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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2009
Junya Ohde, Ibaraki, JP;
Yumi Ito, Tokyo, JP;
Junya Ohde, Ibaraki, JP;
Yumi Ito, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a program listing display control apparatus including: a program listing picture storage block configured to store a program listing picture in which are disposed program time slots to which a plurality of broadcast programs are allocated; a display control block configured to control a display apparatus to display the program listing picture; a control information input block configured to input control information for controlling the acquisition of additional information to be added to the program listing picture; and an information acquisition block configured to acquire program identification information for identifying the programs to which the additional information is added and the additional information regarding the programs identified by the program identification information, on the basis of the control information input through the control information input block.