Patent ID: 8381247
Filing Date: 2013-02-19
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A schedule-table presenting apparatus, comprising: a schedule acquisition section configured to acquire a schedule including the broadcasting start time of each of events and a descriptive text describing each of said events; a schedule-table generation section configured (i) to assign a specific one of said events to a first program frame having a size large enough for showing the broadcasting start time of said specific event as well as a descriptive text describing said specific event and (ii) assign a plurality of events other than said specific event to a second program frame having a size smaller than that of said first program frame but large enough for showing the broadcasting start time of each of said other events based on said schedule acquired by said schedule acquisition section and in accordance with importance of each of said events in order to (iii) generate a schedule table including said first program frame and said second program frames such that a minimum time error is attained; a display control section configured to display said schedule table generated by said schedule-table generation section on a display section determined in advance; and a frame selection section configured to select one of said first and second program frames composing said schedule table, wherein if a selected program frame is said second program frame, said selected second program frame is changed to said first program frame by increasing the size of said selected second program frame to the size of said first program frame, and if said selected second program frame has been allocated to a plurality of events, a specific one of said events is increased in size to the size of said first program frame and the remaining events remain the size of said second program frame.