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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 13, 2012
Applicants:
Tomoko Terakado, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomoyuki Hanai, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasutomo Nishina, Chiba, JP;
Toshiya Kaihoko, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Tomoko Terakado, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomoyuki Hanai, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasutomo Nishina, Chiba, JP;
Toshiya Kaihoko, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/50 (2006.01); G06F 13/00 (2006.01); H04N 21/262 (2011.01); H04N 21/6547 (2011.01); H04N 21/434 (2011.01); H04N 5/445 (2011.01); H04N 21/84 (2011.01); H04N 21/61 (2011.01); H04N 21/8543 (2011.01); H04N 5/44 (2011.01); H04N 7/16 (2011.01); H04N 7/088 (2006.01); H04N 7/173 (2011.01); H04N 7/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/2625 (2013.01); H04N 21/262 (2013.01); H04N 21/6547 (2013.01); H04N 21/4345 (2013.01); H04N 5/44543 (2013.01); H04N 21/84 (2013.01); H04N 21/6187 (2013.01); H04N 21/8543 (2013.01); H04N 5/44 (2013.01); H04N 7/165 (2013.01); H04N 7/0887 (2013.01); H04N 21/26283 (2013.01);
Abstract
An information providing apparatus, in which program guide information is provided as first information which designates predetermined information and second information to be referred to by the first information. Layout information is provided from within the electronic program guide information, relating to the layout when the electronic program guide information is displayed on a screen.