Patent ID: 7861266

Claim:
A program information processing method comprising the steps of: inputting video data and program information data; displaying video images of a program derived from the video data inputted in said inputting step on a display device; displaying a program information setting screen in response to the inputting of a user command to display the program information setting screen, the program information setting screen comprising a display-repetition area for setting the number of times the display of program information, corresponding to the program being subjected to the displaying, is to be repeated, and a change-time area for setting the change time of the display of the program information; and displaying, for a predetermined period on the display device, the program information corresponding to the program being subjected to the displaying according to the settings set by the program information setting screen, and superposing upon the video images of the program, the program information corresponding to the program being subjected to the displaying, wherein when the displaying, on the display device, of the program information corresponding to a first program continues even at an ending of the first program, the displaying of the program information corresponding to the first program is terminated, even within the predetermined period, before a transition into a state of displaying on the display device a video image of the next program of the same channel, and, when the displaying on the display device of the video image of the next program starts, the program information corresponding to the next program is automatically displayed for the predetermined period on the display device and superposed upon the video images of the next program.