Patent ID: 8776110

Claim:
A terminal device comprising: an input device for receiving a user input; a storage medium storing a video slate program; a network interface for communication via a network; and a reproducing circuit for reproducing, respectively using an audio output and a display, audio and video streams received through the network interface, wherein: the terminal device is configured to operate a non-native application program through the network and display operations of the non-native application program on the display, the terminal device lacks a hard disk drive, any operating system for executing the non-native application program and internet browser software, the terminal device includes, in terms of an operating system, only a minimum operating system utilized for executing only the video slate program, and the video slate program, when executed, causes the terminal device to provide a signal so that the display displays one or more content frames, the content frames showing an image received from the server as a result of operation of the non-native application program.