Patent ID: 7657908
Filing Date: 2010-02-02
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A television broadcast receiver comprising: a reception member to receive a television broadcast signal with added time information from a television broadcast wave; an acquirement member to acquire broadcast program information from the television broadcast wave; a program information storage member to store the broadcast program information acquired by the acquirement member; a time information storage member to store the time information added to the television broadcast signal received by the reception member; a setting member to set a predetermined time; a judgment member to judge whether a time period from an interception of a power supply to the television broadcast receiver to a re-activation of the power supply is longer than the predetermined time set by the setting member or not, based on time information stored in the time information storage member just before the interception of the power supply to the television broadcast receiver, and time information added to the television broadcast signal received by the reception member just after the activation of the power supply to the television broadcast receiver, the judgment being performed when the power supply of the television broadcast receiver is activated; and an acquirement control member to make the acquirement member acquire new broadcast program information when the judgment member judges that the time period from the interception of the power supply to the television broadcast receiver to the re-activation of the power supply is longer than the predetermined time set by the setting member.