Patents by Inventor Kiyohiro Takenaka

Kiyohiro Takenaka has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Program guide displaying method, apparatus and computer program
    Patent number: 7962936
    Abstract: To display a program guide for making an efficient search for a desired program, there are provided a program guide displaying method and apparatus, and a computer program which controls a computer to carry out the program guide displaying method. The program guide displaying method includes the steps of receiving information on programs to be broadcast on at least one day from a plurality of stations; and placing a plurality of cells in which pieces of the program information are to be displayed, respectively, in a two-dimensional program guide having time and date axes and displaying, in the cells, program information pieces whose airtimes overlap each other on the same airdate, in such a manner that they will not overlap each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Fukuda, Tetsuo Maruyama, Kiyohiro Takenaka
  • Program guide displaying method, apparatus and computer program
    Publication number: 20050251825
    Abstract: To display a program guide for making an efficient search for a desired program, there are provided a program guide displaying method and apparatus, and a computer program which controls a computer to carry out the program guide displaying method. The program guide displaying method includes the steps of receiving information on programs to be broadcast on at least one day from a plurality of stations; and placing a plurality of cells in which pieces of the program information are to be displayed, respectively, in a two-dimensional program guide having time and date axes and displaying, in the cells, program information pieces whose airtimes overlap each other on the same airdate, in such a manner that they will not overlap each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2005
    Publication date: November 10, 2005
    Applicants: Sony Corporation, SKY Perfect Communications Inc.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Fukuda, Tetsuo Maruyama, Kiyohiro Takenaka