Patent ID: 8233838

Claim:
A broadcast program scene notification method directed to a mobile terminal device having data communication capability and broadcast receiving/reproducing capability, the method comprising the steps of: registering desired scene information specifying a desired scene within a broadcast program, the scene being desired by a user at said mobile terminal device, together with communication address information of the mobile terminal device; classifying and managing scene information as to a real scene appearing in the broadcast program; checking whether or not said real scene corresponds to said desired scene; and transmitting to the mobile terminal device of the user, scene information indicating for the user that broadcast of the desired scene is going to start or has started, when said real scene corresponds to said desired scene, wherein said scene information includes channel information that indicates a channel over which said real scene is or will be broadcasted, the mobile terminal device is configured to use the channel information to receive the broadcast of said real scene, and a start of the broadcast program scene is notified substantially in real time.