Patent ID: 7836465
Filing Date: 2010-11-16
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A television broadcasting receiving apparatus which carries out a parental control based on rating information of a program included in a television broadcasting wave, comprising: a receiving unit to receive the television broadcasting wave; a storage unit to store a rating table which corresponds to the rating information so as to correspond to a version of the rating table; a rating table obtaining unit to obtain a rating table for the parental control included in the television broadcasting wave; a version comparing unit to compare a version of the rating table obtained by the rating table obtaining unit with the version of the rating table stored in the storage unit; an item comparing unit to compare the number of rating item(s), a name of the rating item and a block type of the rating table obtained by the rating table obtaining unit with the number of rating item(s), a name of the rating item and a block type of the rating table stored in the storage unit; a level comparing unit to compare the number of level(s), a name of the level and an abbreviation of the name of the level of the rating table obtained by the rating table obtaining unit with the number of level(s), a name of the level and an abbreviation of the name of the level of the rating table stored in the storage unit; an updating unit to update the rating table stored in the storage unit to the rating table obtained by the rating table obtaining unit when it is determined that the version of the rating table obtained by the rating table obtaining unit and the version of the rating table stored in the storage unit match by the version comparing unit and it is determined that the number of the rating item(s), the name of the rating item and the block type of the rating table obtained by the rating table obtaining unit and the number of the rating item(s), the name of the rating item and the block type of the rating table stored in the storage unit do not match by the item comparing unit, or when it is determined that the number of the level(s), the name of the level and the abbreviation of the name of the level of the rating table obtained by the rating table obtaining unit and the number of the level(s), the name of the level and the abbreviation of the name of the level of the rating table stored in the storage unit do not match by the level comparing unit; a display control unit to display rating information based on the updated rating table on a display unit when the rating table stored in the storage unit is updated to the rating table obtained by the rating table obtaining unit by the updating unit; and an input unit to input setting information to set parental control information based on the rating information displayed on the display unit.