Patent ID: 8819733
Filing Date: 2014-08-26
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A program selecting apparatus for selecting a broadcast program, the program selecting apparatus comprising: an instruction receiver configured to receive user instructions to operate a graphical user interface displayed on a display unit; and a controller configured to generate the graphical user interface to be displayed on the display unit together with a video of a first program that is being displayed, the graphical user interface including a first area, a plurality of second areas arranged in an outer part of the first area, and a plurality of third areas arranged in the outer part of the first area, each of the plurality of second areas of the graphical user interface being selectable by the instruction receiver, wherein the controller generates the graphical user interface such that a program title of the first program is displayed in the first area, and a plurality of program titles of a plurality of second programs is displayed in the plurality of second areas together with the program title of the first program displayed in the first area, a plurality of attribute names corresponding to the plurality of the second programs is displayed in the plurality of third areas together with the program title of the first program displayed in the first area and the plurality of program titles of the plurality of second programs displayed in the plurality of second areas, each of the plurality of attribute names corresponding to the plurality of the second programs shares a common program attribute with the first program, the plurality of attribute names corresponding to the plurality of the second programs being different from each other, and wherein, in response to a second program being selected from the plurality of second programs displayed in the plurality of second areas, the controller generates the graphical user interface such that the program title of the selected second program is displayed in the first area, and a plurality of program titles of a plurality of third programs is displayed in the plurality of second areas together with the program title of the selected second program displayed in the first area, and a further plurality of attribute names corresponding to the plurality of the third programs is displayed in the plurality of third areas, together with the program title of the selected second program displayed in the first area and the plurality of program titles of the plurality of third programs displayed in the plurality of second areas, and each of the further plurality of attribute names corresponding to the plurality of the third programs shares a common program attribute with the selected second program, the further plurality of attribute names corresponding to the plurality of the third programs being different from each other.