Method for performing broadcast channel zapping and broadcast receiving apparatus applying the same
US8667534B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 22, 2011 |
| Grant date | Mar 4, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 26, 2032 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N21/4383
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A channel zapping method is provided. The channel zapping method includes setting a channel group selected from among a plurality of channel groups classified by genre as a target for group zapping, and if a channel zapping command is input, performing channel zapping to a next channel in the channel group to which a current channel belongs, and if a group zapping command is input, performing channel zapping to a channel in another channel group included in the target for group zapping, and the another channel group is a channel group in a highest class or in a sub class which belongs to the highest class in the each genre.
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