Patent ID: 8296795
Filing Date: 2012-10-23
Classification: H04H,H04N

Abstract:
1. A channel tuning method of a hotel broadcast receiving apparatus, the method comprising: receiving a channel selection command from a user by the hotel broadcasting receiving apparatus which is installed in one of hotel rooms; tuning to a predetermined broadcast signal using channel index information corresponding to selected channel information, which is provided from a hotel server; and displaying the tuned broadcast signal, wherein the channel index information comprises a virtual channel information which indicates channel numbers set by an administrator of the hotel server and said channel numbers are in a relationship with physical transmission channel (PTC) information and program number information which is contained in a program map table (PMT), wherein the hotel server stores the channel index information in a channel index table and provides, to the broadcast receiving apparatus, the physical transmission channel information corresponding to the selected channel information provided by the broadcast receiving apparatus, and wherein the displaying comprises the broadcast receiving apparatus tuning to the tuned broadcast signal of a predetermined channel corresponding to the obtained physical transmission channel information provided from the broadcast providing apparatus.