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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 17, 1997
Fujio Noguchi, Cupertino, CA (US);
Kazuto Mugura, San Francisco, CA (US);
Takaaki Ota, San Diego, CA (US);
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Electronics, Inc., Park Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for displaying programming information by translating the display of a broadcast of a program are provided. Programming information is displayed along with the program broadcast on the screen such that no portion of the broadcast is covered by the programming information. A multiple channel broadcasting system is tuned to a channel to provide a display of a broadcast of a program on a screen. Programming information is displayed that identifies channels in the broadcasting system. When displaying the programming information, the display of the program broadcast is translated to a smaller broadcast window on the screen by superimposing at least one of a series of successively smaller broadcast window outlines over the display of the broadcast on the screen. When removing the programming information from the display, the broadcast system translates the video of a broadcast of a program displayed in the smaller broadcast window to a larger broadcast window by superimposing at least one of a series of successively larger broadcast window outlines over the display device. The broadcast system then causes the display of the programming information to be removed from the display.