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US 9,807,345 B2Granted
Method for displaying EPG information including buddy information and receiver applying the same
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsJong-chan Park, Hee-jeong Bae, Bo-kyung Shim, Jin-ho Yim
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Abstract
A method for displaying Electronic Program Guide (EPG) information and a receiving apparatus where the receiving apparatus displays buddy information on an EPG screen, for displaying EPG information, allowing a user to easily identify which programs his or her friends registered in a buddy list, are watching.
Claims18
A receiving apparatus, comprising:
- a display;
- a communicator configured to establish a connection with an external server;
- and
- a processor configured to at least:
- control the communicator to receive information regarding a program which is one of currently being watched and reserved by at least one user registered in a predetermined list and information regarding the at least one user from the external server,
- control the display to provide the information regarding the at least one user and the program included in an Electronic Program Guide (EPG) on an EPG screen of the display,
- in response to selecting a user of the at least one user provided on the EPG screen and a program corresponding to the selected user being broadcast, control the display to display a menu for switching to the program corresponding to the selected user, and
- in response to the program corresponding to the selected user not being broadcast, control the display to display a menu for reserving the program corresponding to the selected user.
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A method for displaying an Electronic Program Guide (EPG), comprising:
- displaying the EPG;
- receiving information regarding a program which is one of currently being watched and reserved by at least one user registered in a predetermined list and information regarding the at least one user from an external server;
- providing the information regarding the at least one user and the program included in the EPG on a EPG screen;
- and
- in response to selecting a user of the at least one user provided on the EPG screen and a program corresponding to the selected user being broadcast, displaying a menu for switching to the program corresponding to the selected user, and
- in response to the program corresponding to the selected user not being broadcast, displaying a menu for reserving the program corresponding to the selected user.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.