Patent ID: 7116376

Claim:
A television (TV) card for a computer, said TV card having electric power supplied thereto absent said computer being booted, said TV card comprising: a TV signal receiving part receiving a TV signal; a TV signal processing part processing the TV signal from the TV signal receiving part; a TV encoder converting a video signal outputted from the TV signal processing part into a TV video signal suitable for display, and directly transmitting the converted video signal to an input part of a TV; a control program storage part storing a control program controlling the TV signal received from the TV signal receiving part to be displayed on the TV through the TV signal processing part and the TV encoder, the control program of the control program storage part includes a remote signal processing routine for processing a predetermined remote signal, and processes the remote signal through the remote signal processing routine when the remote signal is inputted; and a control part controlling the TV signal to be displayed on the TV through the TV signal processing part and the TV encoder on the basis of the control program.