Patent ID: 8656280

Claim:
An audiovisual device for recording and/or playing back audiovisual content comprising: an input section to receive a first manipulation and a second manipulation by a user and operating based on the manipulations, wherein the first manipulation is a manipulation to execute a function pertaining to manipulating the audiovisual content, and the second manipulation is an indication that the first manipulation is a wrong manipulation and is received by the input section subsequently to the first manipulation; a storage section which stores a pre-generated database in which candidate functions for manipulating the audiovisual content by the audiovisual device are associated with a wrong manipulation that is inferred to be highly mistakable when a first manipulation and a second manipulation are received by the input section; a manipulation assistance section for determining a substance of manipulation assistance for selecting one of the candidate functions when the received manipulation is inferred to be the highly mistakable manipulation in the database, the manipulation assistance section comprising: a determination section for determining the first manipulation is a wrong manipulation when the second manipulation is a predetermined manipulation expressing the first manipulation is wrong manipulation; and an intended function inference section for, when the first manipulation is determined to be a wrong manipulation by the determination section, inferring an intended function from among the candidate functions based on the first manipulation that is the wrong manipulation in the pre-generated database, wherein the substance of manipulation assistance is based on the first manipulation determined to be a wrong manipulation and the inferred intended function; an output section for outputting a signal for presenting manipulation assistance information for determining a function of the audiovisual device based on the substance of manipulation assistance; and a processing section that executes a function for manipulating the audiovisual content in accordance with a manipulation which is received in response to the presentation of the manipulation assistance information.