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Display apparatus and display method

US8473988B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 4, 2009
Grant dateJun 25, 2013
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Expiry dateNov 4, 2030

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N21/42222
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

There is provided a display apparatus including display means for displaying images, electronic program guide display means for causing the display means to display an electronic program guide, selection means for draggably & droppably selecting the part of the electronic program guide displayed by the electronic program guide display means, icon display means for, when the part selected by the selection means is dragged, causing icons corresponding to the part to be displayed by being superimposed on the electronic program guide, and execution means for, when the part is dropped onto the icon caused by the icon display means to be displayed by being superimposed on the electronic program guide while the part displayed in the electronic program guide being dragged by the selection means, causing a function associated with the icon to be executed.

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