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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 9699511 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2017

Filed:

Mar. 04, 2014

Information processing apparatus

Applicant:

Saturn Licensing Llc, New York, NY (US);

Inventors:

Katsutoshi Sakao, Kanagawa, JP;

Nobutàka Tani, Saitama, JP;

Satoru Maeda, Kanagawa, JP;

Assignee:

SATURN LICENSING LLC, New York, NY (US);

Attorneys:

Haug Partners LLP

William S. Frommer

Primary Examiner:

Pankaj Kumar

Assistant Examiner:

Sahar Baig

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/445 (2011.01); H04N 21/462 (2011.01); H04N 5/50 (2006.01); H04N 7/173 (2011.01); H04N 21/431 (2011.01); H04N 21/433 (2011.01); H04N 21/442 (2011.01); H04N 21/478 (2011.01); H04N 21/4782 (2011.01); H04N 21/482 (2011.01); H04N 21/61 (2011.01); H04N 21/6547 (2011.01); H04N 21/2543 (2011.01); H04N 5/44 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/4622 (2013.01); H04N 5/445 (2013.01); H04N 5/44543 (2013.01); H04N 5/50 (2013.01); H04N 7/17318 (2013.01); H04N 21/4312 (2013.01); H04N 21/4314 (2013.01); H04N 21/4316 (2013.01); H04N 21/4331 (2013.01); H04N 21/44222 (2013.01); H04N 21/4782 (2013.01); H04N 21/47805 (2013.01); H04N 21/482 (2013.01); H04N 21/4821 (2013.01); H04N 21/6125 (2013.01); H04N 21/6547 (2013.01); H04N 5/4401 (2013.01); H04N 21/2543 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus with improved operatability. With the information processing apparatus in which the user is capable of watching a television program and connecting to the Internet, the index panelshows channel buttonsto be operated to select a desired program, a site buttonto be operated to make an access to site A available on the Internet and a site buttonto be operated to make an access to site B on the Internet. The present invention allows the user to watch a television program and can be applied to an information processing apparatus such as a personal computer, which can be connected to the Internet.

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