Patent ID: 7624345
Filing Date: 2009-11-24
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for controlling display of an electrical program guide, comprising: a broadcast program information storage unit for storing, as broadcast program information, the information relative to broadcast programs currently broadcast and broadcast programs scheduled to be broadcast; a recorded program information storage unit for storing, as recorded program information, the information relative to the broadcast programs recorded in recording media, said recorded program information including at least a name of each recorded broadcast program and a designation of the recording media the broadcast program is recorded on; a display control unit capable of displaying, as an electrical program guide to provide the program related information, the program information relative to both the broadcast programs and the recorded programs on the basis of the broadcast program information stored in said broadcast program information storage unit and also the recorded program information stored in said recorded program information storage unit; and a manipulation unit for controlling manipulation of the displayed picture of said electrical program guide; said manipulation unit comprising: a first mode change manipulator for selectively changing the operation to an electrical program guide display mode or a normal image display mode; and a second mode change manipulator for selectively changing the operation in the electrical program guide display mode to a display mode of broadcast program information or a display mode of recorded program information, wherein the display mode of broadcast program information includes (a) a first mode to display information related to all broadcast programs currently broadcast and scheduled to be broadcast and (b) a second mode to display information related to broadcast programs currently broadcast and scheduled to be broadcast for only a selected channel.