US5929932A
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Program guide display controller at user terminal of television broadcasting system
Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co Ltd
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Filing: 1996-10-18
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Granted: 1999-07-27
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Expires: 2016-10-18
Abstract
Abstract A program guide display controller at a user terminal of a television broadcasting system in which a user can enter a program guide display command for displaying a program guide on a display device, and the user can set contents for restricting the program guide displayed on the display device. A memory is provided for storing the restricting contents set by the user. A display control is provided for displaying a program guide adapted to the restricting contents stored in the memory on the display device when the program guide display command is entered by the user.
Inventors
- 👤 Masako Otsuki
- 👤 Takahiro Kondo
- 👤 Yoshinori Hama
- 👤 Hiroshi Tsunoda
- 👤 Nobuhiro Hara
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-28 13:01
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N21/00; H04N21/40; H04N21/47; H04N21/482; H04N21/41; H04N21/422; H04N21/42204; H04N21/43; H04N21/431; H04N21/4312; H04N21/45; H04N21/4508; H04N21/4532; H04N21/454; H04N21/80; H04N21/83; H04N21/84
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
156 words
A program guide display controller at a user terminal of a television broadcasting system, comprising: first entry means for enabling a user to enter a program guide display command for displaying a program guide screen on a display device; second entry means for enabling the user to enter a menu screen display command for displaying a menu screen for making the user set contents for restricting the program guide displayed on the display device; means for simultaneously displaying both the program guide screen and the menu screen when the program guide display command or the menu screen display command is entered as well as making active only one of the screens which corresponds to the entered command; storage means for storing the set restricting contents on the menu screen; and program contents display control means for setting displayed contents on the program guide screen to contents adapted to the restricting contents stored in the storage means.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
156 words
A program guide display controller at a user terminal of a television broadcasting system, comprising: first entry means for enabling a user to enter a program guide display command for displaying a program guide screen on a display device; second entry means for enabling the user to enter a menu screen display command for displaying a menu screen for making the user set contents for restricting the program guide displayed on the display device; means for simultaneously displaying both the program guide screen and the menu screen when the program guide display command or the menu screen display command is entered as well as making active only one of the screens which corresponds to the entered command; storage means for storing the set restricting contents on the menu screen; and program contents display control means for setting displayed contents on the program guide screen to contents adapted to the restricting contents stored in the storage means.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
83 words
A program guide display controller at a user terminal of a television broadcasting system, comprising: entry means for entering a first command for displaying a menu screen for performing various types of setting and a second command for displaying a program guide screen, and means for simultaneously displaying both the menu screen and the program guide screen when the first command or the second command is entered as well as making active only one of the screens which corresponds to the entered command.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
83 words
A program guide display controller at a user terminal of a television broadcasting system, comprising: entry means for entering a first command for displaying a menu screen for performing various types of setting and a second command for displaying a program guide screen, and means for simultaneously displaying both the menu screen and the program guide screen when the first command or the second command is entered as well as making active only one of the screens which corresponds to the entered command.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
128 words
A program guide display controller at a user terminal of a television broadcasting system, comprising: entry means for entering a first command for displaying a menu screen for performing various types of setting and a second command for displaying a program guide screen; first display control means for simultaneously displaying both the menu screen and the program guide screen when the first command or the second command is entered as well as making active only one of the screens which corresponds to the entered command; and second display control means for displaying the screen which is active and the screen which is not active out of the menu screen and the program guide screen so that the menu screen and the program guide screen can be visually identified.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
128 words
A program guide display controller at a user terminal of a television broadcasting system, comprising: entry means for entering a first command for displaying a menu screen for performing various types of setting and a second command for displaying a program guide screen; first display control means for simultaneously displaying both the menu screen and the program guide screen when the first command or the second command is entered as well as making active only one of the screens which corresponds to the entered command; and second display control means for displaying the screen which is active and the screen which is not active out of the menu screen and the program guide screen so that the menu screen and the program guide screen can be visually identified.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
33 words
The program guide display controller according to claim 3, wherein the second display control means displays the screen which is active by opacity and displays the screen which is not active by halftones.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
132 words
The program guide display controller according to claim 4, wherein the second display control means comprises means for separately preparing color pallets used for the menu screen and color pallets used for the program guide screen, setting the transmittance of each of the color pallets for the menu screen to a value corresponding to the opacity as well as setting the transmittance of each of the color pallets for the program guide screen to a value corresponding to the halftones, and setting the transmittance of each of the color pallets for the program guide screen to a value corresponding to the opacity when the program guide screen is active as well as setting the transmittance of each of the color pallets for the menu screen to a value corresponding to the halftones.
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