Patent ID: 8234673
Filing Date: 2012-07-31
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A client terminal apparatus connected to an information server apparatus, comprising a display apparatus; receiving means for receiving a broadcast signal; broadcast switching means for switching programs of broadcast signals received by said receiving means; a storage device that stores a broadcast signal of a program switched-in by said broadcast switching means together with time information related to a time of storing the broadcast signal of the switched-in program; a source selector that selects an output of said broadcast switching means or an output of said storage device in response to a user's selection; video image processing means for processing a video image derived from an output of said source selector; selecting means for selecting information source specifying information related to a program selected by said source selector, including forming a modified information source specifying information by calculating a time of the information source based on a start time that the broadcast signal began being stored and an elapsed time from the start time and appending the time of the information source to said information source specifying information, when the program selected by said source selector is an output of said storage device; means for accessing the information server apparatus for getting information based on the modified information source specifying information; and means for switching, from a display of video image based on said broadcast signal, to display of information obtained by said getting means, in response to satisfaction of a predetermined condition.