Patent ID: 8069177
Filing Date: 2011-11-29
Classification: G06F,G11B,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A selection method of program information in an information selection apparatus for selecting an arbitrary program information piece out of a plurality of program information pieces, the method comprising: decomposing a plurality of previous selection orders defining an order of program information pieces into a plurality of selection orders each having a predetermined number of program information pieces; extracting a-one or more selection candidate program pieces to be selected after a predetermined information piece based on the plurality of selection orders starting from the predetermined program information piece in the plurality of selection orders; setting up a weight value for the one or more selection candidate program pieces based on a set of one or more parameters of priority in chain; and determining, based on the weight value, one of the selection candidate program information pieces to be selected after the predetermined program information piece at a time of continuously selecting the program information piece to be selected next to after the predetermined program information.