Apparatus and method for controlling electronic program guide (EPG)
OwnerSu Hyun Shininventor
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for controlling an electronic program guide (EPG) display are provided. The method includes displaying an EPG on a display device, receiving a selection of a particular channel from the displayed EPG, comparing parental rating information of the selected channel with prestored parental rating information, and selectively displaying, in the EPG, program information of the selected channel based on the comparison results The apparatus and method prevent display of any inappropriate channel/program information in the EPG according to a user's set parental rating information.
Claims29
A method for controlling an electronic program guide (EPG) for a display device, the method comprising:
- displaying an EPG on the display device;
- receiving a selection of a particular channel from the displayed EPG;
- comparing parental rating information of the selected channel with prestored parental rating information;
- and
- selectively displaying, in the EPG, program information of the selected channel based on the comparison results.
A method for controlling an electronic program guide (EPG) for a display device, the method comprising:
- receiving an EPG display command;
- comparing parental rating information of a current program for each of channels with prestored parental rating information responsive to the EPG display command;
- and
- displaying the EPG, which selectively excludes a display of channel information on certain channels in the EPG, based on the comparison results.
A method for controlling -an electronic program guide (EPG) for a display device, the method comprising:
- receiving an EPG display command;
- comparing, for each of channels, parental rating information of at least one program corresponding to an EPG displayable time duration, with prestored parental rating information responsive to the EPG display command;
- and
- displaying the EPG, which selectively excludes a display of at least a portion of program information of certain channels in the EPG, based on the comparison results.
An apparatus for controlling an electronic program guide (EPG), the apparatus comprising:
- a display device to display thereon an EPG;
- an input unit to receive a selection of a particular channel from the displayed EPG;
- and
- a controller to compare parental rating information of the selected channel with prestored parental rating information, and to selectively display, in the EPG, program information of the selected channel based on the comparison results.
An apparatus for controlling an electronic program guide (EPG), the apparatus comprising:
- an input unit to receive an EPG display command;
- a controller to compare parental rating information of a current program for each of channels with prestored parental rating information responsive to the EPG display command;
- and
- a display device to display the EPG, which selectively excludes a display of channel information of certain channels in the EPG, based on the comparison results.
An apparatus for controlling an electronic program guide (EPG), the apparatus comprising:
- an input unit to receive an EPG display command;
- a controller to compare, for each of channels, parental rating information of at least one program corresponding to an EPG displayable time duration, with prestored parental rating information responsive to the EPG display command;
- and
- a display device to display the EPG, which selectively excludes a display of at least a portion of program information of certain channels in the EPG, based on the comparison results.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.