Patent ID: 8166504

Claim:
A content processing method comprising: detecting a plurality of empty channels to which no external service provider content has been allocated and a plurality of allocated channels to which external service provider content has been allocated, using an automatic channel setting function, the external service provider being external to a home network; storing first channel information regarding the plurality of allocated channels to which external service provider content has been allocated; storing second channel information regarding the plurality of empty channels to which no external service provider content has been allocated; issuing a request for a home network content list to one of a plurality of server devices connected to the home network; receiving the home network content list from the one of the plurality of server devices; automatically mapping home network content sources from the home network content list of the one of the plurality of server devices to the plurality of empty channels in response to receiving the home network content list; selecting one of the plurality of empty channels to which the home network content sources from the home network content list are mapped, and displaying on a display unit a list of contents available from a respective one of the home network content sources that is mapped to the selected empty channel; and choosing one of the contents included in the displayed list of contents and playing back the chosen one of the contents.