Patent ID: 7461093
Filing Date: 2008-12-02
Classification: H04H,H04N,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A network connecting device connected to a network and capable of reproducing a program delivered to a plurality of users, the network connecting device, comprising: a program information acquirer acquiring program information regarding a program reproduced in the network connecting device; a keyword extractor extracting one or more keywords from the program information; a searcher searching and acquiring one or more of titles and addresses related to at least one of said one or more keywords from a database on the network, which database previously stores titles and corresponding addresses, each title and a corresponding address are related to one or more keywords and given to a certain message exchange system, the address indicating location of data for causing the network connecting device to function as a terminal device for the message exchange system; and a display displaying a list of said one or more titles acquired from the database in the display which is capable of receiving a display signal from the network connecting device, the searcher receiving data indicated by an address of a title selected by the user among the list of said one or more titles, wherein the user accesses the message exchange system where a message exchange is carried out based on the title selected by the user.