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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 28, 1998
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
To display a broadcasting program guide table, in which a group of program guide elements of a broadcasting program guide is arranged in a cell for each broadcasting program guide, a group of particular program guide elements of one broadcasting program guide is selected in an information element selecting unit from a plurality of program guide elements of the broadcasting program guide according to a detail degree input by a user for each broadcasting program guide. The detail degree corresponds to an information volume of the group of particular program guide elements. In a display information table producing unit, a particular layout of a plurality of cells arranged along each display axis is determined according to the detail degree and particular program guide arrangement information stored in advance. The particular program guide arrangement information indicates a guide attribute along each display axis. The groups of particular program guide elements of the broadcasting program guides are set in the cells to be arranged along each display axis on the basis of the guide attribute, and an image of a broadcasting program guide table indicating the groups of particular program guide elements arranged in the cells is displayed in a display image output unit. Therefore, the user can easily compare the broadcasting program guides arranged at desired layout at the same desired detail degree.