Patent ID: 6389271
Filing Date: 2002-05-14
Classification: H03J,H04H

Abstract:
A receiver comprising:a first data table containing sets of a service ID and a time data indicating a broadcast time of a program in order of the time; and a second data table containing said service ID in order of a receiving frequency of its program, wherein when an operation for selecting a program is performed, it is checked whether a data coincident with a service ID of a program of the latest broadcast time among data of said first data table is found in said second data table, as a result of this check, if it is not found, the same processing is thereafter repeated to select a program, with a service ID of a program of the next latest broadcast time among data of said first data table, a third data table containing sets of said service ID and a program type, wherein when an operation for selecting a program is performed, it is checked whether a data coincident with a program type of a program of the highest receiving frequency among data of said second data table is found in said third data table, as a result of this check, if it is found, a program of a service ID forming a set with a program type is selected, and as a result of said check, if it is not found, the same processing is thereafter repeated to select a program, with a program type of a program of the next highest receiving frequency among data of said second data table.