Patent ID: 7580670
Filing Date: 2009-08-25
Classification: H04H

Abstract:
1. A broadcast data receiver which receives broadcast data transmitted via a broadcast wave, comprising: a personal information holding unit for holding personal identifying information identifying a person; a receiving unit for receiving the broadcast data; a markup description extracting unit for extracting markup description information described by a markup language from the broadcast data received by the receiving unit; a correspondence personal identifying information detector for obtaining correspondence personal identifying information corresponding to the personal identifying information held by the personal information holding unit for the markup description information extracted by the markup description information extracting unit; a residence area specifying unit for specifying a residence area based on residence area specifying information; an area information extracting unit for extracting broadcast target area information indicating a broadcast target area from the broadcast data received by the receiving unit; and an area overlap deciding unit for deciding whether the residence area specified by the residence area specifying unit and the broadcast target area indicated by the broadcast target area information extracted by the area information extracting unit are overlapping.