Patent ID: 8914827
Filing Date: 2014-12-16
Classification: G06Q,H04H,H04N

Abstract:
1. A program ancillary data processing apparatus comprising: an extraneous data presence/absence detection unit extracting, from picture program data, data indicating whether or not the information relevant to commodities or services appearing in each scene is available through an external database, and detecting the presence/absence of the extraneous data based on the so extracted data; a downloading unit downloading from the external database, when an access request to extraneous data is made by an operating input by a viewer, a list file provided from an outset for presenting the information relevant to plural scenes to the viewer in a list form, said list file being an information file provided from the outset for a relevant picture program; and a display control unit opening the downloaded list file for displaying the information relevant to the plural scenes involved in said list file on a display picture in the list form, based on preset layout information, wherein, in displaying the plural scenes in the list form, an index picture is created for each scene based on a frame selected by the viewer from the scene, and wherein the index picture is used by the viewer for confirming a corresponding scene associated with pro gram ancillary data relevant to commodities or services, wherein the information, relevant to commodities or services appearing in each scene, includes same scene specifying information as each corresponding scene.