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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2011
Display apparatus for providing enhanced electronic program guide and method of controlling the same
Ryoung Kim, Pyeongtaek-si, KR;
Yujin Bae, Pyeongtaek-si, KR;
Ryoung Kim, Pyeongtaek-si, KR;
Yujin Bae, Pyeongtaek-si, KR;
LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul, KR;
Abstract
A method of controlling a display apparatus including receiving, via a receiving unit, first metadata corresponding to contents to be displayed on the display apparatus from at least a first source externally connected to the display apparatus, said first metadata including channel information and broadcast programs to be broadcast for each channel included in the channel information; matching, via a controller thumbnail images with the broadcast programs; generating, via the controller, an enhanced program guide including a designated time zone indicating when a broadcast program is to be broadcast and a corresponding matched thumbnail image; and displaying via the display apparatus, the enhanced program guide based on a selection signal requesting the enhanced program guide be displayed.