Patent ID: 6490724
Filing Date: 2002-12-03
Classification: H04H,H04N

Abstract:
A method of analyzing/searching a user's viewing habit regarding broadcasting, comprising:a first step for comparing a present time and channel with a habit database per predetermined time period by comparing between a channel conversion time of a habit channel and a channel conversion time of a present channel; a second step for checking whether a present habit channel is viewed in case the present time at the first step is a time corresponding to the habit; a third step for terminating a search algorithm for determining the user's viewing habits when the habit channel is viewed and showing channel information corresponding to the habit by a PIP screen when the habit channel is not viewed in the second step; a fourth step for displaying a message asking whether the display used to view a habit channel is converted to the habit channel after showing the channel information at the third step; a fifth step for converting the channel at the fourth step to a channel by a user's selection; a sixth step for checking a habit function key input when the habit channel is viewed in the second step; and a seventh step for adjusting the presently viewed channel or other channels and channel conversion time in accordance with the user's selection when the habit function key is inputted and reserving the result in the habit database; wherein the first step further includes: a step for determining that the present channel is the same as the habit channel in case that the channel conversion time of the present channel is faster than the channel conversion time of the habit channel; and a step for increasing a viewing frequency number by one when the present channel is the same as the habit channel and for decreasing the viewing frequency number by one when the present channel is different from the habit channel.