Display apparatus and method for scheduling broadcast using the same
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsWon-il Kim, Yong-hwan Kwon, Joon-hwan Kim, Heui-jin Kwon, Chang-soo Lee, Jeong-yeon Lee, Victor Szilagyi
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Abstract
A display apparatus and a method for scheduling a broadcast using the same. The broadcast scheduling method includes generating a program information table, in which broadcast information is arranged, if a broadcast program selected by a user in the program information table is moved into an area adjacent to an icon, displaying the broadcast program being added to an item folder, and scheduling the broadcast program.
Claims24
A broadcast scheduling method, comprising:
- generating a program information table in which broadcast information is arranged;
- determining whether a first icon for a broadcast program selected by a user in the program information table is moved into an area adjacent to a second icon;
- comparing a starting time of the broadcast program selected by the user with a current time after determining that the first icon for the broadcast program is moved into the area adjacent to the second icon;
- displaying a visual effect in which the first icon for the broadcast program is added to an item folder if the starting time of the broadcast program selected by the user is later than the current time, and not displaying the visual effect if the starting time is not later than the current time;
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- scheduling the broadcast program if the starting time of the broadcast program selected by the user is later than the current time, and not scheduling the broadcast program if the starting time is not later than the current time.
A display apparatus, comprising:
- a graphical user interface (GUI) generation unit which generates a program information table in which broadcast information is arranged;
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- a control unit which, if a first icon for a broadcast program selected by a user is moved into an area adjacent to a second icon, compares a starting time of the broadcast program selected by the user with a current time after determining that the first icon is moved into the area adjacent to the second icon, controls the GUI generation unit to display a visual effect in which the first icon for the broadcast program is added to an item folder if the starting time of the broadcast program selected by the user is later than the current time, and not to display the visual effect if the starting time is not later than the current time, and automatically schedules the broadcast program if the starting time of the broadcast program selected by the user is later than the current time, not schedules the broadcast program if the starting time is not later than the current time.
A broadcast scheduling method, comprising:
- displaying a program information table in which broadcast information is arranged;
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- automatically scheduling a broadcast program if a first icon for the broadcast program selected by a user in the program information table is moved into a display area of or an area adjacent to a second icon and a starting time of the broadcast program is later han a current time when comparing the starting time of the broadcast program with the current time.
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