Patent ID: 8966546
Filing Date: 2015-02-24
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of reproducing at least one piece of content received via at least one interface among a plurality of interfaces, the method comprising: classifying, by a multimedia reproducing device, a plurality of pieces of content received via at least one external input interface according to the at least one external input interface; classifying, by the multimedia reproducing device, pieces of content, among the plurality pieces of content, received via each of the at least one external input interface according to a plurality of reference attributes; allocating, by the multimedia reproducing device, the plurality of pieces of content classified according to the at least one external input interface to at least one first virtual channel with an upper channel number selected from among unoccupied channels; allocating, by the multimedia reproducing device, the pieces of content classified according to the plurality of reference attributes to at least one second virtual channel with a lower channel number corresponding to the upper channel number selected from among the unoccupied channels; generating, by the multimedia reproducing device, a channel selection programming guide displaying set channels which include the at least one first virtual channel, the at least one second virtual channel and occupied basic channel; reproducing by the multimedia reproducing device, the channel selection programming guide; and selecting by the multimedia reproducing device, a channel from among the set channels that include the at least one first virtual channel, the at least one second virtual channel and the occupied basic channel based on the channel selection programming guide, wherein the plurality of interfaces include an internal input interface for receiving a broadcast signal and the at least one external input interface for receiving an external signal, wherein at least one of the classifying, the allocating and the selecting is performed using a processor, wherein the classifying of the plurality of pieces of content comprises classifying the plurality of pieces of content into a plurality of content groups having a hierarchical structure, based on a hierarchical structure of a plurality of attributes.