CN113132809B

CN113132809B - Channel switching method, channel program playing method and display equipment

Info

Publication number: CN113132809B
Application number: CN202110413374.6A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 侯进良; 张荣波; 片兆峰
Original assignee: Hisense Visual Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Hisense Visual Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-04-16
Filing date: 2021-04-16
Publication date: 2023-03-28
Anticipated expiration: 2041-04-16
Also published as: CN113132809A

Abstract

The application discloses a channel switching method, a channel program playing method and a display device. The method includes receiving a user input to open an input list, controlling a display to display a user interface of the input list, the user interface including a channel control; receiving user input for setting a channel control, and controlling a display to display a channel setting interface, wherein the channel setting interface comprises a physical channel control and at least one Internet television service channel control; and receiving user input of the selected Internet television service channel control, and executing initialization operation corresponding to the Internet television service channel control.

Description

Channel switching method, channel program playing method and display equipment

Technical Field

The present application relates to the field of display technologies, and in particular, to a channel switching method, a channel program playing method, and a display device.

Background

In the related art, the input list can only be switched to physical channels such as ATV and HDMI, and cannot be switched to OTT (Over the Top, internet television service) virtual channels, and meanwhile, setup (initialization) operation buttons of OTT channels of a third party are generally hidden under a multi-level menu, which is inconvenient to operate and poor in user experience.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the application provides a channel switching method, a channel program playing method and a display device, wherein channels corresponding to channel controls in an input list are expanded by customizing the input list, one-key switching of an OTT channel and rapid modification of the OTT channel are realized, and user experience is improved.

In a first aspect, there is provided a display device comprising:

a display;

a controller for performing:

receiving a user input to open an input list, and controlling a display to display a user interface of the input list, wherein the user interface comprises a channel control;

receiving user input for setting a channel corresponding to a channel control, and controlling a display to display a channel setting interface corresponding to the channel control, wherein the channel setting interface corresponding to the channel control comprises a physical channel control and at least one Internet television service channel control;

and receiving user input of the selected Internet television service channel control, and executing initialization operation corresponding to the Internet television service channel control.

In some embodiments, the controller is further configured to perform an initialization operation corresponding to the internet television service channel control in the following manner:

acquiring an initialization intention corresponding to the Internet television service channel service;

if the initialization intention is not null, initializing channel information in the Internet television service channel;

adding the channel information to a database.

In some embodiments, the user input for opening the input list includes a user input by pressing a first preset key on the control device, and the receiving the user input for setting the channel corresponding to the channel control includes a user input by pressing a second preset key on the control device after selecting the channel control for a time exceeding a preset value.

In a second aspect, there is provided a display device comprising:

a display;

a controller for performing:

receiving user input of a selected channel control, determining a channel corresponding to the channel control, and playing a program corresponding to the channel, wherein the channel comprises a physical channel or an internet television service channel, and the channel corresponding to the channel control is preset by a user.

In some embodiments, the controller is further configured to perform:

and receiving user input for selecting and opening the channel list, and controlling a display to display the channel list corresponding to the channel.

In a third aspect, a channel switching method is provided, including:

In some embodiments, the executing the initialization operation corresponding to the internet television service channel control specifically includes:

adding the channel information to a database.

In a fourth aspect, a method for playing a channel program is provided, including:

receiving a user input to open an input list, and controlling a display to display a user interface of the input list, the user interface including a channel control;

In some embodiments, the method further comprises:

In the embodiment, the channel corresponding to the channel control in the input list is expanded by customizing the input list, so that one-key switching of the internet television service channel and quick modification of the internet television service channel are realized, meanwhile, the problem of complicated initialization of the internet television service channel is solved, the portability of user operation is improved, and the user experience is improved.

Drawings

FIG. 1 illustrates a usage scenario of a display device according to some embodiments;

fig. 2 illustrates a hardware configuration block diagram of the control apparatus 100 according to some embodiments;

fig. 3 illustrates a hardware configuration block diagram of the display apparatus 200 according to some embodiments;

FIG. 4 illustrates a software configuration diagram in the display device 200 according to some embodiments;

FIG. 5 illustrates a flow diagram of a channel switching method according to some embodiments;

FIG. 6 illustrates a user interface diagram according to some embodiments;

FIG. 7 shows a schematic diagram of a control device 100 according to some embodiments;

8-10 illustrate another user interface diagram according to some embodiments;

FIG. 11 illustrates a flow diagram of a channel programming method according to some embodiments;

FIG. 12 illustrates yet another user interface diagram according to some embodiments.

Detailed Description

To make the purpose and embodiments of the present application clearer, the following will clearly and completely describe the exemplary embodiments of the present application with reference to the attached drawings in the exemplary embodiments of the present application, and it is obvious that the described exemplary embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present application, and not all of the embodiments.

It should be noted that the brief descriptions of the terms in the present application are only for convenience of understanding of the embodiments described below, and are not intended to limit the embodiments of the present application. These terms should be understood in their ordinary and customary meaning unless otherwise indicated.

The terms "first," "second," "third," and the like in the description and claims of this application and in the above-described drawings are used for distinguishing between similar or analogous objects or entities and not necessarily for describing a particular sequential or chronological order, unless otherwise indicated. It is to be understood that the terms so used are interchangeable under appropriate circumstances.

The terms "comprises" and "comprising," and any variations thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a product or apparatus that comprises a list of elements is not necessarily limited to all elements expressly listed, but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such product or apparatus.

The term "module" refers to any known or later developed hardware, software, firmware, artificial intelligence, fuzzy logic, or combination of hardware and/or software code that is capable of performing the functionality associated with that element.

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a usage scenario of a display device according to an embodiment. As shown in fig. 1, the display apparatus 200 is also in data communication with a server 400, and a user may operate the display apparatus 200 through the smart device 300 or the control device 100.

In some embodiments, the control apparatus 100 may be a remote controller, and the communication between the remote controller and the display device includes at least one of an infrared protocol communication or a bluetooth protocol communication, and other short-distance communication methods, and the display device 200 is controlled by a wireless or wired method. The user may control the display apparatus 200 by inputting a user instruction through at least one of a key on a remote controller, a voice input, a control panel input, and the like.

In some embodiments, the smart device 300 may include any of a mobile terminal, a tablet, a computer, a laptop, an AR/VR device, and the like.

In some embodiments, the smart device 300 may also be used to control the display device 200. For example, the display device 200 is controlled using an application program running on the smart device.

In some embodiments, the smart device 300 and the display device may also be used for communication of data.

In some embodiments, the display device 200 may also be controlled in a manner other than the control apparatus 100 and the smart device 300, for example, the voice instruction control of the user may be directly received by a module configured inside the display device 200 to obtain a voice instruction, or may be received by a voice control apparatus provided outside the display device 200.

In some embodiments, the display device 200 is also in data communication with a server 400. The display device 200 may be allowed to be communicatively connected through a Local Area Network (LAN), a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN), and other networks. The server 400 may provide various contents and interactions to the display apparatus 200. The server 400 may be a cluster or a plurality of clusters, and may include one or more types of servers.

In some embodiments, software steps executed by one step execution agent may be migrated on demand to another step execution agent in data communication therewith for execution. Illustratively, software steps performed by the server may be migrated on demand to be performed on the display device in data communication therewith, and vice versa.

Fig. 2 exemplarily shows a block diagram of a configuration of the control apparatus 100 according to an exemplary embodiment. As shown in fig. 2, the control device 100 includes a controller 110, a communication interface 130, a user input/output interface 140, a memory, and a power supply. The control apparatus 100 may receive an input operation instruction of a user and convert the operation instruction into an instruction recognizable and responsive to the display device 200, serving as an interaction intermediary between the user and the display device 200.

In some embodiments, the communication interface 130 is used for external communication, and includes at least one of a WIFI chip, a bluetooth module, NFC, or an alternative module.

In some embodiments, the user input/output interface 140 includes at least one of a microphone, a touchpad, a sensor, a key, or an alternative module.

Fig. 3 illustrates a hardware configuration block diagram of the display apparatus 200 according to an exemplary embodiment.

In some embodiments, the display apparatus 200 includes at least one of a tuner 210, a communicator 220, a detector 230, an external device interface 240, a controller 250, a display 260, an audio output interface 270, a memory, a power supply, and a user interface.

In some embodiments the controller comprises a central processor, a video processor, an audio processor, a graphics processor, a RAM, a ROM, a first interface to an nth interface for input/output.

In some embodiments, the display 260 includes a display screen component for displaying pictures, and a driving component for driving image display, a component for receiving image signals from the controller output, displaying video content, image content, and menu manipulation interface, and a user manipulation UI interface, etc.

In some embodiments, the display 260 may be at least one of a liquid crystal display, an OLED display, and a projection display, and may also be a projection device and a projection screen.

In some embodiments, the tuner demodulator 210 receives broadcast television signals via wired or wireless reception, and demodulates audio/video signals, such as EPG data signals, from a plurality of wireless or wired broadcast television signals.

In some embodiments, communicator 220 is a component for communicating with external devices or servers according to various communication protocol types. For example: the communicator may include at least one of a Wifi module, a bluetooth module, a wired ethernet module, and other network communication protocol chips or near field communication protocol chips, and an infrared receiver. The display apparatus 200 may establish transmission and reception of control signals and data signals with the control device 100 or the server 400 through the communicator 220.

In some embodiments, the detector 230 is used to collect signals of the external environment or interaction with the outside. For example, detector 230 includes a light receiver, a sensor for collecting ambient light intensity; alternatively, the detector 230 includes an image collector, such as a camera, which may be used to collect external environment scenes, attributes of the user, or user interaction gestures, or the detector 230 includes a sound collector, such as a microphone, which is used to receive external sounds.

In some embodiments, the external device interface 240 may include, but is not limited to, the following: high Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI), analog or data high definition component input interface (component), composite video input interface (CVBS), USB input interface (USB), RGB port, and the like. The interface may be a composite input/output interface formed by the plurality of interfaces.

In some embodiments, the controller 250 and the modem 210 may be located in different separate devices, that is, the modem 210 may also be located in an external device of the main device where the controller 250 is located, such as an external set-top box.

In some embodiments, the controller 250 controls the operation of the display device and responds to user operations through various software control programs stored in memory. The controller 250 controls the overall operation of the display apparatus 200. For example: in response to receiving a user command for selecting a UI object to be displayed on the display 260, the controller 250 may perform an operation related to the object selected by the user command.

In some embodiments, the object may be any one of selectable objects, such as a hyperlink, an icon, or other operable control. The operations related to the selected object are: displaying an operation of connecting to a hyperlink page, document, image, etc., or performing an operation of a program corresponding to the icon.

In some embodiments the controller comprises at least one of a Central Processing Unit (CPU), a video processor, an audio processor, a Graphics Processing Unit (GPU), a RAM Random Access Memory (RAM), a ROM (Read-Only Memory), a first to nth interface for input/output, a communication Bus (Bus), and the like.

A CPU processor. For executing operating system and application program instructions stored in the memory, and executing various application programs, data and contents according to various interactive instructions receiving external input, so as to finally display and play various audio-video contents. The CPU processor may include a plurality of processors. E.g. comprising a main processor and one or more sub-processors.

In some embodiments, a graphics processor for generating various graphics objects, such as: at least one of an icon, an operation menu, and a user input instruction display figure. The graphic processor comprises an arithmetic unit which carries out operation by receiving various interactive instructions input by a user and displays various objects according to display attributes; the system also comprises a renderer which renders various objects obtained based on the arithmetic unit, and the rendered objects are used for being displayed on a display.

In some embodiments, the video processor is configured to receive an external video signal, and perform at least one of video processing such as decompression, decoding, scaling, noise reduction, frame rate conversion, resolution conversion, and image synthesis according to a standard codec protocol of the input signal, so as to obtain a signal displayed or played on the direct display device 200.

In some embodiments, the video processor includes at least one of a demultiplexing module, a video decoding module, an image compositing module, a frame rate conversion module, a display formatting module, and the like. The demultiplexing module is used for demultiplexing the input audio and video data stream. And the video decoding module is used for processing the video signal after demultiplexing, including decoding, scaling and the like. And the image synthesis module, such as an image synthesizer, is used for performing superposition mixing processing on the GUI signal input by the user or generated by the user and the video image after the zooming processing by the graphics generator so as to generate an image signal for display. And the frame rate conversion module is used for converting the frame rate of the input video. And the display formatting module is used for converting the received video output signal after the frame rate conversion, and changing the signal to be in accordance with the signal of the display format, such as outputting an RGB data signal.

In some embodiments, the audio processor is configured to receive an external audio signal, perform at least one of decompression and decoding, and denoising, digital-to-analog conversion, and amplification processing according to a standard codec protocol of the input signal, and obtain a sound signal that can be played in the speaker.

In some embodiments, a user may enter user commands on a Graphical User Interface (GUI) displayed on display 260, and the user input interface receives the user input commands through the Graphical User Interface (GUI). Alternatively, the user may input a user command by inputting a specific sound or gesture, and the user input interface receives the user input command by recognizing the sound or gesture through the sensor.

In some embodiments, a "user interface" is a media interface for interaction and information exchange between an application or operating system and a user that enables conversion between an internal form of information and a form that is acceptable to the user. A commonly used presentation form of the User Interface is a Graphical User Interface (GUI), which refers to a User Interface related to computer operations and displayed in a graphical manner. It may be an interface element such as an icon, a window, a control, etc. displayed in the display screen of the electronic device, where the control may include at least one of an icon, a button, a menu, a tab, a text box, a dialog box, a status bar, a navigation bar, a Widget, etc. visual interface elements.

In some embodiments, user interface 280 is an interface that may be used to receive control inputs (e.g., physical buttons on the body of the display device, or the like).

In some embodiments, the system of the display device may include a Kernel (Kernel), a command parser (shell), a file system, and an application. The kernel, shell, and file system together make up the basic operating system structure that allows users to manage files, run programs, and use the system. After power-on, the kernel starts, activates kernel space, abstracts hardware, initializes hardware parameters, etc., runs and maintains virtual memory, scheduler, signals and inter-process communication (IPC). And after the kernel is started, loading the Shell and the user application program. The application program is compiled into machine code after being started, and a process is formed.

Referring to fig. 4, in some embodiments, the system is divided into four layers, which are an Application (Applications) layer (abbreviated as "Application layer"), an Application Framework (Application Framework) layer (abbreviated as "Framework layer"), an Android runtime (Android runtime) and system library layer (abbreviated as "system runtime library layer"), and a kernel layer from top to bottom.

In some embodiments, at least one application program runs in the application program layer, and the application programs may be windows (windows) programs carried by an operating system, system setting programs, clock programs or the like; or an application developed by a third party developer. In particular implementations, the application packages in the application layer are not limited to the above examples.

The framework layer provides an Application Programming Interface (API) and a programming framework for the application program of the application layer. The application framework layer includes a number of predefined functions. The application framework layer acts as a processing center that decides to let the applications in the application layer act. The application program can access the resources in the system and obtain the services of the system in execution through the API interface.

As shown in fig. 4, in the embodiment of the present application, the application framework layer includes a manager (Managers), a Content Provider (Content Provider), and the like, where the manager includes at least one of the following modules: an Activity Manager (Activity Manager) is used for interacting with all activities running in the system; the Location Manager (Location Manager) is used for providing the system service or application with the access of the system Location service; a Package Manager (Package Manager) for retrieving various information related to an application Package currently installed on the device; a Notification Manager (Notification Manager) for controlling display and clearing of Notification messages; a Window Manager (Window Manager) is used to manage the icons, windows, toolbars, wallpapers, and desktop components on a user interface.

In some embodiments, the activity manager is used to manage the lifecycle of the various applications and the usual navigation fallback functions, such as controlling exit, opening, fallback, etc. of the applications. The window manager is used for managing all window programs, such as obtaining the size of a display screen, judging whether a status bar exists, locking the screen, intercepting the screen, controlling the change of the display window (for example, reducing the display window, displaying a shake, displaying a distortion deformation, and the like), and the like.

In some embodiments, the system runtime layer provides support for the upper layer, i.e., the framework layer, and when the framework layer is used, the android operating system runs the C/C + + library included in the system runtime layer to implement the functions to be implemented by the framework layer.

In some embodiments, the kernel layer is a layer between hardware and software. As shown in fig. 4, the core layer includes at least one of the following drivers: audio drive, display driver, bluetooth drive, camera drive, WIFI drive, USB drive, HDMI drive, sensor drive (like fingerprint sensor, temperature sensor, pressure sensor etc.) and power drive etc..

In the related art, the input list can only be changed to physical channels such as ATV and HDMI, and cannot be switched to OTT (Over the Top, internet television service) virtual channels, and meanwhile, setup (initialization) operation buttons of OTT channels of a third party are generally hidden under a multi-level menu, which is inconvenient to operate and poor in user experience.

In order to solve the foregoing technical problem, an embodiment of the present application provides a channel switching method.

With reference to fig. 5, the method comprises the following steps:

step S51: an instruction to open the input list, which is input by a user operating the control device, is received through the user interface.

In some embodiments, in FIG. 6, the user may select the input list control 61 to input an instruction to open the input list.

In some embodiments, the user interface may receive an instruction from a user to open an input list by pressing an input key on the control device as shown in fig. 7.

Step S52: a user interface to control a display to display an input list, the user interface including a channel control;

the input list of the display device can quickly show all channels accessed to the display device, and the input list menu is an important entry for switching the physical input or the virtual input operated by a user in the development of the display device.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 8, the display device may provide a user interface diagram of the input list to the display, the user interface including a presentation area 81, the presentation area 81 being the input list. The presentation area 81 includes controls 811-816 provided for the user, and the controls 811-816 are Channels, HDMI (High Definition Multimedia Interface) 1, HDMI2, HDMI3, HDMI4, and AV, respectively. The user interface also includes a selector 82 indicating that any control is selected. The current selector 82 indicates that Channels are selected.

It should be noted that the widgets refer to visual objects displayed in respective presentation areas of the user interface in the display apparatus 200 to represent corresponding contents such as icons, thumbnails, video clips, links, etc., and can provide the user with various conventional program contents received through data broadcasting, and various application and service contents set by a content manufacturer.

The display forms of the controls are generally diversified. For example, the controls may include textual content and/or images for displaying thumbnails related to the textual content, or video clips related to the text. As another example, the control can be text and/or an icon of the application.

It should also be noted that the selector is used to indicate that any one of the controls has been selected, such as the focus object. In one aspect, the control may be selected or controlled by controlling the movement of the focus object displayed in the display apparatus 200 according to an input of the user through the control apparatus 100. Such as: the user may select and control the controls by controlling the movement of the focus object between the controls through the directional keys on the control device 100. On the other hand, the movement of each control displayed in the display apparatus 200 may be controlled according to the input of the user through the control device 100 to cause the focus object to select or control the control. Such as: the user can control the controls to move left and right together through the direction key on the control device 100, so that the focal object can be selected and controlled when the position of the focal object is kept unchanged.

The form of identification of the selector is often diversified. For example, the position of the focus object is realized or identified by enlarging the control, the position of the focus object is realized or identified by setting the background color of the control, and the position of the focus object can also be identified by changing the border line, size, color, transparency, outline and/or font of the text or image of the focus control.

Step S53: and receiving an instruction for setting the channel corresponding to the channel control, which is input by a user operating the control device through the user interface.

In some embodiments, in fig. 8, the user may select Channels and press the confirm key on the control device as shown in fig. 7 for a long time to enter an instruction to set the channel control. The long press specifically means that the time for pressing the confirmation key exceeds a preset value.

Step S54: controlling a display to display a channel setting interface corresponding to a channel control, wherein the channel setting interface corresponding to the channel control comprises a physical channel control and at least one Internet television service channel control;

in some embodiments, the channel setting interface corresponding to the channel control includes all channel of Tuner type in the system, the channel of Tuner type includes physical channel, such as DTV (Digital Television), ATV (Analog Television), and OTT channel of third party, the OTT refers to that the internet company goes across the operator to develop various video and data service services based on the open internet.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 9, the display device may provide a user interface diagram of channel settings corresponding to channel controls to the display, where the user interface includes a presentation area 91, and the presentation area 91 is an input list. The presentation area 91 includes controls 911-916 provided for the user, the controls 911-916 being Channels, OTT channel 1, OTT channel 2, OTT channel 3, OTT channel 4 and OTT channel 5, respectively. The user interface also includes a selector 92 indicating that either control is selected. The current selector 92 indicates that OTT channel 1 is selected.

Step S55: and receiving an instruction of selecting the Internet television service channel control input by a user operating the control device through the user interface.

In some embodiments, in fig. 9, the user may select OTT channel 1 and press the confirm key on the control device as shown in fig. 7 to input an instruction to select the internet tv service channel control.

Step S56: and executing the initialization operation corresponding to the Internet television service channel control.

In some embodiments, the step of executing the initialization operation corresponding to the internet television service channel control specifically includes:

adding the channel information to a database.

In some embodiments, after a user selects an internet television service channel, a setup intent (initialization intention) in an internet television service channel service is automatically acquired, and if the setup intent corresponding to the internet television service channel is not empty, channel information in the internet television service channel is initialized, and the acquired channel information is added to a tv.db database, so that the user can directly play a program of the internet television service channel after selecting a channel control, and display a program list in the internet television service channel.

In some embodiments, during the initialization operation corresponding to the internet television service channel control, the display is controlled to display the user interface shown in fig. 10. After the initialization operation corresponding to the internet television service channel control is executed, the display is controlled to display the user interface shown in fig. 8.

In some embodiments, after step S54, the user may select the physical channel as the channel corresponding to the channel control, and after the user selects the physical channel, the user interface shown in fig. 8 may be returned directly.

In the related art, when some application software capable of playing tv programs displays a channel list, the channel list includes all channels, that is, DTV and ATV channels, and also includes OTT channels of a third party, which results in a relatively large content of the channel list, a relatively long time spent on searching a desired channel, and poor user experience.

In order to solve the above technical problem, an embodiment of the present application provides a channel program playing method.

As shown in connection with fig. 11, the method includes:

step S111: an instruction to open the input list, which is input by a user operating the control device, is received through the user interface.

Step S112: a user interface to control a display to display an input list, the user interface including a channel control;

step S113: receiving an instruction of selecting a channel control input by a user through a user interface when the user operates the control device;

in some embodiments, in fig. 8, the user may select Channels and press the confirmation key on the control device as shown in fig. 7 to input the instruction of selecting the channel control. The short press specifically means that the time for pressing the confirmation key does not exceed a preset value.

Step S114: and determining a channel corresponding to the channel control, and playing a program corresponding to the channel.

In some embodiments, the channel includes a physical channel or an internet television service channel, and the channel corresponding to the channel control is preset by a user, and the setting method is the method shown in fig. 5.

In some embodiments, if it is determined that the channel corresponding to the channel control is the OTT channel 1, the program corresponding to the OTT channel 1 is played, as shown in fig. 12. And if the physical channel corresponding to the channel control is determined, playing the program corresponding to the physical channel.

In some embodiments, when a user selects a channel control, liveTv (live application) is started, and a program corresponding to a channel preset by the user is played after the LiveTv is started.

Step S115: an instruction to open a channel list input by a user operating the control device is received through the user interface.

In some embodiments, in FIG. 12, the user presses the enter key on the control device as shown in FIG. 7 to enter an instruction to open the playlist.

Step S116: and controlling a display to display a channel list corresponding to the channel.

When the user sets the channel corresponding to the channel control, the channel information of the selected internet television service channel is added into the tv.

In the embodiment, the channels corresponding to the channel controls in the input list are expanded by customizing the input list, so that one-key switching of the internet television service channels and quick modification of the internet television service channels are realized, meanwhile, the problem of tedious initialization of the internet television service channels is solved, the portability of user operation is improved, and the user experience is improved.

Finally, it should be noted that: the above embodiments are only used for illustrating the technical solutions of the present application, and not for limiting the same; although the present application has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, those of ordinary skill in the art will understand that: the technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments may still be modified, or some or all of the technical features may be equivalently replaced; and the modifications or the substitutions do not make the essence of the corresponding technical solutions depart from the scope of the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application.

The foregoing description, for purposes of explanation, has been presented in conjunction with specific embodiments. However, the illustrative discussions above are not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the embodiments to the precise forms disclosed above. Many modifications and variations are possible in light of the above teaching. The embodiments were chosen and described in order to best explain the principles and the practical application, to thereby enable others skilled in the art to best utilize the embodiments and various embodiments with various modifications as are suited to the particular use contemplated.

Claims

1. A display device, comprising:

a display;

a controller to perform:

receiving user input for opening an input list, and controlling a display to display a user interface of the input list, wherein the user interface comprises a channel control, and the input list is used for displaying channels accessed to display equipment;

after the channel control is selected, receiving user input of a user for pressing a second preset key of the control device;

if the pressing time exceeds a preset value, controlling a display to display a channel setting interface corresponding to a channel control, wherein the channel setting interface corresponding to the channel control comprises a physical channel control and at least one Internet television service channel control, and the physical channel comprises a digital television channel and an analog television channel;

receiving user input of a selected Internet television service channel control, executing initialization operation corresponding to the Internet television service channel control, wherein the initialization operation is to acquire an initialization intention corresponding to the Internet television service channel, if the initialization intention is not empty, initializing channel information in the Internet television service channel, and adding the channel information into a database so that the channel information corresponding to the channel control is the channel information in the Internet television service channel;

a user interface that controls the display to display the input list again;

after the channel control is selected, receiving user input of a user pressing a second preset key of the control device;

and if the pressing time does not exceed the preset value, controlling a display to display a channel list corresponding to the Internet television service channel and playing a program corresponding to the Internet television service channel.

2. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the user input to open the input list comprises a user input by pressing a first preset key on the control device.

3. A method for playing a channel program, comprising:

receiving user input for opening an input list, and controlling a display to display a user interface of the input list, wherein the user interface comprises a channel control, and the input list is used for displaying a channel accessed to display equipment;

controlling the display to display the user interface of the input list again;

and if the pressing time does not exceed the preset value, controlling a display to display a channel list corresponding to the Internet television service channel and play a program corresponding to the Internet television service channel.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the user input to open the input list comprises a user input by pressing a first preset key on the control device.