminal devices connected via a network so that the plurality of terminal devices display the broadcast-program information on display screens. The device includes a keyword management unit storing correspondence between keywords and addresses of information sources which provide information relevant to the keywords, a check unit checking whether broadcast-program information to be sent to a terminal device contains the keywords, and an addition unit attaching an access button to each of the keywords found in the broadcast-program information by looking up the correspondence stored in the keyword management unit so that the access button specifies an address of a corresponding one of the information sources. The access button is used in the terminal device for accessing the corresponding one of the information sources.

Device for transmitting broadcast-program information and allowing other information sources to be accessed

A device is provided for sending listings of broadcast programs to a plurality of terminal devices connected via a network so that the plurality of terminal devices display the listings of broadcast programs on display screens. The device includes a program-management unit for keeping information about broadcast programs of a plurality of broadcast stations in a random-list format, a generation unit for extracting information from the program-management unit with respect to broadcast programs of a date and time indicated by one of the terminal devices, and for editing extracted information to generate a listing of broadcast programs, and an addition unit for attaching at least one of a date change button, a time change button, and a search button to the listing of broadcast programs. The date change button and the time change button are used for changing a date and a time slot of a displayed listing of broadcast programs, respectively. The search button is used for displaying a listing of searched broadcast programs. A sending unit sends the listing of broadcast programs including at least one of the date change button, the time change button, and the search button to one of the terminal devices.

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Kawasaki, Japan

Yasumasa Tomita