Patent ID: 9154723
Filing Date: 2015-10-06
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A receiving terminal which receives a content from a content server providing a content download service and performs a direct export service by which the content can be recorded directly to a removable medium, the receiving terminal comprising: a data acquiring unit which acquires from the content server information that is required for export of the content and that includes information about a capability required for the receiving terminal and information about a capability required for the removable medium; a propriety judgment unit which compares the information about the capability required for the receiving terminal with information about a capability the receiving terminal possesses, compares the information about the capability required for the removable medium with information about a capability the removable medium possesses, and judges whether or not export processing of the content can be performed; and a control unit which makes a processing relevant to a purchase of the content or to the export of the content perform, according to a judgment result by the propriety judgment unit, wherein the propriety judgment unit judges, at the judgment of whether or not the export processing can be performed, that the export processing is possible, the export processing is impossible but a restoration is possible, or the export processing is impossible and the restoration is impossible, at a time of purchase, the control unit makes such display of a purchase screen when it is judged that the export processing is possible, the control unit makes such display that the export processing is impossible and further makes such display of the purchase screen when it is judged that the export processing is impossible but the restoration is possible, and the control unit makes such display that the export processing is impossible and does not make such display of the purchase screen when it is judged that the export processing is impossible and the restoration is impossible, and at a time of export execution, the control unit makes such display of a screen for directing an execution of the export when it is judged that the export processing is possible, the control unit makes such display that the export processing is impossible and does not make such display of the screen for directing the execution of the export when it is judged that the export processing is impossible but the restoration is possible or when it is judged that the export processing is impossible and the restoration is impossible.