JP2013207728A - Program information processing device and program information processing method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a program information processing device and a program information processing method that enable a user to easily find a program of interest from a program guide, and are easy to use.SOLUTION: A program information processing device comprises: a registration unit in which retrieval information for specifying a program is registered; and a related information processing unit that when program information of a cell forming a displayed program guide includes information to be detected corresponding to the retrieval information, gives discriminative display to the cell.

Description

  Embodiments described herein relate generally to a program information processing apparatus and a program information processing method.

  Recently, an information recording device capable of recording a television program of a plurality of channels aired on digital television broadcasting over a plurality of days (built in a television receiver, connectable to a television receiver) Are available on the market). In this type of information recording apparatus, it is necessary to manage program information of a large number of television programs as a program guide. The program information can generally be obtained from electronic program guide (EPG) information included in the broadcast signal, and is constructed as a program guide for display in the receiving apparatus. The EPG information includes program information of a program broadcast in the future (for example, one month ahead).

  In the information recording apparatus, all programs broadcast on a plurality of channels are recorded over a plurality of days. In this case, in order for the user to select a program desired to be viewed, the user must select from a huge number of programs. Also, it takes a lot of labor and time for a user to search for a desired program by referring to the program guide.

  As a method for reducing the above-described labor, there is a method in which a user's desired genre is set in advance in the control section of the program guide. When a program guide for guiding programs of a genre that matches the set genre is displayed, the guide column for the program is highlighted.

  In addition, there is an apparatus that extracts synonyms similar to a plurality of keywords from an electronic document from a database, although the purpose is not program search. The extracted synonyms are displayed.

JP 2007-19927 A JP 2005-84879 A

  As described above, when all the programs broadcast on a plurality of channels are recorded over a plurality of days in the information recording apparatus, in order to select a program that the user desires to view, an enormous number of programs are selected. You must choose from. Also, it takes a lot of labor and time for a user to search for a desired program by referring to the program guide. For this reason, further reduction in labor for searching for programs and improvement in usability are desired.

  Therefore, an object of the present embodiment is to provide a program information processing apparatus and a program information processing method that can easily find a program in which a user is interested in a program guide. It is another object of the present invention to provide a user-friendly program information processing apparatus and program information processing method.

  According to the embodiment, the information to be detected corresponding to the search information is included in the registration unit in which the search information for specifying the program is registered, and the program information of the cell forming the displayed program guide. And an associated information processing unit that gives an identification display to the cell.

It is a figure which shows the structural example of the television apparatus to which embodiment was applied. It is a figure which shows the example of a display in one operation | movement in embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the operation example in embodiment. It is a figure explaining the example of keyword registration in an embodiment. It is a figure which shows the other example of a display by 1 operation | movement in embodiment. It is a figure which shows the other example of a display in 1 operation | movement in embodiment. It is a figure explaining the example of the keyword registration and edit in embodiment. It is a figure explaining other examples of keyword registration and edit in an embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of the program schedule in embodiment. It is a figure which shows the other example of a display of the program schedule in embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of storage of program information.

  Hereinafter, embodiments will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of a television receiver according to the present embodiment.

  The television receiver has a digital tuner device 102 including a plurality of tuners that receive, for example, scrambled digital terrestrial broadcast signals. The digital tuner device 102 may include, for example, a tuner (not shown) for receiving BS / CS digital broadcasts.

  The broadcast program signal received by the tuner device 102 is input to the TS processing unit 122, and TSs (Transport Streams) of a plurality of channels (CH) are remultiplexed into one TS. The multiplexed TS includes a packet sequence of broadcast programs for each channel. Identification information for channel and packet identification is added to the packet of each channel. The multiplexed TS is input to the storage device 111. Of the TS input to the TS processing unit 122, a packet including control information is input to the control unit 200 and processed.

  The storage device 111 includes, for example, a hard disk driver and an optical disk recording / reproducing device. The optical disc includes a digital versatile disc (DVD), a Blu-ray disc (BD), and the like.

  A packet sent from the TS processing unit 122 to the control unit 200 is, for example, a table describing ECM (Entitlement Control Message) that is encryption information of a broadcast program and event information such as a program name, a performer, and a program start time. It includes information such as certain EIT (Event Information Table) and EPG (Electric Program Guide) information. The EPG information may include sponsor information.

  The video data included in the packet is encoded by, for example, MPEG (Moving Picture Expert Group) method, AVC (Advanced Video Coding) method or the like. The audio data in the audio packet is encoded by, for example, a PCM (Pulse Code Modulation) method, a Dolby method, an MPEG method, or the like. The AV decoder 126 separates the video packet and the audio packet of the program, and decodes the data in each packet according to each method.

  Therefore, a packet including audio data among the packets separated by the TS processing unit 122 is input to the audio decoder 123. In the audio decoder 123, the data in the packet is decoded according to the encoding method. The audio data decoded by the audio decoder 123 is subjected to synchronization processing, volume adjustment, and the like by the audio data processing unit 124 and is supplied to the audio output unit 125. The audio output unit 125 performs stereo separation processing or the like according to the speaker system, and supplies the output to the speaker 126.

  A packet including video data among the packets separated by the TS processing unit 122 is input to the video decoder 131. In the video decoder, the packet data is decoded according to the encoding method. The video data decoded by the video decoder 131 is subjected to synchronization processing, luminance adjustment, color adjustment, and the like by the video data processing unit 132. The output of the video data processing unit 132 is supplied to the video output unit 133. The video output unit 133 can multiplex data, graphics, a program guide, and the like input from the control unit 200 via the on-screen display (OSD) unit 240 to the main video signal.

  In addition, the video output unit 133 sets the scale, resolution, number of lines, aspect ratio, and the like corresponding to the display device 134 with respect to the output video signal, and outputs them to the display device 134.

  In some cases, audio packets and video packets of pay programs are encrypted. In this case, there is a processing system for decrypting encryption using the key information, but it is omitted here.

  The control unit 200 includes a central processing unit (CPU) 201, an operation command processing unit 202, a communication control unit 203, an operation device management unit 204, an EPG (Electric program guide) data processing unit 206, a display processing unit 211, and a memory 212. Including.

  A keyword-related information processing unit 222, a keyword registration unit 223, and a CM processing unit 225 are included. Further, a recording control unit and the like are included but not shown here.

  The keyword-related information processing unit 222 and the keyword registration unit 223 can make it easier for the viewer to find a program guide portion (cell) related to the keyword when the program guide is displayed on the display 134. The keyword related information processing unit 222 and the keyword registration unit 223 will be described in detail later.

  The EPG processing unit 206 holds program information of programs for, for example, the past month, the current month, and the future month by extracting and accumulating program information from packets included in the TS. This program information is updated every day, for example.

  The CPU 201 adjusts the entire operation sequence of the control unit 200. The operation command processing unit 202 can analyze an operation command input from the outside and reflect an operation corresponding to the command to the television receiving device 100. The operation device management unit 204 can grasp device identification data such as the portable terminals 500 and 501 and the remote controller 115 that give an operation signal to the control unit 200, and can manage input reception, reception rejection, and the like.

  The display processing unit 211 can generally control the video signal displayed on the display 134 via the video output unit 133. The display processing unit 211 can also perform adjustment processing such as the resolution, display size, and display area of the image signal. In addition, a video signal of a program table created using EPG data and a menu video signal created in the control unit 200 according to an operation signal can be supplied to the video output unit 133. The memory 212 can store various data and applications stored in the control unit 200.

  The communication control unit 203 can communicate with the outside and take in operation commands, data, contents, and the like. The captured content and data can be stored in the storage device 111 or the memory 212, for example. The communication control unit 203 can transmit data, content, and the like from the television receiver 100 to the outside.

  The communication control unit 203 is connected to the wireless communication transmission / reception unit 113 and the wired communication transmission / reception unit 112. The wired communication transmitting / receiving unit 112 can transmit / receive data to / from a remote server or home server via the Internet. The wireless communication transmission / reception unit 113 can transmit and receive data, content, and the like to and from the plurality of mobile terminals 500 and 501, and is for short-range communication. The television receiver 100 can also receive an operation signal from the remote controller 115 via the infrared receiver 114.

  The portable terminals 500 and 501 can also remotely control the television receiver 100.

  The portable terminals 500 and 501 can access the server via a base station (not shown), the Internet, or the like. It is possible to download various applications and game software as well as contents provided by the server and transfer them to the control unit 200 via the wireless communication transmitting / receiving unit 113. In addition, the mobile terminals 500 and 501 can transfer information for acquiring content (for example, a web server address, a mail address, a network address, and the like) to the control unit 200 via the wireless communication transmission / reception unit 113. is there.

  When content, application, or game software is transferred from the mobile terminal 500 or 501, the communication control unit 203 operates.

  The communication control unit 203 stores the received content in the memory 212. The content may be stored in the storage device 111 in response to an operation command or automatically. The storage device 111 can record the received content on, for example, a hard disk. In the hard disk, the content is managed as a content file.

  Menu video signals, program table video signals, and the like are stored and managed in the display processing unit 211. When menu display and program guide display are performed, menu screen data and program guide data are read from the data storage unit (memory or hard disk) and supplied to the display processing unit 128 under the control of the CPU 201. . As a result, an image of the menu or program guide is displayed on the display 134.

  A menu video signal, a video signal of a program guide, and the like can be transmitted to the portable terminal 500 or 501. When the portable terminal 501 or 502 requests a menu, a program guide, etc., the display processing unit 211 can transmit a menu video signal and a program guide video signal based on the control of the CPU 201.

  The portable terminal 501 or 502 can display a menu and a program guide on the screen of the touch panel, and the user receives a television by touching an operation button displayed on the screen of the touch (or point) panel. An operation command signal can be given to the apparatus. As will be described later, the user can use the portable terminal 501 or 502 to execute data processing related to the program guide and keywords.

  FIG. 2 shows a characteristic representative example when a program guide is displayed in the above-described television receiver.

  A program guide is displayed on the display 134. In the program guide, the area indicated by the alternate long and short dash line is enlarged and shown in the lower part of FIG. The program table 400 is composed of a plurality of cells arranged in the row and column directions, the horizontal direction is divided by channel numbers, and the vertical direction is divided by time. In each cell, a guide for the program of the corresponding channel and time zone is displayed, and this guide is created from the program information.

  There are various forms of program guidance, such as genre identification, program name, and title name. In addition, performer names, marks, symbols, sponsor names, etc. may be displayed.

  In the lower part of FIG. 2, cells C1-C6 are shown as representatives. In cell C1 of channel “041”, “Japan news” is displayed as the genre of the program guide, and “T garden, cherry blossoms in full bloom” is displayed as the title. In the cell C2, “Drama” is displayed as a program guide genre, and “Kyoto night, hotel encounter” is displayed as a title.

  In the cell C3 of the channel “051”, “Asahi news” is displayed as the genre of the program guide, and “Train accident in Asahi region” is displayed as the title. In the cell C4, "Earthquake effect" is displayed as the program guide genre, and "Volunteer activities" is displayed as the title. In the cell C5 of the channel “071”, “Tokyo News” is displayed as the program guide genre and “Weather Forecast” is displayed as the title. In the cell C6, “appliances information” is displayed as a program guide genre, and “high performance vacuum cleaner, evolved refrigerator” is displayed as a title.

  Here, it is assumed that “Company T” is registered as a keyword. Then, since “T garden, cherry blossoms in full bloom” is displayed in the cell C1, the letter 411 of “T company” is highlighted or colored, or is highlighted and colored so that it is conspicuous to the viewer. Is displayed.

  As a result, the user can immediately pay attention to the cell C1. Characters that are keywords are not displayed in the cell, but may be included in the program information. For example, “T Company” may be a sponsor or a program related to a product of “T Company”. In such a case, pop-up displays 412, 413 are obtained as shown in cells C2, C6. In the pop-up displays 412, 413, for example, "Sponsor T company", "T company product", etc. are displayed. Thus, the user can immediately find out the program guide related to the keyword “Company T” from the program guide.

  FIG. 3 shows an example of a flowchart for detecting the character string corresponding to the keyword from the program information when the program guide is displayed on the display unit 134 in a state where the keyword is registered. This flowchart is executed by cooperation of the CPU 201, the keyword related information processing unit 222, the keyword registration unit 223, the memory 211, the display processing unit 212, the OSD unit 240, and the like illustrated in FIG.

  The program guide is displayed (step SA1). Program information within the designated time to be displayed is acquired (step SA2). That is, for example, in the example of FIG. 2, program information relating to a program from 18:00 to 19:00 is temporarily fetched from the EPG data processing unit 206 into the memory 211. Next, the channel number to be processed first is acquired from the program information (step SA3).

  Next, it is searched whether the acquired program information includes a character string registered as a keyword (step SA5). If the character string registered as a keyword is not included, normal program information is displayed in the corresponding cell as a guide (step SA6). If a character string registered as a keyword is included, the keyword in the program information is highlighted and displayed in the corresponding cell (step SA7: see cell C1 in FIG. 2).

  Next, it is determined whether or not the next program of the channel is included within the designated time for displaying the program guide (step SA8). If it is high, the program information of the next program is acquired, and the process returns to step SA5. If it is determined in step SA8 that the next program of the channel is not included in the designated time for displaying the program guide, it is determined whether there is a next channel to be processed for display ( Step SA10). If there is no next channel, the process ends (step SA12). If there is a next channel, the channel number is acquired, and the process returns to step SA4.

  With the program information processing described above, the display described with reference to FIG. 2 is realized. In the flowchart of FIG. 3, the keyword character string is emphasized. However, as described in FIG. 2, pop-up display may be performed.

  FIG. 4A shows an example of a screen for registering a word to be highlighted on the program guide as a keyword as shown in FIG. The keyword registration screen in FIG. 4A is read as follows, for example. On the menu screen, since there is a “program navigation setting” item in the “program NAVi” item, this “program navigation setting” item is selected with the cursor, and the enter button is operated. The user can select an input area to which a keyword (which may be referred to as a search word) is input with a cursor. When the input area is selected with the cursor, the user can input a keyword by operating a key of the remote controller, for example. The example of FIG. 4A shows an example in which “Company T” is input to the first input area, and “Mozart” is input to the second area. For example, the keyword can be input by connecting a keyboard to the television receiver and operating the keyboard.

  FIG. 4B shows another embodiment. In FIG. 4A, when a word (may be referred to as a detected word) that matches a registered keyword (may be referred to as a search word) exists on the program table, this detected word is highlighted. It was an embodiment.

  In the embodiment of FIG. 4B, it is possible to specify whether or not to detect a detected word that matches a keyword, and to specify a color for the detected word. Therefore, an emphasis setting area and a color setting area are added to the keyword input area. When performing the emphasis setting and color setting, the user can perform the presence / absence of emphasis setting and color selection by clicking the selection button while the cursor is moved to the selection button of the desired area. When the user performs an emphasis setting and color selection and then operates the enter button, the emphasis state and color of the detected word displayed on the program guide are determined. In the emphasis setting area and the color setting area, symbols and colors are displayed so that the setting state can be understood.

  FIGS. 5A to 5D show various display examples in the cell C1 in which the detected word exists. FIG. 5A is an example in which “Company T” is emphasized and the background area of the cell C1 is colored. FIG. 5B is an example in which the letter “Company T” is colored without emphasis. FIG. 5C shows an example in which “T company” is emphasized and “T company” is colored. FIG. 5D shows an example in which “Company T” is emphasized and the frame of the cell C1 is displayed thick.

  6A to 6D show examples of various display forms of pop-up display. FIG. 6A shows an example in which the area of the pop-up display 412 is colored. FIG. 6B shows an example in which the letter “T company” in the area of the pop-up display 412 is colored. FIG. 6C is an example in which the letter “Company T” in the area of the pop-up display 412 is colored and emphasized.

  As described above, various display forms of the detected word that matches the keyword are possible on the program guide.

  The “keyword” is not limited in its name, and may be referred to as “search information”, “detection information”, “search data”, “comparison data”, or the like. The “detected word” is not limited in its name, and is referred to as “detected information”, “captured data”, “captured word”, “keyword correspondence data”, “extracted data”, etc. Also good.

The keyword may be any one or a plurality of marks and figures that match or are similar to the detected information included in the program information.

  In FIG. 7, after a user registers many keywords, when time elapses, keywords may need to be organized. In other words, the keyword may need to be canceled or the keyword needs to be confirmed. In this case, the keyword check screen is read as follows, for example. On the menu screen, since there is a “keyword check” item in the “program NAVi” item, this “keyword check” item is selected with the cursor, and the enter button is operated. Under the control of the keyword-related information processing unit 222, the keywords registered in the keyword registration unit 223 are read out and displayed on the keyword check screen with, for example, initials in order of priority ABC. When the scroll button 421 is operated, a plurality of keywords can be scrolled on the screen.

  On the right side of the keyword area, a registration area, a cancellation area, and an erase area are arranged. When the user moves the cursor to the registration area and presses the enter button, registration of the corresponding keyword in the keyword registration unit is executed. When the user moves the cursor to the no-use area and presses the enter button, the corresponding keyword is not used. In this case, it means that the keyword itself remains in the registration unit but is not used for searching. This feature can leave the possibility of reviving the entered keywords. When the user moves the cursor to the deletion area and presses the enter button, the corresponding keyword is completely deleted. It is also possible to perform keyword editing input with the cursor moved to the keyword area. The above editing is executed based on the control of the keyword related information processing unit 222 and the CPU 201.

  Since the keyword can be edited in this way, it is possible to make the content limited to the keyword or to expand the content. If the keyword is limited, the detected word may be difficult to detect, and there may be few programs hit. If the keyword has a simple wide range of contents, many detected words may be detected, and the program may not be narrowed down.

  After editing of a keyword, a search for a detected word corresponding to the keyword is automatically executed. Further, when the keyword is erased and when it is set to not use, the additional processing such as emphasis and coloring for the corresponding detected word is canceled.

  FIG. 8 shows another embodiment of the keyword input method. For example, a keyboard image 430 is displayed on the keyword registration screen. The user can input a keyword by selecting the key of the image 430 on the keyboard with the cursor and pressing the enter button. The entered keyword is displayed in the keyword area. When a desired keyword is input, when the user moves the cursor to the registration area and operates the enter button, a registration mark is displayed.

  In a device in which the display unit is used as a touch-type input unit such as a tablet or a portable terminal, the keyboard screen 430 is directly operated by a finger.

  FIG. 9 shows a display example of the program guide 400, and this display is mainly executed by the display processing unit 212. In this example, the program guide is displayed only in the cells C1 and C2 corresponding to the program related to the keyword, and the other cells C3 and C4 not related to the keyword are displayed blank. In addition, when the program information includes a keyword (word to be detected) but is not directly displayed in the cell, the background of the cell C2 is colored like the cell C2. When the cursor is moved to the cell C2 and clicked with the click button, a pop-up display is obtained, and the detected word is displayed in this display.

  With the display form as described above, the user can quickly find a program related to the keyword in the program guide.

  FIG. 10 shows an embodiment in which the display form of the program guide 400 and the display form of the keyword-corresponding program list are switched cyclically, for example. This display is performed mainly by the display processing unit 212.

  In the display example (a), the program guide is displayed only in the cell corresponding to the program related to the keyword, and other cells not related to the keyword are blank. In this case, the cursor for selecting a playback program (in the example shown in the figure, the cell frame is displayed thick) is selected from the cell that is guiding the program by pressing the cursor button (or arrow button) of the remote controller, for example. Jump and move between other cells guiding the next program. This shortens the movement time of the cursor for moving between cells in order to select a playback program.

  Here, when the skip key of the remote controller 115 is operated, a program list in which program guides related to the keyword are arranged is displayed as shown in the display example (b). The cursor can be moved on the program list. In the display example (b), the cursor exists in one program guide area with a thick frame. When the cursor is moved to a desired program guide area and the enter button is pressed, the program can be reproduced. When the skip key of the remote controller 115 is operated from the state of the display example (b), the program guide of the display example (c) is displayed. In this display example (c), the corresponding program guide is also displayed in the blank cell in the display example display example (a). In the cell corresponding to the program related to the keyword, for example, the background is colored and displayed. In this display state, the cursor can move to the next cell in cell units without jumping. When the skip key of the remote controller 115 is operated from the state of the display example (c), the program guide of the display example (a) is displayed again.

  When the display 134 is, for example, a portable terminal (such as a mobile phone device or a tablet) that employs touch input, the above-described cyclic display can be obtained by touching the cycle button 425.

  FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a state of a program information file created using program information. The program information sent together with the broadcast signal is processed by the EPG data processing unit 206, and a program guide data file is created here. The program guide data file is stored in the memory in the EPG data processing unit 206, the memory 211, or the storage device 111. It is constructed using program information sent together with a certain broadcast signal. FIG. 11 represents the current date and time as, for example, April 9, 2012 (Monday). The program information is sent, for example, from the present to the future for one week or one month.

  The vertical axis of the program guide data file in FIG. 11 indicates the date and time (past, present, future), and the horizontal axis indicates the channels 041, 051... 071, but is not limited to such a format. It suffices if program information exists as a database and an arbitrary category of program information can be specified by date and time when creating a program guide.

  The keywords of the keyword registration unit 223 described above may be further utilized as follows. For example, the CM processing unit 225 can extract the video signal of the commercial section inserted in the middle of the program from the main video signal. Further, the CM processing unit 225 can store the CM video signal in the commercial section in the storage device 111 or the memory 211 as a commercial file. When the CM video signal stored in the storage device 111 or the memory 211 includes a character string, a figure, a mark, or the like corresponding to a keyword, in the CM video signal, the corresponding character string, figure, The mark may be highlighted, emphasized, or colored. Accordingly, the CM video signal of the commercial file can be sent and reproduced, and a desired scene can be searched based on the keyword. In addition to the keyword editing function, various commercial scenes can be searched.

  The CM processing unit 225 can include a character recognition processor in the video signal in order to realize the above processing. The recognized character code is used as a word to be detected.

  The keyword can also be used to search the detected word even when the detected word is included in the information of the data broadcast.

  The above embodiments include the invention as a method, an information storage medium, and a program. A program processing method includes: a registration unit in which search information for specifying a program is registered; and an associated information processing unit that provides identification information to a cell forming a display program guide. In the processing method, when the detected information corresponding to the search information is included in the program information of the cell, identification information is given to the cell.

In the program information processing method, the search information is one or more of a keyword, a mark, and a figure that match or are similar to detected information included in the program information.
The identification information is identification information by any one or more that gives highlight, highlight, coloring, background coloring to the detected information,
In this method, the program guide is displayed on a display unit of either a portable terminal or a television receiver.

  Further, the information storage medium is a computer-readable storage medium, and when the detected information corresponding to the search information is included in the program information of the cell, an instruction for giving identification information to the cell Is a storage medium for storing. Furthermore, the program is a program that causes the computer to operate in accordance with the instructions of the information storage medium.

  In the above description, in terms of a receiving unit, a management unit, a processing unit, a control unit, a communication registration unit, an output unit, etc., “unit” means “means”, “apparatus”, “device”, “block”, and “module”. Of course, it is within the scope of the present invention even if it is replaced with. Furthermore, in each constituent element of the claims, even when the constituent element is expressed in a divided manner, when a plurality of constituent elements are expressed together, or when they are expressed in combination, they are within the scope of the present invention. Even when the claims are expressed as a method, the apparatus of the present invention is applied.

  Although several embodiments of the present invention have been described, these embodiments are presented by way of example and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention. These novel embodiments can be implemented in various other forms, and various omissions, replacements, and changes can be made without departing from the scope of the invention. These embodiments and modifications thereof are included in the scope and gist of the invention, and are included in the invention described in the claims and the equivalents thereof.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 ... Television receiver, 134 ... Display part, 200 ... Control part, 201 ... CPU, 202 ... Command processing part, 206 ... EPG data processing part, 211 ... Memory 212... Display processing unit 222... Keyword related information processing unit 223.

Claims (10)

A registration unit in which search information for identifying a program is registered;
A related information processing unit for providing identification information to the cell when the detected information corresponding to the search information is included in the program information of the cell forming the program guide for display;
A program information processing apparatus.   The program information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the search information is any one or more of a keyword, a mark, and a figure that match or are similar to detected information included in the program information.   2. The program information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the identification information is identification information by any one or more of giving highlight, emphasis, coloring, and background coloring to the detected information. A display unit for displaying the program guide;
The program information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display unit, the registration unit, and the related information processing unit are included in a mobile terminal. A display unit for displaying the program guide;
The program information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display unit, the registration unit, and the related information processing unit are included in a television receiver.   The program information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the related information processing unit receives an edit input of the search information. A display processing unit for displaying the program guide on a display unit;
The program processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display processing unit displays the program guide only in a cell corresponding to a program related to a keyword and blanks other cells not related to the keyword. A display processing unit for displaying the program guide on a display unit;
The display processing unit
A first program listing that shows program guidance only in cells corresponding to the program associated with the keyword, and other cells not associated with the keyword are blank;
The program guide is shown in the cell corresponding to the program related to the keyword and the other cell not related to the keyword, and the identification information is given to the cell corresponding to the program related to the keyword. The second program guide,
A list showing program guide of programs related to the keyword;
The display state of the first program guide, the second program guide, and the list is switched according to an operation input.
The program information processing apparatus according to claim 1. A registration unit in which search information for specifying a program is registered, and a related information processing unit that gives identification information to a cell forming a program table for display;
When the detected information corresponding to the search information is included in the program information of the cell, identification information is given to the cell.
Program information processing method. The search information is one or more of keywords, marks, and figures that match or are similar to detected information included in the program information,
The identification information is identification information by any one or more that gives highlight, highlight, coloring, background coloring to the detected information,
The program information processing method according to claim 9, wherein the program guide is displayed on a display unit of either a portable terminal or a television receiver.

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