Patent ID: 8201198

Claim:
An information processing system, comprising: a first information processing apparatus connected to a network; a second information processing apparatus connected to the network for communicating with the first information processing apparatus; and a third information processing apparatus connected to the network for communicating with the second information processing apparatus; the first information processing apparatus including: first supplying means for supplying information regarding each of a plurality of contents to the second information processing apparatus; the second information processing apparatus including: first acquiring means for acquiring the information regarding each of the plurality of contents supplied from the first information processing apparatus, editing means for editing the information regarding each of the plurality of contents to form an image containing the information regarding the plurality of contents, the image having a size larger than can be displayed at one time on a display screen and containing a plurality of displayable image areas, each of the image areas presenting a respective portion of a schedule such that the image area includes a first region which lists the information regarding at least some of the plurality of the contents associated with at least one of a plurality of predetermined times and lists a plurality of associated broadcasting station names, and a second region that is outside of the first region and which contains at least a predetermined mark for receiving user input, wherein each of the image areas contains at least one of: the same predetermined times or the same broadcasting station names, each image area is sized to be displayed in whole upon the display screen, and the image is scrollable upon user operation of at least one of the function button of a currently displayed image area or the predetermined mark of the currently displayed image area to scroll between a first whole one of the image areas and a second whole one of the image areas, and second supplying means for supplying the edited information regarding content to the third information processing apparatus; and the third information processing apparatus including: second acquiring means for acquiring the edited information regarding content from the second information processing apparatus, and display control means for controlling display of the image corresponding to the edited information regarding content.