Patent ID: 8359617

Claim:
An apparatus for processing electronic program guide information which is capable of creating an electronic program guide for display from the electronic program guide information extracted from received airwaves, comprising: a control information analyzing section for converting electronic program guide information extracted from the received airwaves into electronic program guide information data which can be used as an electronic program guide; an electronic program guide database for storing the electronic program guide information data converted by the control information analyzing section; an electronic program guide creating section for creating electronic program guide data to be displayed from the electronic program guide information data stored in the electronic program guide database; an acquiring speed measuring section for measuring a quantity of the electronic program guide information acquired by the control information analyzing section per unit time as an acquiring speed; a supplying speed measuring section for measuring a quantity of the electronic program guide data to be displayed which is created by the electronic program guide creating section per unit time as a supplying speed; and a look-ahead control section for storing the electronic program guide information data into the electronic program guide database in advance of the electronic program guide data being displayed, wherein the look-ahead control section refers to the acquiring speed and the supplying speed, and increases an amount of electronic program guide information data acquired by the control information analyzing section when the supplying speed increases and decreases the amount of electronic program guide information data acquired by the control information analyzing section when the supplying speed decreases so that the acquiring speed and the supplying speed are kept in a predetermined relation.