US 8,805,166 B2Granted

System and method for recording broadcasting programs

AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.

InventorsHyeong Ho Son, Eunsam Kim

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Abstract

The invention is directed to a broadcasting program recording system having a key input unit configured to receive a control signal from a user, the control signal including at least one of recording, reproducing, displaying and clipping signals, a display device configured to display a broadcasting program and a guide bar according to the control signal, respectively, a storage configured to store a broadcasting program, and a processor configured to control a broadcasting program to be recorded in the storage, control the recorded broadcasting program to be displayed on the display device, and control the guide bar to be displayed on the display device according to the control signal, respectively. The guide bar represents status information of the broadcasting program recorded in the storage or an ongoing status of a currently received broadcasting program, and the processor sets at least one clipping region on the guide bar according to the control signal and controls the at least one clipping region to be newly stored in the storage.

Claims10

Dependent claims

A terminal, comprising:

a display configured to reproduce a moving image from a received broadcast signal;
and
a controller configured to:
control the display to display a guide bar on the moving image to be reproduced, said guide bar including beginning and end points of the moving image to be reproduced,
receive a first selection signal indicating a selection of a first cursor to define a first clipping point on the displayed guide bar,
receive a second selection signal indicating a selection of a second cursor to define a second clipping point on the displayed guide bar, said first and second clipping points defining a clipped portion of the moving image,
receive a third selection signal indicating a request for storing the clipped portion defined by the first and second clipping points,
store the clipped portion in a storage medium based on the received third selection signal,
distinctly display the clipped portion by highlighting the clipped portion with a particular color,
store only the clipped portion in the storage medium as a new file, correct existing file information when the broadcast signal of the clipped portion has been stored, and delete the moving image stored in the storage medium,
overlay the guide bar onto the displayed moving image, and
detect program guide information from the broadcast signal and display the detected program guide information on the guide bar with the clipped portion being distinctly displayed with the particular color.

9 more elements

A method of controlling a terminal, the method comprising:

storing, in a storage medium of the terminal, a moving image to be reproduced;
reproducing, via a display of the terminal, the stored moving image;
displaying, via the display, a guide bar on the moving image to be reproduced, said guide bar including beginning and end points of the moving image to be reproduced;
receiving, via a controller of the terminal, a first selection signal indicating a selection of a first cursor to define a first clipping point on the displayed guide bar;
receiving, via the controller, a second selection signal indicating a selection of a second cursor to define a second clipping point on the displayed guide bar, said first and second clipping points defining a clipped portion of the moving image;
receiving, via the controller, a third selection signal indicating a request for storing the clipped portion defined by the first and second clipping points;
storing, in the storage medium of the terminal, the clipped portion based on the received third selection signal;
distinctly displaying the clipped portion of the moving image by highlighting the clipped portion with a particular color;
storing only the clipped portion in the storage medium as a new file, correcting existing file information when the broadcast signal of the clipped portion has been stored, and deleting the moving image stored in the storage medium;
overlaying the guide bar onto the displayed moving image;
and
detecting program guide information from the broadcast signal and displaying the detected program guide information on the guide bar with the clipped portion being distinctly displayed with the particular color.

9 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 12/058,457Filed 28 Mar 2008 · continuation
Priority: KR 10-2001-5654613 Sep 2001
Published: US 2008/0181584 A131 Jul 2008
Granted: 12 Aug 2014
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification11 codes

H04N 21/47
Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of or interaction with content, e.g. set-top-box [STB]; Operations thereof: end-user…
H04N 5/445
Receiver circuitry for the reception of television signals according to analogue transmission standards: for displaying additional information
H04N 21/4147
Specialised client platforms, e.g. receiver in car or embedded in a mobile appliance: pVR [Personal Video Recorder]
H04N 21/42204
Input-only peripherals , i.e. input devices connected to specially adapted client devices, e.g. global positioning system [GPS]: user interfaces…

Family

Application10/242,418Parent of this continuation · filed 13 Sep 2002
US 2008/0181584 A1Pre-grant publication · published 31 Jul 2008
US 7,369,751 B2Parent of this continuation
US 2003/0067886 A1Published application
US 8,805,166 B2This patent

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