Patent ID: 7627884

Claim:
A program information display apparatus comprising: a receiver operable to receive program data of digital broadcasting; a first creating section operable to create an electronic programming guide (EPG) including a schedule of a plurality of TV programs based on the received program data; a second creating section operable to create a description regarding one of the TV programs based on the received program data; and a display section operable to control a display having a screen, wherein the display section controls the display to display the EPG on the screen in response to an instruction by a user; wherein the display section controls the display to display the description regarding the one of the TV programs on the screen in place of the EPG when the user selects the one of the TV programs from the EPG; and wherein the display section controls the display to display another description regarding another of the TV programs on the screen in place of the description regarding the one of the TV programs when the user selects the other of the TV programs while the description regarding the one of the TV programs is displayed on the screen.