Patent ID: 7084926
Filing Date: 2006-08-01
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A receiver for digital broadcasting configured to list a representation of a major channel provided by a broadcasting station for distributing programs and representations of a plurality of subchannels comprising a selected subchannel among the plurality of subchannels, each of the plurality of subchannels associated with a program for viewing that is broadcast by the broadcasting station according to the major channel, comprising: a storage section configured to store the major channel and the plurality of subchannels, a major channel output section configured to list the representation of the major channel stored by said storage section, a differentiation section configured to differentiate the selected subchannel from the plurality of subchannels stored in the storage section other than the selected subchannel, and a subchannel output section configured to list a representation of the selected subchannel and representations of the plurality of subchannels other than the selected subchannel, wherein the representation of the major channel, the representation of the selected subchannel, and the representations of the plurality of subchannels other than the selected subchannel are simultaneously displayed on an image receiving part, on which a user is simultaneously viewing a particular program that is broadcast on the selected subchannel, and wherein the representation of the selected subchannel is formatted differently than the representations of the plurality of subchannels other than the selected subchannel.