Patent ID: 7757255
Filing Date: 2010-07-13
Classification: H04H,H04N

Abstract:
1. A digital broadcasting receiver comprising: an operating section configured to select a logical channel; a video/audio data obtaining section configured to receive television broadcasting signals, extract one of the television broadcasting signals provided on a selected logical channel, and obtain video data and audio data on the selected logical channel from the television broadcasting signal; an output section configured to output to a television receiver a video signal and an audio signal based on the video data and the audio data obtained by the video/audio data obtaining section; a control data obtaining section configured to obtain control data transmitted from a broadcasting station; a virtual channel table configured to store therein a logical channel and a Source ID for directly identifying a broadcast program provided on the logical channel in such a manner as to make the logical channel and the Source ID correspond to each other based on the control data obtained by the control data obtaining section, the virtual channel table allowing the logical channel and the Source ID to be updated upon receipt of television broadcasting signals; a designated channel table configured such that, when a user designates a logical channel to be registered by operating the operating section, a Source ID associated with the designated logical channel is extracted from the virtual channel table, and then the designated channel table stores therein the designated logical channel and the Source ID in such a manner as to make the designated logical channel and the Source ID correspond to each other; a channel selecting section configured such that when the logical channel stored in the designated channel table is selected by the operating section, the channel selecting section extracts from the designated channel table a Source ID associated with the selected logical channel, then extracts from the virtual channel table a logical channel having the same Source ID as the extracted Source ID, and when the extracted logical channel is not the same as the selected logical channel, the channel selecting section determines that the selected logical channel has been replaced with an alternative channel by the broadcasting station; and an OSD display section configured to cause the television receiver to display a desired OSD, wherein if determining that the selected logical channel has been replaced with the alternative channel by the broadcasting station, the channel selecting section causes the video/audio data obtaining section to select the extracted logical channel instead of the selected logical channel, the output section outputs to the television receiver the video signal and the audio signal based on the video data and the audio data on the extracted logical channel, and if the channel selecting section determines that the selected logical channel has been replaced with the alternative channel by the broadcasting station, the OSD display section causes the television receiver to display a first OSD which shows the selected logical channel has been changed.