DEVICE AND METHOD FOR RECEIVING DIGITAL MULTIMEDIA BROADCASTING

• US 20110010740A1
• Filed: 09/09/2010
• Published: 01/13/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 04/28/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: JEONG, Moon Sang
• Application Number:
  US12/878,695
• Publication Number:
  US 20110010740A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/40
• 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 21/4383 Accessing a communication channel
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/482 End-user interface for program selection broadcast systems using EPGs H04H60/72
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4825 using a list of items to be played back in a given order, e.g. playlists
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/84 Generation or processing of descriptive data, e.g. content descriptors systems specially adapted for using meta-information in broadcast systems H04H60/73

Abstract

A device and method for receiving digital multimedia broadcasting include a method for receiving a digital broadcasting signals, creating a playlist containing plural program items scheduled to be broadcasted through at least one broadcast channel, each program item having delimiters and program information; monitoring an advent of one of the delimiters; and performing, if a delimiter is detected, an operation corresponding to the delimiter. The device and method for receiving the digital multimedia broadcasting allow the user to create and edit a playlist, which contains at least one program items obtained from EPG data and information on the program items, and automates channel switching and playbacks of the program item, resulting in improved user convenience.

Claims

1. A method for receiving a digital multimedia broadcast for a receiver having a playlist, comprising:

determining if there is an input for editing a start time of the playlist;

presenting program items currently scheduled;

obtaining an end time of a first program item if a program item is selected to be first;

editing the end time of the first program item according to the input if an input for editing the end time (t) is detected; and

setting the edited time as the end time of the first program item.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

obtaining current time if there is no input for editing the start time of the playlist; and

obtaining the program items in the period defined by the current time are extracted from an electronic program guide (EPG) data.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the end time of the first program item is obtained from an electronic program guide (EPG).

4. The method of claim 1, wherein editing the end time of the first program item comprises:

obtaining the end time of the first program item from an electronic program guide (EPG) if no input for editing the end time of the first program item exists.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein each program item comprises information of the start time, the end time, and a channel of the program item.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

setting the end time of the first program item as a start time of a second program item to be arranged after the first program item.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

setting a start time of a second program item on the basis of a user input.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

determining if there is a time interval between the end time of the first program item and the start time of the second program item;

setting the first program item to be automatically ended or maintained if there is the time interval between the end time of the first program item and the start time of the second program item; and

setting an automatic channel switching and an automatic on and off of the broadcasting receiver on the basis of the information of the first and second program items.

9. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

determining if there is a time interval between the end time of the first program item and the start time of the second program item; and

executing one of the options of automatically turning-off the broadcasting receiver on the end time of the first program item, or automatically turning-on the broadcasting receiver on the start time of the second program item, or automatically switching between channels of the first and second program items, and maintenance of the channel.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the end time of the first program item is contextually set.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the playlist comprises information for automatically switching channels, starting and stopping the playbacks of the program items.