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Abstract

It is an object of the invention to provide a broadcast tuner and a broadcast system, which are capable of showing a broadcast picture transmitted by a broadcasting station and a game picture of a video game simultaneously on a receiver. The present invention comprises a broadcasting-reception means to receive a broadcast signal transmitted by a broadcasting station, a picture-reproducing means to reproduce a broadcast picture from the received broadcast signal, a first picture memory to store the broadcast picture reproduced by the picture-reproducing means, a game picture-reception means to receive a game picture generated by a game machine which executes a game program in which the contents of the game are described, a second picture memory to store the game picture, and a picture-combining means to combine the broadcast picture stored in the first picture memory and the game picture stored in the second picture memory, and to output the combined picture to a receiver.

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First Claim