Patent ID: 8689262
Filing Date: 2014-04-01
Classification: H04H,H04N

Abstract:
1. A broadcast receiving device that receives a broadcast, said device comprising: a request transmission unit operable to automatically transmit, to a plurality of external devices each connected to said broadcast receiving device and including a tuner for receiving the broadcast, an acquisition request for area information which is information indicating an area, the plurality of external devices being broadcast receiving devices other than said broadcast receiving device; a response receiving unit operable to receive a response to the acquisition request from at least one of the plurality of external devices; an extraction unit operable to extract from the received response the area information, the area information being used for presetting a channel by the at least one of the plurality of external devices which has transmitted the response; a presetting unit operable to preset a channel using the extracted area information; and a storage unit operable to store the extracted area information, when the area information is extracted by said extraction unit, wherein said request transmission unit is operable to automatically transmit the acquisition request to the plurality of external devices when the area information is not stored in said storage unit.