US 2003/0159144 A1 · Digital broadcast receiver

Abstract

FIG. 1 shows an electronic program guide unique to viewer A grouped from an electronic program guide based on electronic program guide data; the program type is set in an (a) column and the display mode of each program is set in a (b) column. In FIG. 1, a news program is displayed in text and a music program is displayed in an icon of musical notes on a music sheet. A sports program is displayed in an icon of a bat and a ball. Since the music program and the sports program are thus displayed in such icon images of reminding the viewer of the program contents, the viewer A can quickly determine the program contents visually.

Claims19

Dependent claims

A digital broadcast receiver comprising:

a tuner for tuning in to a broadcast program;
a display for displaying an electronic program guide based on electronic program guide data of broadcast programs;
a program guide preparation section for preparing a unique electronic program guide, in which the broadcast programs are grouped in text information and an image in accordance with content of the broadcast programs, from the electronic program guide data;
and
a program guide register section for registering the unique electronic program guide therein.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

10/347,619Filed 22 Jan 2003

Priority

JP 2002-01269422 Jan 2002

Published

21 Aug 2003

Term ends

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Classification11 codes

H04N 21/47
Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of or interaction with content, e.g. set-top-box [STB]; Operations thereof: end-user…
H04N 21/41422
Specialised client platforms, e.g. receiver in car or embedded in a mobile appliance: located in transportation means, e.g. personal vehicle
H04N 21/4263
For processing the incoming bitstream: involving specific tuning arrangements, e.g. two tuners
H04N 21/4312
Generation of visual interfaces for content selection or interaction; Content or additional data rendering: involving specific graphical features,…

Digital broadcast receiver

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Digital broadcast receiver

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