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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2010
Filed:
May. 18, 2004
Hiroyuki Kikkoji, Tokyo, JP;
Nozomu Okuzawa, Tokyo, JP;
Shinsuke Yamashita, Kanagawa, JP;
Jun Moriya, Tokyo, JP;
Yasuhiro Murase, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyuki Kikkoji, Tokyo, JP;
Nozomu Okuzawa, Tokyo, JP;
Shinsuke Yamashita, Kanagawa, JP;
Jun Moriya, Tokyo, JP;
Yasuhiro Murase, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A data-processing apparatusthat can provide information related to broadcast contents, whether it is receiving broadcast signals or not. In the data-processing apparatus, the setting meanssets the frequencies of broadcast signals the apparatuscan receive in the area where it is used, and allocates the receiving channels to the frequencies set. The information representing the relation between the frequencies and the receiving channels is recorded, as preset information, in the preset-information storing device. On the basis of the preset information, the broadcast-signal receiving meansreceives a broadcast signal of a specific frequency that the user has selected. The broadcast-signal reproducing meansreproduces the broadcast signal the meanshas received. The control meanscauses the display meansto display a list of the broadcast stations that corresponds to the frequencies set in the preset information. When the user selects any one of the broadcast stations, the communications control meansacquires the information related to the broadcast contents that the broadcast station selected discloses on a network. The control meansmakes the display meansdisplay the information related to the broadcast contents.