Patent ID: 8307397
Filing Date: 2012-11-06
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for controlling a video apparatus, comprising: storing channel information of a first broadcasting system in a combined channel memory; reading channel information of a second broadcasting system from an external device; storing the channel information of the second broadcasting system in the combined channel memory; displaying the channel information of the first broadcasting system and the second broadcasting system based on a combined channel map guide derived based on the channel information stored in the combined channel memory, wherein the combined channel map guide includes: (a) a video apparatus viewing window for displaying channel information of the first broadcast system, and (b) an external device viewing window for displaying channel information of the second broadcast system; receiving a signal from a channel switching key that corresponds to a channel selected from the channel information displayed for the video apparatus viewing mode or the external device viewing mode; and displaying the selected channel of the first or second broadcasting system according to the channel switching key that corresponds to the selected channel based on the displayed combined channel map guide, wherein displaying the channel information further includes: displaying a first tab corresponding to the video apparatus viewing window with a second tab corresponding to the external device viewing window in a same screen, wherein: the external device viewing window is displayed in overlapping relationship with the video apparatus viewing window in said same screen, channel numbers of the first broadcasting system are displayed in the video apparatus viewing window in response to selection of the first tab, channel numbers of the second broadcasting system are displayed in the external device viewing window in response to selection of the second tab, and said channel numbers of the first broadcasting system are displayed to block viewing of said channel numbers of the second broadcasting system when the first tab is selected, and said channel numbers of the second broadcasting system are displayed to block viewing of said channel numbers of the first broadcasting system when the second tab is selected, wherein the first and second tabs are simultaneously displayed in said same screen with said channels numbers of the first broadcasting system or the second broadcasting system corresponding to a selected one of the first tab or the second tab, wherein the method further comprises: displaying a first area in said same screen simultaneously with the first and second tabs and said channels numbers of the first broadcasting system or the second broadcasting system corresponding to a selected one of the first tab or the second tab, wherein the first area includes information indicative of one or more preferred channels in at least one of the first or second broadcasting system, wherein said information indicative of one or more preferred channels includes first information and second information simultaneously displayed on said same screen, and wherein the first information includes a first symbol and a second symbol, (a) the first symbol is indicative of a channel, and (b) the second symbol is indicative of one of the first or second broadcasting systems to which the channel indicated by the first symbol corresponds, and wherein the second information includes a third symbol and a fourth symbol, (a) the third symbol is indicative of a channel, and (b) the fourth symbol is indicative of one of the first or second broadcasting systems to which the channel indicated by the third symbol corresponds.