Patent ID: 7844988

Claim:
A real time channel grouping apparatus comprising: a key input unit configured to process a preference channel group setting signal, a display demand signal, and a group selection signal; a GUI screen storage unit configured to store user selection-guide information designating a channel as belonging to a first group of preference channels of a plurality of preference channels, according to the preference channel group setting signal and the display demand signal input from said key input unit; a signal processing unit configured to output a screen to a display device, based on the user selection-guide information from the GUI screen storage unit and a content signal; and a controlling unit configured to group the designated channel in the first group of preference channels according to the user selection-guide information from said GUI screen storage unit, and to control said signal processing unit to display on the display device the first group of preference channels with a user interface, broadcasting signals corresponding to each preset channel in the group of preference channels being iteratively and sequentially displayed for a predetermined period.