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Apparatus-and-method-for-displaying-program-contents-EPG

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Details

Inventors: Kohno, Tetsuya; Deguchi, Atsuko; Akaike, Kazuhiro; Iino, Satoshi; Machiyama, Yukiko;
Assignee: Sony Corporation (Tokyo, JP)
Primary Examiner: Miller; John
Assistant Examiner: Natnael; Paulos
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Maioli; Jay H.

An apparatus for displaying the program contents and a method for displaying the program contents in which either the channel condition setting or the category setting can be easily carried out in one screen at any one of the present program table and the program table of specified period of time, wherein there are provided a display having a screen, a selector for selecting and displaying a present program table indicating a title of program being broadcast at present in program data supplied through a broadcasting wave and a program table for specified period of time to indicate a title of program to be broadcast within a predetermined period of time and further displaying the table in the screen of the display in such a way that the present program table and the program table for specified period of time may be provided with a channel condition setting section for sorting channels and a category setting section for sorting categories of programs.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION In accordance with the present invention, the aforesaid object is accomplished by the apparatus for displaying program contents characterized in that the same is comprised of a displaying means having a screen; and a selection means for selecting and displaying a table of on-air program for indicating the title of an on-air program being broadcast within a program data supplied through a broadcasting wave and a table of program of specified period of time for indicating the title of the program to be broadcast within a specified period of time and displaying them on the screen of the displaying means in such a way that the table of on-air program and the table of program of the specified period of time may be provided with a channel condition setting section for sorting each of the channels and a category setting section for sorting the category of the program.
In the present invention, the displaying means has a screen.
The selecting means may select and display the table of on-air program indicating the title of the program being broadcast within the program data supplied through the broadcasting wave and the table of program of specified period of time indicating the title of program to be broadcast within a specified period of time.
In addition, the selecting means can be displayed at the screen of the displaying means in such a way that the table of on-air program and the table of program of specified period of time may be provided with a channel condition setting section for sorting each of the channels and a category setting section for sorting a category of program.
With such an arrangement as above, a user can display any one of the table of on-air program and the table of program of specified period of time and further can display each of the channel condition setting section and the category setting section in one screen even if the table of on-air program is selected or the table of program of specified period of time is selected.
In view of the foregoing, it is possible to set the channel and the category in the table of on-air program in one screen and further to set the channel condition and the category even in the table of program of specified period of time, resulting in that the setting of channel condition or the setting of category can be easily performed

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