Content player and method of controlling the same

摘要

A content player which receives a broadcast content and an information content and plays back a video image concerning a content, comprises a channel selection unit configured to select a channel to view the broadcast content; an acquisition unit configured to acquire location information of an information content corresponding to the broadcast content on the channel selected by the channel selection unit; a detection unit configured to detect that the broadcast content on the selected channel has been viewed starting halfway; a determination unit configured to, if the detection unit has detected that the broadcast content has been viewed starting halfway, determine whether to notify that it is possible to view, from the beginning, the broadcast content that has been viewed starting halfway; and a notification unit configured to generate a notification image for notification when the determination unit has determined to notify.

主权项

1. A content display apparatus which receives a broadcast content transmitted by a broadcast wave and a video content distributed via a network and displays a video image concerning a content, comprising:
a processor performing the functions of a channel selection control unit, a content information management unit, a notification control unit and a notification generation unit, wherein; the channel selection control unit selects a channel to view the broadcast content; the content information management unit stores location information of a video content corresponding to the broadcast content on the channel selected by the channel selection control unit; the notification control unit notifies that it is possible to view the broadcast content from the beginning when a time for the channel selection to view the broadcast content does not coincide with a broadcast start time of the broadcast content; and the notification generation unit generates a notification image for notification when it is determined to notify that it is possible to view the broadcast content from the beginning, wherein the notification control unit determines to notify in at least one of (i) a case in which the broadcast content on the selected channel has been viewed for not less than a predetermined time period after the channel selection, (ii) a case in which the broadcast content on the selected channel is not immediately before a broadcast end time of the broadcast content at the time of the channel selection, (iii) a case in which a broadcast content on another channel that has been viewed before the channel selection is not a commercial content, and (iv) a case in which a viewing time of a broadcast content on another channel that has been viewed before the channel selection is not more than a predetermined time period, wherein the notification control unit determines not to notify that it is possible to view the broadcast content from the beginning, when the broadcast content does not meet any one of the cases (i) to (iv).