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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 01, 2006
Yong-jun Kim, Yongin-si, KR;
Jae-kwon Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Bong-yen Kim, Seongnam-si, KR;
Eun-jung Kang, Suwon-si, KR;
Dong-wook Kang, Yongin-si, KR;
Yong-jun Kim, Yongin-si, KR;
Jae-kwon Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Bong-yen Kim, Seongnam-si, KR;
Eun-jung Kang, Suwon-si, KR;
Dong-wook Kang, Yongin-si, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
An electronic programming guide (EPG) providing apparatus and method, in which an EPG is configured as a 3D form to facilitate a search for broadcasting program information included in the EPG. The EPG providing apparatus includes an EPG screen configuring unit and a control unit. The EPG screen configuring unit configures an EPG screen such that broadcasting program information is displayed on at least three faces of a 3D polyhedron. The control unit controls the EPG screen configuring unit to configure the EPG screen such that broadcasting program information corresponding to another broadcasting time zone or another broadcasting channel is displayed on the EPG screen based on a user input signal requesting a search for the broadcasting program information corresponding to another broadcasting time zone or another broadcasting channel.