PROGRAM INFORMATION NOTIFICATION DEVICE, TELEVISION RECEIVER, PROGRAM INFORMATION NOTIFICATION METHOD, PROGRAM INFORMATION NOTIFICATION PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM
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Abstract
A television set (100) includes a determination section (330) and a notification section (340). The determination section (330) determines, as program information to be notified to a user, a plurality of pieces of program information each of which matches a search condition set beforehand, from among a plurality of pieces of program information. The notification section (340) notifies the user of the television set (100) of the plurality of pieces of program information thus determined by the determination section (330).
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19. A program information notification device comprising:
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a determination section which determines, as program information to be notified to a user, ones of a plurality of pieces of program information each of which matches a search condition set beforehand, from among the plurality of pieces of program information; and a notification section which notifies the user of the ones of the plurality of pieces of program information thus determined, the notification section sequentially notifying, one by one, the user of (i) a first predetermined number of pieces of program information, each having a broadcast date which is a current day, to be preferentially displayed and then (ii) a second predetermined number of pieces of program information, each having a broadcast date which is a following day, to be preferentially displayed, from among the ones of the plurality of pieces of program information determined by the determination section, after notifying the user of (i) the first predetermined number of pieces of program information and (ii) the second predetermined number of pieces of program information, the notification section notifying the user that there are third and fourth program information, having broadcast dates identical to respective of the current day and the following day, in a case where the third program information and the fourth program information further exist, respectively. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 31, 33)
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30. A program information notification device comprising:
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a determination section which determines, as program information to be notified to a user, ones of a plurality of pieces of program information each of which matches a search condition set beforehand, from among the plurality of pieces of program information; and a notification section which notifies the user of the ones of the plurality of pieces of program information thus determined, (A) at startup of the program information notification device, the notification section sequentially notifying, one by one, the user of (i) a first predetermined number of pieces of program information, each having a broadcast date which is a current day, to be preferentially displayed and then (ii) a second predetermined number of pieces of program information, each having a broadcast date which is a following day, to be preferentially displayed, from among the ones of the plurality of pieces of program information determined by the determination section, after notifying the user of (i) the first predetermined number of pieces of program information and (ii) the second predetermined number of pieces of program information, the notification section notifying the user that there are third and fourth program information, having broadcast dates identical to respective of the current day and the following day, in a case where the third program information and the fourth program information further exist, respectively, and the notification section displaying a list of a plurality of pieces of program information each having a broadcast date identical to a broadcast date of a piece of program information that is being notified, from among the ones of the plurality of pieces of program information thus determined, in a case where a given operation is conducted by the user while the first predetermined number of pieces of program information each having the broadcast date which is the current day or (ii) the second predetermined number of pieces of program information each having the broadcast date which is the following day are being notified to the user, (B) in a case where the determination section determines a plurality of pieces of program information having identical start times, the notification section notifying, one by one, the user of the plurality of pieces of program information a given time before the identical start times, and a channel selecting section of the program information notification device making a channel selection so that the user can view a program of a piece of program information that is currently notified to the user, in a case where a given operation is conducted by the user while the plurality of pieces of program information having identical start times are being notified to the user, and (C) in a case where a non-notification day of a week and a notification day of the week are set for the program information notification device, the notification section (a) not notifying the user of any program information on a program to be broadcasted on the non-notification day of the week and (b) notifying the user of program information on a program to be broadcasted on the notification day of the week, among the ones of the plurality of pieces of program information thus determined.
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32. A program information notification method comprising the steps of:
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(a) determining, as program information to be notified to a user, ones of a plurality of pieces of program information each of which matches a search condition set beforehand, from among the plurality of pieces of program information; and (b) notifying the user of the ones of the plurality of pieces of program information thus determined, the step (b) including the steps of; notifying, one by one, the user of (i) a first predetermined number of pieces of program information, each having a broadcast date which is a current day, to be preferentially displayed and then (ii) a second predetermined number of pieces of program information, each having a broadcast date which is a following day, to be preferentially displayed, from among the ones of the plurality of pieces of program information determined by the determination section, after notifying the user of (i) the first predetermined number of pieces of program information and (ii) the second predetermined number of pieces of program information, notifying the user that there are third and fourth program information, having broadcast dates identical to respective of the current day and the following day, in a case where the third program information and the fourth program information further exist, respectively.
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