Apparatus for receiving digital broadcast programmes comprising programme type identification information

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EP 0 957 599 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	12.09.2001 Bulletin 2001/37

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	17.11.1999 Bulletin 1999/46

(21)	Application number: 99303158.2

(22)	Date of filing: 23.04.1999

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: H04H 1/00

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO SI

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Priority:

28.04.1998 JP 13453098

(71)	Applicant: PIONEER ELECTRONIC CORPORATION
	Meguro-ku, Tokyo (JP)

(72)	Inventors:
	Abe, Mikito, c/o Kawagoe Fact.Pioneer Electr. Corp Kawagoe shi, Saitama (JP) Toki, Katsuhiko, Kawagoe Fact.Pioneer Electr. Corp Kawagoe shi, Saitama (JP) Miyake, Takashi, Kawagoe Fact.Pioneer Electr. Corp Kawagoe shi, Saitama (JP)

(74)	Representative: Haley, Stephen
	Gill Jennings & Every, Broadgate House, 7 Eldon Street London EC2M 7LH London EC2M 7LH (GB)

(54)	Apparatus for receiving digital broadcast programmes comprising programme type identification information

(57) A digital broadcast receiving apparatus for receiving digital audio broadcast which transmits digital signals indicating program-type identification information for identifying the type of programs such that the digital signals are transmitted together with audio information of the program, the digital broadcast receiving apparatus determines the type of programs which can be selected in accordance with received information for identifying the type of programs so as to announce the determined type.

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