摘要 |
A data provision apparatus enabling users to browse previously viewed broadcast content or related content. While viewing a television broadcast on a TV receiver, the user pushes a button labeled "Mark" on the remote controller to clip content. As a result, a request to "clip" content including program and user identifiers is transmitted via a network to a server at a "clipping center." The program identifier is recorded under the user identifier in a user database. Subsequently, the user can browse recorded content by pushing an "Information" button on a cellular phone or the like to transmit a browsing request to the server at the clipping center. The server references program content recorded under the corresponding user identifier to generate a menu of the content that is transmitted back to the cellular phone. By selecting content in the menu displayed on the cellular phone, the user can send a transmission request to the clipping server and view the broadcast content returned in response to this request.
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