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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2012
Filed:
May. 15, 2003
Motoki Tsunokawa, Chiba, JP;
Yasufumi Shinagawa, Saitama, JP;
Tatsuya Narahara, Kanagawa, JP;
Nobuyuki Fujiwara, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuhiro Watanabe, Tokyo, JP;
Motoki Tsunokawa, Chiba, JP;
Yasufumi Shinagawa, Saitama, JP;
Tatsuya Narahara, Kanagawa, JP;
Nobuyuki Fujiwara, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuhiro Watanabe, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An interface receives a file containing information about a plurality of characteristic words representing characteristics of television programs. A display section of an information processing apparatus displays one of the plurality of characteristic words in a different color than an other of the plurality of characteristic words. A communication section allows a selection of the one of the plurality of characteristic words. The interface transmits information about the one of the plurality of characteristic words to a recording and playback apparatus upon the selection. Further, the interface receives television program information about one of the television programs from the recording and playback apparatus in response to the information about the one of the plurality of characteristic words.