Patent ID: 8248531

Claim:
A digital photo frame (DPF) with television (TV) tuning function comprising a DPF mode and a TV mode, comprising: a TV tuning module configured for receiving TV programs; a storage configured for storing a prompt time, a prompt signal and a channel parameter of at least one particular TV program; a clock module configured for providing current time; and a processor comprising: a current time reading module configured for fetching current time from the clock module; a prompt time fetching module configured for fetching the prompt time of the at least one particular TV program from the storage; a comparison module configured for determining whether a prompt time of a particular TV program among the at least one particular TV program is about to arrive or has already arrived at the current time; a prompt signal output module configured for fetching a prompt signal of a particular TV program whose prompt time is about to arrive or has already arrived, and outputting the prompt signal via the multimedia player module within a preset time interval; a mode switching module configured for switching the DPF from the DPF mode to the TV mode upon receiving the mode switching signal transmitted from input during the outputting of the prompt signal, and further configured for providing the channel parameter of the particular TV program to a channel controlling module; and a channel controlling module configured for controlling the TV tuning module to receive the particular TV program according to the channel parameter.