Patent ID: 8135332
Filing Date: 2012-03-13
Classification: H04H

Abstract:
1. An information-processing apparatus to be connected via a network to a broadcast terminal apparatus, the information-processing apparatus comprising: user-set information storing means for storing set information including information identifying an area of operation of the broadcast terminal apparatus and a user ID; broadcast-station information storing means for storing broadcast-station information in association with an area in which broadcast signals output by a plurality of broadcast stations can be received, said broadcast-station information including names or identification data items of the plurality of broadcast stations; means for extracting the area of operation of the broadcast terminal apparatus in response to a reception of the user ID and a password, and for retrieving the names or the identification data items of the plurality of broadcast stations, based on the area of operation of the broadcast terminal apparatus and the area in which the broadcast signals can be received; and transmitting/receiving means for receiving the reception of the user ID and the password, and for transmitting at least one of the names or at least one of the identification data items of the plurality of broadcast stations to the broadcast terminal apparatus.