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Digital broadcast receiver and digital broadcast receiver control method

US8780385B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 10, 2008
Grant dateJul 15, 2014
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Expiry dateAug 14, 2030

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N21/8126
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A print control unit 118 that, once it receives a datacasting automatic activation notification or a datacasting manual activation notification, determines whether or not datacasting is present for a currently selected channel. In a case in which datacasting is present, the print control unit 118 acquires maintenance information acquired from a printer 200 through a maintenance information acquisition process. Based on the acquired maintenance information, the print control unit 118 determines whether or not to issue a command to the printer 200 requesting execution of a maintenance process.

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