DEVICE FOR RECEIVING BROADCASTING PROGRAM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING FAVORITE CHANNEL

• US 20110214146A1
• Filed: 08/13/2008
• Published: 09/01/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 08/13/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Hong, Kyung Dug
• Granted Patent: US 8,443,388 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44204 Monitoring of content usage, e.g. the number of times a movie has been viewed, copied or the amount which has been watched monitoring of user activities for profile generation for accessing a video database G06F16/739; protecting generic digital content where the protection is independent of the precise nature of the content G06F21/10; arrangements for monitoring the use made of the broadcast services in broadcast systems H04H60/31
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44222 Analytics of user selections, e.g. selection of programs or purchase activity monitoring of user selections in data processing systems G06F11/34; arrangements for monitoring the user's behaviour or opinions in broadcast systems H04H60/33
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4532 involving end-user characteristics, e.g. viewer profile, preferences monitoring of user activities for profile generation for accessing a video database G06F16/739; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306; processing of user preferences or user profiles in wireless networks H04W8/18
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47 End-user applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/163 by receiver means only

Abstract

A device for receiving a broadcasting program and a method for displaying a favorite channel may be disclosed. A method for displaying a favorite channel in a device for receiving a broadcasting program includes presetting a favorite program viewing standard time; identifying whether a key signal is inputted by a user, displaying a broadcasting program received from a selected channel; detecting a viewing time of the program based on the inputted key signal; comparing the detected program viewing time with the preset viewing standard time; and registering the broadcasting program with a favorite program list based on the result of the comparison.

Claims

1. A method for displaying a favorite channel in a device for receiving a broadcasting program comprising:

presetting a favorite program viewing standard time;

identifying whether a key signal is inputted by a user, displaying a broadcasting program received from a selected channel;

detecting a viewing time of the program based on the inputted key signal;

comparing the detected program viewing time with the preset viewing standard time; and

registering the broadcasting program with a favorite program list based on the result of the comparison.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the key signal inputted by the user is a channel change signal or a power off signal.

3. The method as claimed in claim 2, wherein if the power off signal is inputted, a total viewing time of the program broadcasted at the present is detected.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein if the detected viewing time of the program is more than the preset viewing standard time based on the result of the comparison, the program is registered with the favorite program list.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein if the detected viewing time of the program is less than the preset viewing standard time based on the result of the comparison, the detected viewing time of the program is deleted.

6. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

displaying at least one program stored in the favorite program list at a user'"'"'request, together with a broadcasting time statue for each corresponding program of the favorite channel program list.

7. The method as claimed in claim 6, wherein the information of the broadcasting time statue for each program is displayed in a bar type, differentiating a color of a broadcasted time area from a color of a to-be-broadcasted time area.

8. The method as claimed in claim 6, wherein if the user selects a specific program, detailed information of selected program is provided.

9. The method as claimed in claim 8, wherein if a confirmation key signal corresponding to the program of which detailed information is provided is inputted, a channel viewed at the present is changed into a channel broadcasting the corresponding program.

10. The method as claimed in claim 8, wherein if a delete key corresponding to the program of which the detailed information is provided is inputted, the corresponding program is deleted from the favorite channel list.

11. A device for receiving a broadcasting program comprising:

a tuner for receiving a broadcasting program of a selected channel at the present;

a program viewing time detection unit for detecting a total viewing time of the received program;

a memory unit for storing the detected viewing time of the program, a favorite program viewing standard time preset by a user and a favorite program list;

a user interface for receiving a key signal from the user; and

a control unit for comparing the total viewing time of the received program with the preset favorite program viewing standard time if the key signal is inputted via the user interface, the control unit for registering the received program with the favorite channel program list or deleting the viewing time of the corresponding program stored in the memory unit based on the result of the comparison.

12. The device as claimed in claim 11, the key signal inputted from the user interface is a channel change signal or a power off signal.

13. The device as claimed in claim 11, wherein if the power off signal is inputted by the user, the program viewing detection unit detects a total viewing time of the received program at the present.

14. The device as claimed in claim 11, wherein the memory unit updates the detected viewing time information of the program continuously until the power off signal is inputted.

15. The device as claimed in claim 11, wherein if the detected program viewing time is more than the preset viewing standard time based on the result of the comparison, the control unit registers the program at the present with the favorite channel list.

16. The device as claimed in claim 11, wherein if the detected program viewing time is less than the preset viewing standard time based on the result of the comparison, the control unit deletes the detected program viewing time.

17. The device as claimed in claim 11, wherein if the detected program viewing time is less than the preset viewing standard time based on the result of the comparison, the control unit deletes the detected program viewing time.

18. The device as claimed in claim 17, wherein information of the broadcasting time statue is displayed in a bar type, differentiating a color of a broadcasted time area from a color of a to-be-broadcasted time area.

19. The device as claimed in claim 17, wherein if the user selects a specific program, the display unit displays detailed information of the selected program.

20. The device as claimed in claim 17, wherein if a confirmation key signal corresponding to the program of which the detailed information is provided is inputted, the display unit displays the corresponding program after changing a channel at the present into a corresponding channel.

21. The device as claimed in claim 17, wherein if a delete key signal corresponding to the program of which the detailed information is provided is inputted, the program is deleted from the favorite channel list.

22. A method for displaying a favorite channel in a device for receiving a broadcasting program comprising:

providing a broadcasting program of a selected channel;

requesting a list of the other favorite programs broadcasted at the same time as the selected program broadcasted at the present out of a stored favorite channel list;

displaying an OSD of the requested list of the programs;

receiving an input signal for selecting a specific program out of the displayed list of the programs;

displaying detailed information of the selected program; and

changing the present channel into a channel corresponding to the selected program or deleting the selected program from the favorite channel program list based on a key signal inputted during the displaying of the detailed information.

23. The method as claimed in claim 22, wherein the requested list of the favorite programs at the present is displayed together with information of a broadcasting time stature for each program.

24. The method as claimed in claim 23, wherein the broadcasting time statue is provided in a bar type, differentiating a color of a color of a broadcasted time area from a color of a to-be-broadcasted time area.