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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 20, 2007
Hirofumi Urabe, Kawasaki, JP;
Yoshikazu Shibamiya, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuhiro Matsubayashi, Yokohama, JP;
Kazuna Maruyama, Fuchu, JP;
Yasushi Shikata, Tama, JP;
Koji Mito, Kawasaki, JP;
Hirofumi Urabe, Kawasaki, JP;
Yoshikazu Shibamiya, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuhiro Matsubayashi, Yokohama, JP;
Kazuna Maruyama, Fuchu, JP;
Yasushi Shikata, Tama, JP;
Koji Mito, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An information processing apparatus which, in addition to displaying an electronic program guide in a display screen, uses URL information in order to display web pages when there is URL information associated with the programs displayed in the electronic program guide. Program information and the URL information concerning associated web pages are stored in correlated form and a determination is made, for instance, as to whether any URL information is associated with an in-focus program in the electronic program guide. If there is associated URL information, the URL information is used to display a web page. If the web page is switched, a determination is made as to whether there is a program associated with the web page obtained as a result of the switch and, if there is an associated program, the focus is changed to that program.