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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2000
Kenji Inose, Chiba, JP;
Katsumi Oishi, Tokyo, JP;
Hirofumi Yuchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Haruhiko Yata, Tokyo, JP;
Keiichi Kurokawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuichiro Nakamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenji Inose, Chiba, JP;
Katsumi Oishi, Tokyo, JP;
Hirofumi Yuchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Haruhiko Yata, Tokyo, JP;
Keiichi Kurokawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuichiro Nakamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a step S, when the user executes a tuning operation (a service-number input operation) on an input section, the information is output to a control section. In a step S, the control section determines whether the service number selected in the step Scorresponds to a promotion channel. When it is determined that the service number corresponds to a promotion channel, the procedure proceeds to a step S. In the step S, the control section displays on the monitor a message indicating that the selected service number is not found.