US 7,542,654 B2
Video playback control apparatus, content playback control apparatus, and method of supplying commercial information
Kazuhiro Iwashita, Hamamatsu (Japan); and Hiroyuki Fujita, Hamamatsu (Japan)
Assigned to Yamaha Corporation, Hamamatsu-shi (Japan)
Filed on Feb. 14, 2003, as Appl. No. 10/367,408.
Application 10/367408 is a continuation in part of application No. 09/885839, filed on Jun. 20, 2001, abandoned.
Prior Publication US 2003/0170000 A1, Sep. 11, 2003
Int. Cl. H04N 7/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/91 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 386—46  [386/92] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A video playback control apparatus which continuously plays back first video data supplied from a medium and second video data supplied from a communication system, while combining the first and second video data with each other, wherein
plural sets of the second video data are supplied from the communication system, at least one of the sets of the second video data, and the first video data are continuously played back while being combined with each other, and
the at least one of the sets of the second video data, which is combined with the first video data, is selected on the basis of at least one of i) conditions of a manufacturer of the video playback control apparatus and ii) conditions of an installation site of video playback control apparatus, iii) conditions of a time or day of week in which the first video data is to be played back, or iv) information on a kind of the first video data.