METHOD FOR UPDATING ELECTRONIC PROGRAMMING GUIDE (EPG) OR BROADCAST RECEIVING APPARATUS AND BROADCAST RECEIVING APPARATUS USING THE SAME

• US 20090313656A1
• Filed: 11/18/2008
• Published: 12/17/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 06/12/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: LEE, Tae Ri
• Application Number:
  US12/273,199
• Publication Number:
  US 20090313656A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/50
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/25 Arrangements for updating broadcast information or broadcast-related information
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/32 Arrangements for monitoring conditions of receiving stations, e.g. malfunction or breakdown of receiving stations
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4345 Extraction or processing of SI, e.g. extracting service information from an MPEG stream
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4586 Content update operation triggered locally, e.g. by comparing the version of software modules in a DVB carousel to the version stored locally deployment, distribution, installation, update of software G06F8/65; error detection or correction of the data by redundancy during software upgrading G06F11/1433; arrangements for updating broadcast information or broadcast-related information H04H60/25
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47 End-user applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47214 for content reservation or setting reminders; for requesting event notification, e.g. of sport results or stock market stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services over packet-switching network H04L12/1859; notification of incoming messages in packet switching networks H04L51/224

Abstract

A method for updating an electronic programming guide (EPG) or a broadcast receiving apparatus, and a broadcast receiving apparatus using the same are provided. The method for updating the EPG includes setting a time point within a time period when the broadcast receiving apparatus is not operating to be an update time to update the EPG; and updating EPG information at the update time.

Claims

1. A method for updating an electronic programming guide (EPG) of a broadcast receiving apparatus, the method comprising:

setting a time point within a time period while the broadcast receiving apparatus is not operating to be a start update time to start updating the EPG; and

updating EPG information at the start update time.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the setting comprises:

storing operating information of the broadcast receiving apparatus; and

determining a time period during which the broadcast receiving apparatus does not operate based on the stored operating information.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the setting further comprises:

calculating a representative operating time of the broadcast receiving apparatus based on the stored operating information; and

setting the start update time at a predetermined time interval earlier than the representative operating time.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the calculating comprises:

extracting first turn-on times for one day and second turn-on times for another day from the stored operating information;

determining an earliest time of the first turn-on times and an earliest time of the second turn-on times; and

setting the determined earliest times of the first and the second turn-on times to be the representative operating times for respectively the one day and the another day.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the calculating comprises:

extracting first turn-on times for one day and second turn-on times for another day from the stored operating information;

determining a first average turn-on time for the first turn-on times and a second average turn-on time for the second turn-on times; and

setting the determined first average turn-on time and the determined second average turn-on time to be the representative operating times for respectively the one and the another days.

6. The method of claim 3, wherein the predetermined time interval is longer than the time period required to update the EPG information.

7. The method of claim 2, wherein the operating information comprises turn-on times of the broadcast receiving apparatus.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the updating comprises:

updating the EPG information after the broadcast receiving apparatus is turned on, if a current time corresponds to the start update time, and if the broadcast receiving apparatus is in a standby state.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the updating further comprises:

changing the broadcast receiving apparatus to the standby state after the EPG information is updated.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the updating comprises:

setting the start update time by a user; and

updating the EPG information at the start update time set by the user.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the time period during which the broadcast receiving apparatus does not operate comprises a time period during which the broadcast receiving apparatus is in a standby state.

12. A broadcast receiving apparatus, comprising:

a storage unit which stores electronic programming guide (EPG) information; and

a control unit which sets a time point within a time period when the broadcast receiving apparatus is not operating to be a start update time to start updating an EPG, and starts updating the EPG information at the start update time.

13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the storage unit stores operating information of the broadcast receiving apparatus;

and the control unit sets the time period, during which the broadcast receiving apparatus is not operating, based on the stored operating information.

14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the control unit calculates a representative operating time of the broadcast receiving apparatus based on the stored operating information, and sets the start update time at a predetermined time interval earlier than the representative operating time.

15. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the control unit extracts first turn-on times for one day and second turn-on times for another day from the stored operating information, determines an earliest time of the first turn-on times and an earliest time of the second turn-on times, and sets the determined earliest times of the first and second turn-on times to be the representative operating times for respectively the one and the another days.

16. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the control unit extracts first turn-on times for one day and second turn-on times for another day from the stored operating information, determines a first average turn-on time for the first turn-on times and a second average turn-on time for the second turn-on times, and sets the determined first average turn-on time and the determined second average turn-on time to be the representative operating times for respectively the one day and the another day.

17. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the predetermined time interval is longer than a time period required to update the EPG information.

18. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the operating information comprises turn-on times of the broadcast receiving apparatus.

19. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein if a current time corresponds to the start update time, and if the broadcast receiving apparatus is in a standby state, the control unit turns on the broadcast receiving apparatus, and updates the EPG information.

20. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein the control unit changes the broadcast receiving apparatus to the standby state after the EPG information is updated.

21. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein if a user sets the start update time, the control unit starts updating the EPG information at the start update time set by the user.

22. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the time period during which the broadcast receiving apparatus does not operate comprises a time period during which the broadcast receiving apparatus is in a standby state.

23. A method for updating data stored in a broadcast receiving apparatus, comprising:

storing operating information of the broadcast receiving apparatus;

setting an update time based on the stored operating information; and

updating the stored data at the set update time.

24. A broadcast receiving apparatus, comprising:

a storage unit which stores operating information and predetermined data of the broadcast receiving apparatus; and

a control unit which sets an update time to update the stored predetermined data based on the operating information, and updates the stored predetermined data at the update time.