Signal processing apparatus, signal processing system including the same, and control method of the same
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsSeung-hyuk Choi, Seung-seop Shim, Moon-seok Han, Joon-hyuk Ryu
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Abstract
A signal processing apparatus is provided. The signal processing apparatus includes: a memory unit in which a plurality of channels and Internet addresses corresponding to the channels are stored; a network connecting unit which is connectable to the Internet; and a control unit which controls the network connecting unit to connect to an Internet address corresponding to a channel selected by a user and to receive content provided from the connected Internet address.
Claims21
A signal processing apparatus comprising:
- a memory unit in which a plurality of channels and internet addresses corresponding to the channels are stored;
- a network connecting unit which is connectable to an internet;
- and
- a control unit which controls the network connecting unit to connect to an internet address corresponding to a selected channel and to receive contents provided from the internet address;
- a user interface (UI) generating unit which generates a UI which comprises a menu for selecting empty channels among the plurality of channels and a menu for selecting a presently connected internet address;
- and
- a display unit which displays the generated UI,
- wherein the control unit allocates an internet address selected by a user to the selected channel among the plurality of channels, and changes the channels stored in the memory unit and the internet addresses corresponding to the channels according to a selection by the user,
- wherein the control unit stores in the memory unit the channel and the internet address allocated to the selected channel, displays a channel list including the empty channels which are not allocated to the internet addresses through the display unit, and provides the UI for entering the presently connected internet address in response to a selection of one of the empty channels.
A signal processing system comprising:
- a signal processing apparatus which comprises:
- a memory unit in which a plurality of channels and internet addresses corresponding to the channels are stored,
- a network connecting unit which is connectable to the internet,
- a control unit which controls the network connecting unit to connect to an internet address corresponding to a channel selected by a user and to receive content provided from the internet address,
- a user interface (UI) generating unit which generates a UI which comprises a menu for selecting empty channels among the plurality of channels and a menu for selecting a presently connected internet address, and
- a display unit which displays the generated UI;
- and
- a server which allocates an internet address selected by the user to the channel selected by the user among the plurality of channels, stores the internet address in the memory unit, and changes the channels stored in the memory unit and the internet addresses corresponding to the channels according to a selection by the user,
- wherein the server stores in the memory unit the channel and the internet address allocated to the selected channel, displays a channel list including the empty channels which are not allocated to the internet addresses through the display unit, and provides the UI for entering the presently connected internet address in response to a selection of one of the empty channels.
A control method of a signal processing apparatus which comprises a memory unit in which a plurality of channels and internet addresses corresponding to the channels are stored, the control method comprising:
- allocating an internet address selected by a user to a channel selected by the user among the plurality of channels;
- storing the internet address in the memory unit;
- selecting the channel;
- accessing to an internet address corresponding to the selected channel;
- and
- receiving contents provided from the internet address,
- wherein storing the internet address comprises changing the channels stored in the memory unit and the internet addresses corresponding to the channels according to a selection by a user,
- wherein the selecting the channel comprises displays a channel list including empty channels which are not allocated to the internet addresses among the plurality of channels, a selection of one of the empty channels and providing a user interface (UI) for selecting a presently connected internet address.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.