Patent ID: 8127330

Claim:
A method of managing video signal information in a display device, the method comprising: pre-selecting an available broadcast channel as indicated from information received by way of a plurality of broadcast signals; storing, in a data storage, information corresponding to the pre-selected broadcast channel in a first list, the first list including channel information corresponding to at least the pre-selected broadcast channel; displaying a first window including the first list, wherein broadcast channel information corresponding to a broadcast channel currently being displayed for viewing on the display device is distinguished in the first window; firstly selecting for deletion information corresponding to at least one broadcast channel included in the first list; receiving a user delete command to delete the selected information corresponding to the broadcast channel from the first list, deleting information corresponding to the broadcast channel selected for deletion from the first list and storing the information corresponding to the broadcast channel deleted from the first list as part of a second list, and wherein the information corresponding to the broadcast channel deleted from the first list is no longer displayed as part of the first list; displaying a second window including the second list, the second list comprising at least information corresponding to the broadcast channel deleted from the first list; secondly selecting information corresponding to at least one broadcast channel from the second list; and restoring information corresponding to the selected at least one broadcast channel from the second list back to the first list when a restore command is received, and deleting information corresponding to the selected at least one broadcast channel from the second list when a delete command is received, wherein information corresponding to the selected at least one broadcast channel selected for restoration is no longer displayed as part of the second list and is instead displayed as part of the first list, and information corresponding to the selected at least one broadcast channel selected for deletion is no longer available on the display device but can be restored to the first list based on information received through a broadcast signal.