Sony Corporation

Yukinari Takashima

Keiichi Totsuka

Toshimichi Nagashima

An information supply apparatus for providing broadcasting contents summary information for the input of specified conditions of a program desired to view by an information utilization apparatus, the storage of the summary playback information representing the summary content of the broadcasting contents information and additional screen information, the extraction of a specific summary playback information and additional screen information according to the specified condition information sent from the information utilization apparatus, distribution to the information utilization apparatus by the information supply apparatus. The information utilization apparatus creates the summary based on the distributed information and replays the same. The information utilization apparatus transmits the viewing results information showing that the summary has been played back to the information supply apparatus and the information supply apparatus collects this viewing results information, and creates the statistics of the viewing results information.

System and method for information supply and apparatuses therefor

Apparatus and method for facilitating selection of viewable programs by allowing a user to recognize recorded program contents in a relatively short period of time. The apparatus and method provides to a user broadcasting contents summary information obtained by summarizing the broadcasting contents information.

Information supply apparatus, information utilization apparatus, information manipulation apparatus, information supply system, information supply method, information utilization method and recording medium

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Kanagawa, Japan

Yukinari Takashima