Patent ID: 7051280
Filing Date: 2006-05-23
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for displaying a reservation guide/confirmation screen in a television, comprising: displaying a reservation guide screen; setting a user's desired reservation state using a predetermined key on the reservation guide screen; and displaying a reservation confirmation screen upon selection of a reservation confirmation mode in a two dimensional grid, a first dimension representing a plurality of days and a second dimension representing times of a day, wherein said displaying of the reservation guide screen and said reservation confirmation screen comprise predetermined programming by television broadcasting corresponding to said plurality of days and times of a day, and wherein said displaying the reservation confirmation screen includes displaying a reservation state of a first program by a background color of a first portion where a first program title is displayed and displaying a reservation state of a second program by a background color of a second portion where a second program title is displayed, the background color of the first portion and the background color of the second portion each being a separate one of a plurality of colors set in accordance with a selection of one of the group of reservation viewing, reservation recording and simultaneous selection of the reservation viewing and the reservation recording.