Channel selection device and method
AssigneeAlticast Corporation
InventorJi-Young Lee
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Abstract
There is provided a channel selection device receiving a multi-channel video including plural videos and video configuration information on each video from a head end. The channel selection device includes a first screen display unit editing the multi-channel video based on the video configuration information and searching view configuration information to generate a channel searching view and displaying the channel searching view on a sub-screen of a television; and a second screen display unit displaying on a main screen of the television a video selected by a viewer out of the videos included in the channel searching view.
Claims15
A channel selection device receiving a multi-channel video including plural videos and video configuration information on each video from a head end, the channel selection device comprising:
- a first screen display unit editing the multi-channel video based on the video configuration information and searching view configuration information to generate a channel searching view and displaying the channel searching view on a sub-screen of a television;
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- a second screen display unit displaying on a main screen of the television a video selected by a viewer out of the videos included in the channel searching view.
A channel selection method receiving a multi-channel video including plural videos, video configuration information on each video, and searching view configuration information on a method of configuring a channel searching view from a head end, the channel selection method comprising:
- receiving the multi-channel video, the video configuration information, and the searching view configuration information from the head end in response to a first command corresponding to a first key input;
- editing the multi-channel video based on the video configuration information and the searching view configuration information to generate a channel searching view including a reference video screen, and displaying the generated channel searching view on a sub-screen of a television;
- displaying the channel searching view where the reference video has been changed into a video corresponding to a modification channel information on the sub-screen of the television in response to a second key command corresponding to a second key input including the modification channel information;
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- receiving a video broadcast through a channel of the reference video to display the video on a main screen of the television in response to a third command corresponding to a third key input.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.