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Method for displaying an electronic program guide on a screen of a digital television

  • US 20030070171A1
  • Filed: 10/04/2002
  • Published: 04/10/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/06/2001
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method for displaying an electronic program guide on a screen of a digital television by using a predetermined graphic processing block when the electronic program guide information is received at a preset time interval through a receiving section of the digital television and stored in a predetermined memory block in the digital television, and the stored electronic program guide information is used for a user to tune a specific channel, and/or search a plurality of information of the programs by a timeline and/or channels, the method comprising the steps of:

  • i) displaying a main menu having at least one subtitle as an aggregate of channels which are classified by predetermined categories on the screen of the digital television;

    ii) displaying the channels belong to the subtitle at left-sided area of the screen by being listed in vertical direction when the subtitle is selected by using a channel selecting means; and

    iii) when one of the channels is selected, listing time and titles of the programs of the channel within a box shaped layout at the vertical direction by time order simultaneously displaying marks for manipulating a up and down arrows and a right and left arrows of the channel selecting means as four directional keys at a side of the layout.

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