Patent ID: 8261304

Claim:
A method for displaying images using a display device, the display device including at least one tuner, a display screen, and a controller for controlling the at least one tuner and the display screen, the method comprising: tuning, by the at least one tuner, to a plurality of different broadcast channels; receiving a request for a favorite channel menu and a user's input indicating if the broadcast channels to be displayed are favorite channels or all available channels; and in response to the favorite channel menu request, displaying, by the display screen, a multi-window including a plurality of sub-windows according to the received user's input, each of the plurality of sub-windows displaying images from a different one of the plurality of broadcast channels according to the tuning by the at least one tuner, and the plurality of sub-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 in which a broadcast signal was detected, and a third channel window for displaying channel information of a not-available broadcast channel in which 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 sub-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 multi-window, the displaying step including selectively displaying either the favorite channels or the all available channels in the sub-windows according to the received user's input, wherein the third channel window displays a channel number of the not-available broadcast channel without contents, and wherein when a 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.