Patent ID: 8051449

Claim:
A portable information terminal apparatus comprising: acquiring means for acquiring a plurality of pieces of program information about programs to be broadcast on a plurality of scheduled dates selected by a user, wherein the plurality of scheduled dates include a current date, past dates and future dates; first display controlling means for controlling display on a display screen of said program information acquired by said acquiring means; extracting means for extracting a start time and an end time of said program information; retrieving means which, based on the start time and the end time extracted by said extracting means, retrieves other program information about programs to be broadcast in a time slot between the start time and the end time, wherein the retrieving means creates a table listing information about each program be broadcast in the time slot, wherein the start time and the end time extracted by the extracting means are extracted based on a start time and end time of a selected program and independent of a user-selected time, wherein the other program information comprises advertisement information targeted at the user and a specific type of portable information terminal apparatus the user is operating; and second display controlling means for controlling display on said display screen of said other program information after retrieval by said retrieving means, wherein said acquiring means acquires said program information by transmitting through a network, a request including a unique user ID to a provider and acquires said program information applicable to the user ID through said network.