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US 2012/0233636 A1Published application
Apparatus and method of setting channel
AssigneeAvermedia Technologies, Inc.
InventorsHsiang-Yi MA, Ming-Jih CHIU
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Abstract
A method and an apparatus of setting a channel are disclosed, wherein the method includes steps as follows. First, a channel is locked as a locked channel. Then, when the locked channel is switched to another channel, a screen is controlled to display information related to the locked channel, and first duration after the locked channel is switched to foresaid another channel is counted. Then, a prompting is performed when the first duration exceeds a first predetermined period.
Claims16
An apparatus of setting a channel, the apparatus comprising:
- a lock unit for locking the channel as a locked channel;
- a control unit for controlling a screen to render information related to the locked channel when the locked channel has been switched to another channel;
- a timing unit for counting duration after the locked channel is switched to aforesaid another channel;
- and
- a prompting unit for performing a prompting when the duration exceeds a first predetermined period.
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A method of setting a channel, the method comprising:
- locking the channel as a locked channel;
- controlling a screen to render information related to the locked channel when the locked channel has been switched to another channel;
- counting duration after the locked channel is switched to aforesaid another channel;
- and
- performing a prompting when the duration exceeds a first predetermined period.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.