Patent ID: 6732372
Filing Date: 2004-05-04
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
A device for sending detailed broadcast-program guide information that a user requested to a plurality of terminal devices connected via a network so that said plurality of terminal devices display said detailed broadcast-program guide information on display screens thereof, said device comprising:an initial-setting screen displaying a standard setting button and a modify-setting button, wherein the standard setting button issues an instruction to assign channel numbers and the modify setting button provides one of an instruction to assign non-standard channel numbers, a request to change customized categories, and a request to change a password; an addition unit to attach one of a reception setting button and a recording setting button to said detailed broadcast-program guide information sent to a terminal device, said reception setting button and said recording setting button each comprising an indicator indicative of a location in the network of said device for sending said detailed broadcast-program guide information, said reception setting button and said recording setting button being used in said terminal device to send a request to said location in the network for making settings for automatic receiving and recording, respectively, of a selected broadcast program scheduled for broadcast at a predetermined date and time; an execution-information extracting unit to obtain execution information in response to said request sent from said terminal device via the network, said execution information specifying information necessary for said terminal device to make said settings; and a transmission unit to send said execution information to said terminal device.