Patent ID: 8473988

Claim:
A display apparatus, comprising: display means for displaying images; electronic program guide display means for causing the display means to display an electronic program guide in a state in which parts are combined; selection means for draggably and droppably selecting a part of the electronic program guide displayed by the electronic program guide display means; icon display means for, when the part selected by the selection means is dragged, (i) causing a number of operation icons corresponding to the part to be displayed by being superimposed on the electronic program guide in which each operation icon represents a function currently executable with the part, and (ii) causing an icon or icons representative of a function or functions which are currently set with the part to be changed from that associated with the currently set function or functions to cancel icon or icons each of which enables cancellation of only the respective function such that the icon or icons representative of the function or functions which are currently set are not displayed; and execution means for, when the part is dropped onto a respective operation icon caused by the icon display means to be displayed by being superimposed on the electronic program guide which represents a respective function currently executable with the part while the part displayed in the electronic program guide being dragged by the selection means, causing the respective function associated with the respective operation icon to be executed, in which the number of operation icons corresponding to the part which are superimposed on the electronic program guide are displayed thereon after the part is selected and dragged such that the number of operation icons are not displayed thereon prior to the part being selected and dragged.