Patent ID: 8244100
Filing Date: 2012-08-14
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An information reproducing apparatus comprising: a receiver for receiving sequential supplied series of broadcast information having a first sequence of broadcast portions and a second sequence of commercial broadcast information, the commercial broadcast information separating the broadcast portions; a storing means for storing the sequentially supplied series of the broadcast information; a commercial detecting means for detecting the commercial broadcast information from said received broadcast information based on predetermined identification information contained in said received broadcast information, wherein when the commercial broadcast information is detected from the broadcast information, a storage address of the commercial broadcast information in the storing means is stored; a reproducing means for reproducing the broadcast information stored in said storing means on a display device; an inputting means for inputting a commercial designation signal for designating the commercial broadcast information to be reproduced at said reproducing means; and a controlling means for sequentially reading said series of broadcast information from said storing means and making said reproducing means reproduce the same in accordance with said supplied sequence, generating image information corresponding to said detected commercial broadcast information and combining the same with the reproduced image of said series of broadcast portions, and making said reproducing means reproduce the combined image information, and, when said commercial designation signal is input, reading the commercial broadcast information designated by the related commercial designation signal from said storing means and making said reproducing means reproduce all the commercial broadcast information in the second sequence as supplied in the broadcast information, and, in the following reproduction of said series of broadcast information, reproducing the broadcast portions while not reproducing, but skipping over the commercial broadcast information which has been already reproduced, wherein the reproducing means reproduces the broadcast portions together with information related to each of a plurality of commercial broadcast information, said information related to each of a plurality of commercial broadcast information being one selected from the group consisting of a still image, text, and graphic each displayed in a line at an upper portion of the display according to the second sequence, the information related to the selected one of the plurality of commercial broadcast information is replaced with a different still image, text, or graphic after the reproduction of the selected commercial broadcast information, the different still image, text, or graphic related to the selected commercial broadcast and indicating that the selected commercial broadcast information has been already reproduced, wherein all of the commercial broadcast information separating the broadcast portions are collected and reproduced in an initial stage of the reproduction, and the separated broadcast portions other than the commercial broadcast information are collected and reproduced after the commercial broadcast information, and wherein a commercial broadcast information is reproduced in any desired order by selection from the information displayed in the line at the upper portion of the display.