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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 22, 1999
Hiromi Ukai, Sagamihara, JP;
Yuichi Yagawa, Yokohama, JP;
Katsuhiko Abe, Tokorozawa, JP;
Hideo Nishijima, Hitachinaka, JP;
Hitoaki Owashi, Yokohama, JP;
Yoshiyuki Azuma, Yokohama, JP;
Hiromi Ukai, Sagamihara, JP;
Yuichi Yagawa, Yokohama, JP;
Katsuhiko Abe, Tokorozawa, JP;
Hideo Nishijima, Hitachinaka, JP;
Hitoaki Owashi, Yokohama, JP;
Yoshiyuki Azuma, Yokohama, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A TV program selection support system selects only programs suiting viewer's preference or necessary for a viewer from a large number of programs to be broadcast and proposes the selected programs to the viewer. The TV program selection support system comprises a program receiver for receiving broadcast TV programs, an EPG receiver for receiving an electronic program table listing TV programs, an EPG storage device for storing an EPG received by the EPG receiver, an operating means to be operated by the viewer to select a program from the stored electronic program table, a program selection support program for determining viewer's view tendency by analyzing the operation made by the viewer, creating an electronic program table on the basis of the view tendency and displaying the created electronic program table.