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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2010
Manabu Nishizawa, Tokyo, JP;
Yuki Kobayashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Kensaku Ishizuka, Tokyo, JP;
Koji Kanai, Tokyo, JP;
Manabu Nishizawa, Tokyo, JP;
Yuki Kobayashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Kensaku Ishizuka, Tokyo, JP;
Koji Kanai, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Computer Entertainment Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An information processing apparatus includes: a program guide displaying unit configured to display a program guide on a predetermined display, the program guide being such that program information is arranged in an area having a time axis and a channel axis; an indicator acquisition unit configured to acquire an indicator indicative of the number of viewers viewing each of a plurality of programs listed in the program guide in a similar time zone; and a popularity determination unit configured to determine the popularity of the program in accordance with the indicator. The program guide displaying unit displays at least some of the plurality of programs in a mode indicating the popularity of the program.