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Method and apparatus for producing program information and receiving apparatus for processing the program information
Assignee: Panasonic Holdings Corp
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Filing: 1998-12-18
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Granted: 2002-11-26
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Expires: 2018-12-18
Abstract
Abstract A program information storing section stores program information including program name, program start time, and channel discriminating information. A program information search section searches the program information stored in the program information storing section according to designated search conditions and produces personalized program information resulting from the search. A program guide display section displays a program guide including a personal channel consisting of the resultant program information. Thus, the receiving apparatus allows users to display their personal channels.
Inventors
- 👤 Yuko Arai
- 👤 Takeshi Nagao
- 👤 Kenichi Fujita
- 👤 Takayuki Suzuki
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-30 01:54
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N5/00; H04N5/76; H04N5/78; H04N5/782; H04N7/00; H04N7/08; H04H; H04H40/00; H04H40/09; H04H60/00; H04H60/02; H04H60/04; H04N21/00; H04N21/20; H04N21/23; H04N21/235; H04N21/2353; H04N21/25; H04N21/254; H04N21/2543; H04N21/25435; H04N21/40; H04N21/41; H04N21/426; H04N21/43; H04N21/431; H04N21/4312; H04N21/4314; H04N21/433; H04N21/4331; H04N21/434; H04N21/4345; H04N21/442; H04N21/44204; H04N21/45; H04N21/4508; H04N21/4532; H04N21/458; H04N21/47; H04N21/472; H04N21/47214; H04N21/482; H04N21/4821; H04N21/4828; H04N21/80; H04N21/81; H04N21/812; H04N21/83; H04N21/84; H04N21/85; H04N21/858; H04N5/765; H04N5/775; H04N7/16; H04N7/162; H04N5/781; H04N5/84; H04N5/85
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
151 words
A receiving apparatus comprising: a program information storing section for storing program information that has been broadcast from a plurality of broadcasters, said program information including program name, program start time, and channel discriminating information that are necessary for a standard program guide covering all programs of each broadcaster's channel; a search condition input section for inputting search conditions; a program information search section for searching said program information stored in said program information storing section according to said search conditions entered by said search condition input section and for producing a personal channel consisting of programs resulting from said search and arranged so as not to overlap with each other in broadcast time; and a program guide display section for displaying a combined program guide including said personal channel resulting from said search performed by said program information search section in addition to the broadcasters'channels comprising said standard program guide.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
151 words
A receiving apparatus comprising: a program information storing section for storing program information that has been broadcast from a plurality of broadcasters, said program information including program name, program start time, and channel discriminating information that are necessary for a standard program guide covering all programs of each broadcaster's channel; a search condition input section for inputting search conditions; a program information search section for searching said program information stored in said program information storing section according to said search conditions entered by said search condition input section and for producing a personal channel consisting of programs resulting from said search and arranged so as not to overlap with each other in broadcast time; and a program guide display section for displaying a combined program guide including said personal channel resulting from said search performed by said program information search section in addition to the broadcasters'channels comprising said standard program guide.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
45 words
The receiving apparatus in accordance with claim 1 , further comprising a tuning switch section for tuning in to a program of said personal channel displayed by said program guide display section in response to selection of said personal channel listed on said program guide.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
28 words
The receiving apparatus in accordance with claim 1 , further comprising a receiving section for receiving said program name, said program start time, and said channel discriminating information.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
152 words
A receiving apparatus comprising: a program information storing section for storing program information including program name, program start time, and channel discriminating information; a program information search section for searching said program information stored in said program information storing section according to designated search conditions and for producing personalized program information resulting from the search; and a program guide display section for displaying a program guide including a personal channel consisting of programs included in said personalized program information resulting from said search performed by said program information search section and arranged so as not to overlap with each other in broadcast time; wherein said program information search section searches said program information by the order of broadcast time of program, and performs scheduling of programs of said personal channel so that broadcast times do not overlap with each other when the personalized program information includes programs of a plurality of broadcasters.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
152 words
A receiving apparatus comprising: a program information storing section for storing program information including program name, program start time, and channel discriminating information; a program information search section for searching said program information stored in said program information storing section according to designated search conditions and for producing personalized program information resulting from the search; and a program guide display section for displaying a program guide including a personal channel consisting of programs included in said personalized program information resulting from said search performed by said program information search section and arranged so as not to overlap with each other in broadcast time; wherein said program information search section searches said program information by the order of broadcast time of program, and performs scheduling of programs of said personal channel so that broadcast times do not overlap with each other when the personalized program information includes programs of a plurality of broadcasters.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
33 words
A The receiving apparatus in accordance with claim 4 , wherein said program guide display section displays a charged sum amount of pay-per-view programs when said personalized program information involves any pay-perview program.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
35 words
The receiving apparatus in accordance with claim 4 , wherein said program information search section produces a plurality groups of program information when a plurality of schedules are found as a result of performed search.
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