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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2004
Filed:
Apr. 11, 1997
Yasumasa Tomita, Kawasaki, JP;
Shigeru Oizumi, Kawasaki, JP;
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
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.