Patent ID: 8881196

Claim:
A video playback apparatus for playing back a recorded program video, connected with an information providing apparatus for providing information related to a program through a communication network, comprising: a designation information transmitting portion to transmit designation information designating a program containing a specific recorded program video to the information providing apparatus; a related information receiving portion to receive the related information associated with the designated program, selected from related information containing scenario information related to each program video constituting a program and a scheduled time of each program video and stored in association with the program in the information providing apparatus, from the information providing apparatus, the scenario information comprising program information related to the designated program, service provision information related to the designated program, and association information which establishes association between the designated program, the program information, and the service provision information; and a display/playback control portion to control display of the scenario information related to the specific program video in synchronization with playback of the specific program video based on the scheduled time of the program video contained in the related information, wherein the designation information transmitting portion transmits recording information regarding a recording channel and a recording time of a recorded program video to the information providing apparatus, and transmits designation information designating a program selected from one or more programs specified as a program containing at least part of a recorded program video by the information providing apparatus based on the recording information to the information providing apparatus.