Patent ID: 8018611
Filing Date: 2011-09-13
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A broadcast receiving apparatus which receives a digital broadcast wave, and communicates with a printer to print out printing contents contained in the received digital broadcast wave, the apparatus comprising: a receiving unit for receiving the digital broadcast wave; a detection unit for detecting series information indicating that a broadcasting program is in a predetermined series program, and program name information, from the digital broadcast wave received by the receiving unit; a selection unit for selecting the printing contents broadcast in association with the broadcasting program in accordance with a selecting instruction by a user to obtain the selected printing contents from the digital broadcast wave received by the receiving unit; a setting unit for setting a printing condition, for printing of the printing contents selected by the selection unit, the printing condition including values of paper size, paper kind, direction and image quality; a print processing unit for processing the printing contents selected by the selection unit in accordance with the printing condition set by the setting unit to generate printing data to be transmitted to the printer; and a storing unit for storing, (i) the printing condition set by the setting unit, used for processing the printing contents selected by the selection unit, and (ii) the series information and the program name information of the broadcast program corresponding to the selected printing contents, wherein at the time of printing new printing contents obtained anew, (a) the setting unit obtains from the detection unit the series information and the program name information of the broadcasting program which corresponds to the new printing contents, (b) the setting unit determines whether one of the obtained series information or program name information matches a respective one of the series information or the program name information corresponding to the printing condition stored in the storing unit, and (c) if determined that the obtained series information or program name information matches the series information or program name information corresponding to the printing condition stored in the storing unit, an operation screen is displayed, which enables a user to select whether the printing condition stored in the storing unit will be used for processing the new printing contents by the print processing unit.