Patent ID: 7690019

Claim:
A receiving apparatus comprising: a reception unit constructed to receive content data and content list data via a network, wherein the content list data comprises information including a content name for specifying each of a plurality of receivable contents data on the receiving apparatus; a content processing unit constructed to process the content data received by the reception unit to generate video data and audio data; a generating unit constructed to generate a content list based on the content list data received by the reception unit, for displaying the content name of each of the plurality of receivable contents data in a list format; an output unit constructed to output the content list generated by the generating unit and the video data and audio data to a display apparatus; and a control unit constructed to generate rank information based on an estimated time period from a selection of the content in the content list by a user until the content is reproducible, wherein the estimated time period is determined automatically after the receiving apparatus starts up and before the receiving apparatus starts reception of a manipulation for selection by the user, and provides an estimate of the time period from a selection of the content in the content list by a user until the content is reproducible, wherein the generating unit generates the content list including the rank information of each content data and the content name of each content data, and the display apparatus displays the content list including the rank information automatically after the receiving apparatus starts up and before the receiving apparatus starts reception of a manipulation for selection by the user.