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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 02, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Satoru Inagaki, Suita, JP;
Atsushi Ishizu, Ibaraki, JP;
Tetsuji Maeda, Nara, JP;
Shuuhei Taniguchi, Moriguchi, JP;
Yutaka Nio, Osaka, JP;
Etsuyoshi Sakaguchi, Ibaraki, JP;
Kenjirou Tsuda, Hirakata, JP;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/10 ; H04N 1/102 ; H04N 5/445 ; H04N 5/444 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/10 ; H04N 1/102 ; H04N 5/445 ; H04N 5/444 ;
Abstract
A broadcasting reception apparatus includes a display unit for presenting a display showing a plurality of channels, with which the user can recognize whether decoding software programs for decoding program signals being currently broadcast via each channel are held in a library buffer, or not, thereby making possible pleasant zapping.