Patent ID: 8381243
Filing Date: 2013-02-19
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A broadcast receiving device for receiving a television broadcast, the broadcast receiving device comprising: a table storage component configured to store a first viewing control table with viewing control conditions for viewing control, the viewing control conditions for the viewing control being arranged as a matrix consisting of a first specific number of columns and a second specific number of rows in the first viewing control table; a viewing control acquisition component configured to acquire program viewing control information from the television broadcast, the program viewing control information specifying the viewing control conditions for a program using a column number and a row number; a first determination component configured to determine whether or not one of a following is satisfied: a column determination condition that the column number of the program viewing control information is greater than the first specific number of the first viewing control table, and a row determination condition that the row number of the program viewing control information is greater than the second specific number of the first viewing control table, the first determination component being further configured to determine whether or not one of the column determination condition and the row determination condition is satisfied in response to the first determination component determining that the other of the column determination condition and the row determination condition is not satisfied; a table acquisition component configured to acquire a second viewing control table via the television broadcast in response to the first determination component determining that one of the column determination condition and the row determination condition is satisfied; and a table updating component configured to replace the first viewing control table with the second viewing control table.