Patent ID: 8732759

Claim:
A method of browsing a plurality of separate news programs, the method comprising: grouping a first moving picture news report dealing with a first topic and a third moving picture news report dealing with the first topic into a first group of moving picture news reports, and grouping a second moving picture news report dealing with a second topic and a fourth moving picture news report dealing with the second topic into a second group of moving picture news reports, wherein the first moving picture news report and the second moving picture news report belong to a first news program, and the third moving picture news report and the fourth moving picture news report belong to a second news program which is separate from the first news program; selecting, based on preference information input by a user, the first moving picture news report from the first group and the second moving picture news report from the second group, if there are matches; and reproducing the first and the second moving picture news reports, wherein the plurality of separate news programs do not belong to a single program.