Digital contents receiving apparatus

摘要

A television set is capable of receiving both broadcast program from television station and corresponding digital file of the same contents from a server station through internet. The television set keeps information of time limit for the server station to surely provide the file. The television set automatically downloads the file when the time limit comes close or the time limit information is failed to be kept. The television set keeps URL for the moving image program enjoyed upon turning-off of the television set until the next turning-on for instantly enjoying the moving image content provided at the URL. User who turning-on the television set or changing the channel with any program not in mind to feel interest in the program on display by chance can enjoy the program from the beginning by means of downloading corresponding digital file of the same contents through internet by an automatic link.

主权项

1. A receiving apparatus configured to receive digital contents from outside provider of the digital contents comprising:
a selector which selects one of the digital contents provided in accordance with a schedule predetermined by the outside provider; a receiver which receives the selected digital content which is currently provided by the outside provider at the time of selection by the selector; a display which displays the digital content received by the receiver; a main power which powers the entirety of the receiving apparatus; a manually operable portion which turns on and off the main power of the receiving apparatus in response to a manual operation; a memory which keeps information necessary for the selector to automatically select the same digital content in the outside provider again; a designation controller which has the memory keep the information when the manually operable portion turns off the main power of the receiving apparatus and has the selector automatically select the same digital content in the outside provider again in response to the information kept in the memory when the manually operable portion turns on the main power of the receiving apparatus afterward; and a controller which has the receiver receive the automatically selected digital content in response to the automatic selection by the selector, wherein the digital contents include an integral moving image content as a program continuing from an opening part to an ending part by way of a midstream part in accordance with a program schedule table, whereby the digital moving image content is provided at the midstream part which is provided by the provider at the time of selection by the selector.