Reception device, station selection method, and stream distribution system

Abstract

When viewing of stream data is switched to another input and again switched to input of the stream data, it is possible to easily reproduce the stream data, starting at the position immediately before the position when switched to the another input. When input is switched to a DTV broadcast received by an antenna (2) while reproducing a video stream transmitted from a video server (10), a receiver (1) requests the video server (10) to stop reproduction of the video stream and store the position information where the video stream reproduction is stopped. When the input is switched again to the video stream in the receiver (1), the receiver (1) requests the video server (10) to resume reproduction of the video stream which has been reproduced up to the moment immediately before the previous input switching. Here, the position information stored upon transmission of the reproduction stop request is transmitted to the video server (10) and reproduction of the video stream is resumed at the position of the previous input switching.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to a receiving device, a channel selection method, and a stream distribution system, which are suitable for use in a case where television broadcasting and streaming data are switched and the switched one is received. Background technique [0002] In recent years, in association with the start of digital television (hereinafter abbreviated as DTV) broadcasting using satellites and the advancement of preparations for terrestrial digital television broadcasting, DTV receivers displaying received television broadcasting as digital signals have spread. In DTV receivers, conventional terrestrial analogue television broadcasts are generally also received. [0003] In association with the development of a network environment in which high-speed communication can be realized in the Internet, services have been proposed in which streaming data of video images and the like are distributed over a network such as streaming that reprod...

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Problems solved by technology

[0011] However, according to the structure of FIG. 1, since the HDD 101 is built in the television receiver, there is a problem that this increases the cost

There is also a problem that since the video data is reproduced while it is being stored in the HDD 101, the burden on the device is heavy

In addition, there is also a possibility that all received streaming data cannot be stored because of the limited storage capacity of the HDD 101

In this case, there is a problem that the reproduction is in danger of being completed halfway

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