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US 8,572,656 B2Granted
Mobile terminal and method of controlling a broadcast of the mobile terminal
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsBeom Seok Cho, Ki Hoa Nam
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Abstract
A mobile terminal and a method for controlling a broadcast displays information on an interactive service associated with a broadcast program, the information provided prior to displaying the associated broadcast program. The present invention includes a wireless communication unit receiving interactive service information, an input unit selecting an interactive service using the received interactive service information, and a controller scheduling the execution of the selected interactive service.
Claims27
A mobile terminal comprising:
- a wireless communication unit configured to:
- receive interactive service information, a broadcast program, and broadcast information, wherein the received interactive service information is matched to broadcast organization information generated using the received broadcast information;
- a display configured to:
- display a list of at least one received interactive service information,
- display sorting conditions in an index format, wherein the sorting conditions comprise at least a channel, a time zone, a category, a presence or non-presence of interactive service (IS), an IS type, a use frequency, a preferred channel order and an audience rating order, and
- display content of an interactive service associated with the received broadcast program;
- an input unit configured to:
- receive selection of the interactive service using the received interactive service information,
- receive selection of at least one sorting condition, and
- receive an input for scheduling the selected interactive service;
- and
- a controller configured to:
- schedule execution of the selected interactive service according to the received input,
- execute the scheduled interactive service when a start time of the scheduled interactive service is reached, and
- sort the displayed list of the at least one received interactive service information based on the selection of the at least one sorting condition.
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A method of controlling a broadcast in a mobile terminal, the method comprising:
- receiving interactive service information, a broadcast program, and broadcast information, wherein the received interactive service information is matched to broadcast organization information generated using the received broadcast information;
- displaying the received interactive service information;
- displaying content of an interactive service associated with the received broadcast program;
- display sorting conditions in an index format, wherein the sorting conditions comprise at least a channel, a time zone, a category, a presence or non-presence of interactive service (IS), an IS type, a use frequency, a preferred channel order and an audience rating order;
- receiving selection of the interactive service using the received interactive service information;
- receiving an input for scheduling the selected interactive service;
- receiving selection of at least one sorting condition;
- scheduling execution of the selected interactive service according to the received input;
- executing an alarm indicating the scheduled interactive service;
- executing the scheduled interactive service when the a start time of the scheduled selected interactive service is reached;
- and
- sorting the displayed list of the at least one received interactive service information based on the selection of the at least one sorting condition.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.