Smart start-up of television

1. A control method for use where a power supply of an apparatus having a first application and a second application is turned off during display of a screen of the second application and remains off, the first application being used to view a program distributed on each of channels in accordance with a predetermined schedule, the second application being different from the first application, the control method comprising:

providing a controller having a power button and a channel selection button different from the power button;

in a case where the power button used to turn on or off the power supply is pressed, turning on the power supply of the apparatus to start simultaneously the second application and thereby display video content viewed by the user immediately before the power supply is turned off; and

in a case where the channel selection button used to select a channel is pressed to turn on the apparatus, initiating the selection of starting the first application to display the program distributed on the selected channel or the second application to perform a process corresponding to the channel selection button.

2. The control method according to claim 1 ,

wherein the power supply of the apparatus is turned off during display of the image of the program distributed on a given channel and remains the control method further comprising:

in a case where the power button is pressed, turning on the power supply of the apparatus to start simultaneously the first application and thereby display the image of the program on the channel that was selected immediately before the power supply of the apparatus was turned off; and

in a case where the channel selection button is pressed, turning on the power supply of the apparatus to start simultaneously the first application and thereby display the image of the program distributed on the selected channel.

3. The control method according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first application processes the program distributed by use of a broadcast signal, and

the second application processes video content distributed over a network in accordance with a selection made by a user.

4. The control method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

determining whether the power button or the channel selection button is pressed in accordance with a command transmitted from an operating device equipped with the power button and the channel selection button.

5. A control method for use where a power supply of an apparatus having a first application and a second application is turned off during display of a screen of the second application and remains off, the first application being used to view a program distributed on each of channels in accordance with a predetermined schedule, the second application being different from the first application, the control method comprising:

providing a controller having a power button and a channel selection button different from the power button that is used to turn the power supply on or off; and

turning on the power supply of the apparatus to initiate the selection of starting the first application to display the program distributed on a selected channel or the second application to perform a process corresponding to the channel selection button in a case where the channel selection button is pressed to turn on the apparatus, the channel selection button being used to select a channel during display of an image of the program distributed on a given channel, the channel selection button being further used to select a predetermined process assigned to the channel selection button during display of the screen of the second application.

6. The control method according to claim 5 , further comprising:

in a case where the channel selection button is pressed while the power supply of the apparatus remains off, turning on the power supply of the apparatus to display simultaneously a screen for selecting whether to start the first application to display the image of the program distributed on the selected channel or to start the second application to execute the predetermined process; and

in a case where a user selects execution of the predetermined process, start the second application to execute the predetermined process.

7. A control apparatus for use where a power supply of an apparatus having a first application and a second application is ordered to be turned off during display of a screen of the second application and remains off, the first application being used to view a program distributed on each of channels in accordance with a predetermined schedule, the second application being different from the first application, the control apparatus comprising:

a processor configured to control

turn on of the power supply of the apparatus in a case where a channel selection button is pressed without a power button being pressed, the channel selection button being used to select a channel during display of an image of the program distributed on a given channel, the channel selection button being further used to select the predetermined process assigned to the channel selection button during display of the screen of the second application; and

start an initiation of selecting the first application to display the program distributed on a selected channel or the second application to perform a process corresponding to the channel selection button when the power supply is turned on by pressing the channel selection button, wherein the power button and the channel selection button are different buttons.

8. The control method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

in a case where the channel selection button is pressed to turn on the apparatus, starting the first application to display the program distributed on the selected channel in a case where the first application is selected.

9. The control method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

in a case where the channel selection button is pressed to turn on the apparatus, displaying a selection screen for selecting an application to be executed.

10. The control method according to claim 5 , further comprising:

in a case where the channel selection button is pressed to turn on the apparatus, starting the first application to display the program distributed on the selected channel in a case where the first application is selected.

11. The control method according to claim 5 , further comprising:

in a case where the channel selection button is pressed to turn on the apparatus, displaying a selection screen for selecting an application to be executed.

12. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon a program for use with a computer where a power supply of an apparatus having a first application and a second application is turned off during display of a screen of the second application and remains off, the first application being used to view a program distributed on each of channels in accordance with a predetermined schedule, the second application being different from the first application, the program causing the computer to execute a process comprising:

in a case where a power button used to turn on or off the power supply is pressed, turning on the power supply of the apparatus to start simultaneously the second application and thereby display video content viewed by the user immediately before the power supply is turned off; and

in a case where a channel selection button used to select a channel is pressed to turn on the apparatus, initiating the selection of starting the first application to display the program distributed on the selected channel or the second application to perform a process corresponding to the channel selection button, wherein the power button and the channel selection button are different buttons.

13. A control apparatus for use where a power supply of an apparatus having a first application and a second application is ordered to be turned off during display of a screen of the second application and remains off, the first application being used to view a program distributed on each of channels in accordance with a predetermined schedule, the second application being different from the first application, the control apparatus comprising:

a processor configured to control

turn on of the power supply either in a case where a power button used to turn on or off the power supply is pressed or in a case where a channel selection button used to select a channel is pressed without the power button being pressed; and

start of the second application and thereby display video content viewed by the user immediately before the power supply is turned off when the power supply is turned on by pressing the power button, and to initiate the selection of starting the first application to display the program distributed on the selected channel or the second application to perform a process corresponding to the channel selection button when the power supply is turned on by pressing the channel selection button, wherein the power button and the channel selection button are different buttons that is used to turn the power supply on or off.

14. The control method according to claim 5 , further comprising:

in a case where the channel selection button is pressed during display of the screen of the second application while the power supply of the apparatus remains on, displaying a screen for selecting whether to display the image of the program distributed on the selected channel or to execute the predetermined process using the second application; and

in a case where a user selects execution of the predetermined process, executing the predetermined process using the second application.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon a program for use with a computer where a power supply of an apparatus having a first application and a second application is turned off during display of a screen of the second application and remains off, the first application being used to view a program distributed on each of channels in accordance with a predetermined schedule, the second application being different from the first application, the program causing the computer to execute a process comprising:

providing a controller having a power button and a channel selection button different from the power button; and

turning on the power supply of the apparatus without the power button being pressed, to initiate selection of starting the first application to display the program distributed on a selected channel or the second application to perform a process corresponding to the channel selection button in a case where the channel selection button is pressed to turn on the apparatus, the channel selection button being used to select a channel during display of an image of the program distributed on a given channel, the channel selection button being further used to select a predetermined process assigned to the channel selection button during display of the screen of the second application.

16. The control apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein the processor is further configured to control, in a case where the channel selection button is pressed to turn on the apparatus, start of the first application to display the program distributed on the selected channel in a case where the first application is selected.

17. The control apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein the processor is further configured to control, in a case where the channel selection button is pressed to turn on the apparatus, display of a selection screen for selecting an application to be executed.