초록 ▼

A television viewer uses a PIP format for display of program related information such as television program listings from a program schedule data base in the background and moving, real time or stored video clip images of a program selected from the displayed listings in the PIP window. All the text

A television viewer uses a PIP format for display of program related information such as television program listings from a program schedule data base in the background and moving, real time or stored video clip images of a program selected from the displayed listings in the PIP window. All the text of the background information lies outside the PIP window. In one embodiment, as the viewer selects a particular program from the display of current television program listings by means of a cursor or a code number, the corresponding program automatically appears in the PIP window.

대표청구항 ▼

[ What is claimed is:] [1.]1. A method of channel surfing with television apparatus having a tuner and a screen, the method comprising in the order recited the steps of:storing in a memory a plurality of current and future television program listings representing telecast programs, each program list

[ What is claimed is:] [1.]1. A method of channel surfing with television apparatus having a tuner and a screen, the method comprising in the order recited the steps of:storing in a memory a plurality of current and future television program listings representing telecast programs, each program listing including a channel identification;displaying in a first area of the screen some of the program listings including a current program listing;marking the current program listing in the first area of the screen;retrieving from the memory the channel identification of the marked program listing;using the retrieved channel identification to set the tuner to receive the telecast program represented by the marked program listing;displaying in a second area of the screen the telecast program received by the tuner;displaying a future program listing among the program listings in the first area of the screen; andmarking the future program listing in the first area of the screen in place of the current program listing without changing the program displayed in the second area.