Patent ID: 6876434
Filing Date: 2005-04-05
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A middleware selecting and executing device for motion picture reproduction used in a motion picture reproducing apparatus that reproduces motion pictures by receiving a motion picture stream containing motion picture data, a program, and program identification information sent out from a broadcast station, and operating the program on middleware based on the program identification information to process the motion picture data, the device selectively executing middleware applicable to the program to make the program operable, the device comprising: middleware storage means that stores a plurality of pieces of middleware that are different from each other; selecting means for selecting, based on the program identification information in the motion picture stream received by the motion picture reproducing apparatus, the middleware applicable to the program in the motion picture stream; reading means for reading the middleware selected by the selecting means from the middleware storage means; and executing means for executing the middleware read by the reading means.