Patent ID: 7639310
Filing Date: 2009-12-29
Classification: H03J,H04H

Abstract:
1. A digital broadcasting receiving apparatus comprising: a channel information storage unit to store information on a receivable physical channel among physical channels allocated to discriminate digital broadcasting signals transmitted from a plurality of broadcasting stations and a transceiver identification (Tx ID) allocated to discriminate a transceiving region of the broadcasting signal; an input unit to input a virtual channel and a receiving region Tx ID of a desired digital broadcasting signal; a control unit to select a physical channel having the inputted virtual channel among a plurality of physical channels selected which also have the inputted virtual channel, to make a channel selecting priority list when a plurality of the physical channels are selected, and to control the overall system to select and display the broadcasting signal of the first priority channel; and an on-screen display (OSD) processing unit to display the channel selecting priority list when the broadcasting signal of the first priority channel is displayed, wherein the control unit compares the received Tx ID with transmitted Tx ID of the physical channel having the virtual channel such that if the transmitted Tx ID is the same as the received Tx ID, the control unit arranges the plurality of physical channel in a list so that the physical channel of the transmitted Tx ID is given a first priority.