BROADCAST RECEIVING SYSTEM

• US 20080129886A1
• Filed: 11/29/2007
• Published: 06/05/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 12/01/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: ISHIHARA, Kazuhide
• Application Number:
  US11/947,286
• Publication Number:
  US 20080129886A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/731
• 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 21/42206 characterized by hardware details
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42212 Specific keyboard arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4755 for defining user preferences, e.g. favourite actors or genre retrieval personalisation and generation of user profiles for the retrieval of video data G06F16/739; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/50 Tuning indicators; Automatic tuning control

Abstract

A broadcast receiving system includes a plurality of remote controls and a broadcast receiving device. The plurality of remote controls each includes a plurality of keys and a control component. The control component outputs an operation signal having key identification information for identifying a key being operated out of the plurality of keys and remote control identification information for identifying a remote control being operated out of the plurality of remote controls. The broadcast receiving device receives the operation signal. The broadcast receiving device includes a channel information storage component and a channel setting component. The channel information storage component stores channel setting information specifying selectable channels according to the remote control identification information. The channel setting component sets the selectable channels based on the remote control identification information acquired from the operation signal and the channel setting information acquired from the channel information storage component.

Claims

1. A broadcast receiving system comprising:

a plurality of remote controls each including

a plurality of keys, and

a control component being configured to output an operation signal having key identification information for identifying a key being operated out of the plurality of keys and remote control identification information for identifying a remote control being operated out of the plurality of remote controls; and

a broadcast receiving device configured to receive the operation signal outputted by the remote controls, the broadcast receiving device including

a channel information storage component configured to store channel setting information specifying selectable channels according to the remote control identification information;

a channel setting component configured to set the selectable channels based on the remote control identification information acquired from the operation signal and the channel setting information acquired from the channel information storage component.

2. The broadcast receiving system according to claim 1, wherein

the broadcast receiving device further includes a key determination component being configured to determine whether or not the operation signal is received, and

the channel setting component is further configured to acquire the channel setting information corresponding to the remote control identification information when the key determination component determines that the operation signal is received.

3. The broadcast receiving system according to claim 2, wherein

the keys of the remote controls include a channel selection key for selecting the selectable channels, and

the broadcast receiving device further includes a channel selection component being configured to select the selectable channels in a specific order when the key determination component determines that the operation signal having the key identification information corresponding to the channel selection key is received.

4. The broadcast receiving system according to claim 1, wherein

the remote controls include a main remote control being configured to edit the channel setting information stored in the channel information storage component to change the selectable channels, and a sub remote control being configured to be prevented from editing the store channel setting information.

5. The broadcast receiving system according to claim 4, wherein

the keys associated with the sub remote control include a power key for turning on and off the power of the broadcast receiving device, a volume adjustment key for adjusting audio volume of the broadcast receiving device and a channel selection key for selecting the selectable channels.

6. The broadcast receiving system according to claim 2, wherein

the keys associated with the main remote control include a setting change key for editing the channel setting information stored in the channel information storage component, and

the broadcast receiving device further includes a setting change component being configured to change the channel setting information stored in the channel information storage component when the key determination component determines that the operation signal having the key identification information corresponding to the setting change key is received.

7. The broadcast receiving system according to claim 2, wherein

the remote controls include a main remote control being configured to edit the channel setting information stored in the channel information storage component to change the selectable channels, and a sub remote control being configured to be prevented from editing the store channel setting information.

8. The broadcast receiving system according to claim 7, wherein

the keys associated with the sub remote control include a power key for turning on and off the power of the broadcast receiving device, a volume adjustment key for adjusting audio volume of the broadcast receiving device and a channel selection key for selecting the selectable channels.

9. The broadcast receiving system according to claim 8, wherein

the keys associated with the main remote control include a setting change key for editing the channel setting information stored in the channel information storage component, and

the broadcast receiving device further includes a setting change component being configured to change the channel setting information stored in the channel information storage component when the key determination component determines that the operation signal having the key identification information corresponding to the setting change key is received.

10. A broadcast receiving device comprising:

an operation signal receiving component configured to receive operation signals outputted by a plurality of remote controls, the operation signals having key identification information for identifying a key operation being performed from among a plurality of keys provided to each of the remote controls, and remote control identification information for identifying which of the remote controls is being operated;

a channel information storage component configured to store channel setting information specifying selectable channels according to the remote control identification information; and

a channel setting component configured to set the selectable channels based on the remote control identification information acquired from the operation signals and the channel setting information acquired from the channel information storage component.

11. A channel setting method for a broadcast receiving device, comprising:

acquiring operation signals outputted by a plurality of remote controls, the operation signals having key identification information for identifying a key operation being performed from among a plurality of keys provided to each of the remote controls, and remote control identification information for identifying which of the remote controls is being operated;

acquiring channel setting information specifying selectable channels according to the remote control identification information; and

setting the selectable channels based on the remote control identification information and the channel setting information.