US006223347B1

(12) United States Patent Watanabe et al.

US 6,223,347 B1 Apr. 24, 2001

(10) Patent N0.: (45) Date of Patent:

(54) DATA DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS

(75) Inventors: Shigeaki Watanabe, Kyoto; Kazutoshi Sumiya, Nishinomiya; Kiyokazu Yamanaka, Ashiya; Yuki Kusumi,

7/1996 Gibson. 10/1996 K0 et al. .

5,539,871 5,566,293

FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS

Kashiba; Masahiro Oashi, Hirakata; 827336 3/1998 (EP) _ Tatsuya Shimoji; Masayuki Kozuka, 2728089 11/1995 (FR) _ both of NeyagaWa; Yoshihiro Mimura, 39393 1/1991 (JP) _ Hirakata; Yoshiyuki Miyabe, Osaka; 789267 1/1991 (JP) _ Kazuo Okamura, Hirakata; Takashi 4274553 9/1992 (JP) _ Kakiuchi, Toyonaka; J unichi Hirai, 8241065 9/1996 (JP) _ Suita; Naoya Takao, Kadoma; Toshiya 9525213 9/1995 (W0) _ Mori, Settsu; Ikuo Minakata, Souraku, 95/25313 * 9/1995 (WO) ........................... .. G06F/17/30 all of (JP) 9619077 6/1996 (WO) .

_ _ _ _ 9708837 3/1997 (WO) .

(73) AssIgnee: Matsushlta Electric Industrial Co., 9712342 4/1997 (W0) _ Ltd» Osaka (JP) 9737736 10/1997 (WO) .

( * ) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this * _ d b _ patent is extended or adjusted under 35 Cue y exammer

U.S.C. 154(b) by 0 days.

' Primary Examiner—John W. Miller (21) Appl' NO" 08/928’010 (74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm—Price and Gess

(22) Filed: Sep. 11, 1997 (57) ABSTRACT (30) Foreign Application Priority Data

Adata display control apparatus receives a digital broadcast Sep. 11, 1996 (JP) ................................................. .. 8-240297 _ _ _ _ _ _

and compares the present time With a time indicated In a 7 .

Int. Cl. .............................. .. TimeiEVentiPart provided in navigation information used

(52) US. Cl. .............. .. 725/139; 725/140; 725/142 to Control the dis 1a of the multimedia data Com 05in a (58) Field Of Search ............................... .. 348/552, 906, p y _ _ _ p g

348/12; 345/327; 709/219 broadcast program. When the Indicated time has been _ reached, the data display control apparatus executes instruc

(56) References Clted tions to control the display of the multimedia data.

U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS

5,195,134 3/1993 Inoue _ 21 Claims, 38 Drawing Sheets

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UNIT

U.S. Patent Apr. 24, 2001 Sheet 2 0f38 US 6,223,347 B1

FIG. 2

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U.S. Patent Apr. 24, 2001 Sheet 8 0f38 US 6,223,347 B1

FIG. 8

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U.S. Patent Apr. 24, 2001 Sheet 11 0f38 US 6,223,347 B1

FIG. 11

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U.S. Patent Apr. 24, 2001 Sheet 12 of 38 US 6,223,347 B1

FIG. 12

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U.S. Patent Apr. 24, 2001 Sheet 13 of 38 US 6,223,347 B1

FIG. 13

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U.S. Patent Apr. 24, 2001 Sheet 14 of 38 US 6,223,347 B1

FIG. 14

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U.S. Patent Apr. 24, 2001 Sheet 15 of 38 US 6,223,347 B1

FIG. 15

TIME DISPLAY SCREEN

MAIL ORDER

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U.S. Patent Apr. 24, 2001 Sheet 16 of 38 US 6,223,347 B1

FIG. 16A

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PRESENT TIME

(1996:09:09:14:57:00)

FIG. 16B

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U.S. Patent Apr. 24, 2001 Sheet 17 of 38 US 6,223,347 B1

FIG. 17

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U.S. Patent Apr. 24, 2001 Sheet 18 of 38 US 6,223,347 B1

FIG. 18

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U.S. Patent Apr. 24, 2001 Sheet 19 of 38 US 6,223,347 B1

FIG. 19

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