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Information providing system, information receiving apparatus, information providing apparatus, information providing method and program

US8554752B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMay 13, 2008
Grant dateOct 8, 2013
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Expiry dateMay 10, 2031

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N21/8133
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The information receiving apparatus includes the related information receiving portion to receive content-related information, the mode selecting portion to select a link condition between the content and the related information, the related information request transmitting portion to transmit content designation information when the link condition is switched to the link mode or the content is switched in the link mode, and the display control portion to display the content, related information and link condition. The information providing apparatus includes the related information storage portion to store the related information associating with the content, the related information request receiving portion to receive the content designation information, the related information extracting portion to extract the related information corresponding to the content, and the related information transmitting portion to transmit the related information. This provides the information providing system enabling browsing of the related information with or without a link to the content.

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