Television box and method for controlling display to display audio/video information
AssigneeBROWAN COMMUNICATIONS, Inc.
InventorsCheng-Jen Yang, Hung-Wen Chen
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Abstract
The present invention provides a TV box, where the TV box is connected to a display via lined connection or wireless connection, and the TV box includes a control unit, a network interface circuit and an output unit. The control unit connects to a first external server and an audio/video source via the network interface circuit, the control unit obtains a channel list from the first external server, and obtain audio/video information from the audio/video source by referring to a user inputted command and the channel list, where contents of the channel list is allowed to be edited by a user, and the control unit transmits the audio/video information to the display via the output unit.
Claims14
A television (TV) box, connected to a display via lined connection or wireless connection, comprising:
- a control unit;
- a network interface circuit, coupled to the control unit, wherein the control unit connects to a first external server and an audio/video source via the network interface circuit, the control unit obtains a channel list from the first external server, and obtains audio/video information from the audio/video source by referring to a user inputted command and the channel list, where contents of the channel list is allowed to be edited by a user;
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- an output unit, coupled to the control unit, wherein the control unit transmits the audio/video information to the display via the output unit
- wherein the audio/video source is a second external server, and when the TV box is connected to the display for a first time, the control unit transmits an identification code to the display to show the identification code, where the identification code is for a user to login the first external server and edit the channel list.
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A method for controlling a display to display audio-video information, wherein the method is applied to a television (TV) box, and the TV box is connected to the display via lined connection or wireless connection, the method comprising:
- connecting to a first external server and an audio/video source;
- obtaining a channel list from the first external server, and obtaining the audio/video information from the audio/video source by referring to a user inputted command and the channel list, wherein the channel list is able to be edited by a user;
- transmitting the audio/video information to the display to display the audio/video information;
- when the TV box is connected to the display for a first time, the TV box transmits an identification code to the display to show the identification code, where the identification code is for a user to login the first external server and edit the channel list.
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A television (TV) box, connected to a display via lined connection or wireless connection, comprising:
- a control unit;
- a network interface circuit, coupled to the control unit, wherein the control unit connects to an audio/video source via the network interface circuit, the control unit obtains a channel list, and the control unit obtains audio/video information from the audio/video source by referring to a user inputted command and the channel list, where the channel list is able to be edited by a user;
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- an output unit, coupled to the control unit, wherein the control unit transmits the audio/video information to the display via the output unit;
- wherein the channel list is stored in the TV box, and the channel list stored in the TV box is allowed to be edited by a user using a smart phone having a channel management application.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.