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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2001
Natsuko Yotsumoto, Tokyo, JP;
Masahiro Asai, Kanagawa, JP;
Mami Uchida, Saitama, JP;
Takaaki Miura, Tokushima, JP;
Katsuhisa Takata, Tokushima, JP;
Natsuko Yotsumoto, Tokyo, JP;
Masahiro Asai, Kanagawa, JP;
Mami Uchida, Saitama, JP;
Takaaki Miura, Tokushima, JP;
Katsuhisa Takata, Tokushima, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Justsystem Corporation, Tokushima, JP;
Abstract
An information processing apparatus in which television channel setting processing and provider setting processing can be completed expeditiously. The information processing apparatus has the function of connecting to the Internet and the function of receiving television broadcast from the broadcasting stations. If, when the broadcast territory of using the information processing apparatus is set and registered, and the Internet service provider is to be set, the Internet service providers are demonstrated in the display unit of the information processing apparatus beginning from those geographically closest to the user's territory.