Patent ID: 8213776
Filing Date: 2012-07-03
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A selecting device comprising: a designating section which designates a program from programs distributed and stored in a storage device in response to an operation, each of the programs being stored in the storage device in association with a distribution date and time when the programs are distributed; a searching section which searches the programs stored in the storage device for a program satisfying a predetermined correlation between itself and the program designated by the designating section; a selecting section which collectively selects the program designated by the designating section and the program searched out by the searching section; and a display section which displays a three-dimensional space formed by axes respectively of a time, a day of the week and a week, and which displays icons representing programs stored in the storage device in a position corresponding to the distribution date and time in the three-dimensional space, the designating section designates a program by designating one of the icons, the selecting section reflects a selection result on the display of the icons in the three-dimensional space in terms of the collectively selected programs, and the display section displays each of the icons in the three-dimensional space in such manner as being arranged on a same axis in the three-dimensional space and being viewable at a time, each of the icons corresponding to programs selected by the selecting section and being the same of at least two among the time, the day of the week and the week in association with the programs.