JP2009224897A - Information processor - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an information processor for obtaining contents of a plurality of broadcast programs without spending much time. <P>SOLUTION: The information processor includes: a receiving means 19 for receiving program guide data including URL showing location of a resource for providing preview video data; a program guide creating means 304 for creating an electronic program schedule from the received program guide data; a display means 17 for displaying the created electronic program guide to a display device; a network communication means 113 for accessing the URL included in the received program guide data and receiving preview video data of a broadcast program to be referred to by the electronic program guide displayed; a preview video playback means 303 for decoding preview video of the broadcast program to be received, playing back the preview video on the electronic program guide, and finishing displaying the preview video on the electronic program guide with the playback of the preview video finished; and a recording reservation setting means 306 for setting recording reservation of a broadcast program referred to by the electronic program guide displayed to the display device. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus.

  Current television broadcasting forms include terrestrial broadcasting, satellite broadcasting, cable broadcasting using a dedicated line (Community Antenna TeleVision) and the like, and a large number of broadcasting programs can be viewed. In addition, it is expected that the number of channels that can be viewed will continue to increase due to further diversification of content supply forms such as a network distribution system that enables viewing of moving image content on a personal computer using the Internet.

  In such a viewing environment, a service that supports the viewer's program selection becomes indispensable. A program selection service based on a program table represented by a broadcast time zone and a channel represented by EPG (Electronic Program Guide) has been provided as a service that supports viewer program selection. Program information displayed by EPG is based on character information, so it is difficult to intuitively understand the program contents.

In addition, as a service that supports such program selection, there is a service that can receive and view a preview video or the like regarding a broadcast program from the Internet. For example, Patent Document 1 discloses a program information acquisition apparatus that can acquire and reproduce preview information by linking to a predetermined Web page on the Internet based on a predetermined address included in program information received from a broadcasting station or the like. It is disclosed.
JP 2007-295053 A

However, the apparatus disclosed in Patent Document 1 does not take into consideration displaying and displaying a program guide while playing and displaying a preview video.
Generally, in a program guide such as EPG, it is possible to compare and browse broadcast schedules of broadcast stations in the same time zone. However, in the apparatus shown in Patent Document 1, when a preview video relating to a specific broadcast program is reproduced, there is a possibility that the broadcast schedule of another station cannot be referred to by switching the display screen.

  Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide an information processing apparatus capable of reproducing a preview video of a broadcast program and browsing a program guide.

  In order to achieve the above object, an information processing apparatus according to the present invention includes receiving means for receiving program guide data indicating a broadcast schedule including a URL indicating the location of a resource on the Internet that provides preview video data of a broadcast program. A program guide creating means for creating an electronic program guide from the program guide data received by the receiving means, a display means for displaying the electronic program guide created by the program creating means on a display device, and receiving by the receiving means Network communication means for accessing the URL included in the program guide data and receiving notice video data of a broadcast program that can be referred to in the electronic program guide displayed on the display device by the display means; and the network communication means In addition to decoding the preview video data of the broadcast program received on the computer, and playing the preview video on the electronic program guide A notice video reproduction means for ending display of the notice video on the electronic program guide upon completion of reproduction of the notice video, and a broadcast program that can be referred to in the electronic program guide displayed on the display device by the display means. And a recording reservation setting means for setting a recording reservation.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to provide an information processing apparatus capable of reproducing a preview video of a broadcast program and browsing a program guide.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
First, the configuration of an information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. The information processing apparatus according to the present embodiment is realized by, for example, a notebook portable personal computer 10 that receives a television broadcast from a broadcasting station 1 and can be connected to the Internet 2.

  The personal computer 10 has a television (TV) function for viewing a broadcast program broadcast from the broadcast station 1. This TV function is realized by, for example, a TV application program installed in the personal computer 10 in advance. The TV function also has a function of receiving program information for referring to a broadcast program schedule transmitted from the broadcast station 1 and creating an electronic program guide from this program information.

  In addition, the broadcast station 1 of the present embodiment uploads the preview video data to each server 3 on the Internet 2 and transmits program information including the URL (Uniform Resource Locator) of the server to the personal computer 10. Thereby, the personal computer 10 can acquire the preview video data from each server 3 on the Internet 2 with reference to the URL included in the program information received from the broadcasting station 1.

  Furthermore, the personal computer 10 has a preview video playback function for playing back the preview video of each broadcast program on the electronic program guide displayed on the display screen. This notice video reproduction function is implemented as one function in the TV function, for example. For example, the preview video display function can simultaneously reproduce the preview video for a plurality of broadcast programs in the electronic program guide.

Next, the system configuration of the computer 10 of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the system configuration of the computer 10. As shown in FIG. 2, the computer 10 includes a CPU 101, a north bridge 102, a main memory 103, a south bridge 104, a graphics processing unit (GPU) 105, a video memory (VRAM) 105A, a sound controller 106, a BIOS- A ROM 109, a LAN controller 110, a hard disk drive (HDD) 111, an embedded controller / keyboard controller IC (EC / KBC) 112, a network controller 113, a TV tuner 114, and the like are provided.

  The CPU 101 is a processor that controls the operation of the computer 10 and executes various application programs such as an operating system (OS) 201 and a TV application program 202 that are loaded from the hard disk drive (HDD) 111 to the main memory 103. .

  The TV application program 201 is software for executing a TV function. The TV application program 201 refers to a live reproduction process for viewing broadcast program data received by the TV tuner 114, a program schedule creation process for creating an electronic program schedule from program information, and a URL included in the program information. A preview video data acquisition process for acquiring the preview video data of the broadcast program, a decoding process for decoding the preview video data, a recording reservation setting process for the broadcast program, and the like are executed.

  The TV application program 201 also executes a process of reproducing a plurality of preview images on the electronic program guide created by the program guide creation process and displaying them on a TFT-LCD (Thin Film Transistor Liquid Display) 17. This process will be described later with reference to FIG.

  The CPU 101 also executes a BIOS (Basic Input Output System) stored in the BIOS-ROM 109. The BIOS is a program for hardware control.

  The north bridge 102 is a bridge device that connects the local bus of the CPU 101 and the south bridge 104. The north bridge 102 also includes a memory controller that controls access to the main memory 103. The north bridge 102 also has a function of executing communication with the GPU 105 via a PCI EXPRESS serial bus or the like.

  The GPU 105 is a display controller that controls the LCD 17 used as a display monitor of the computer 10. A display signal generated by the GPU 105 is sent to the LCD 17.

  The south bridge 104 controls each device on an LPC (Low Pin Count) bus and each device on a PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) bus. The south bridge 104 incorporates an IDE (Integrated Drive Electronics) controller for controlling the hard disk drive (HDD) 111 and the DVD drive 112. Further, the south bridge 104 has a function of executing communication with the sound controller 106.

The sound controller 106 is a sound source device and outputs audio data to be reproduced to the speaker 18.
The embedded controller / keyboard controller IC (EC / KBC) 112 is a one-chip microcomputer in which an embedded controller for power management and a keyboard controller for controlling the keyboard (KB) 13 and the touch pad 16 are integrated. . The embedded controller / keyboard controller IC (EC / KBC) 112 has a function of powering on / off the computer 10 in accordance with the operation of the power button 14 by the user. Further, the embedded controller / keyboard controller IC (EC / KBC) 112 has a function of executing communication with the remote control unit interface 20.

  The network controller 113 performs communication with a wired or wireless network. The network controller 113 functions as a communication unit that performs communication with the Internet 2 via an external router or the like.

  The TV tuner 114 is a receiving device that receives broadcast program data broadcast by a television (TV) broadcast signal, and is connected to the antenna 19. The TV tuner 115 is realized as a digital TV tuner capable of receiving digital broadcast program data such as terrestrial digital TV broadcast.

Next, the functional configuration of the TV application program 201 will be described with reference to FIG.
The TV application program 201 includes a program information acquisition unit 301, a database 302, a preview video playback unit 303, a program guide creation unit 304, a user interface unit (UI) 305, a recording reservation setting unit 306, a recording execution unit 307, and the like. Yes.

  The program information acquisition unit 301 acquires broadcast program data from each broadcast station via the antenna 19 and outputs the broadcast program data to the preview video reproduction unit 303. The program information acquisition unit 301 acquires program information from each broadcasting station and stores the program information in the database 302. Further, the program information acquisition unit 301 refers to the URL included in the acquired program information, receives the preview video data from the Internet 2 via the network controller 113 in a streaming manner, and outputs it to the preview video playback unit 303.

  The preview video reproduction unit 303 decodes video data included in broadcast program data carried by a television broadcast signal of a predetermined channel selected by the TV tuner 114 and displays the obtained video on a display device such as the LCD 17. . In this decoding process, a process for reproducing audio data included in the broadcast program data is also executed. The preview video reproduction unit 303 also decodes the preview video data output from the program information acquisition unit 301 by streaming. In addition, the preview video playback unit 303 ends the display of the preview video on the electronic program guide when the playback of the preview video is completed.

  Note that the preview video playback unit 303 of the present embodiment includes a plurality of decoders corresponding to the number of preview video data to be played back simultaneously, for example, and has a configuration capable of simultaneously decoding a plurality of preview video data. It is only necessary that the preview video data can be decoded simultaneously.

  The program guide creation unit 304 creates an electronic program guide from the program information stored in the database 302 in response to a program guide display request received via the user interface unit 305 and outputs it to the LCD 17. In addition, the program guide creation unit 304 displays a recording reservation icon for starting setting of recording reservation and a preview playback icon for playing back the preview video on the electronic program guide.

  The user interface unit 305 receives operation inputs such as a program guide display request and various icon designation operations from the keyboard, the remote controller 21, etc., and executes processing corresponding to each operation input in each processing unit in the TV application program 201. Output the command to be executed.

  For example, the recording reservation setting unit 306 sets recording reservation for a designated broadcast program in response to a command for setting recording reservation received from the user interface unit 305. The recording execution unit 307 executes recording of the broadcast program for which recording reservation has been set by the recording reservation setting unit 306.

Next, a method for managing program information in the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 4 shows program information stored and managed in the database 302.
As shown in FIG. 4, in this embodiment, program information such as EPG acquired by the program information income unit 304 is managed in a table format.
In this embodiment, program information acquired from the broadcasting station 1 or the Internet 2 can be managed and referred to by dividing it into broadcasting date / time, broadcasting station, title, contents, URL of the preview video data, and the like.

  In the broadcast date and time column, a date and a time zone in which a broadcast program broadcast by each broadcast station can be received are written. In the broadcast station column, a broadcast station that can view each broadcast program and a channel of the broadcast station are written. In the title column, the title of the broadcast program indicated by EPG or the like is written. Information such as introduction / outline of broadcast programs, performers, etc. is written in the contents column. The URL of the server 3 on the Internet 2 that provides the notice video data is written in the URL of the notice video data.

  In this embodiment, with reference to the table shown in FIG. 4, the electronic program guide creation process and the URL extraction process of the preview video data in each broadcast program are performed. As described above, in this embodiment, the acquired program information is managed in the database 302 in the form of a table, thereby realizing reference / extraction of program information.

  Next, the electronic program guide created in this embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 5 shows an example of an electronic program guide initially displayed on the LCD 17, and FIG. 6 shows an example of an electronic program guide in a state where a preview video is reproduced. FIG. 7 shows an example of a state in which the preview video is played back and a state in which the preview video is not played back. FIG. 8 shows a state in which the display of the preview video is started and a state in which the display of the preview video is ended. Here, an example is shown in which the program information of six stations in the time zone from 9 am to 1 pm on February 28, 2008, for example, is read and an electronic program guide is created.

  As shown in FIG. 5, in this embodiment, when a URL is included in the program information received from the broadcasting station 1, a notice playback icon for starting a link to the URL and playing a notice video is displayed. Display on the electronic program guide below the title.

  Here, it is assumed that there are eight broadcast programs in which the URL is included in the electronic program guide currently displayed on the LCD 17, that is, there are eight broadcast programs in which the preview video is uploaded to the server. As shown in FIG. 5, notice playback icons 5a to 5h corresponding to the broadcast program titles are displayed.

  In the present embodiment, for example, when the designation input of each of the notice playback icons 5a to 5h is received from the remote controller 21 or the like, the notice video corresponding to the designated notice reproduction icon is displayed on the electronic program guide (here, each broadcast program is displayed). In the area where the title is shown).

  FIG. 6 shows a state in which the preview images 7b, 7c, 7e, and 7f corresponding to the respective preview playback icons are played by receiving the designation input of the preview playback icons 5b, 5c, 5e, and 5f.

  As described above, in this embodiment, a broadcast program can be browsed while reproducing a plurality of preview videos. Therefore, the user can compare and browse the broadcast programs of the respective stations broadcasted in the same time zone while reproducing the notification video.

  As shown in FIG. 7, in this embodiment, when the playback of the preview video starts, the character information of the broadcast program on the electronic program guide is covered by the preview video and cannot be referred to. Therefore, the character information of the area where the preview video overlaps after the completion of the reproduction can be viewed.

  In this embodiment, when the playback of the preview video is started, for example, as shown in FIGS. 8A to 8C, the preview video is displayed from the left end of the column indicating the broadcast schedule of each broadcasting station in the electronic program guide. Starts to be displayed. Then, the width of the notice video gradually increases toward the right end of the column indicating the broadcast schedule, and playback is started with the timing when the right end of the notice video reaches the right end of the row.

  Further, in this embodiment, when the playback of the preview video is finished, for example, as shown in FIGS. 8D to 8F, the width of the preview video gradually narrows toward the right end of the column indicating the broadcast schedule. At the beginning, the display of the notice video on the electronic program guide ends with the timing when the left end of the notice video reaches the right end of the column.

  In the present embodiment, the playback of the preview video that has not been played is started as the predetermined time elapses after the display of the electronic program guide. For example, in FIG. 5, if a preview video of a broadcast program corresponding to each of the preview playback icons 5a, 5d, 5g, and 5h is not played back after a predetermined time has elapsed after the display of the electronic program guide, Even if there is no operation input from, these preview videos are reproduced. As described above, in this embodiment, all the preview videos can be viewed without performing an operation input for reproducing the preview video.

  Further, in this embodiment, the reproduction of these notice videos is started again with the elapse of a predetermined time after the completion of the reproduction of each notice picture. For example, in FIG. 6, when a predetermined time elapses after the reproduction of the notice videos 7b, 7c, 7e, and 7f is completed, these notice videos are reproduced again. As described above, in this embodiment, the preview video can be viewed repeatedly without performing an operation input for reproducing the preview video. That is, in this embodiment, the character information and video information displayed on the electronic program guide can be viewed alternately.

  In this embodiment, recording reservation icons 6a to 6y for setting recording reservations for each broadcast program are displayed on the electronic program guide. In the present embodiment, for example, when receiving a designation input for each recording reservation icon 6a to 6y from the remote controller 21 or the like, it is possible to execute the reserved recording setting for the broadcast program corresponding to the designated recording reservation icon.

  Next, a procedure for creating an electronic program guide created in the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 9 shows a flowchart up to the creation of the electronic program guide. In this embodiment, for example, upon receiving a program guide display request from the remote controller 21 or the like, the electronic program guide creation process is started.

When the program guide display request is received, the CPU 101 of the computer 10 reads the program information stored in the database 302 (S101) and creates an electronic program guide.
Next, the CPU 101 checks whether or not a URL is included in the program information of the read broadcast program, that is, whether or not there is a preview video in the broadcast program (S102). When URL is included in the program information of the read broadcast program, that is, when there is a preview video in the broadcast program (Yes in S102), the CPU 101 plays the preview playback icons 5a to 5 for playing back the preview video of these broadcast programs. 5d is generated (S103). In addition, when the URL is not included in the program information of the broadcast program read in S102, that is, when there is no notice video in the broadcast program (No in S102), the CPU 101 moves the process to S104.

  Next, the CPU 101 generates a recording reservation icon for setting a recording reservation for each broadcast program (S104). Then, the CPU 101 displays the notice reproduction icon generated in S103 and the notice reproduction icon generated in S104 in predetermined areas on the electronic program guide (S105).

  When the electronic program guide is displayed on the LCD 17, the CPU 101 confirms whether or not a designation operation input for each icon has been received (S106). When the designation operation input is received (No in S106), the CPU 101 checks whether the icon that has received the designation operation input is a preview playback icon or a recording reservation icon (S107).

  When the icon that has received the designation operation input in S107 is a preview playback icon (Yes in S107), the CPU 101 accesses the server that provides the preview video data of the broadcast program corresponding to the preview playback icon and makes a request for transmitting the preview video data. (S108). Then, the CPU 101 receives and decodes the preview video data transmitted in a stream from the server on the Internet 2 in response to the request for transmitting the preview video data (S109). Next, the CPU 101 ends the display of the preview video on the electronic program guide with the completion of the reproduction (S110).

  Further, in this embodiment, the preview video is reproduced with a lapse of a predetermined time from the start of display of the electronic program guide without any operation input from the user. If no icon designating operation input is received in S106 (No in S106), the CPU 101 determines whether a predetermined time has elapsed from the start of display of the electronic program guide in the preview video data that has not been decoded since the start of display of the electronic program guide. It is checked whether or not a predetermined time has elapsed from the completion of the previous decoding in the preview video data that has been decoded in the past (S111). When the predetermined time has not elapsed (No in S111), the CPU 101 returns the process to S106. When the predetermined time has elapsed (Yes in S111), the CPU 101 moves the process to S108.

  Further, the CPU 101 of this embodiment starts time measurement upon completion of decoding of the preview video data. Then, when a predetermined time has elapsed, a notice video data transmission request is transmitted to the server again. As described above, the preview video of each broadcast program is periodically reproduced on the electronic program guide of this embodiment.

  If the icon that has received the designation operation input in S107 is a recording reservation icon (Yes in S107), the CPU 101 starts setting a recording reservation for a broadcast program corresponding to the recording reservation icon (S112).

  Next, the CPU 101 confirms whether or not a program guide display end request has been received (S113). If the program guide display end request has not been received (No in S113), the CPU 101 returns the process to S106. If the program guide display end request is received (Yes in S113), the CPU 101 ends the process.

  In the embodiment described with reference to FIGS. 3 to 9, the preview video data is downloaded from each server 3 on the Internet 2 every time the preview video is reproduced. The preview video data may be stored in a recording device such as the HDD 111. In this case, the preview video can be reproduced without performing processing such as transmission of the request video data transmission request.

  In this embodiment, for example, while performing the processes of S101 to S105 in FIG. 9, the process of downloading each notice video data in advance and storing it in the recording device is performed. After that, the stored preview video data is read and played in accordance with the designation input of the preview playback icon. As described above, in the embodiment in which the preview video data is stored in the recording device such as the HDD 111, the playback of the preview video is realized without performing the transmission processing of the request video data transmission request in S108.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to simultaneously reproduce and display the preview video for a plurality of broadcast programs. Thereby, it is possible to easily grasp the contents of the broadcast program referred to in the electronic program guide while comparing the broadcast schedules of the stations.

Further, in this embodiment, since a plurality of preview videos can be reproduced in each predetermined area on the electronic program guide, it is possible to grasp the contents of a plurality of broadcast programs without taking time.
Also, in this embodiment, when an operation input for reproducing the preview video is received, the preview video data is received from a server on the Internet by streaming and decoded. Therefore, the information processing apparatus according to the present embodiment does not need to store the acquired preview video data, and a copyright-protected system can be configured.

  In this embodiment, the electronic program guide is provided with an icon for playing the preview video and an icon for setting the recording reservation, so that the playback operation and the recording reservation operation of the preview video can be easily performed.

  Further, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments as they are, and can be embodied by modifying the constituent elements without departing from the scope of the invention in the implementation stage. In addition, various inventions can be formed by appropriately combining a plurality of components disclosed in the embodiment. For example, some components may be deleted from all the components shown in the embodiment. Furthermore, you may combine a component suitably in different embodiment.

The perspective view which shows the example of the external appearance of information processing apparatus in one Embodiment of this invention The block diagram which shows the example of the system configuration | structure of the information processing apparatus in a present Example The block diagram which shows the function structure of the program used with the information processing apparatus in a present Example. The figure which shows the program information stored and managed in the database in a present Example The figure which shows an example of the electronic program guide in a present Example The figure which shows an example of the electronic program guide in the state by which the preview image in the present Example was reproduced | regenerated The figure which shows the example of the state by which the preview image is reproduced | regenerated in a present Example, and the state in which the preview image is not reproduced The figure which shows the example of the state by which the display of a preview image in a present Example is started, and the display of a preview image is complete | finished The flowchart until it produces the electronic program guide in a present Example.

Explanation of symbols

10 ... Computer 13 ... Keyboard 14 ... Power button 16 ... Touchpad 17 ... LCD
18A, 18B ... Speaker 20 ... Remote control unit interface 21 ... Remote control 101 ... CPU
102 ... North bridge 103 ... Main memory 104 ... South bridge 105 ... Graphics processing unit (GPU)
105A ... Video memory (VRAM)
106 ... Sound controller 109 ... BIOS-ROM
110: LAN controller 111 ... Hard disk drive (HDD)
112 ... Embedded controller / keyboard controller IC (EC / KBC)
113 ... Network controller 114 ... TV tuner 201 ... TV application program

Claims (10)

Receiving means for receiving program guide data indicating a broadcast schedule, including a URL indicating the location of a resource on the Internet that provides preview video data of a broadcast program;
A program guide creating means for creating an electronic program guide from the program guide data received by the receiving means;
Display means for displaying the electronic program guide created by the program creation means on a display device;
Network communication means for accessing a URL included in the program guide data received by the receiving means and receiving preview video data of a broadcast program that can be referred to in the electronic program guide displayed on the display device by the display means; ,
Decodes the preview video data of the broadcast program received by the network communication means, reproduces the preview video on the electronic program guide, and displays the preview video on the electronic program guide upon completion of the playback of the preview video. A notice video playback means to be terminated;
An information processing apparatus comprising: a recording reservation setting unit that sets a recording reservation of a broadcast program that can be referred to in the electronic program guide displayed on the display device by the display unit. 2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the notice video reproduction means decodes a plurality of notice video data and reproduces each notice video in parallel on the electronic program guide. It further comprises input means for receiving operation inputs,
The network communication means transmits a notice video data transmission request to a resource on the Internet that provides the notice video data designated by the operation input in response to an operation input for reproducing the notice video from the input means. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2. The network communication means is a resource on the Internet that provides notice video data that has not been decoded by the notice video reproduction means as the predetermined time elapses after the display means displays the electronic program guide on the display device. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising a request for transmitting a preview video data transmission request. The network communication means transmits a notice video data transmission request again to a resource providing the notice video data as a predetermined time elapses after the completion of decoding of the notice video data by the notice video reproduction means. The information processing apparatus according to claim 4. The display means causes the display device to display a display screen in which a reproduction start icon for reproducing a preview video of each broadcast program is superimposed on the electronic program guide created by the program guide creation means,
The network communication means transmits a notice video data transmission request to a resource on the Internet that provides the notice video data corresponding to the designated reproduction start icon in accordance with the designation operation of the reproduction start icon by the external control device. The information processing apparatus according to claim 5. The display means causes the display device to display a display screen in which a recording reservation start icon for setting a recording reservation for each broadcast program is superimposed on the electronic program guide created by the program guide creation means. ,
The recording reservation setting means sets a recording reservation of a broadcast program corresponding to the specified recording reservation start icon in accordance with a recording reservation start icon specifying operation by the external control device. Information processing device. A recording device for storing the preview video data received by the network communication means;
In accordance with the operation input for reproducing the notice video from the input means, the notice video reproduction means reads out the notice video data designated by the operation input from the recording device, decodes it, and displays it on the electronic program guide. 8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the notice video is reproduced and the display of the notice video on the electronic program guide is terminated when the reproduction of the notice video is completed. The notice video reproduction means reads the notice video data that has not been decoded by the notice video reproduction means from the recording device as a predetermined time elapses after the display means displays the electronic program guide on the display device. 9. The information according to claim 8, wherein the preview video is reproduced on the electronic program guide, and the display of the preview video on the electronic program guide is terminated when the playback of the preview video is completed. Processing equipment. The notice video reproduction means reads out and decodes the notice video data from the recording device as the predetermined time elapses after the completion of decoding of the notice video data by the notice video reproduction means, and displays the notice video on the electronic program guide. 10. The information processing apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the display of the preview video on the electronic program guide is terminated when the playback of the preview video is completed.

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