Patent ID: 8199347

Claim:
A digital broadcast receiving apparatus for receiving a digital broadcast signal including print information, the apparatus being configured to communicate with a printing apparatus, the digital broadcast receiving apparatus comprising: a reception unit operable to receive a print request for execution of a print process based on print information included in a digital broadcast signal that is being received; a first obtaining unit configured to obtain first information regarding a period of duration of a print process that is being executed by the printing apparatus; a second obtaining unit configured to obtain second information regarding an existing period during which print information that corresponds to the print request is included in the digital broadcast signal that is being received; a determination unit operable to determine whether or not the existing period ends earlier than the period of duration, based on the first information and the second information; and a controller configured to control issuance of an instruction to suspend the print process that is being executed, based on a determination result by the determination unit, wherein the first information includes time at which the print process that is being executed ends, the second information includes time at which broadcasting of the print information corresponding to the print request ends, and the determination unit determines that the existing period ends earlier than the period of duration if the time at which broadcasting of the print information corresponding to the print request ends is before the time at which the print process that is being executed ends, wherein if it is determined by the determination unit that the existing period does not end earlier than the period of duration, the controller is configured to issue an instruction to the printing apparatus to execute a print process based on the print information corresponding to the print request after the print process that is being executed is completed.