Electronic program guide providing device
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1. An electronic program guide providing device comprising:
- an editing means for editing electronic program information;
an electronic program information storage means for storing the electronic program information edited by said editing means;
a table generation means for generating an electronic program guide table by using the electronic program information stored in said electronic program information storage means, said device providing the generated electronic program guide table;
when updating the electronic program information stored in said electronic program information storage means, said editing means generating update information on the updating of the electronic program information; and
said table generation means updating the electronic program guide table based on said update information generated by said editing means by using the electronic program information stored in said electronic program information storage means.
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Abstract
An electronic program guide providing device can include editor units (31 and 32) each for updating electronic program information which has already been stored in an electronic program information storage unit (11). When each of the editor units updates the electronic program information stored in the electronic program information storage unit, it notifies a table generation unit (21) of update information on the updating at the same time. The table generation unit determines which table is to be regenerated based on the update information, and regenerates only one or more tables that need to be regenerated.
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1. An electronic program guide providing device comprising:
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an editing means for editing electronic program information;
an electronic program information storage means for storing the electronic program information edited by said editing means;
a table generation means for generating an electronic program guide table by using the electronic program information stored in said electronic program information storage means, said device providing the generated electronic program guide table;
when updating the electronic program information stored in said electronic program information storage means, said editing means generating update information on the updating of the electronic program information; and
said table generation means updating the electronic program guide table based on said update information generated by said editing means by using the electronic program information stored in said electronic program information storage means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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