Patent ID: 11917256
Assignee: HISENSE VISUAL TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 9:
10. A method for a display device with an electronic program guide (EPG) function, comprising:
displaying a television program on a display screen of the display device;
receiving a first instruction for displaying an EPG user interface;
in response to the first instruction, displaying the EPG user interface on the display screen, wherein the EPG user interface comprises a two-dimensional program menu including television channels along a vertical direction and play durations in a chronological order along a horizontal direction;
while a focus is on a first television program in a first television channel, receiving a first direction instruction for indicating moving the focus along a first direction of the vertical direction, wherein a play duration of the first television program in the first television channel is presented on the EPG user interface;
in response to the first direction instruction, controlling the focus to move to a second television program in a second television channel by performing: traversing television programs on the EPG user interface in the second television channel, and determining the second television program in the second television channel; and calculating a new position of the focus according to index information of the second television program, and controlling the focus to move to the second television program corresponding to the new position,
wherein an overlap duration between a play duration of the second television program and the play duration of the first television program is greater than an overlap duration between a play duration of another television program, that is presented adjacent to the first television program and/or the second television program, in the second television channel and the play duration of the first television program, and wherein the play duration of the second television program in the second television channel is different from the play duration of the first television program in the first television channel;
while the focus is on the second television program, receiving a second direction instruction for indicating moving the focus along a first direction of the horizontal direction; and
in response to the second direction instruction, controlling the focus to move to a third television program in the second television channel;
while the focus is on the third television program in the second television channel, receiving a third direction instruction for indicating moving the focus along the first direction of the vertical direction; and
in response to the third direction instruction, controlling the focus to move to a fourth television program in a third television channel, wherein an overlap duration between a play duration of the fourth television program in the third television channel and the play duration of the third television program in the second television channel is greater than an overlap duration between a play duration of another television program in the third television channel and the play duration of the third television program in the second television channel, wherein the play duration of the third television program in the second television channel is different from the play duration of the fourth television program in the third television channel.