Program detail information display apparatus and method thereof
AssigneePanasonic Corporation
InventorMasahito Yamaoka
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Abstract
A program detail information display apparatus comprises a display unit, a storage unit for storing program data including program detail information, a program detail information extracting unit for extracting at least program detail information from the program data stored in the storage unit, and a program detail information sequential display control unit for issuing the program detail information extracted by the program detail information extracting means sequentially to the display unit. The program detail information display apparatus can enhance the efficiency of selection of programs by the viewer.
Claims17
A program detail information display apparatus comprising:
- display means;
- storage means for storing program data;
- program detail information extracting means for:
- a) extracting program detail information from the program data stored in the storage means in response to the program detail information being greater than a predetermined number of bytes, and
- b) not extracting program detail information from the program data stored in the storage means in response to the program detail information being less than or equal to the predetermined number of bytes;
- and
- program detail information sequential display control means for issuing the program detail information extracted by the program detail information extracting means sequentially to the display means,
- wherein the predetermined number of bytes is greater than zero.
A program detail information display method comprising:
- a step of displaying at least video data;
- a step of storing program data;
- an extracting step of:
- a) extracting program detail information from the stored program data in response to the program detail information being greater than a predetermined number of bytes, and
- b) not extracting program detail information from the program data in response to the program detail information being less than or equal to the predetermined number of bytes;
- and
- a step of controlling sequentially so as to issue sequentially the program detail information extracted at the step of extracting the program detail information to the step of displaying,
- wherein the predetermined number of bytes is greater than zero.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.