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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2008
Applicants:
Masahiro Kato, Tokyo, JP;
Jyunichi Kimura, Koganei, JP;
Minako Toba, Mitaka, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/445 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A multifunction video navigation display is achieved without adding an extra load onto hardware or software of a viewing apparatus. In such a video content viewing apparatus, a memory unit acquires video contents and metadata to execute video navigation functions from an external server and stores them, a metadata analysis unit verifies completeness of the acquired metadata and corrects/complements an incomplete portion of the metadata, and a navigation unit executes the selected video navigation function according to an analysis result provided from the metadata analysis unit.