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Broadcast receiving apparatus

  • US 6,166,778 A
  • Filed: 03/27/1997
  • Issued: 12/26/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/29/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A broadcast receiving apparatus for use with a display and, having a plurality of programs in a predetermined time period in a program list column, comprising:

  • means for displaying a program description in a specified region of the display for a specific number of programs selected therefrom according to at least one of program rating and program category,means for displaying other programs by separation lines between program displays,means for displaying a corresponding program description by a further display when a cursor is moved to the separation lines,means for displaying i) an official program name column which includes detailed information of one of said programs, and ii) a program list column which includes a time column and a channel column, when the program list is displayed by entering a program list display mode,means for displaying the detailed information of said program in the official program name column when the cursor is moved to said program in the program list column,means for maintaining a display state of the official program name column when a mode of the apparatus is changed from the program list display mode to a broadcast content briefing mode by selecting said program with the cursor of a controller, andmeans for displaying content briefing display for displaying a detailed content about the selected program.

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