Apparatus and method for controlling display of EPG information
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorSung Ho Kim
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Abstract
A method for controlling display of information on a display device includes storing information corresponding to a broadcast program guide. When a signal is received based on activation of a specific key while the first broadcast program is displayed on a screen, information on the first broadcast program and information on a second program to be broadcast after the first broadcast program is detected. The first broadcast program is then displayed in a first region of the screen simultaneously with the information on the first broadcast program and the information on the second broadcast program in a second region of the screen.
Claims18
A method for processing data in a television, the method comprising:
- receiving information on a program guide;
- displaying a currently watching program in a full screen;
- displaying a title of a next scheduled program in a first region of the full screen and displaying a title of the currently watching program in a second region of the full screen based on the received information on the program guide while displaying the currently watching program in the full screen,
- simultaneously displaying at least two arrows within the first region around the title of the next scheduled program, wherein the title displayed within the first region and the title displayed within the second region overlap the currently watching program displayed in the full screen;
- and
- replacing the title of the next scheduled program with a title of another scheduled program in the first region in response to an input corresponding to one of the at least two arrows via a remote controller while a position of the displayed title of the currently watching program in the second region of the full screen is maintained,
- wherein the another scheduled program is scheduled after the next scheduled program or on another channel according to the information on the program guide.
A receiver for processing data, the receiver comprising:
- a controller configured to receive information on a program guide;
- a memory configured to store the received information on the program guide;
- and
- wherein the controller is further configured to:
- cause a display associated with the receiver to display a currently watching program in a full screen;
- cause the display to display a title of a next scheduled program in a first region of the full screen and display a title of the currently watching program in a second region of the full screen based on the stored information on the program guide while displaying the currently watching program in the full screen,
- cause the display to simultaneously display at least two arrows within the first region around the title of the next scheduled program, wherein the title displayed within the first region and the title displayed within the second region overlap the currently watching program displayed in the full screen;
- cause the display to replace the title of the next scheduled program with a title of another scheduled program in the first region in response to an input corresponding to one of the at least two arrows via a remote controller while a position of the displayed title of the currently watching program in the second region of the full screen is maintained,
- wherein the another scheduled program is scheduled after the next scheduled program or on another channel according to the information on the program guide.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.