CONTENT NOTIFYING DEVICE, NOTIFYING METHOD, AND PROGRAM

摘要

At step S1, processing is begun by a push of a home button, etc. Here, whether or not an operation for performing a program detailed search has been made is detected (step S2), and if operation therefor is detected (YES), a program detailed search screen is displayed at step S3. Here, the method proceeds to step S4, and if it has been detected that an operation button for a category search has been pushed at this step (YES), a search condition screen is displayed at step S5. At step S6, if a search condition is selected on this screen (YES), the selected category search condition is stored in a memory at step S7. Next, at step S8, if an operation signal for displaying search results is detected (YES), search results (program guide list) are displayed, as shown in FIG. 3C, at step S9. Here, if there is movement of a cursor from one displayed category to another, a list of the programs found in the category corresponding to the placement of the cursor is displayed. Next, as shown in step S10, if movement of the cursor to the program list side has been detected (YES), the method proceeds to step S11. When there is no movement of the cursor to the list side of the program guide (NO), a new search condition can be input at step S15 by switching to the screen for inputting category search conditions, then the method will return to step S7. In step S11, the program displayed at the top of the program list can be highlighted, and the highlighted position can be moved. At step S12, if a select button is pushed (YES), a display unit can be made to display the highlighted program at step S13. This ends the processing (end: step S14). As a result, operations for consecutive searches of programs and other content can be simplified, and search results can be made easier to understand.