Digital broadcast receiver and method of providing program guide using the digital broadcast receiver
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorSeok-chool Choi
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Abstract
Provided are a digital broadcast receiver and a method of providing a program guide, which enable a user to easily watch in real time or time-record a broadcast program of his or her interest. The digital broadcast receiver includes a reading unit which reads program guide information from a data signal contained in a broadcast signal, and a control unit which extracts an item chosen by a user from the read program guide information and outputs the extracted item when a broadcast program that matches the extracted item is broadcasted.
Claims16
A digital broadcast receiver, comprising:
- a reading unit which reads program guide information from a data signal contained in a broadcast signal;
- and
- a control unit which extracts an item chosen by a user from the read program guide information and outputs the extracted item when a broadcast program that matches the extracted item is broadcasted.
A method of providing a program guide using a digital broadcast receiver, comprising:
- reading program guide information from a data signal contained in a broadcast signal;
- extracting an item chosen by a user from the read program guide information;
- and
- outputting the extracted item when a broadcast program that matches the extracted item is broadcasted.
A method, comprising:
- storing information related to a program that interests a user;
- and
- displaying at least a part of the information related to the program that interests the user upon detecting a start time of the program that interests the user.
A method, comprising:
- storing information related to a program that interests a user;
- and
- identifying a start-time of the program that interests the user by comparing the stored information with received information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.