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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 03, 1998
Yuko Arai, Tokyo, JP;
Takeshi Nagao, Kawaguchi, JP;
Kenichi Fujita, Kawasaki, JP;
Hiroki Shinohara, Yokohama, JP;
Takayuki Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Aki Nakagawa, Fujisawa, JP;
Yoshimasa Goto, Kawasaki, JP;
Hiroyuki Nishi, Tokyo, JP;
Yasuhiro Nakamura, Kawasaki, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A program information producing apparatus broadcasts program information of a next program belonging to the same program group as a subjective program in addition to the program information of the subjective program. A broadcast receiving apparatus displays the program information of the next program based on the received program information of the subjective program, thereby allowing a viewer to make a reservation of the next program after checking its content during the user viewing each event of a series of programs.