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Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2014

Filed:

Jul. 25, 2008
Applicants:

Kazuhiro Fukuda, Kanagawa, JP;

Tetsuo Maruyama, Tokyo, JP;

Ippei Tambata, Kanagawa, JP;

Daisuke Kawamura, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Kazuhiro Fukuda, Kanagawa, JP;

Tetsuo Maruyama, Tokyo, JP;

Ippei Tambata, Kanagawa, JP;

Daisuke Kawamura, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:

Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/10 (2006.01); H04N 7/025 (2006.01); H04N 7/173 (2011.01); H04N 21/435 (2011.01); H04N 21/2668 (2011.01); H04N 21/482 (2011.01); H04N 21/266 (2011.01); H04N 21/235 (2011.01); H04N 21/442 (2011.01); H04N 21/2362 (2011.01); H04N 21/81 (2011.01); H04N 5/445 (2011.01); H04N 21/434 (2011.01); H04N 21/4722 (2011.01); H04N 21/236 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/44543 (2013.01); H04N 21/435 (2013.01); H04N 21/2668 (2013.01); H04N 21/482 (2013.01); H04N 21/26603 (2013.01); H04N 21/235 (2013.01); H04N 21/44222 (2013.01); H04N 21/2362 (2013.01); H04N 21/4828 (2013.01); H04N 21/8133 (2013.01); H04N 21/4345 (2013.01); H04N 60/74 (2013.01); H04N 21/4722 (2013.01); H04N 21/23602 (2013.01); H04N 21/4821 (2013.01);
Abstract

There is provided an information providing apparatus including an ECG scenario storage portion to store an ECG scenario related to a program in association with reference ID, an ECG package storage portion to store reference IDs of ECG scenarios related to programs in association with discrimination ID of an ECG channel allocated to an ECG package in order to provide a collection of information related to programs having a relationship as an ECG package, an ECG package providing portion to acquire discrimination ID of a particular channel from a receiving terminal, extract an ECG package corresponding to the acquired discrimination ID and provide it to the receiving terminal, and an ECG scenario providing portion to acquire reference ID of a particular ECG scenario included in the ECG package from the receiving terminal, extract an ECG scenario corresponding to the acquired reference ID and provide it to the receiving terminal.


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