Patent ID: 8056102

Claim:
A channel selection device receiving a multi-channel video including a plurality of videos and video configuration information on each video from a head end, the channel selection device comprising: a first screen display unit editing the multi-channel video based on the video configuration information and searching view configuration information to generate a channel searching view and displaying the channel searching view on a sub-screen of a television; and a second screen display unit displaying on a main screen of the television a video selected by a viewer out of the videos included in the channel searching view, wherein the channel searching view is displayable on the television together with the video selected by the viewer, wherein the video configuration information comprises first location information indicating a location of each video in the multi-channel video and first size information indicating a size of each video in the multi-channel video, wherein the searching view configuration information comprises second location information indicating a location of each video in the channel searching view and second size information indicating a size of each video in the channel searching view, wherein the first screen display unit comprises an editing unit, wherein the editing unit edits the multi-channel video by clipping each video from the multi-channel video based on the first location information and the first size information and transiting each video clipped according to the second location information.