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US 7,412,715 B2Granted
Method and apparatus for displaying channel information and selecting channel on digital television
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsPan-Jin Kim, Sik-Won Jeong, Phil-Tae Kim
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Abstract
A method for displaying channel information on a digital TV. Channel information which can know the number of programs or program numbers received through a currently selected major channel is displayed. As channel information, a major channel number and minor channel numbers are displayed. If a channel up or down key is pressed, a viewing program is selected and corresponding channel information is displayed on a TV screen.
Claims7
A method for displaying channel information on a display device for receiving multichannel television broadcasting, comprising:
- selecting a major channel number on a channel select menu of said display device;
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- displaying simultaneously a major channel number and at least one minor channel number of programs received through said major channel;
- wherein said channel select menu includes a scroll bar window having a scroll bar to display the channel numbers of partial channels corresponding to a position of a scroll bar.
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