Patent ID: 9043842
Filing Date: 2015-05-26
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for virtual channel management, for use in a network-based multimedia reproduction system, the method comprising: in response to a command, determining, by a control unit of the network-based multimedia reproduction system, whether the command is associated with virtual channel switching; when the command is associated with virtual channel switching, checking whether a channel value corresponding to the command exists in an application virtual channel table by the control unit; when the channel value exists in the application virtual channel table, determining an application and a first parameter set corresponding to the channel value from the application virtual channel table by the control unit; executing the application by the control unit; and setting, by the control unit, the executed application to be automatically controlled to retrieve digital contents according to the first operation parameter set through a network unit of the network-based multimedia reproduction system; wherein the first operation parameter set corresponds to operations for activating the application to display the digital contents on a display unit of the network-based multimedia reproduction system.