Apparatus and method for displaying out-of-band channel information in open cable system
First Claim
1. An apparatus for displaying out-of-band channel information in an open cable system, the apparatus comprising:
- a main display;
an auxiliary display;
a receiving unit for receiving an out-of-band signal transmitted from a headend and parsing the out-of-band signal to generate parsed data; and
a control unit for processing the parsed data to generate processed data and causing the processed data to be displayed on at least one of the auxiliary display and the main display, said auxiliary display displaying the parsed data when the apparatus is in a stand-by mode state where at least the main display is in an OFF state.
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Abstract
An apparatus and a method for displaying out-of-band information without turning on a TV or set-top box in an open cable system. A receiving unit receives an out-of-band signal transmitted from a headend and parses the signal. A storage unit stores the parsed data and a user'"'"'s display setting. A processing unit loads the user'"'"'s display setting from the storage unit and processes the data according to the user'"'"'s display setting. A control unit further processes the processed data and causes the further processed data to be displayed on an auxiliary display or main display, wherein the auxiliary display displays the further processed data in a stand-by mode state.
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30 Claims
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1. An apparatus for displaying out-of-band channel information in an open cable system, the apparatus comprising:
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a main display;
an auxiliary display;
a receiving unit for receiving an out-of-band signal transmitted from a headend and parsing the out-of-band signal to generate parsed data; and
a control unit for processing the parsed data to generate processed data and causing the processed data to be displayed on at least one of the auxiliary display and the main display, said auxiliary display displaying the parsed data when the apparatus is in a stand-by mode state where at least the main display is in an OFF state. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An apparatus for displaying out-of-band channel information in an open cable system, the apparatus comprising:
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a main display;
an auxiliary display;
a receiving unit for receiving an out-of-band signal transmitted from a headend and parsing the out-of-band signal to generate parsed data;
a storage unit for receiving the parsed data from the receiving unit and storing the parsed data and a user display setting;
a processing unit for receiving the user display setting and the parsed data from the storage unit and processing the parsed data according to the user display setting to generate processed data; and
a control unit for receiving the processed data from the processing unit, further processing the processed data to generate further processed data and causing the further processed data to be displayed on at least one of the auxiliary display and the main display, said auxiliary display displaying the parsed data or the further processed data when the apparatus is in a stand-by mode state where at least the main display is in an OFF state. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method for displaying out-of-band channel information on a main display and an auxiliary display of a host apparatus in an open cable system, the method comprising:
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receiving, by a receiving unit, an out-of-band signal transmitted from a headend;
parsing the out-of-band signal received by the receiving unit to generate parsed data; and
displaying the parsed data on the auxiliary display. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A method for displaying out-of-band channel information on a main display and an auxiliary display of a host apparatus in an open cable system, the method comprising:
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receiving, by a receiving unit, an out-of-band signal transmitted from a headend;
parsing the out-of-band signal to generate parsed data;
storing the parsed data in a storage unit;
processing the processed data according to a user display setting that has been stored in the storage unit to generate processed data; and
further processing the processed data to generate further processed data; and
displaying the further processed data on the auxiliary display. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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