US 6,005,601 A · Apparatus for and method of controlling display of electronic program guide

Abstract

Program information can be obtained quickly and accurately. An area X1 on which date and day are displayed is disposed at the left end of a screen and an area X2 in which time is displayed is disposed adjacent to the area X1 in the right-hand side. An area Y in which title of program, etc., are displayed is disposed adjacent to the area X2 in the right-hand side. An area Z in which genre is displayed is disposed adjacent to the area Y in the right-hand side. Information displayed on the respective areas are sequentially arranged in the longitudinal direction. A user can select information of a desired program by moving cursors 100X1, 100X2, 100Y, 100Z of the respective areas.

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Dependent claims

An electronic program guide display control apparatus for controlling a manner in which an electronic program guide for selecting a program out of a plurality of programs is displayed on a display apparatus, comprising:

data displaying means for displaying a broadcast data of each of said plurality of programs in a first area of a plurality of areas which result from dividing a display area of each of said plurality of programs on said display apparatus in the longitudinal direction;
title display means for displaying a title of each of said plurality of programs on a second area of a plurality of areas which result from dividing a display area of each of said plurality of programs on said display apparatus in the longitudinal direction, said title display means being independently positionable relative to said data displaying means;
first designating means for designating a predetermined one of said displayed broadcast data displayed in said first area;
first changing means for changing display of said second area to include at least one title of a program in accordance with said designated broadcast data;
second designating means for designating a predetermined one of said displayed titles displayed in said second area;
and
second changing means for changing display of said first area to include at least one broadcast data of a program in accordance with said designated displayed title.

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An electronic program guide display control method for controlling a manner in which an electronic program guide for selecting a program out of a plurality of programs is displayed on a display apparatus, comprising the steps of:

displaying a broadcast data of each of said plurality of programs in a first area of a plurality of areas which result from dividing a display area of each of said plurality of programs on said display apparatus in the longitudinal direction;
displaying a title of each of said plurality of programs on a second area of a plurality of areas which result from dividing a display area of each of said plurality of programs on said display apparatus in the longitudinal direction, said second area being independently positionable relative to said displayed broadcast data;
designating a predetermined one of said displayed broadcast data displayed in said first area;
changing display of said second area to include at least one title of a program in accordance with said designated broadcast data;
designating a predetermined one of said at least one displayed titles displayed in said second area;
and
changing the display of said first area to include at least one broadcast data of a program in accordance with said designated displayed title.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Apparatus for and method of controlling display of electronic program guide

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