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Display apparatus and display method

US7814406B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 13, 2006
Grant dateOct 12, 2010
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Expiry dateApr 7, 2029

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N21/47
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Provided is a display apparatus by which a user can immediately browse necessary information in a large schedule table, and can browse also distributed information such as electronic mail at the same time, without being prevented from browsing the schedule table. The display apparatus includes: a display priority decision unit which decides a priority regarding displaying for each cell included in the schedule table; a time table display unit which decides a row and a column which include a high-priority cell, among rows and columns in the schedule table, and creates and displays a displayed part of the table which includes a part having the high-priority cell in the decided row and column; an information receiving unit which obtains communication information via a communication network; and an information notice place decision unit which displays the obtained communication information on a low-priority cell among cells in the displayed part of the table.

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