Patent ID: 8577411

Claim:
A mobile terminal device, comprising: a broadcast reception unit configured to receive a broadcast; a viewing unit used to view the received broadcast; a communication unit connected to a communication network, the communication unit configured to receive a notification message that includes broadcast unit identification information, which identifies a broadcast unit that includes a scene corresponding at least to a part of a broadcast program, and a start time and an end time of the broadcast unit; and a control unit configured to start, in response to the notification message, receiving a broadcast by said broadcast reception unit at the start time of the broadcast unit with a video and audio output function of said viewing unit suppressed and, after that, compares scene information received by the broadcast with desired scene information stored in the terminal, releases the suppression of the video and audio output function of said viewing unit while a match between both information is confirmed, and suppresses the video and audio output function of said viewing unit again if the match is not confirmed.