Patent ID: 7962930
Filing Date: 2011-06-14
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A broadcasting receiving apparatus comprising: a broadcasting receiver which receives parental rating definition-related data comprising upper item data indicating characteristics of broadcast program content, and lower item data indicating ratings of the characteristics; a data storage which stores the parental rating definition-related data; a UI generator which generates a user interface (UI) for parental lock setup; and a controller which controls the UI generator to arrange the upper item data of the parental rating definition-related data in a first axis direction of the UI and arrange the lower item data corresponding to the upper item data in a second axis direction which is different from the first axis direction, wherein the controller controls the UI generator to indicate information on a rank of the upper item data with respect to all received upper item data in a first area of the UI, wherein the first axis comprises a horizontal axis, the second axis comprises a vertical axis, the upper item data comprise dimension values with respect to the broadcast program content, and the lower item data comprise rating values with respect to the broadcast program content, and wherein the controller controls the UI generator to indicate items for selecting a viewing block or an allowance of the rating values indicated in the UI, and set a viewing block function in response to a rating value with the viewing block or allowance selected through a user input unit operable to direct or select the items indicated in the UI.