Patent ID: 7240286

Claim:
A content editing apparatus that edits digital broadcast content that is composed of a plurality of data carousels for realizing pseudo-interaction, the content editing apparatus comprising: reception unit receiving from an operator, modules forming each data carousel, and transmission start times and transmission end times of the modules forming each data carousel; module information storage unit storing a list of the transmission start times and the transmission end times of the modules received by the reception unit; and data carousel definition unit defining, based on the transmission start times and the transmission end time stored by the module information storage means, a carousel time period of each of the plurality of data carousels, and selecting modules to be repeatedly transmitted during the carousel time period, wherein the data carousel definition unit includes: a time sort unit sorting the transmission start times and the transmission end times into a time order; a carousel definition unit defining the carousel time period of each of the plurality of data carousels separated by the sorted transmission start times and the transmission end times; a module selection unit for selecting modules to be repeatedly transmitted during the carousel time period; and a carousel transmission information storage unit for storing identification information of each module to be transmitted during the carousel time period.