Patent ID: 8336070

Claim:
A digital photo frame (DPF) with television (TV) function and capable of switching between a DPF mode and a television (TV) mode, comprising: a display module; a TV receiving module configured for receiving TV programs; a storage configured for storing at least one TV program schedule containing information on one or more TV programs, the information comprises a program title, a broadcast time and a TV station logo of each of the TV programs; a clock module configured for providing a current time; and a processor comprising: a TV program information fetching module configured for fetching the TV program information from the TV program schedule stored in the storage; a current time reading module configured for reading the current time from the clock module; a comparison module configured for detecting at least one showing TV program according to the TV program information and the current time, wherein the showing TV program is the TV program that is airing soon or the TV program that is currently aired; a TV program information displaying module configured for generating and displaying a TV listing menu prompt on the display module of the DPF when at least one showing TV program is found, wherein the TV listing menu prompt containing information on the at least one showing TV program; a switching module configured for changing the operational mode of the DPF to the TV mode when receiving a mode switching signal transmitted from input within a menu display time of the TV listing menu prompt; and a channel controlling module configured for controlling the TV receiving module to receive one of the showing TV programs.