Patent ID: 7225457

Claim:
An information supply apparatus for providing to a user broadcasting contents summary information obtained by summarizing the broadcasting contents information, comprising: user authentication means for receiving authentication information and authenticating the user of the broadcasting contents summary information; summary playback information storage means for storing summary playback information representing summary contents of said broadcasting contents information, said broadcasting contents information being processed into said summary playback information in one of two ways, wherein, in a first way, said summary playback information is automatically extracted from said broadcasting contents information when said broadcasting contents information can be uniformly processed, wherein said first way extracts broadcasting contents information from a database and allocates the extracted broadcasting contents information by field using a template, wherein, in a second way, said summary playback information is obtained by an operator by extracting an information identifier from said broadcasting contents information, and manually adding keywords when said broadcasting contents information cannot be uniformly processed, wherein a logical condition for deciding search conditions by a plurality of input keywords is selected, and wherein said broadcasting contents information is processed to generate a child screen for each scene change of said broadcasting contents information; additional screen information storage means for storing additional screen information created in correspondence to said summary playback information; summary playback information search means for extracting said specific summary playback information from said summary playback information storage means according to a transmitted specified condition information; additional screen information extraction means for extracting said additional screen information corresponding to said summary playback information extracted by said summary playback information search means from said additional screen information storage means; summary contents shortening means for compressing said summary playback information extracted by said summary playback information search means according to said specified condition information; and summary playback distribution means for distributing said additional screen information extracted by said additional screen information storage means and said summary playback information shortened by said summary contents shortening means at a timing specified by said specified condition information.