Patent Document ID: 8495520
Application ID: 10350038
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method of attracting a user's attention to the arrival of a television program selected by a user, in a television system receiving a television broadcast and displaying a television program on a television monitor, using information related to a broadcast start time of the selected television program, by displaying a nature scene image on the television monitor until the broadcasting of the selected television program starts, the method comprising: an assigning step of assigning a specific animated icon to the selected television program, the animated icon being an image of a creature; a displaying step of displaying the specific animated icon over the nature scene image on the television monitor; a first altering step of altering a display position of the specific animated icon towards a first pre-designated location in the nature scene image, said first pre-designated location being associated with the broadcasting of the selected television program, wherein a distance between the current display position of the specific animated icon and the first pre-designated location depends on a time left till a start of the broadcasting of the selected television program, and the specific animated icon moves, increasing in size, from a position corresponding to the back-portion of the nature scene to a position corresponding to the fore-portion of the nature scene in the nature scene image as time progresses; a first displaying step of displaying a preview of the selected television program, upon displaying the specific animated icon at the first pre-designated location for a predetermined period of time; a second altering step of altering the display position of the specific animated icon towards a second pre-designated location in the nature scene image, said second pre-designated location being associated with a recording of the selected television program; and a second displaying step of displaying the specific animated icon performing a pre-designated action at the second pre-designated location in the nature scene image during the recording of the selected television program.