Method for selecting channel in digital television
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsYeon-Taek Han, Young-Hwan Pan
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Abstract
There is provided a channel selection method for a digital television, through which a current channel can be easily changed into a channel belonging to the same category as the current channel belongs to. The channel selection method includes (a) generating a channel selection command in response to a user's operation; (b) displaying information about channels, on which programs belonging to the same category as a current channel are broadcasted, on a television screen in response to the channel selection command; (c) selecting a desired channel referring to the information about the channels; and (d) displaying a program which is broadcasted on the selected channel.
Claims14
A method for selecting a channel in a digital television, comprising steps of:
- (a) generating a channel selection command in response to a user's operation;
- (b) displaying information about channels, on which programs belonging to a same category as a current channel are broadcasted, on a television screen in response to the channel selection command;
- (c) selecting a desired channel by referring to the information about the channels;
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- (d) displaying a program which is broadcasted on the selected channel.
A method for selecting a channel in a digital television, comprising steps of:
- (a) generating a channel selection command in response to a user's operation;
- (b) detecting a category ID of a current program in response to the channel selection command;
- (c) forming a list of channels, which belong to a same category as the current program, based on the category ID;
- (d) displaying the list on a television screen;
- (e) selecting a desired channel by referring to the list of channels;
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- (f) displaying a program which is broadcasted on the selected channel.
A computer-readable recording medium for recording a computer program code for enabling a computer to provide a service of selecting a channel in a digital television, the service comprising steps of:
- (a) generating a channel selection command in response to a user's operation;
- (b) displaying information about channels, on which programs belonging to a same category as a current channel are broadcasted, on a television screen in response to the channel selection command;
- (c) selecting a desired channel by referring to the information about the channels;
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- (d) displaying a program which is broadcasted on the selected channel.
A computer-readable recording medium for recording a computer program code for enabling a computer to provide a service of selecting a channel in a digital television, the service comprising steps of:
- (a) generating a channel selection command in response to a user's operation;
- (b) detecting a category ID of a current program in response to the channel selection command;
- (c) forming a list of channels, which belong to a same category as the current program, based on the category ID;
- (d) displaying the list on a television screen;
- (e) selecting a desired channel by referring to the list of channels;
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- (f) displaying a program which is broadcasted on the selected channel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.