Patent ID: 8813130
Filing Date: 2014-08-19
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An information processing device comprising: a display portion that displays objects that respectively performed a function assigned in advance by being selected; an operation portion that inputs operation information to select one of the objects; and a control portion that causes supplementary information linked to the object to be displayed on the display portion, based on the operation information; wherein the control portion, based on predetermined conditions, performs a first process to display first supplementary information on the display portion, and, when the operation information is not newly input during a prescribed period of time after the first process is performed, performs a second process to acquire second supplementary information and display in a predetermined area on the display portion, the predetermined area being other than a second area on the display portion in which the first supplementary information is displayed in the first process, the second supplementary information and same information as the first supplementary information displayed for the first process simultaneously with the first supplementary information being displayed in the second area, wherein the control portion, with respect to a channel linked to the selected object, displays on the display portion at least one of the first or second supplementary information for current broadcast content that is content currently being broadcast in a first area portion of the predetermined area simultaneously with at least one of the first or second supplementary information for next broadcast content that is the content to be broadcast in a second area portion of the predetermined area, in which a ratio of an area size of the first area portion to an area size of the second area portion is changeable by a selection operation by a user with respect to the predetermined area, wherein the control portion, when a connection status of the information processing device is the information processing device is not connected via a communication network to an information server that holds the second supplementary information, determines a status of whether the supplementary information is possible to be acquired from broadcast waves.