Patent ID: 8261302

Claim:
A method for editing a plurality of broadcast channels for a display device, the method comprising: receiving a request for a favorite channel menu; and in response to the favorite channel menu request, entering, by the display device, a favorite broadcast channel menu and displaying, on the display device, multiple channel windows for displaying multiple channels regardless of whether signals for all of the multiple channels are currently being received in response to entering the broadcast channel menu, the multiple channel windows including a first channel window for displaying contents currently received through a selected broadcast channel, a second channel window for displaying contents received through an available broadcast channel where a broadcast signal was detected, and a third channel window for displaying channel information of a not-available broadcast channel where a broadcast signal was not detected, wherein if a specific broadcast channel that was displayed before the favorite channel menu request is received is in a favorite channel list, a pointer is positioned at the channel window corresponding to the specific broadcast channel, whereas if the specific broadcast channel that was displayed before the favorite channel menu request is received is not in the favorite channel list, the pointer is positioned at another location of the multiple channel windows, the displaying step including: displaying, in the third channel window, a channel number of the not-available broadcast channel without contents, wherein, when the broadcast signal is no longer detected in the available broadcast channel, the second channel window is changed to display a channel number of a corresponding channel without contents.