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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2007
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2001
Junichi Yamato, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Matoba, Tokyo, JP;
Junichi Yamato, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Matoba, Tokyo, JP;
NEC Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A broadcast program related information processor is provided wherein a user can easily create a message containing a program tag corresponding to a program during watching. When externally receiving a program tag capture request, the program display controllercaptures the program-related information of a program in displaying from the recorded-video management data, creates a program tag based on the program information, and then returns the created program tag to the request source. When the program tag further contains scene information, the program display controllercaptures the scene information regarding a scene in replay at the time of capturing program related information and then utilizes the scene information at the program tag creation time. The message creatortransmits the program tag capture request to the program display controllerand then, when the program tag is returned, inserts it into the message