JP5103384B2 - 番組ガイドを提供する方法及び装置 - Google Patents
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この出願は、2005年5月17日に米国特許商標庁に提出され、シリアル番号60/681,867が割り当てられた仮出願から受ける優先権及び全ての利益を請求するものである。
本実施の形態で述べられる例示は、本発明の好適な実施の形態を説明するものであり、係る例示は、何れかのやり方で本発明の範囲を限定するものとして解釈されるべきではない。
11のようなフロントパネル手段、増幅器12のような結合手段、I/Oブロック13のような入力/出力(I/O)手段、プロセッサ14のような処理手段、及びメモリ15のようなメモリ手段を有する。図2の上述したエレメントのうちの幾つかは、ICを使用して実施される場合があり、幾つかのエレメントは、たとえば1以上のICに含まれる場合がある。説明の明確さのため、所定の制御信号、電力信号及び/又は他のエレメントのような装置20に関連する所定の従来のエレメントは、図2に示されていない。
Claims (2)
- 番組ガイドを提供する方法であって、
現在の時間を含む第一の時間インターバルをカバーする番組情報を含む前記番組ガイドの一部の表示をイネーブルにするステップと、前記番組ガイドは、第一の軸で時間情報を有し、第二の軸でチャネル情報を有し、
前記現在の時間に基づいて前記番組ガイドのグリッドを計算し、経過した時間が第二の時間インターバルに等しい場合に前記第二の時間インターバルだけ前記第一の軸に沿って前記番組情報をシフトさせるステップとを含み、
前記第二の時間インターバルは30分よりも短い時間間隔であって、ユーザにより調節可能である、
ことを特徴とする方法。 - 番組ガイドを提供する装置であって、
前記番組ガイドをイネーブルにするデータを記憶するメモリ手段と、
現在の時間を含む第一の時間インターバルをカバーする番組情報を含む前記番組ガイドの一部の表示を可能にする処理手段と、前記番組ガイドは、第一の軸で時間情報を有し、
第二の軸でチャネル情報を有し、
前記処理手段は、前記現在の時間に基づいて前記番組ガイドのグリッドを計算し、経過した時間が前記第二の時間インターバルに等しい場合に第二の時間インターバルにより前記第一の軸に沿って前記番組情報をシフトさせ、前記第二の時間インターバルは、30分よりも短い時間間隔であって、ユーザにより調節可能である、
ことを特徴とする装置。
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