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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 28, 1996
Akira Urakoshi, Higashi-Osaka, JP;
Akihiko Yamashita, Kobe, JP;
Takahiro Kondo, Daito, JP;
Masako Otsuki, Osaka, JP;
Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., , JP;
Abstract
A pay program broadcasting receiver apparatus that receives pay programs, in accordance with the present invention, has a device that stores a limit total viewing charge for a specified period of time, a device that stores a total viewing charge within a predetermined period of time, a display device, and a signal generation device that, in response to an instruction by a user, generates a signal for simultaneously displaying at least the limit total viewing charge for a specified period of time and the total viewing charge within a predetermined period of time, wherein an output from the signal generation device is displayed on the display device. As a result, data relating to charges for pay broadcast programs is appropriately provided to users.