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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2014
Huizhou Tcl Mobile Communication Co., Ltd., Huizhou, CN;
Yu Zheng, Huizhou, CN;
HUIZHOU TCL MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD., Huizhou, Guangdong, CN;
Abstract
A method and a system are provided for achieving integration of smart TV program channels with applications. The method may include performing normalization processing on data of TV program channel information, maintaining a data structure for each TV program channel, and obtaining a program table with items thereof being the information of multiple TV program channels. The method may also include performing normalization processing on data of application information, maintaining a data structure for each application, and obtaining an application table with items thereof being information of multiple applications. The method may further include mixing and arranging items in the program table and the application table to obtain a mixed table and, upon receiving a control command, looking for an item corresponding to said control command in said mixed table and displaying the corresponding content.