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US 8,285,334 B2Granted
Mobile communications terminal for broadcast reception
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorKwang-Hun Choi
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Abstract
A mobile communication terminal including a controller configured to access a web page for receiving a broadcast when the terminal enters a broadcast mode for receiving the broadcast, a display configured to display the accessed web page, and a receiving unit configured to receive channel information related to the broadcast and linked to a specific information entity selected on the web page.
Claims17
A mobile communication terminal, comprising:
- a display unit;
- a receiving unit;
- a memory;
- and
- a controller configured to:
- display a web page of an article associated with a broadcast channel program on the display unit when the web page is accessed via the Internet, wherein at least one item of the article is linked to the broadcast channel program, and wherein the at least one item is distinctly displayed from a remainder of the article on the display unit;
- load Electronic Service Guide (ESG) or Electronic Program Guide (EPG) of a channel carrying the broadcast channel program to the memory as a background operation;
- perform a retrieval operation of the channel to access the broadcast channel program;
- and
- receive broadcast of the channel corresponding to an item via the receiving unit in response to a selection of the item among the at least one item,
- wherein program information of the broadcast channel program associated with the item is displayed via a pop up window by accessing the ESG or EPG in the memory.
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A method of operating a mobile communication terminal, the method comprising:
- displaying a web page of an article associated with a broadcast channel program on a display unit of the mobile communication terminal when the web page is accessed via the Internet, wherein at least one item of the article is linked to the broadcast channel program, and wherein the at least one item is distinctly displayed from a remainder of the article on the display unit;
- loading Electronic Service Guide (ESG) or Electronic Program Guide (EPG) of a channel carrying the broadcast channel program to a memory of the broadcast channel program as a background operation;
- performing a retrieval operation of the channel to access the broadcast channel program;
- and
- receiving broadcast of the channel corresponding to an item via a receiving unit of the mobile communication terminal in response to a selection of the item among the at least one item,
- wherein program information of the broadcast channel program associated with the item is displayed via a pop up window by accessing the ESG or EPG in the memory.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.