METHOD FOR SETTING CHANNELS AND BROADCAST RECEIVING APPARATUS USING THE SAME

• US 20100263010A1
• Filed: 11/04/2009
• Published: 10/14/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 04/14/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: KIM, Mun-seok
• Application Number:
  US12/612,098
• Publication Number:
  US 20100263010A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/110
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4345 Extraction or processing of SI, e.g. extracting service information from an MPEG stream
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4383 Accessing a communication channel
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4622 Retrieving content or additional data from different sources, e.g. from a broadcast channel and the Internet web site content organization and management for information retrieval from the Internet G06F16/958; transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82; stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services including data channel over packet-switching network H04L12/1859
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/485 End-user interface for client configuration
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6112 involving terrestrial transmission, e.g. DVB-T
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6125 involving transmission via Internet transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/50 Tuning indicators; Automatic tuning control

Abstract

A method for setting channels and a broadcast receiving apparatus using the same are provided. In the method, a channel is set by a broadcast receiving apparatus so as to correspond to at least one of an IP address and a domain name. Accordingly, a user can set IP addresses and domain names as channels on the broadcast receiving apparatus.

Claims

1. A method for setting a channel at a broadcast receiving apparatus, the method comprising:

receiving a channel number;

receiving at least one of an IP address and a domain name; and

setting, by the broadcast receiving apparatus, the channel number to correspond to the at least one of the IP address and the domain name.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

searching for a server corresponding to the at least one of the IP address and the domain name; and

determining whether the server corresponding to the at least one of the IP address and the domain name provides an image service,

wherein the setting the channel number comprises setting the channel number to correspond to the at least one of the IP address and the domain name if it is determined that the server provides the image service.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the image service is one of an Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) service and a streaming service.

4. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

displaying a channel setting window including a channel number input box, a frequency input box, a bandwidth input box, an Internet Protocol (IP) address input box, and a domain name input box,

wherein the receiving the channel number comprises receiving the channel number from an input device controlled by a user in the channel number input box, and

wherein the receiving the at least one of the IP address and the domain name comprises receiving the at least one of the IP address and the domain name from the input device in at least one of the IP address input box and the domain name input box, respectively.

5. The method according to claim 4, further comprising:

searching for a server corresponding to the at least one of the input IP address and the domain name in response to a search command input by the user if the channel number is input in the channel number input box and if the at least one of the IP address and the domain name is input in at least one of the IP address input box and the domain name input box, respectively; and

determining whether the server corresponding to the at least one of the IP address and the domain name provides an image service if the server is found,

wherein the setting the channel number comprises setting the channel number to correspond to the at least one of the IP address and the domain name if it is determined the server provides the image service.

6. The method according to claim 4, further comprising:

if the user enters the IP address in the IP address input box, automatically displaying a domain name corresponding to the input IP address in the domain name input box; and

if the user enters the domain name in the domain name input box, automatically displaying an IP address corresponding to the input domain name in the IP address input box.

7. The method according to claim 4, further comprising:

if the user enters at least one of the IP address and the domain name in at least one of the IP address input box and the domain name input box, respectively, deactivating the frequency input box and the bandwidth input box.

8. The method according to claim 4, further comprising:

receiving a frequency and a bandwidth; and

in response to a search command input by the user, if the channel number is input in the channel number input box and if a frequency and a bandwidth are respectively input in the frequency input box and the bandwidth input box, searching for a broadcast service provided in the frequency and the bandwidth,

wherein the setting the channel number comprises setting the channel number to correspond to the frequency and the bandwidth if the broadcast service is provided in the frequency and the bandwidth.

9. The method according to claim 4, further comprising:

if the user enters at least one of a frequency and a bandwidth in at least one of the frequency input box and the bandwidth input box, respectively, deactivating the IP address input box and the domain name input box.

10. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

displaying a list of unused channel numbers that are not associated with at least one of an IP address and a domain name; and

displaying a list of domain names that provide an image service,

wherein the receiving the channel number comprises, if a user selects an unused channel number from the list of unused channel numbers, receiving the channel number corresponding to the selected unused channel number, and

wherein the receiving the at least one of the IP address and the domain name comprises, if the user selects a domain name from the list of domain names, receiving a domain name and an IP address corresponding to the selected domain name.

11. A broadcast receiving apparatus comprising:

a user manipulation unit which receives input from a user; and

a control unit which receives a channel number and receives at least one of an IP address and a domain name as the input from the user manipulation unit, and sets the channel number to correspond to the at least one of the IP address and the domain name.

12. The broadcast receiving apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the control unit searches for a server corresponding to the at least one of the IP address and the domain name, determines whether the server corresponding to the at least one of the IP address and the domain name provides an image service, and sets the channel number to correspond to the at least one of the IP address and the domain name if it is determined that the server provides the image service.

13. The broadcast receiving apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the image service is one of an Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) service and a streaming service.

14. The broadcast receiving apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the control unit displays a channel setting window including a channel number input box, a frequency input box, a bandwidth input box, an Internet Protocol (IP) address input box, and a domain name input box, displays the channel number in the channel number input box, and displays the at least one of the IP address and the domain name in at least one of the IP address input box and the domain name input box, respectively.

15. The broadcast receiving apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the control unit searches for a server corresponding to the at least one of the input IP address and the domain name in response to a search command input by the user if the channel number is input in the channel number input box and if the at least one of the IP address and the domain name is input in at least one of the IP address input box and the domain name input box, respectively, determines whether the server corresponding to the at least one of the IP address and the domain name provides an image service if the server is found, and sets the channel number to correspond to the at least one of the IP address and the domain name if it is determined that the server provides the image service.

16. The broadcast receiving apparatus according to claim 14, wherein, if the user enters the IP address in the IP address input box, the control unit displays a domain name corresponding to the input IP address in the domain name input box;

and

wherein, if the user enters the domain name in the domain name input box, the control unit displays an IP address corresponding to the input domain name in the IP address input box.

17. The broadcast receiving apparatus according to claim 14, wherein if the user enters at least one of the IP address and the domain name in at least one of the IP address input box and the domain name input box, respectively, the control unit deactivates the frequency input box and the bandwidth input box.

18. The broadcast receiving apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the control unit receives a frequency and a bandwidth as input from the user manipulation unit, and

wherein in response to a search command input by the user, if the channel number is input in the channel number input box and if a frequency and a bandwidth are respectively input in the frequency input box and the bandwidth input box, the control unit searches for a broadcast service provided in the frequency and the bandwidth, and sets the channel number to correspond to the frequency and the bandwidth if the broadcast service is provided in the frequency and the bandwidth.

19. The broadcast receiving apparatus according to claim 14, wherein if the user enters at least one of a frequency and a bandwidth in at least one of the frequency input box and the bandwidth input box, respectively, the control unit deactivates the IP address input box and the domain name input box.

20. The broadcast receiving apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the control unit displays a list of unused channel numbers that are not associated with at least one of an IP address and a domain name, and a list of domain names that provide an image service, and

if a user selects an unused channel number from the list of unused channel numbers, the control unit receives the channel number corresponding to the selected unused channel number, and if the user selects a domain name from the list of domain names, the control unit receives a domain name and an IP address corresponding to the selected domain name.