Patent ID: 9621942
Date: 2017-04-11
CPC Classifications: H04N

Claim:
1. A display apparatus comprising: a tuner configured to receive at least one broadcast signal through at least one broadcast channel; a signal processor configured to signal-process the received at least one broadcast signal; a display configured to display the signal-processed at least one broadcast signal; an interface connected with at least one paid broadcast processing apparatus which descrambles at least one paid broadcast signal; and a controller configured to control the signal processor to signal-process the received at least one broadcast signal into a form that is displayable through the display, and, when the received at least one broadcast signal is the at least one paid broadcast signal, transmit the at least one paid broadcast signal to the at least one paid broadcast processing apparatus through the interface, wherein the tuner comprises: wherein the interface comprises: wherein, upon a condition that the broadcast signals received from the first tuner and the second tuner are checked and determined to be the at least one paid broadcast signals based on said check, the controller transmits the at least one paid broadcast signals to the first paid broadcast processing apparatus and the second paid broadcast processing apparatus through the first interface and the second interface, respectively, based on the pre-stored paid broadcast channel information, wherein, upon a condition that it is determined that the broadcast signals received from the first tuner and the second tuner is a free broadcast signal and the other broadcast signal is the at least one paid broadcast signal, the controller controls the signal processor and the display to display broadcast signals which are descrambled and which are related to the free broadcast signal, and to display the at least one paid broadcast signal, on a first area and a second area, respectively, and wherein, upon a condition that the broadcast signals received from the first tuner and the second tuner are the at least one paid broadcast signals, the controller controls the signal processor and the display to display a broadcast signal that is descrambled and is related to one of the at least one paid broadcast signals on one of the first area and the second area, to generate a message that the other paid broadcast signal cannot be processed, and to display the message on the other one of the first area and the second area.