Patent ID: 7697939
Filing Date: 2010-04-13
Classification: H04H

Abstract:
1. A mobile terminal device which receives and reproduces a broadcast program on air, comprising: a reception quality measuring unit which measures reception quality of the broadcast program; a reception quality notifying unit which notifies a user of the measured reception quality; a reception quality predicting unit which predicts reception quality; and an electronic program guide acquiring unit acquires an electronic program guide including transmission modes defined for respective broadcast programs, wherein: the reception quality predicting unit predicts a future course of the reception quality in accordance with past progression of the measured reception quality over time, the reception quality predicting unit predicts reception qualities of the broadcast programs, in accordance with the reception quality measured by the reception quality measuring unit, a transmission mode of a currently-received broadcast program, and the transmission modes of the respective broadcast programs defined in the electronic program guide, and the reception quality notifying unit notifies the user of the reception qualities of the respective broadcast programs, predicted by the reception quality predicting unit.