| 摘要 |
An Internet-TV (figure 1) and it's operating method for allowing a user to change channel whilst looking at TV channel information (e.g. a program guide) on a web-site. The internet-TV includes an internet part having a central processing unit (CPU) 15 for: outputting a channel change command and corresponding channel information (e.g. tuning frequency for the TV part), receiving current TV channel information (i.e. channel being viewed) and transmitting said current TV channel information to a web-server. The internet part further comprises memory means 14, 18 for storing the name of a broadcasting station and an actual channel number (i.e. that indicating frequency) such that, in a preferred embodiment, when clicking on a hyperlink at a web-site only the position in the memory need be transmitted to the local device; the actual channel number being looked up. The internet-TV further comprises a TV part having a controller 30 for changing the TV channel according to the channel change command and corresponding channel information from the CPU, and a remote control signal receiver 29 receiving a remote control signal and inputting the remote control signal to the controller. Also claimed is the provision of a user selectable screen configuration so that the TV and web screens may be viewed simultaneously (figure 9). |
