Patent ID: 6462784
Filing Date: 2002-10-08
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
An apparatus for displaying program contents, comprising:displaying means having a screen; and selecting means for selecting and displaying a present program table indicating titles of programs being presently broadcast in program data supplied through a broadcasting wave, for selecting and displaying a program table regarding a specified period of time and indicating the titles of the programs to be broadcast within a predetermined period of time, and for displaying the present program table and the program table regarding the specified period of time in the screen of the displaying means so that the present program table and the program table regarding the specified period of time is provided with a channel condition setting section for sorting the titles of the programs by channel and a category setting section for sorting the titles of the programs by category, wherein cell displays including the titles of each of the programs constitute a program title displaying section; and the cell displays indicate a first state wherein at least one of a start time and a finish time of the programs is indicated and a second state wherein the programs are continuing such that no start time and no finish time are indicated.