Patent ID: 7810130
Filing Date: 2010-10-05
Classification: H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A receiving apparatus for receiving a moving image-streaming content through an internet, the moving image-streaming content being internet broadcasting content, said apparatus comprising: a receiving unit for receiving a moving image-streaming content which is internet broadcasting content by an access through the internet to a URL of the streaming content; a memory unit for storing URL information of the moving image-streaming content received by the receiving unit; a display unit for displaying on a display screen the moving image-streaming content received by the receiving unit; an operation unit for receiving an operation of turning off and turning on a power source for supplying power; a buffering unit for buffering the moving image-streaming content received by the receiving unit; and a control unit for (1) controlling, responsive to the receiving by the operation unit of the operation of turning off the power source, to read out the URL information stored in the memory unit, and (2) controlling, while the power source is in an off state, to periodically repeat accessing of a URL of the moving image-streaming content which had been displayed before the turning off the power source, so as to receive by the receiving unit and to buffer in the buffering unit the latest moving image-streaming content, and (3) controlling, responsive to the receiving by the operation unit of the operation of turning on the power source, to read out from the buffering unit the latest buffered moving image-streaming content and to start the displaying on the display screen of the latest buffered moving image-streaming content.