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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2009
Shin-hong Chung, Taipei Hsien, TW;
Li-hua HU, Shenzhen, CN;
Chia-yu Cheng, Taipei Hsien, TW;
Zai-an Pan, Shenzhen, CN;
Han-che Wang, Taipei Hsien, TW;
Kuan-hong Hsieh, Taipei Hsien, TW;
Shin-Hong Chung, Taipei Hsien, TW;
Li-Hua Hu, Shenzhen, CN;
Chia-Yu Cheng, Taipei Hsien, TW;
Zai-An Pan, Shenzhen, CN;
Han-Che Wang, Taipei Hsien, TW;
Kuan-Hong Hsieh, Taipei Hsien, TW;
Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, CN;
Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd., Tu-Cheng, New Taipei, TW;
Abstract
A method with television (TV) tuning function applied on a digital photo frame (DPF) is provided. The method includes: fetching a prompt time of at least one particular TV program; determining whether a prompt time of a particular TV program is about to arrive or has already arrived at the current time; fetching a prompt signal of the particular TV program whose prompt time is about to arrive or has already arrived, and outputting the prompt signal to prompt a particular TV program is being aired or about to air; switching the DPF from the DPF mode to a TV mode and providing the channel parameter of the particular TV program upon receiving a mode switching signal during the outputting of the prompt signal; and; and receiving and playing the particular TV program according to the channel parameter. A related DPF is also provided.