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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2000
Mitsuru Nagasaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomoko Oyabu, Kanagawa, JP;
Aki Koyabu, Tokyo, JP;
Tomoyuki Hanai, Kanagawa, JP;
Mitsuru Nagasaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomoko Oyabu, Kanagawa, JP;
Aki Koyabu, Tokyo, JP;
Tomoyuki Hanai, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
When a viewer (listener) wants to search a particular broadcast programs on a receiver, a keyword search processing is executed to an EPG (Electronic Program Guide) data. In this case, a search key for the keyword search processing is able to be registered by selecting a user preference keyword among EPG data displayed on a monitor screen of the receiver. Upon selecting user preference keywords, the viewer (listener) controls a cursor by a remote commander, and thus selected user preference keywords can be stored in a memory of the receiver. These user preference keywords in the memory are used as search key for searching favorite programs among daily updated EPG data.