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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 18, 2009
Akihiko Kinoshita, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Kanao, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyuki Chiba, Kanagawa, JP;
Tsuyoshi Honma, Chiba, JP;
Hirofumi Kouda, Saitama, JP;
Akihiko Kinoshita, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Kanao, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyuki Chiba, Kanagawa, JP;
Tsuyoshi Honma, Chiba, JP;
Hirofumi Kouda, Saitama, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An information processing apparatus includes: a program distribution schedule information receiver configured to receive program distribution schedule information; a program-associated information acquirer configured to acquire, for each program listed in the program distribution schedule information, information for identifying content associated with the program and program-associated information including information for identifying a recording media to which the content is recorded; and a display controller configured to control displaying of a program guide by allocating a GUI (Graphical User Interface) for controlling a command for reproducing the content corresponding to the program into each display box of the program on the basis of the received program distribution schedule information and the acquired program-associated information.