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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 11, 1997
Shigeaki Watanabe, Kyoto, JP;
Kazutoshi Sumiya, Nishinomiya, JP;
Kiyokazu Yamanaka, Ashiya, JP;
Yuki Kusumi, Kashiba, JP;
Masahiro Oashi, Hirakata, JP;
Tatsuya Shimoji, Neyagawa, JP;
Masayuki Kozuka, Neyagawa, JP;
Yoshihiro Mimura, Hirakata, JP;
Yoshiyuki Miyabe, Osaka, JP;
Kazuo Okamura, Hirakata, JP;
Takashi Kakiuchi, Toyonaka, JP;
Junichi Hirai, Suita, JP;
Naoya Takao, Kadoma, JP;
Toshiya Mori, Settsu, JP;
Ikuo Minakata, Souraku, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A data display control apparatus receives a digital broadcast and compares the present time with a time indicated in a Time_Event_Part provided in navigation information used to control the display of the multimedia data composing a broadcast program. When the indicated time has been reached, the data display control apparatus executes instructions to control the display of the multimedia data.