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US 7,890,976 B2Granted
Digital television and channel setting method thereof
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorIn Hoon Kim
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a video display device, and more particularly, to a digital television and channel setting method thereof that enables a setting of preferred channels according to genre by selecting a channel label.
Claims9
A digital television configured to display a received video signal on a screen thereof, the digital television comprising:
- a broadcast information extracting part configured to extract a channel label and a corresponding channel index from broadcast information received with the video signal;
- a memory configured to store a channel label setup menu;
- a video signal processing part configured to process the channel label setup menu and the received video signal into signals displayable on the screen;
- and
- a microprocessor configured to
- in response to a user selection of the extracted channel label via the channel label setup menu, retrieve a genre corresponding to the extracted channel label via the corresponding channel index,
- determine whether or not the retrieved genre corresponds to a valid genre, and
- if the retrieved genre corresponds to the valid genre, add a channel associated with the channel label to a preferred channel list of the valid genre.
5 more elements
A method of controlling a digital television having a channel label setup menu stored therein, the method comprising:
- receiving a video signal;
- extracting a channel label and a corresponding channel index from broadcast information from the video signal;
- processing the channel label setup menu and the received video signal into signals displayable on a screen of the digital television;
- receiving a user selection of the extracted channel label via the channel label setup menu;
- in response to the user selection, retrieving a genre corresponding to the extracted channel label via the corresponding channel index;
- determining whether or not the retrieved genre corresponds to a valid genre;
- and
- if the retrieved genre corresponds to the valid genre, adding a channel associated with the channel label to a preferred channel list of the valid genre.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.