Receiving apparatus and method, information distribution method, filtering and storing program, and recording medium

Abstract

It is possible for the content distribution side to control the conditions of target viewers for distributions without depending on the functions specific to a receiver. Content which is broadcast, a content profile, and a program are received. In an initial step of the program, prestored viewer profile information is read. All the content profiles and the contents are downloaded temporarily. Next, the profile information is read, and then a process of matching the profile information with the viewer profile information is performed. When it is determined that they do not match, a matching process for the next content profile is performed. If, on the other hand, they match, at the next step, the content is stored. The viewer reproduces the stored content at an appropriate time.

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         23 . An apparatus for receiving content, comprising:
 a receiver device to receive a content, a content profile, a filtering and storing program, the receiver device also to store a profile information;   a computing device to activate the filtering and storing program and read the profile information stored in the receiver device, wherein all contents and content profiles are temporarily downloaded into a cache area of the receiver device;   wherein the read profile information are matched with the content profile and only the content that matched is stored in a storage device.