Patent ID: 6037995
Filing Date: 2000-03-14
Classification: H04H,H04N

Abstract:
A broadcasting and communication receiver apparatus comprising:receiver means for receiving program-associated information including a title, a start time, and an end time of a broadcast program together with a video signal and an audio signal;decoder means for decoding the program-associated information from the received signal;display means for displaying the decoded program-associated information on a display screen;command receiver means for receiving an input signal from a remote controller or from a key or keys provided to a main body of the receiver apparatus; anddisplay controller means for controlling the display screen based on the input signal;wherein a first display zone in which a plurality of character strings are displayed is provided in the display screen of the program-associated information; andwherein the display controller means includes data quantity comparator means for comparing a magnitude of the first display zone with a quantity of display data and, when the display data quantity is judged to be larger than the first display zone, a displayable part of the character string of the display data as well as a symbol indicative of omission and attached to a last tail part of the character string are displayed.