Patent ID: 8756629
Filing Date: 2014-06-17
Classification: G06F,H04H,H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. An information processing apparatus comprising: a web browser configured to display a web page that is specified by a user on a display device; an input unit configured to accept a user instruction; a bookmark request detection unit configured to detect an input of a bookmark request from the user through the input unit, wherein the bookmark request is for bookmarking a URL of a web page being displayed by the web browser; a URL acquisition unit configured to acquire a URL of a web page being displayed by the web browser; a selection unit configured to display a first selection screen that enables the user to bookmark the URL by associating it with at least one piece of information relating to a broadcast program in a case where a bookmark request from the user is detected by the bookmark request detection unit; a program display control unit configured to display the broadcast program on the display device; a program information acquisition unit configured to acquire attribute information of the broadcast program being displayed on the display device, the attribute information being broadcast with the broadcast program; a first associated web page detecting unit configured to detect if there is a web page associated with the broadcast program being displayed by determining whether or not the attribute information of the broadcast program being displayed includes at least one piece of the information associated with a bookmarked URL; and a first notification unit configured to display information indicating presence of a web page associated with the broadcast program being displayed on the display device in a case where it is detected that the attribute information of the broadcast program being displayed includes at least one piece of the information associated with a bookmarked URL, wherein the selection unit is further configured to display a second selection screen that enables the user to associate a first bookmarked URL with a second bookmarked URL, each of the first and second bookmarked URLs having associated information, and wherein the first notification unit is further configured to display information indicating a presence of a first web page and a second web page in a case (a) where the attribute information of the broadcast program being displayed includes at least one piece of information associated with either the first bookmarked URL or the second bookmarked URL and (b) where the first bookmarked URL and the second bookmarked URL have been associated with each other by the user through the second selection screen.