Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Program retrieval support device for accumulating and searching pieces of program information and corresponding programs and a method for performing the same
- Patent Title (中): 用于累积和搜索节目信息和相应节目的节目检索支持装置及其执行方法
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Application No.: US12517403Application Date: 2008-08-05
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Publication No.: US08195687B2Publication Date: 2012-06-05
- Inventor: Jun Ozawa , Tsuyoshi Inoue
- Applicant: Jun Ozawa , Tsuyoshi Inoue
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
- Current Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.
- Priority: JP2007-207214 20070808
- International Application: PCT/JP2008/002106 WO 20080805
- International Announcement: WO2009/019858 WO 20090212
- Main IPC: G06F7/00
- IPC: G06F7/00

Abstract:
A program (e.g., tv/movie program) retrieval support device includes the following units. A program-information-accumulation unit (102) accumulating pieces of program information. A program-search-criterion-input unit(101) receiving from a user a search criterion. A program-information-search unit (103) searching the pieces of program information accumulated in the program-information-accumulation unit (102) using the received search criterion. A program-information-display unit (104) displaying a list of pieces of program information found by the search. A program-information-user-selection unit (105) receiving from the user an input of pointing (selecting) a piece of program information from the displayed pieces of program information. A program-search-criterion-generation unit (106) determining whether or not the pointed program is a major program and if the pointed program is a major program then generating new search criteria for narrowing down the search range to be more similar to the selected program. A program-search-criterion-display unit (107) displaying the generated new search criteria.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100094896A1 PROGRAM RETRIEVAL SUPPORT DEVICE AND ITS METHOD Public/Granted day:2010-04-15
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