TV receiver for receiving a broadcast signal and station information

Claim 1

A method for entering channel representative information provided by a broadcasting signal that has been received by a television signal receiving apparatus and setting a plurality of channels in response thereto, comprising: a first step for initiating channel setting by a CPU contained in said television signal receiving apparatus in response to an initiating signal; a second step for setting a start channel number in a counter; a third step for selecting a channel from the broadcast signal in accordance with the channel number in the counter; a fourth step for judging whether the selected channel is an active channel; a fifth step for extracting an information signal from the selected channel if the selected channel has been judged active in the prior step; and a sixth step for writing information represented by the information signal and the channel number of the selected channel to a memory.

Claim 2

A method for entering channel representative information provided by a broadcasting signal that has been received by a television signal receiving apparatus and setting a plurality of channels in response thereto, comprising: a first step for initiating channel setting by a CPU contained in said television signal receiving apparatus in response to an initiating signal; a second step for setting a start channel number in a counter; a third step for selecting a channel from the broadcast signal in accordance with the channel number in the counter; a fourth step for judging whether the selected channel is an active channel; a fifth step for extracting an information signal from the selected channel if the selected channel has been judged active in the prior step; and a sixth step for writing information represented by the information signal and the channel number of the selected channel to a memory.

Claim 7

A method for entering display data wherein a composite channel-operating function is utilized in a television signal receiving apparatus, comprising: a first step for initiating an entry process by a CPU contained in said television signal receiving apparatus in response to an initiating signal; a second step for displaying an entry screen on a display screen of said television signal receiving apparatus; a third step for receiving an entry location input via a remote commander by a user viewing the entry screen; a fourth step for receiving a channel number input from the remote commander by the user viewing the entry screen; a fifth step for reading information including a broadcasting station's name previously stored in a memory at a location corresponding to the channel number; a sixth step for displaying the read information on the display screen; a seventh step for writing the channel number to an address in the memory which corresponds to the entry location; an eighth step for judging whether to enter the next channel; and a ninth step for returning to said third step to repeat the same processing if an affirmative result is obtained at said eighth step, or to otherwise terminate the processing.

Claim 8

A method for entering display data wherein a composite channel-operating function is utilized in a television signal receiving apparatus, comprising: a first step for initiating an entry process by a CPU contained in said television signal receiving apparatus in response to an initiating signal; a second step for displaying an entry screen on a display screen of said television signal receiving apparatus; a third step for receiving an entry location input via a remote commander by a user viewing the entry screen; a fourth step for receiving a channel number input from the remote commander by the user viewing the entry screen; a fifth step for reading information including a broadcasting station's name previously stored in a memory at a location corresponding to the channel number; a sixth step for displaying the read information on the display screen; a seventh step for writing the channel number to an address in the memory which corresponds to the entry location; an eighth step for judging whether to enter the next channel; and a ninth step for returning to said third step to repeat the same processing if an affirmative result is obtained at said eighth step, or to otherwise terminate the processing.

Claim 9

A method for channel selection wherein a composite channel-operating function is utilized in a television signal receiving apparatus, comprising: a first step for initiating channel selection by a CPU contained in said television signal receiving apparatus in response to an initiating signal; a second step for reading information including a plurality of broadcasting stations' names previously stored in a memory in said television signal receiving apparatus; a third step for displaying a channel selection screen on a display screen of said television signal receiving apparatus which includes said information; a fourth step for obtaining a channel number corresponding to a desired broadcast station's name which has been specified by a user with a remote commander viewing the channel selection screen; a fifth step for erasing the channel selection screen from the display screen; a sixth step for reading the desired channel number from the memory and for controlling a channel selection device to change to the desired channel; and a seventh step for terminating the above method by said CPU.

Claim 10

A method for channel selection wherein a composite channel-operating function is utilized in a television signal receiving apparatus, comprising: a first step for initiating channel selection by a CPU contained in said television signal receiving apparatus in response to an initiating signal; a second step for reading information including a plurality of broadcasting stations' names previously stored in a memory in said television signal receiving apparatus; a third step for displaying a channel selection screen on a display screen of said television signal receiving apparatus which includes said information; a fourth step for obtaining a channel number corresponding to a desired broadcast station's name which has been specified by a user with a remote commander viewing the channel selection screen; a fifth step for erasing the channel selection screen from the display screen; a sixth step for reading the desired channel number from the memory and for controlling a channel selection device to change to the desired channel; and a seventh step for terminating the above method by said CPU.

Claim 11

A method for entering information represented by an information signal wherein a composite channel-operating function is utilized in a television signal receiving apparatus, comprising: a first step for initiating entry by a CPU contained in said television receiving apparatus in response to an initiating signal; a second step for displaying an entry screen on a display screen of said television signal receiving apparatus; a third step for receiving an entry location specified by a user with a remote commander while viewing the entry screen; a fourth step for receiving a channel number specified by the user with the remote commander while viewing the entry screen; a fifth step for selecting the channel in accordance with the channel number; a sixth step for receiving an information signal for the selected channel front an information signal analyzing circuit and displaying the information on a region of the display screen corresponding to the selected channel number; a seventh step for writing the channel number and information represented by the information signal to an address in a memory located in said television signal receiving apparatus corresponding to the entry location; and an eighth step for judging whether to enter a next channel; and a ninth step for returning to step three if an affirmative result is obtained at said eighth step, or otherwise terminating said method.

Claim 12

A method for entering information represented by an information signal wherein a composite channel-operating function is utilized in a television signal receiving apparatus, comprising: a first step for initiating entry by a CPU contained in said television receiving apparatus in response to an initiating signal; a second step for displaying an entry screen on a display screen of said television signal receiving apparatus; a third step for receiving an entry location specified by a user with a remote commander while viewing the entry screen; a fourth step for receiving a channel number specified by the user with the remote commander while viewing the entry screen; a fifth step for selecting the channel in accordance with the channel number; a sixth step for receiving an information signal for the selected channel front an information signal analyzing circuit and displaying the information on a region of the display screen corresponding to the selected channel number; a seventh step for writing the channel number and information represented by the information signal to an address in a memory located in said television signal receiving apparatus corresponding to the entry location; and an eighth step for judging whether to enter a next channel; and a ninth step for returning to step three if an affirmative result is obtained at said eighth step, or otherwise terminating said method.

Claim 13

A method for entering information represented by an information signal wherein a channel for data only is used in a television signal receiving apparatus, comprising: a first step for initiating entry by a CPU contained in said television receiving apparatus in response to an initiating signal; a second step for requesting from a user a number of the channel for data only, and for receiving the channel number for data only which has been input by the user; a third step for selecting the channel for data only in accordance with the received channel number; a fourth step for analyzing coded information on the selected channel and converting the coded information into a signal which can be processed by said CPU, said coded information including information representative of broadcast channel numbers and their corresponding station names; a fifth step for writing the convened information including channel number to a memory located in said television signal receiving apparatus; and a sixth step for terminating said method when all of the coded information has been processed.

Claim 14

A method for entering information represented by an information signal wherein a channel for data only is used in a television signal receiving apparatus, comprising: a first step for initiating entry by a CPU contained in said television receiving apparatus in response to an initiating signal; a second step for requesting from a user a number of the channel for data only, and for receiving the channel number for data only which has been input by the user; a third step for selecting the channel for data only in accordance with the received channel number; a fourth step for analyzing coded information on the selected channel and converting the coded information into a signal which can be processed by said CPU, said coded information including information representative of broadcast channel numbers and their corresponding station names; a fifth step for writing the convened information including channel number to a memory located in said television signal receiving apparatus; and a sixth step for terminating said method when all of the coded information has been processed.