摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a program search apparatus and a program search method, wherein efficiency of program search is improved by using a table suitable to program search, so that a user can search for a program smoothly. <P>SOLUTION: A DVD recorder 1 has: a word extracting means for extracting nouns and noun phrases included in program information to be acquired from a broadcast signal; a selection means for selecting nouns and noun phrases used often for program search from among the nouns and noun phrases extracted by the word extracting means; and a table creating means for creating a program search table which associates the nouns and noun phrases selected out as search appropriate words with the program information. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT |