Display apparatus and method

A display apparatus, comprising:

• a display configured to display an image from broadcast system or Internet, and/or display a user interface;
• a communicating device, configured to communicate with the network;
• a remote control, comprising a plurality of buttons;
• a memory, configured to store instructions and data associated with the display;
• and
• at least one processor, in connection with the display, the communicating device and the memory and configured to execute the instructions to cause the display apparatus to perform:
• in response to a command for displaying an electronic program guide from a user, obtaining a set of target channels, a target time period and one or more programs in the set of target channels within the target time period from a server in communication with the display apparatus, wherein the set of target channels comprises all channels presented in a target presentation page, and the target time period is a time period for presentation in the target presentation page;
• and
• controlling the display to display the electronic program guide comprising the target presentation page on a user interface, wherein the target presentation page comprises a plurality of areas for channel presentation and a plurality of areas for program presentation, the area for channel presentation is used for presenting a channel name, the area for program presentation is used for presenting one or more program names of the one or more programs, a length of a first area for presentation of a first program is proportional to a program duration of the first program, the first area for presentation of the first program shows a program name of the first program and a visual tag for indicating a program type of the first program;
• wherein
• the program type comprises a first program type for a program which is determined based on content of the program and a second program type for the program which is determined based on function data carried in the content of the program;
• the first program type is determined according to genre data in program source signals, and the genre data comprises one or more of:
• Movie, News, Entertainment, Shows, Music, Sport, Children's, Education, Lifestyle, Drama, Unclassified, Social, or Series;
• the function data comprises one or more of Subtitle, Audio Description, or Sign Language;
• the visual tag comprises tags of a first type and a tag of a second type;
• one of the tags of the first type indicates one genre of the first program type of the program, different tags of the first type indicate different genres of the first program type, and the tags of the first type comprise patterns of the area for program presentation;
• the electronic program guide further shows a window for shortcut information, wherein the window for shortcut information locates at one of sides of the target presentation page and shows a mapping list comprising the tags of the first type and names of the first program type corresponding to the tags of first type;
• and
• the tag of the second type indicates the second program type of the program, and the tag of the second type is used for adjusting a display state of the first area for presentation of the first program, and the tag of second type is implemented by:
• reducing opacity of the first area for presentation of the first program, and/or making the first area for presentation of the first program in unavailable state;
• in response to a command for displaying a setting interface from the user, causing the display to show the setting interface that is used for setting a correspondence between program types and visual tags, wherein causing the display to show the setting interface comprises:
• in response to a command input by the user via a first button of a control device, causing the display to show a first setting interface, wherein the first setting interface is used for the user to select a first program type added with a tag of the first type, the first setting interface shows cancel options corresponding to the tags of the first type, and each cancel option is used to indicate not to display a corresponding tag of the first type in the electronic program guide;
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• in response to a command input by the user via a second button of the control device, causing the display to show a second setting interface, wherein the second setting interface is used to select a second program type not added with the tag of the second type;
• in response to a setting command from the user, establishing a correspondence between one genre of the program types and one of the visual tags;
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• storing the correspondence between the one genre of the program types and the one of the visual tags and updating the electronic program guide currently displayed on the display.