Program information displaying method and display apparatus using the same
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsDae-eun HYUN, Yong-seok JANG
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Abstract
A method for displaying program information and a display apparatus thereof are provided. According to the present method for displaying program information, an EPG screen in which a plurality of items are aligned is generated and displayed. Accordingly, a user may view an EPG screen with better perspective and check program information more intuitively.
Claims32
A method for displaying program information, comprising:
- generating a Electronic Program Guide (EPG) screen in which each of a plurality of items indicating program information are aligned to be overlapped with another of the plurality of items;
- and
- displaying the EPG screen.
A method for displaying program information, comprising:
- generating an electronic program guide (EPG) screen by grouping a plurality of items indicating information regarding programs with reference to a first criterion and aligning the plurality of items with reference to a second criterion;
- and
- displaying the EPG screen.
The method for displaying program information, comprising:
- receiving a command to display an electronic program guide (EPG) screen;
- and
- displaying a plurality of items indicating a previous channel, a next channel, and program information of a next time in a first side, a second side, and a third side of the item respectively with reference to items indicating a current channel and program information of a current time.
A display apparatus, comprising:
- a control unit which generates an electronic program guide (EPG) screen in which each of a plurality of items indicating information of the programs are aligned and overlapped with another of the plurality of items;
- and
- a display unit which displays the EPG screen.
A display apparatus, comprising:
- a control unit which generates an electronic program guide (EPG) screen by grouping a plurality of items indicating information of programs with reference to a first criterion and aligning the plurality of items with reference to a second criterion;
- and
- a display unit which displays the EPG screen.
A display apparatus, comprising:
- a receiving unit which receives a command for displaying an electronic program guide (EPG) screen;
- and
- a control unit which displays items indicating a previous channel, a next channel, and program information of the next time in a first side, a second side, and a third side of an item respectively with reference to items indicating a current channel and program information of current time.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.