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US 8,752,091 B2Granted
Method for outputting electronic program guide and broadcasting receiver enabling of the method
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorSeong Woon Seol
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Abstract
A method for outputting an EPG and a broadcasting receiver employing the method are disclosed. More particularly, a method for outputting an EPG and a broadcasting receiver employing the method are disclosed, in which the EPG output from the broadcasting receiver includes RSS information to allow a user to easily identify the RSS information from the EPG.
Claims14
A method for outputting an electronic program guide (EPG) by a broadcasting receiver, the method comprising:
- receiving EPG data;
- when RSS information is updated in one or more Really Simple Syndication RSS server, receiving the updated RSS information;
- generating RSS EPG data including the updated RSS information;
- and
- outputting the EPG including the RSS EPG data in a display screen,
- wherein the RSS EPG data is configured as a format of an icon,
- wherein an icon corresponding to the RSS EPG data is displayed on at least one of an item indicating the broadcasting program and an area that is not in a form of a list included in the EPG,
- wherein an icon has an identifier based on a type of the RSS information, and
- wherein, when an icon is selected, RSS EPG data corresponding to the selected icon is sorted based on the type of the RSS information,
- wherein the broadcast receiver extracts a title of the broadcasting program included in the EPG data, searches one or more network addresses of the RSS servers associated with the extracted title of the broadcasting program from a search server, and records or edits one or more network addresses of a predetermined priority in an RSS database of the broadcast receiver.
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A broadcasting receiver for outputting an electronic program guide (EPG), the broadcasting receiver comprising:
- a tuner to receive EPG data;
- a Really Simple Syndication (RSS) information receiving module to receive updated RSS information when the RSS information is updated in one or more RSS servers;
- an RSS EPG generating module to generate RSS EPG data including the updated RSS information;
- a controller to extract a title of the broadcasting program included in the EPG data, to search one or more network address of the RSS server associated with the extracted title of the broadcasting program from a search server, and to record or edit one or more network addresses of a predetermined priority in an RSS database of the broadcast receiver;
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- an output module to output the EPG including the RSS EPG data in a display screen,
- wherein the output module outputs the RSS EPG data that is configured as a format of an icon,
- wherein an icon corresponding to the RSS EPG data is displayed on at least one of an item indicating the broadcasting program and an area that is not in a form of a list included in the EPG,
- wherein an icon has an identifier based on a type of the RSS information, and
- wherein, when an icon is selected, RSS EPG data corresponding to the selected icon is sorted based on the type of the RSS information.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.