Patent ID: 6826774
Filing Date: 2004-11-30
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
A process for generating a display, generated by a broadcast data receiving apparatus having a memory and provided in connection with the display, for viewing on a display screen, the display including information generated from any, or any combination of data held in the memory of the broadcast data receiving apparatus and/or data broadcast to the receiving apparatus from a remote location, and indicating program information relating to a program channel, said process for generating a display comprising the following:at least one geometrical shape representing a particular time interval of a specific program channel which can be selected by a user to be viewed via the display screen, said at least one geometrical shape including, providing a plurality of segments, each segment representing a program broadcast on a program channel, the size of each segment, with respect to the geometrical shape and the time interval represented by the geometrical shape, indicates the length of time of the program represented by each segment, and a center point wherein each of the segments in at least one geometrical shape converse toward and diverse outwardly therefrom to the periphery of the geometrical shape.