Patent ID: 7614067
Filing Date: 2009-11-03
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A content reproduction apparatus, comprising: instruction receiving means for receiving instruction for channel selection; apparatus information storage means for storing broadcast program information indicating a timeslot of a broadcast program for each channel and pre-select information indicating a timeslot of a broadcast program for a channel preselected by a user; content storing means for storing commercial content; receiving means for receiving broadcast programs; first reproducing means for reproducing the received broadcast programs on a monitor; pre-select 1st judging means for judging, by referring to the broadcast program information and the pre-select information, whether the selected channel is the channel of the pre-selected broadcast program or not; pre-select 2nd judging means for judging, when the selected channel is the channel of the pre-selected broadcast program, by referring to the pre-select information, whether a present time is within either one of (i) a predetermined period that is before the pre-select timeslot, and (ii) a predetermined period that is after the pre-select timeslot; and second reproducing means for reproducing the stored commercial content on the monitor when the present time is judged to be within the predetermined period.