# US 2014/0196090 A1 · Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and storage medium > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0196090 A1 - Document ID: US20140196090A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/063,900 - Filed: 2013-10-25 - Published: 2014-07-10 - Earliest claimed: 2013-01-04 - Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba - Applicants: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba - Inventors: Hideo Kataoka; Takashi Nakamura; Hideyuki Toma - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140196090A1 ## CPC - H04N 21/482: End-user interface for programme selection - H04N 21/42204: {User interfaces specially adapted for controlling a client device through a remote control device; Remote control devices therefor (constructive details of casings for the remote control device H01H9/0235; user interfaces for controlling a tuning device of a television receiver through a remote control H03J9/00; remote control of peripheral devices connected to a television receiver through the remote control device of the television receiver H04B1/205)} - H04N 21/431: Generation of visual interfaces {for content selection or interaction}; Content or additional data rendering - H04N 21/4312: {involving specific graphical features, e.g. screen layout, special fonts or colors, blinking icons, highlights or animations} - H04N 21/4316: {for displaying supplemental content in a region of the screen, e.g. an advertisement in a separate window} - H04N 21/47: End-user applications - H04N 21/4828: {for searching programme descriptors (retrieval of video data G06F16/739)} - H04N 21/8153: {comprising still images, e.g. texture, background image} - H04N 21/84: Generation or processing of descriptive data, e.g. content descriptors {(systems specially adapted for using meta-information in broadcast systems H04H60/73)} - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION ## Abstract According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a first display controller, second display controller, and third display controller. The first display controller displays a program guide in a first area of a screen and program information about a program in a second area of the screen. The second display controller displays, in the first area, detailed information of the program information displayed in the second area. The third display controller displays, when detailed information about another program or another title is displayed in the first area, program information about the other program or the other title in the second area. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An information processing apparatus comprising: a first display controller configured to display a program guide in a first area of a screen and program information about a program in a second area of the screen; a second display controller configured to display, in the first area, detailed information of the program information displayed in the second area; and a third display controller configured to, when detailed information about another program or another title is displayed in the first area, display program information about the other program or the other title in the second area. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a search module configured to search for person information related to the detailed information displayed in the first area, wherein the second display controller is configured to display a search result of the search module in the first area. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the detailed information displayed in the first area comprises a thumbnail of the program or a summary of the program. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a fourth display controller configured to display an icon in a third area of the screen, the icon indicating a function assigned to a multifunctional key of a remote controller and a setting status of the function. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first display controller is configured to display a program guide of a channel of a predetermined genre in the first area. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first display controller is configured to display each program frame of the program guide in different modes according to an attribute of the program. ### Claim 7 An information processing method comprising: a first display control step of displaying a program guide in a first area of a screen and displaying program information about a program in a second area of the screen; a second display control step of displaying, in the first area, detailed information of the program information displayed in the second area; and a third display control step of, when detailed information about another program or another title is displayed in the first area, displaying program information about the other program or the other title in the second area. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The method of claim 7, further comprising searching for person information related to the detailed information displayed in the first area, wherein a search result of the search module is displayed in the first area. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The method of claim 7, wherein the detailed information displayed in the first area comprises a thumbnail of the program or a summary of the program. ### Claim 10 (depends on 7) The method of claim 7, further comprising displaying an icon in a third area of the screen, the icon indicating a function assigned to a multifunctional key of a remote controller and a setting status of the function. ### Claim 11 (depends on 7) The method of claim 7, wherein a program guide of a channel of a predetermined genre is displayed in the first area. ### Claim 12 (depends on 7) The method of claim 7, wherein each program frame of the program guide is displayed in different modes according to an attribute of the program. ### Claim 13 A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed, cause a computer to: display a program guide in a first area of a screen and displays program information about a program in a second area of the screen; display, in the first area, detailed information of the program information displayed in the second area; and display, when detailed information about another program or another title is displayed in the first area, program information about the another program or the another title in the second area. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The storage medium of claim 13, wherein person information related to the detailed information displayed in the first area is searched for, and a search result of the search module is displayed in the first area. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The storage medium of claim 13, wherein the detailed information displayed in the first area comprises a thumbnail of the program or a summary of the program. ### Claim 16 (depends on 13) The storage medium of claim 13, wherein an icon is displayed in a third area of the screen, the icon indicating a function assigned to a multifunctional key of a remote controller and a setting status of the function. ### Claim 17 (depends on 13) The storage medium of claim 13, wherein a program guide of a channel of a predetermined genre is displayed in the first area. ### Claim 18 (depends on 13) The storage medium of claim 13, wherein each program frame of the program guide is displayed in different modes according to an attribute of the program.