Method for displaying broadcasting program guide information and remote controller for the same

• US 20060143657A1
• Filed: 12/29/2005
• Published: 06/29/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 12/29/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Song, Min-suk
• Application Number:
  US11/319,414
• Publication Number:
  US 20060143657A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/52
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04806 Zoom, i.e. interaction techniques or interactors for controlling the zooming operation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04855 Interaction with scrollbars
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42204 User interfaces specially adapted for controlling a client device through a remote control device; Remote control devices therefor constructive details of casings for the remote control device H01H9/0235; user interfaces for controlling a tuning device of a television receiver through a remote control H03J9/00; remote control of peripheral devices connected to a television receiver through the remote control device of the television receiver H04B1/205
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4221 Dedicated function buttons, e.g. for the control of an EPG, subtitles, aspect ratio, picture-in-picture or teletext
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42221 Transmission circuitry, e.g. infrared [IR] or radio frequency [RF]
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4316 for displaying supplemental content in a region of the screen, e.g. an advertisement in a separate window
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47 End-user applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4821 using a grid, e.g. sorted out by channel and broadcast time
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4858 for modifying screen layout parameters, e.g. fonts, size of the windows
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/812 involving advertisement data advertising per se G06Q30/02

Abstract

A method for displaying broadcasting program guide (BPG) information, which can promptly provide the BPG information by using a time sliding bar, a channel sliding bar and a hand tool, is provided. The method includes receiving and displaying the BPG information by channel and time, and displaying the time sliding bar, the channel sliding bar and the hand tool so that a viewer may search the BPG information. A remote controller for interacting with a display of the BPG information is also provided. The remote controller includes a first interface part for inputting a command to slidably move the display so that the viewer may search the BPG information, a control signal generator for generating a control signal corresponding to the command input by the first interface part, and a transmitter for transmitting the generated control signal to a broadcast receiving device.

Claims

1. A method for displaying broadcasting program guide (BPG) information in a broadcast receiving device, the method comprising:

receiving the BPG information;

displaying the BPG information by at least one of a channel and a time; and

displaying a sliding bar for searching the BPG information.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the sliding bar is a channel sliding bar for searching the BPG information by channel.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the sliding bar is a time sliding bar for searching the BPG information by time.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the displaying the BPG information further comprises:

displaying a selection bar which selects the BPG information to be displayed; and

displaying the BPG information selected by the selection bar in a picture-in-graphic (PIG) portion.

5. The method as claimed in claim 4, wherein a size of the PIG portion is adjustable.

6. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the displaying the BPG information further comprises increasing a size of the BPG information being displayed.

7. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the displaying the BPG information further comprises decreasing a size of the BPG information being displayed.

8. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the displaying the BPG information further comprises displaying a hand tool which catches and moves the display of the BPG information.

9. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising, if a viewer selects a specific program from the BPG information, displaying only an image of the specific program.

10. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising displaying in a picture-in-picture (PIP) screen content of a program that a viewer has scheduled to view.

11. A remote controller for controlling a display of broadcasting program guide (BPG) information in a broadcast receiving device from a remote distance, the remote controller comprising:

a first interface part which inputs a command to slidably move the display to search the BPG information;

a control signal generator which generates a control signal corresponding to the command input through the first interface part; and

a transmitter which transmits the control signal to the broadcast receiving device.

12. The remote controller as claimed in claim 11, wherein the first interface part is a time scroll bar for searching the BPG information by time.

13. The remote controller as claimed in claim 11, wherein the first interface part is a channel scroll bar for searching the BPG information by channel.

14. The remote controller as claimed in claim 11, further comprising a zoom button which inputs a command to increase or decrease a size of the BPG information being displayed, wherein the control signal generator generates a control signal corresponding to the command input through the zoom button.

15. The remote controller as claimed in claim 11, further comprising a hand tool button which inputs a command to activate a hand tool and catch the display of the BPG information, wherein the control signal generator generates a control signal corresponding to the command input through the hand tool button.

16. The remote controller as claimed in claim 15, further comprising a move button which inputs a command to move the display caught by the hand tool button, wherein the control signal generator generates a control signal corresponding to the command input through the move button.