Patent ID: 9210484
Filing Date: 2015-12-08
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A receiving apparatus configured to receive digital contents from outside provider of the digital contents comprising: a selector which selects one of the digital contents provided in accordance with a schedule predetermined by the outside provider; a receiver which receives the selected digital content which is currently provided by the outside provider at the time of selection by the selector; a display which displays the digital content received by the receiver; a main power which powers the entirety of the receiving apparatus; a manually operable portion which turns on and off the main power of the receiving apparatus in response to a manual operation; a memory which keeps information necessary for the selector to automatically select the same digital content in the outside provider again; a designation controller which has the memory keep the information when the manually operable portion turns off the main power of the receiving apparatus and has the selector automatically select the same digital content in the outside provider again in response to the information kept in the memory when the manually operable portion turns on the main power of the receiving apparatus afterward; and a controller which has the receiver receive the automatically selected digital content in response to the automatic selection by the selector, wherein the digital contents include an integral moving image content as a program continuing from an opening part to an ending part by way of a midstream part in accordance with a program schedule table, whereby the digital moving image content is provided at the midstream part which is provided by the provider at the time of selection by the selector.