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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2008
Applicants:
Daisuke Kusaba, Osaka, JP;
Tatsuaki Mitsumata, Nara, JP;
Inventors:
Daisuke Kusaba, Osaka, JP;
Tatsuaki Mitsumata, Nara, JP;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/00 (2006.01); H04N 7/173 (2011.01); H04N 5/445 (2011.01); H04N 5/50 (2006.01); H04N 21/431 (2011.01); G06F 3/12 (2006.01); H04N 21/482 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/173 (2013.01); G06F 3/125 (2013.01); G06F 3/1205 (2013.01); G06F 3/1253 (2013.01); G06F 3/1284 (2013.01); H04N 5/44543 (2013.01); H04N 5/50 (2013.01); H04N 21/4312 (2013.01); H04N 21/4314 (2013.01); H04N 21/482 (2013.01); G06F 3/1242 (2013.01); H04N 21/4821 (2013.01);
Abstract
A program guide printing device receives program information and generates program guide print data from the received program information. The program guide printing device prints a program guide. In a program frame of a program guide, a blank region may occur. In the blank region, the program guide printing device can print program information of another program or additional information such as advertisement information, program topics, weather forecast, text and images.