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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 21, 1999
Filed:
Feb. 06, 1997
Yukiko Ohkura, Tokyo, JP;
Hideo Terasawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuji Morimiya, Chiba, JP;
Tetsuya Kohno, Kanagawa, JP;
Keiji Yuzawa, Saitama, JP;
Yuriko Kishitaka, Saitama, JP;
Kazuhiro Akaike, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
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.