Patent ID: 7886322
Filing Date: 2011-02-08
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. An electronic program guide display control apparatus for displaying a part of an electronic program guide on a television display screen and scrolling the display of a display area in response to specification operation on the display screen, the electronic program guide display control apparatus comprising: a specification point detection unit for detecting a specification point on the display screen; and a scroll control unit for scrolling the display of the display area based on a positional relation between the specification point detected by the specification point detection unit, an endpoint of a scroll and a predetermined point on the display screen, the scroll control unit changes a scroll amount based on a distance from the predetermined point to the specification point, and changes a scroll direction based on a direction of the specification point with respect to the predetermined point when the display is scrolled from a first portion of the electronic program guide to a second portion of the electronic program guide, the second portion being different from the first portion.