Patent ID: 7188356

Claim:
A program transmitting/receiving system having a center device and at least one terminal device connected through a communication device to the center device, the center device comprising: a program information memory device for storing information with regard to a program generated on the basis of a schedule to broadcast a program; a program information transmitting device for transmitting the information with regard to the program to the terminal device through the communication device; a broadcasting device for broadcasting the program to the terminal device through the communication device, in accordance with the schedule, and for storing the program therein at a transferable condition to the terminal device; and a request program transmitting device for receiving a request signal of the program transmitted by the terminal device, and for transmitting the program, corresponding to the request signal of the program and stored at the transferable condition, through the communication device to the terminal device at least transmitting the request signal of the program, and the terminal device comprises: a program information receiving device for receiving the information with regard to the program transmitted by the center device; a program receiving device for receiving the program broadcast by the center device; an image information generating device for generating an image information for a program selection of a user, on the basis of the information with regard to the program; a program request signal transmitting device for transmitting the request signal of the program selected by the user to the center device through the communication device, if the program selected by the user in accordance with the image information is a past program broadcast in accordance with the schedule from the center device; a request program receiving device for receiving the program corresponding to the request signal of the program transmitted by the center device; and a displaying device for displaying the image information on a display, wherein the information with regard to the program includes statistical data with regard to viewing of the program, and the image information includes information on the basis of the statistical data, wherein the displaying device displays the image information in a two-dimensional way, and wherein the statistical data with regard to viewing of the program comprises one of a viewing rate for the past program broadcast in accordance with the schedule from the center device, a number of requests for the past program, and information based on the viewing rate and the number of requests.