Patent ID: 8656433

Claim:
A TV program information management method comprising steps of: providing a management platform; creating a channel information table by the management platform, wherein the channel information table comprises a channel table, a channel provider list and a channel number table; receiving and updating channel program information, wherein the management platform receives and updates the channel program information from multiple information providers via a network, and the channel program information comprises a program list in a specific period of each channel; generating arranged channel information, wherein the management platform generates the arranged channel information that comprises a channel data list and a channel summary table, wherein the channel data list is generated according to the channel program information and the channel information table, and the channel data list has multiple channel items, each channel item having multiple programs; and wherein the channel summary table comprises multiple groups of the channels in the channel information table, where similar channels are grouped in a same group; transmitting the arranged channel information to a remote control of a client when a download request generated by the client from the remote control is received by the management platform; storing the arranged channel information in the remote control; and displaying the arranged channel information on a display of the remote control according to the client's operation.