# US 8,752,091 B2 · Method for outputting electronic program guide and broadcasting receiver enabling of the method > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 8,752,091 B2 - Document ID: US8752091B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 12/994,788 - Filed: 2009-04-20 - Published: 2011-04-21 - Granted: 2014-06-10 - Earliest claimed: 2008-05-27 - Assignees: LG Electronics Inc. - Applicants: Seong Woon Seol - Inventors: Seong Woon Seol - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8752091B2 ## CPC - H04N 21/47: End-user applications - H04N 21/4312: {involving specific graphical features, e.g. screen layout, special fonts or colors, blinking icons, highlights or animations} - H04N 21/4348: {Demultiplexing of additional data and video streams} - H04N 21/435: Processing of additional data, e.g. decrypting of additional data, reconstructing software from modules extracted from the transport stream - H04N 21/4622: {Retrieving content or additional data from different sources, e.g. from a broadcast channel and the Internet (web site content organization and management for information retrieval from the Internet G06F16/958; transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82; stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services including data channel over packet-switching network H04L12/1859)} - H04N 21/4828: {for searching programme descriptors (retrieval of video data G06F16/739)} - H04N 21/6125: {involving transmission via Internet (transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82)} - H04N 21/6175: {involving transmission via Internet (broadcast-related systems characterised by the transmission system being the Internet H04H60/82)} - H04N 21/84: Generation or processing of descriptive data, e.g. content descriptors {(systems specially adapted for using meta-information in broadcast systems H04H60/73)} - H04N 21/8586: {by using a URL (processing chained hypermedia data for information retrieval G06F16/94; information retrieval from the Internet by using URLs G06F16/955; URL in broadcast information H04H20/93; Web-based protocols H04L67/02)} - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION ## 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. ## Claims ### Claim 1 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. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising: outputting a user interface for inputting the network address of the RSS server, and registering the network address of the RSS server inputted by a user in the RSS database. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising: outputting a user interface for deleting or editing a previously inputted network address of the RSS server, and updating the RSS database based on deleting or editing input of the network address by a user. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the RSS EPG data includes one or more of a list of the updated RSS information, an icon identifying the updated RSS information, a title of the updated RSS information, and a content of the updated RSS information. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The method as claimed in claim 4, further comprising: when the user selects one of the list of the updated RSS information, the icon that can identify the updated RSS information, and the title of the updated RSS information, outputting the content of the RSS information corresponding to the selected one. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein receiving the updated RSS information includes: being input with a number of RSS information to be included in the RSS EPG data by the user, and receiving the inputted number of RSS information. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the RSS information is XML data. ### Claim 8 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; and 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. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The broadcasting receiver as claimed in claim 8, further comprising a user interface module for inputting the network address of the RSS server by a user, wherein the RSS database registers the network address of the RSS server therein. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The broadcasting receiver as claimed in claim 8, further comprising a user interface module for outputting a user interface for deleting or editing the input network address of the RSS server and receiving a delete or edit input of the network address from a user, wherein the RSS database is updated in accordance with the delete or edit input. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The broadcasting receiver as claimed in claim 8, wherein the RSS EPG data includes one or more of a list of the updated RSS information, an icon identifying the updated RSS information, a title of the updated RSS information, and a content of the updated RSS information. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The broadcasting receiver as claimed in claim 11, wherein, when the user selects one of the list of the updated RSS information, the icon that can identify the updated RSS information, and the title of the updated RSS information, the output module outputs the content of the RSS information corresponding to the selected one. ### Claim 13 (depends on 8) The broadcasting receiver as claimed in claim 8, wherein the RSS information receiving module includes inputting a number of RSS information to be included in the RSS EPG data by the user, and receiving the inputted number of RSS information. ### Claim 14 (depends on 8) The broadcasting receiver as claimed in claim 8, wherein the RSS information is XML data.