Patent ID: 8384831

Claim:
A broadcast viewing system, comprising: a first device and a second device which are capable of two-way communication, wherein the first device is configured to receive a request signal from the second device for setting data required for viewing a broadcast from said second device, the first device is further configured to discriminate whether data corresponding to the requested data is set in a memory of said first device or not, if the data corresponding to the requested data is set in said memory of said first device, the system controls sending from said first device only data set in said memory of said first device to said second device from the first device, said memory of said first device stores data relating to individual setting of a channel of a broadcast as setting data required for viewing said broadcast, said data relating to individual setting of the channel of the broadcast is constructed by a list of individual setting situations of the channel of a combination of a remote control key ID and a setting situation flag indicating whether user setting is performed or not, and based on whether the setting situation flag is set or not with respect to the remote control key ID in the list of individual setting situations of the channel, only the data of remote control key ID with the user setting among the data in the memory is sent to the second device.