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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 11, 2003
Keisuke Tsukamoto, Osaka, JP;
Toshihiro Takagi, Osaka, JP;
Keisuke Tsukamoto, Osaka, JP;
Toshihiro Takagi, Osaka, JP;
Funai Electric co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
At a starting of a summer time, an indication 'D.S.T.' is displayed on an EPG screen with a deleted time zone in a different background color from other time zones. The deleted time zone is displayed in a flashed manner, and 'D.S.T.START' is indicated at a start time of the summer time. At an end of the summer time, a time indicating a repeated time zone is displayed in a flashed manner on an EPG screen, and “D.S.T.END” is indicated at an end time of the summer time. When a user makes a reservation in a deleted time or repeated time zone, it is displayed that the reservation is invalid on the EPG screen.