Patent ID: 8319893
Filing Date: 2012-11-27
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A video display control device comprising: a connection unit configured to connect to a plurality of external instruments via a network; a receiver configured to receive, from at least one of the external instruments, instrument type information for the external instrument and mutual controllability information indicating that the external instrument is a mutually controllable instrument, if the external instrument is a mutually controllable instrument; and a display controller configured to control display list information including the instrument type information, information indicating that the external instrument is the mutually controllable instrument based on the mutual controllability information, and information indicating whether the external instrument can be operated in conjunction with the device by operating the device using a remote controller of the device, which are associated with each other for the external instrument whose type is determined based on the instrument type information, and video information output by one of the plurality of external instruments selected on the list information.