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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2008
Applicants:
Byung Chan Kang, Downey, CA (US);
Taehee Kim, Montville, NJ (US);
Paul Kim, Mahwah, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon, KR;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/025 (2006.01); H04N 7/015 (2006.01); H04N 21/44 (2011.01); H04N 21/482 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/44008 (2013.01); H04N 7/015 (2013.01); H04N 7/025 (2013.01); H04N 21/4826 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method for automatically managing television channel lists is disclosed. Pixel resolutions characteristics of a plurality of televisions channels are analyzed. One or more high definition television (HDTV) channels having HD pixel resolutions from the plurality of available television channels are selected. The one or more selected HDTV channels are stored in a HD channel list.