SYSTEM FOR SELECTING ELECTRONIC PROGRAM TABLE

• Main Authors: YAMAOKA MASAHITO, KAWADA MASAYUKI, OI MINORU
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 26.01.2001
• Edition: 7
• Subjects: ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To display the electronic program table of a desired date or day of the week by means of one operation of a user by providing a means for converting an input from an input means into the date or the day of the week and a means for taking-out program table data of the selected date or the day of the week from a memory. SOLUTION: The date or the day of the week of the electronic program table being display possible is retrieved by a retrieving block 9 and indicated to the user by a retrieval result display block 10. The assigned numerical keys or buttons of a remote control unit are used for selecting and displaying the program table of the desired date or day of the week in a program table display state. When the user executes the input by the assigned keys or the buttons, it is converted into the date or day of the week by a conversion block 6, the electronic program table corresponding to the date or the day of the week converted by the conversion block 6 is taken-out from a memory block 4 by a taking-out block 7 and the electronic program table of the date or day of the week desired by the user is displayed by a program table display block 8.