Patent ID: 8205228

Claim:
An apparatus for dynamically managing a user's favorite channels, the apparatus comprising: a user input unit for receiving a channel change input from the user; a channel list storage unit for storing an entire channel list comprising channels receivable using a tuner and channel preference information regarding the user's preference degrees for channels; a control unit for calculating a preference degree for a channel selected in response to the channel change input received by the user input unit and analyzing a pattern of channel change inputs; and an output unit for providing content of the selected channel according to calculation and analysis results of the control unit, wherein the control unit provides the content of the selected channel through the output unit in response to the channel change input if the calculated preference degree for the selected channel satisfies a predetermined reference, and the control unit provides the content of the selected channel through the output unit in direct response to a predetermined pattern of channel change inputs received by the user input unit if the calculated degree for the selected channel does not satisfy the predetermined reference, wherein the predetermined pattern of channel change inputs makes possible movement to a channel that does not satisfy the channel preference degree, and wherein the predetermined pattern of channel change inputs comprises the channel change input received by the user input unit for the selected channel.