Reception apparatus, terminal apparatus, control method, program, and communication system

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a reception apparatus including: a reception portion configured to receive AV content being transmitted; a command execution portion configured to execute a first application program in response to a first command for controlling the operation of the first application program executed in interlocked related to the AV content; a command transmission portion configured to transmit to an external terminal apparatus a second command for controlling the operation of a second application program that can be executed by the terminal apparatus in interlocked relation to the AV content when the terminal apparatus is connected to the reception apparatus; and a command reception portion configured to receive the first command transmitted from the terminal apparatus executing the second application program. The command execution portion executes the first application program in response to the received first command.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A reception apparatus, comprising:
 circuitry configured to
 receive content; 
 process the content for display to a user; 
 execute a first application in synchronization with the content; and 
 provide a two-way communications service between the first application and a second application executed on a terminal apparatus.