Switching tv channels using a mobile device and a set-top box
AssigneeAlibaba Group Holding Limited
InventorYunzhong Qian
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Abstract
A method and system for switching television channels. A mobile terminal receives channel information, and displays the channel information on a display screen, to allow a user operating the mobile terminal to submit an instruction for switching to a user desired channel. The mobile terminal transmits the user instruction to a set-top box to instruct the set-top box to switch to the user desired channel according to the user instruction. A registration code generated using IMEI or MEID of the mobile device is registered at the set-top box to verify the mobile device before receiving or executing the user instruction. The transmission or the execution of the user instruction may be delayed to a scheduled time without affecting the currently played program.
Claims20
A method for switching television channels, the method comprising:
- receiving at a mobile terminal channel information;
- displaying the channel information on a display screen of the mobile terminal;
- receiving at the mobile terminal a user instruction for switching to a user desired channel;
- and
- transmitting the user instruction from the mobile terminal to a set-top box to allow the set-top box to switch to the channel.
A method for switching television channels, the method comprising:
- sending channel information from a set-top box to a mobile terminal to allow the channel information to be displayed on a display screen of the mobile terminal;
- receiving, at the set-top box, from the mobile terminal a user instruction for switching to a user desired channel;
- and
- switching to the user desired channel by executing the user instruction at the set-top box.
A mobile device for switching television channels, wherein the mobile device comprises a processor, computer-readable memory and storage medium, and I/O devices, and is programmed to perform acts including:
- receiving channel information;
- displaying the channel information on a display screen;
- receiving a user instruction for switching to a user desired channel;
- and
- transmitting the user instruction to a set-top box to allow the set-top box to switch to the channel.
A set-top box for switching television channels, wherein the set-top box comprises a processor, computer-readable memory and storage medium, and I/O devices, and is programmed to perform acts including:
- sending channel information to a mobile terminal to allow the channel information to be displayed on a display screen of the mobile terminal;
- receiving from the mobile terminal a user instruction for switching to a user desired channel;
- and
- switching to the user desired channel by executing the user instruction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.