THREE-DIMENSIONAL ELECTRONIC PROGRAMMING GUIDE PROVIDING APPARATUS AND METHOD
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Abstract
An electronic programming guide (EPG) providing apparatus and method, in which an EPG is configured as a 3D form to facilitate a search for broadcasting program information included in the EPG. The EPG providing apparatus includes an EPG screen configuring unit and a control unit. The EPG screen configuring unit configures an EPG screen such that broadcasting program information is displayed on at least three faces of a 3D polyhedron. The control unit controls the EPG screen configuring unit to configure the BPG screen such that broadcasting program information corresponding to another broadcasting time zone or another broadcasting channel is displayed on the EPG screen based on a user input signal requesting a search for the broadcasting program information corresponding to another broadcasting time zone or another broadcasting channel.
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30 Claims
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16. An EPG (electronic programming guide) providing apparatus comprising:
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an EPG screen configuring unit configuring an EPG screen such that broadcasting program information is displayed on a front face of a 3D (three-dimensional) hexagon and four faces of the 3D hexagon, which are adjacent to the front face; and a control unit controlling the EPG screen configuring unit to configure the EPG screen such that broadcasting program information corresponding to another broadcasting time zone or another broadcasting channel is displayed on the EPG screen based on a user input signal requesting a search for the broadcasting program information corresponding to another broadcasting time zone or another broadcasting channel. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. An EPG (electronic programming guide) providing method comprising:
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receiving a user input signal requesting a search for broadcasting program information; and configuring an EPG screen such that the broadcasting program information is displayed in the form of a 3D (three-dimensional) hexagon based on the user input signal, wherein the EPG screen is configured such that the broadcasting program information is displayed on a front face of the 3D hexagon and four faces adjacent to the front face. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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