BROADCAST RECEPTION MOBILE TERMINAL

• US 20090104871A1
• Filed: 10/16/2008
• Published: 04/23/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 10/17/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: CHO, Beom Seok
• Application Number:
  US12/253,059
• Publication Number:
  US 20090104871A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/3.40
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41407 embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4331 Caching operations, e.g. of an advertisement for later insertion during playback
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4384 involving operations to reduce the access time, e.g. fast-tuning for reducing channel switching latency
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/50 Tuning indicators; Automatic tuning control

Abstract

A mobile terminal including an input unit configured to enter a broadcast mode so as to display a broadcast program on a first broadcast channel, a buffering unit configured to buffer a broadcast program on a second broadcast channel different than the first broadcast channel, and a display unit configured to display the buffered broadcast program on the second broadcast channel when a channel change command is entered on the input unit for changing the first broadcast channel to the second broadcast channel.

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