Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha Corporation

Ntt Docomo, Inc.

Yohei Iwami

Minehiro Konya

Masafumi Takahashi

Katsuo Doi

Azusa Umemoto

Mitsunori Nojima

Masaharu Nakatsuchi

Takuya Kinoshita

Tatsuo Sudo

Aya Enatsu

Kumiko Yamaguchi

Kenji Mameda

Takashi Nakajima

Toshihide Hagawa

A television () includes: an image data receiving section () for receiving, from the outside, image data storing therein process specifying information; and a controlling section () for controlling an image processing section () so as to carry out a process specified by the process specifying information stored in the received image data. Thus, it is possible to cause the television () to carry out the desired process by causing the television () to receive the image data including the process specifying information for specifying the process which should be carried out by the television ().

Operating system that includes an image data receiving device and an operation device for processing image data sets

An electronic device () constitutes a remote control system () together with a remote control device () and at least one controlled device ('), and the electronic device () includes: a first reception section () that receives, from the remote control device, a direct command signal (&#x2032;) broadcasted to the electronic device and the controlled device; a second reception section () that receives, from the controlled device, an indirect command signal () having been generated by the controlled device according to the direct command signal having been received from the remote control device; and a control section () including signal selecting means () that selects one intended command signal to which a response is needed from a signal group according to a predetermined rule, the signal group consisting of the direct command signal having been received by the first reception section and the indirect command signal having been received by the second reception section. This makes it possible to properly select and process a signal to be followed in the electronic device where a plurality of command signals are redundantly supplied with respect to one command signal from the remote control device.

Electronic device, remote control system, signal processing method, control program and recording medium

A reproducing apparatus () of the present invention receives information of a WEB site from a service-providing server () that administrates the WEB site, and reproduces the information. The service-providing server () holds identification information () of a user of a portable communication apparatus () that is permitted to access the WEB site. The reproducing apparatus () includes: a data receiving section for receiving, from the portable communication apparatus (), invitation information (), identification information (), and transmission time point information (); a reproducing apparatus infrared communication section; a destination determination section that establishes a connection to the service-providing server () based on the received invitation information (), and transmits the invitation information (), the identification information (), and transmission-instruction time (); and a reproducing apparatus communication control section. This allows the administrative server to confirm an authorized destination, based on the content request information received from the portable communication apparatus, when a content is provided from the administrative server managing the content.

Reproducing apparatus, portable communication apparatus, administrative server, and content distribution system

A TVwith a calling function that simplifies operation of an information-processing device having a channel interface and allows smooth communication includes a communication unit, an operation input unitfor a channel selecting operation, and a calling program processing unitexecuting a calling program when a call channel is selected. The calling program can be executed by a very simple operation of channel selection, and any one can easily activate video-phone. TVwith a calling function includes an on-hold information management unitstoring call status information indicating whether a call is in progress or not, and in response to a channel switching request from the call channel to another channel during a call, the call status information stored in the on-hold information management unitis referred to and a process is selected and executed depending on its value.

Information-processing device with calling function and application execution method

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Osaka, Japan

Yohei Iwami