Television apparatus

A method of controlling a television apparatus, the television apparatus being either in a shutdown state or operable in a standby state or a powered-up state, the method including:

• storing a plurality of events, each event indicating both a time and an operation to be conducted by the television apparatus at that time;
• upon reaching a time stored for one of said events, switching from the standby state to the powered-up state and conducting the respective operation;
• storing information indicating, for at least the stored event having the latest time, whether to switch to the standby state or the shutdown state;
• and
• upon completing the respective operation of the stored event having the latest time, switching from the powered-up state to either the standby state or the shutdown state according to the stored information.

A computer program comprising program code means for performing, when said program is run on a computer or television apparatus, a method of controlling a television apparatus, the television apparatus being either in a shutdown state or operable in a standby state or a powered-up state, including:

• storing a plurality of events, each event indicating both a time and an operation to be conducted by the television apparatus at that time;
• upon reaching a time stored for one of said events, switching from the standby state to the powered-up state and conducting the respective operation;
• storing information indicating, for at least the stored event having the latest time, whether to switch to the standby state or the shutdown state;
• and
• upon completing the respective operation of the stored event having the latest time, switching from the powered-up state to either the standby state or the shutdown state according to the stored information.

A computer program product comprising program code means stored on a computer-readable medium for performing, when said program product is run on a computer or a television apparatus, a method of controlling a television apparatus, the television apparatus being either in a shutdown state or operable in a standby state or a powered-up state, including:

• storing a plurality of events, each event indicating both a time and an operation to be conducted by the television apparatus at that time;
• upon reaching a time stored for one of said events, switching from the standby state to the powered-up state and conducting the respective operation;
• storing information indicating, for at least the stored event having the latest time, whether to switch to the standby state or the shutdown state;
• and
• upon completing the respective operation of the stored event having the latest time, switching from the powered-up state to either the standby state or the shutdown state according to the stored information.