Patent ID: 8918815
Filing Date: 2014-12-23
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A display control device, comprising: display controlling means for generating a user interface screen of an electronic program table including one first horizontal strip region or a pair of first horizontal strip regions and one first vertical strip region or a pair of first vertical strip regions, and displaying the user interface screen on a display section, one of (i) the first horizontal strip region(s) and (ii) the first vertical strip region(s) being a region for displaying a broadcast time zone, the other one of (i) the first horizontal strip region(s) and (ii) the first vertical strip region(s) being a region for displaying at least one of a channel name and a broadcasting station name; and an instruction reception section which receives from a user an instruction to select a program cell from a plurality of program cells arranged like tiles in the electronic program table displayed on the display section, in a case where the user interface screen is displayed on the display section, the display controlling means providing, as first strip regions, the first horizontal strip region(s) and the first vertical strip region(s) in a peripheral portion of the electronic program table such that at least either of the pair of the first horizontal strip regions or the pair of the first vertical strip regions is provided for displaying the broadcast time zone or the at least one of the channel name and the broadcasting station name, the display controlling means displaying specific regions and other regions in different display states in a case where the instruction reception section receives the instruction, which specific regions are located in the pair of the first strip regions, respectively, located in the peripheral portion, and are located in a horizontal direction or a vertical direction of the program cell which has been selected in response to the instruction that the instruction reception section received, which other regions are regions located in the pair of the first strip regions but other than the specific regions, the specific regions and other regions displaying the broadcast time zone or the at least one of the channel name and the broadcasting station name, the display controlling means displaying, on the display section, in different states, (i) a program cell group(s) which is(are) at least either of a program cell group in a second horizontal strip region or a program cell group in a second vertical strip region in an L-shaped region and (ii) a program cell group which is not located in the horizontal direction or the vertical direction of the program cell which has been selected in response to the instruction that the instruction reception section received, which L-shaped region is constituted by (i) the program cell group in the second horizontal strip region in contact with the first vertical strip region or any one of the pair of first vertical strip regions and (ii) the program cell group in the second vertical strip region in contact with the first horizontal strip region or any one of the pair of the first horizontal strip regions and is such a region that the program cell is located on a region of intersection of the second horizontal strip region with the second vertical strip region, after the user stops sending the instruction and the display controlling means detects that the instruction reception section has stopped receiving the instruction, the display controlling means changes a background color of the at least either of the program cell group in the second horizontal strip region or the program cell group in the second vertical strip region; wherein the display controlling means displays, on the display section, in different states, (i) a program cell group(s) which is(are) at least either of program cell group in a third horizontal strip region or a program cell group in a third vertical strip region in a cross-shaped region and (ii) a program cell group which is not located on the cross-shaped region, the cross-shaped region being constituted by the third horizontal strip region and the third vertical strip region, the third horizontal strip region being a region where the second horizontal strip region is extended toward the region serving as the intersection of the cross shape, the third vertical strip region being a region where the second vertical strip region is extended toward the region located serving as the intersection of the cross shape.