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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2006
Yuichiro Deguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Akiko Matsuoka, Chiba, JP;
Yuichiro Deguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Akiko Matsuoka, Chiba, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A communication apparatus transmits information to a search apparatus that stores related information associated with broadcast content. The search apparatus searches for the related information of the broadcast content based on a broadcast time. The communication apparatus includes an operation unit that executes an operation. The communication apparatus also includes a counter that initiates a count operation for counting a count value in response to the operation of the operation unit, and that resets the count value in response to a transmission of the count value to the search apparatus. The counter is kept stopped between a time of the transmission and a time the operation unit is next operated. The communication apparatus additionally includes a communication unit that transmits the transmission of the count value to the search apparatus for a derivation of the broadcast time using the count value and a current time.