Television broadcast receiving apparatus and its control method
OwnerSatoru Nakainventor
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Abstract
A television broadcast receiving apparatus for comparing V-Chip rating information appended to received program information, and pre-set rating information to limit viewing of the received program, can record rating information appended to tuned program information, and program title information, in correspondence with each other, and can display a list of recorded information.
Claims17
A television broadcast receiving apparatus for comparing viewing limitation information appended to received program information, and pre-set setting information to limit viewing of the received program, comprising:
- a recording unit configured to record viewing limitation information appended to tuned program information, and information that specifies the program, in correspondence with each other;
- and
- a display unit configured to display a list of information recorded in said recording unit.
A television broadcast receiving apparatus for comparing viewing limitation information appended to received program information, and pre-set setting information to limit viewing of the received program, comprising:
- means for recording viewing limitation information appended to tuned program information, and information that specifies the program, in correspondence with each other;
- and
- means for displaying a list of information recorded in said means for recording.
A method of controlling a television broadcast receiving apparatus for comparing viewing limitation information appended to received program information, and pre-set setting information to limit viewing of the received program, comprising:
- recording viewing limitation information appended to tuned program information, and information that specifies the program, in correspondence with each other;
- and
- displaying a list of the recorded information.
A method of controlling a television broadcast receiving apparatus for comparing viewing limitation information appended to received program information, and pre-set setting information to limit viewing of the received program, comprising:
- recording viewing limitation information appended to tuned program information, and information that specifies the program, in correspondence with each other;
- displaying a list of information recorded in the recorded information;
- selecting the viewing limitation information displayed in a displayed list;
- and
- automatically setting the setting information on the basis of the viewing limitation information selected.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.