INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PROGRAM TABLE DISPLAYING METHOD

摘要

A program information acquisition unit 60 acquires program information individually broadcasted in a plurality of channels. An apparatus information acquisition unit 444 acquires, from a tuner, limitation information indicative of a limitation to channels which can be viewed by a user. A decision unit 449 decides, in response to the limitation information, whether each of the plural channels is a viewing-unlimited channel whose viewing by the user is not limited or a viewing-limited channel whose viewing by the user is limited. A program table displaying unit 88 causes a program table, in which program information of the plural channels is concentrated, to be displayed, and causes program information of the viewing-unlimited channel and program information of the viewing-limited channel to be displayed in forms different from each other in the program table.

主权项

1. An information processing apparatus, comprising:
a program information acquisition unit configured to acquire program information to be broadcasted in each of a plurality of channels; a limitation information acquisition unit configured to acquire, from a tuner, limitation information indicative of a limitation to channels viewable by a user; a decision unit configured to decide, in response to the limitation information, whether each of the plural channels is a viewing-unlimited channel whose viewing by the user through the tuner is not limited or a viewing-limited channel whose viewing by the user through the tuner is limited; and a program table displaying unit configured to display a program table in which program information of the plural channels is collected and display, in the displayed program table, program information of the viewing-unlimited channel or channels and the viewing-limited channel or channels in different modes from each other, the plural channels including a pay channel in which a prior contract by the user is a condition for viewing, a free program in which viewing by the user is not limited being included in programs broadcasted in the pay channel, the limitation information acquisition unit acquiring a contract situation of the user with regard to the pay channel as the limitation information from the tuner, the decision unit deciding a pay channel for which the user has a contract as the viewing-unlimited channel, but deciding a pay channel for which the user does not have a contract as yet as the viewing-limited channel, and the program table displaying unit causing program information of a free program from among programs broadcasted in a pay channel for which the user does not have a contract as yet to be displayed, in the single program table, in a form same as that of program information of the viewing-unlimited channel.