Information processing apparatus, method, and program

Abstract

The invention relates to an auto zapping function corresponding to user' taste. A block receives a particular channel and disassembles the received channel into intervals (chapters) of predetermined length. The block calculates scores of chapters, based on a result of comparison of EPG information of a program from an EPG acquiring part, symbol information from a symbol information managing part, viewing history from a viewing history managing part, and news information from WWW news site and the like in an RSS acquiring part, etc. with meta information obtained from the chapters, viewer responsiveness obtained from the chapters, etc., and provides a result of calculation and starting time and ending time of the chapters to a chapter selecting part. The chapter selecting part selects chapters to be most highly recommended to a user, based on scores, which are provided from the block, for chapters of a program being broadcasted in each channel. The selected chapters are sequentially reproduced. The present invention is applied to a television receiver.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An information processing apparatus that selects particular contents from a plurality of contents outputted according to a prescribed schedule and outputs the selected contents, comprising:
 an input unit that inputs the plurality of contents;   a disassembling unit that disassembles each of the plurality of contents inputted by the input unit into chapters; and   a selecting unit that selects a chapter to be outputted according to the schedule, from the chapters produced in the disassembling unit,   wherein the disassembling unit includes:   a buffer that stores the chapters, and   a comparing unit that compares selection information with information on the chapters, and   wherein the selecting unit selects the chapter to be outputted according to the schedule, based on a result of the comparison of the comparing unit.