FR2798034A1 - Television display Internet receiver having Internet module with predetermined Internet information and television module allocating/storing information sets/selecting/displaying user Internet setting - Google Patents

Abstract

The Internet television receiver has an Internet module (40) set by predetermined Internet address information. There is a television module (50) which allocates and stores chains of numbers corresponding to television and Internet addresses, producing an Internet output address to the Internet module and selecting the chain determined by the user, processing the video and audio information for display.

Description

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TELEVISION RECEIVER FOR THE INTERNET
AND CORRESPONDING DISPLAY ORDERING METHOD
The present invention relates to Internet television receivers in general, and in particular to an Internet television receiver and corresponding display control method.

With the development of the information age. 1 internet. which is the communication medium through which information concerning all areas of society, culture. economics, sports, etc. can be obtained directly, takes an important part in everyday life and the possibility of its future development seems endless.

 Therefore. the number of personal computers is rapidly increasing as a medium for using the Internet. Thus Internet television receivers (hereinafter referred to as Internet television sets) to take advantage of both viewing of television programs and Internet services, have been developed to meet the demand that a television receiver can escape from its a condition of one-way communication media for simply receiving and viewing television programs, and should be developed as a two-way communication media capable of receiving and transmitting information. To satisfy the development of the information age, a substantial technical development of Internet TV sets is required.

 Figure 1 shows the construction of a conventional Internet TV set. Referring to FIG. 1, the conventional Internet television set includes an Internet module 10 for receiving and storing Internet information and converting Internet information into video and audio signals, and a television module 20 for outputting a program signal general television broadcast and Internet information from the Internet module 10 through a television screen and a speaker.

 The Internet module 10 includes a network adapter 11 for connecting the Internet module 10 to networks through a standard telephone network or a cable link or a local network link, a memory section 12 for storing therein basic and different programs kinds of information, a central processing unit (CPU) 13 to control the transmission or reception of information through the network adapter 11 and the conversion of audio or video signals, an input / output part 14 (I / O ) to obtain input or output control information from the television module 20 and the Internet module 10, a

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 15audio digital / analog converter for converting audio information from the Internet information obtained as input through the network adapter 1 1 into an analog audio signal and transmitting the converted analog audio signal to the television module 20, the graphics processing unit 16 to perform graphic processing of the video information among the Internet information obtained as input through the network adapter 11, and an NTSC coder 17 for coding in NTSC the output of the graphic processing unit 16 and for supplying the encoded signal output to the television module 20.

 The television module 20 comprises a channel / intermediate frequency selector block 21 for selecting and processing at intermediate frequency video or audio signals corresponding to a television channel chosen by the user, a color screen 24 and a speaker 27 for outputting the video and audio signals, an audio-video switching unit 22 for selecting and outputting either the audio-video signals selected by the channel / intermediate frequency selector block 21 or the audio-video signals transmitted through the Internet module 10 according to a switching signal, a memory section 28 for storing basic programs, a frequency for selecting channels according to the selected television channel, a microcomputer 29 for controlling the respective elements of the television module 20 including the switching unit audio / video 22 in connection with the television or Internet mode selection control and and various kinds of operating commands supplied as input through a remote control 30, a deflection processing unit 25 for deflecting the electron beam from the color tube screen 24, a video processing unit 23 and a audio processing unit 26 for processing the video and audio signals output from the audio / video switching unit 22 and for outputting the video and audio signals processed through the color tube screen 24 and the speaker 27, respectively.

 The display control method of the conventional Internet television set as constructed above will now be explained.

 If a user wishes to use the Internet while watching a television program, he could select an Internet mode as the operating mode of the Internet television set by pressing the mode selection key or the Internet on the remote control 30.

 The microcomputer 29 of the television module 20 thus recognizes such a command for selecting the Internet mode of the user, switches the audio / video switching unit 22 to the Internet module 10, and transfers the command for selecting the Internet mode to the Internet module 10 through the input / output unit 14.

 Then, the central processing unit 13 of the Internet module 10 recognizes the Internet mode selection command, reads the recorded Internet WEB pages.

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 in a signal from the memory unit 12, and controls the digital / analog audio conversion unit 15 and the graphics processing unit 16 to process the information of the WEB Internet pages so as to be able to output the information to through the television module 10.

The information processed in the Internet module 10 is output to the color tube screen 24 and to the speaker 27 through the audio / video switching unit 22, the video processing unit 23, and the communication unit. audio processing 26 of the television module.

Consequently, the WEn In1crnct pages recorded in the signals are displayed on the television screen as shown in FIG. 2. and the user can select a page from the WEB pages displayed using the remote control 30.

 At this moment. for example, if there are SUB-pages linked to the selected WEB page such as a Chollian page, the corresponding SUB-pages are also displayed with the main Chollian page.

Then, the central processing unit 13 of the Internet module 10 recognizes the Internet WEB page selected by the user, reads the video or audio information from the corresponding WEB page through the network adapter 11, and then processes the video information or audio to output the audio or video information processed to the television module 20.

The television module 20 outputs the audio / video information from the WEB page to the color tube screen 24 and to the speaker 27 after processing the audio or video input information.

The conventional Internet television set, however, has the following disadvantages.

First, if the user wishes to use the Internet while watching a television program, he must select the Internet mode by pressing a separate mode selection button and then select a desired Internet WEB page, these maneuvers causing a discomfort for the user.

sortie en connectant la télévision à !'Internet lorsque le mode Internet est sélectionné. Second, it is difficult for the user to use the Internet quickly since the corresponding Internet information is received and then provided in

exit by connecting the television to the Internet when Internet mode is selected.

 Therefore, the present invention relates to an Internet television set and a display control method thereof, which avoids one or more of the problems due to the limitations and disadvantages of the prior art.

et un procédé de commande d'affichage de celui-ci dans lesquels l'Internct peut être An object of the present invention is to provide an Internet television set

and a display control method thereof in which the Internct can be

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 easily used by simply pressing direct entry keys without the need to use a separate mode selection key.

 Another object of the present invention is to provide an Internet television set and a display control method thereof which allow Internet information to be output quickly when the user requests the information by updating WEB page information via a periodic Internet connection.

In accordance with these aims, the present invention provides an Internet television receiver characterized in that it comprises: an Internet module for updating information from predetermined Internet addresses by receiving the corresponding information at predetermined intervals, and converting address information
The Internet selected by a user from the updated information in a video and audio format capable of being used to output the converted audio and video information; and - a television module for allocating and storing channel numbers corresponding to television program channels and addresses
Internet, for the output of the Internet address to the module
Internet if the channel number selected by the user is the channel number allocated to the corresponding Internet address, and the processing of the video and audio information output as appropriate by the Internet module to output the video information and audio processed.

 According to one embodiment of the method, the television module comprises: a channel selector unit for the selection of video or audio signals corresponding to the channel number selected by the user; a display unit for outputting the video signal; a speaker for outputting the audio signal; an audio / video switching unit for selecting and outputting either the video or audio signals selected by the channel selector or the video or audio signals transmitted by the Internet module in accordance with the switching signal; a memory unit for storing TV program channels and Internet addresses allocated to the corresponding channel numbers; a control unit for deciding whether the channel number selected by the user is the channel number allocated to the Internet address or the channel number allocated to the broadcast channel, read from the memory unit and provide output to the Internet module or to the channel selector

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 the corresponding Internet address or frequency of tuning according to the result of the decision, and the output of a switching signal to switch the audio / video switching unit suitably so that the Internet module or the channel selector can provide video or audio input signals; a video processing unit for processing the video signal output from the audio / video switching unit so that the audio / video signal can be output through the display module; and an audio processing unit for processing the audio signal output from the audio / video switching unit so that the audio signal can be output from a speaker.

 The invention also provides a method for controlling the display of an Internet television receiver comprising an Internet module and a television module, the method comprising the steps of: assigning and storing channel numbers corresponding to program channels television stations and Internet addresses selected by a user; if the user selects the channel number, decide whether the selected channel number corresponds to a stored Internet address; in the event that it is decided that the channel number corresponds to a stored Internet address, to provide at the output video and audio signals corresponding to the Internet information of the corresponding Internet address by controlling the Internet module and the television module , and in the event that it is judged that the channel number does not correspond to the Internet address, to provide the video and audio signals of the television broadcast channel as output by controlling the television module.

 According to another embodiment of the method, the step of determining the channel numbers corresponding to the Internet addresses consists of a step of selection by the user of the respective channel numbers corresponding to the Internet addresses selected by the user or the sub- addresses linked to them.

 According to another embodiment of the method. the step of determining the channel numbers corresponding to the Internet addresses consists of a step of selection by a control unit of the Internet module of the channel numbers corresponding to the Internet addresses selected by the user or the sub-addresses linked to them .

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affichée de l'Internet : et la mise à jour par une unité de contrôle du module télévision de son propre pian de numéro de chaîne par la lecture des informations marquées et donnant un numéro de chaîne correspondant aux informations marquées. Scion another embodiment of the method, the step of determining and storing chain number corresponding to the internal address! selected by the user includes the sub-steps of: - marking by the user of the desired Internet address on an image

displayed from the Internet: and the updating by a television module control unit of its own channel number plan by reading the marked information and giving a channel number corresponding to the marked information.

 According to another embodiment of the method, the step of selecting the channel number by the user is the step of selecting the channel number by direct actuation of a sequential channel selection key or of a number key - risk.

 According to another embodiment of the method, the step of selecting the chain number by the user consists of a step of selecting the chain number by actuation of a sequential selection key which can go in the up / down direction or right / left in a channel number guide window displayed in a predetermined part of the screen.

 According to another embodiment of the method, the channel number guide window includes the channel number icons in a vertical arrangement therein.

 According to another embodiment of the method, a color of the icons of channel numbers of television channels is different from that of the icons of channel numbers of Internet addresses.

 According to another embodiment of the method, a shape of the channel number icons of television channels is different from that of the channel number icons of Internet addresses.

 According to another embodiment of the method, a predetermined symbol is displayed on one side of the channel number icons for which there are television program sub-chains or Internet sub-addresses.

 According to another embodiment of the method, the channel number guide window is displayed either on the left side or on the right side of the screen.

 According to another embodiment of the method, the channel number guide window is displayed both on the left side and on the right side of the screen.

 According to another embodiment of the method, the main channel numbers of television broadcasts or the main Internet addresses are displayed on one side of the screen, and the numbers of sub-channels of television broadcasts or sub-addresses Internet of main channel numbers of TV shows or

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 main Internet addresses selected by the user are displayed on the other side of the screen.

 According to another embodiment, the method further comprises the steps of connecting to predetermined Internet addresses at predetermined intervals, of reading, storing and updating the corresponding information of the Internet addresses.

ros de chaînes déterminés par l'intermédiaire d'une unité d'actionnement de touche fournie dans le récepteur Internet télévision ou la télécom- mande . dans le cas où le numéro de chaîne sélectionné par l'utilisateur est un numéro de chaîne qui correspond à une adresse Internet, la connexion à l'adresse Internet correspondante par l'intermédiaire du module Internet, la lecture et la fourniture en sortie par l'intermédiaire du module télévi- sion correspondant des informations Internet ;et la connexion aux adresses Internet à des intervalles prédéterminés, la lecture, le stockage, et la mise à jour des informations Internet correspondantes. The invention also provides a method for controlling the display of an Internet television receiver comprising an Internet module and a television module and comprising determined channel numbers corresponding to television program channels and to Internet addresses, the process comprising the steps of: - the selection by a user of the desired channel number from among the numbers

channel ros determined by means of a button actuation unit supplied in the Internet television receiver or the remote control. in the case where the channel number selected by the user is a channel number which corresponds to an Internet address, the connection to the corresponding Internet address via the Internet module, the reading and the output output by the through the corresponding television module of Internet information, and connecting to Internet addresses at predetermined intervals, reading, storing, and updating the corresponding Internet information.

 According to one embodiment, the predetermined intervals are determined by the user, or by default values if the user does not determine the intervals.

The appended drawings which are included to allow a better understanding of the invention and form an integral part of the description illustrate embodiments of the invention and make it possible to explain the principles of the invention in connection with the description:
In the drawings: Figure 1 is a block diagram illustrating the composition of a conventional Internet television set; Figure 2 is a view explaining the conventional selection process
Internet or television; Figure 3 is a block diagram illustrating the construction of an Internet television set according to the present invention;

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 FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of controlling the display of an Internet television set according to the present invention; FIG. 5 is an explanatory view of a method of selection between the Internet and the television of FIG. 4; Figures 6A and 6B are views providing an example of selection of chain number icons in a chain number guide window according to the present invention.

 Reference will now be made to the preferred embodiments of the present invention, the examples of which are illustrated in the drawings provided in the appendix.

 Figure 3 is a block diagram illustrating the structure of the Internet television set according to the present invention, Figure 4 is a flow chart illustrating the display control method of the Internet television set according to the present invention, and Figure 5 is a view explaining the selection process between Internet and television in FIG. 4.

 With reference to FIG. 3, the Internet television set according to the present invention includes an Internet module 40 for updating the information of predetermined Internet addresses by reception of the information corresponding to predetermined ranges, and by conversion of the information from a corresponding Internet address from the updated information from Internet addresses into a form of video and audio information which can be viewed to output the converted audio and video information, and a television module 50 for allocation and storing channel numbers determined by a user corresponding to television channels and Internet addresses, outputting the corresponding Internet address to the Internet module 40 if the channel number selected by the user is the channel number relating to the Internet, and the processing of audio and video information provided by pa r the Internet module 40 to consequently output the audio and video information processed.

centrale de traitement (CRU) 43 pour la connexion à des pages \\'E11 Internet prédé- terminées à des intervalles prédéterminés, la lecture, le stockage dans l'unité mémoire 42, et la mise il jour des informations correspondantes et le contrôle de la transmission ou de la réception des informations à travers l'adaptateur de réseau 41 et la conversion de signaux audio ou vidéo, une unité d'entrée/sortie 44 pour la fourniture en entrée et en sortie par ce biais d'information de contrôle du module télévision 50 The Internet module 40 comprises a network adapter 41 for connection to the Internet module 40 to networks via a telephone link or a local network link or a cable link, a memory unit 42 for storing therein basic programs and different kinds of information, one unit

central processing unit (CRU) 43 for connecting to predefined Internet pages E11 at predetermined intervals, reading, storing in memory unit 42, and updating the corresponding information and checking the transmission or reception of information through the network adapter 41 and the conversion of audio or video signals, an input / output unit 44 for supplying input and output by means of control information of the television module 50

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format PAL. srCi\\1. NTSC selon la région du monde pour coder au format de télé- vision une sortie de l'unité de traitement graphique 46 et la fourniture en sortie des signaux codés au module de télévision 50. and the Internet module 40. a digital / analog converter 45 for converting audio information from the Internet information output by the network adapter 41 to an analog audio signal and transmitting the converted analog audio signal to the television module 50, a graphics processing unit 46 for the graphics processing of the video information from the Internet information output by the network adapter 41. and an encoder 47 to the

PAL format. srCi \\ 1. NTSC according to the region of the world for coding in television format an output of the graphics processing unit 46 and the output of the coded signals as output to the television module 50.

 The television module 50 includes a channel selector / intermediate frequency unit 51 for the selection and processing at intermediate frequency of video or audio signals corresponding to a broadcast channel selected by the user, a color tube screen 54 and a loudspeaker 57 for outputting audio and video signals, an audio / video switching unit 52 for selecting and outputting either the audio / video signal selected by the channel selector / intermediate frequency unit 51 or audio / video signals transmitted by the Internet module 40 in accordance with the switching signal, a memory unit 58 for storing television channels and Internet addresses corresponding to channel numbers, a microcomputer 59 for reading the unit memory 58 and the output to the Internet module 40 of the corresponding Internet address if the channel number selected by the user corresponds to your Internal address! stored in memory unit 58, and outputting a switching signal for switching from the audio / video switching unit 52 to the Internet module 40, a video processing unit 53 and an audio processing unit 56 for the processing of the audio and video signals output by the audio / video switching unit 52 and the output of the processed video and audio signals, via the central processing unit 54 and the loudspeaker 57. respectively.

 The method of controlling the display of the Internet television set as described above will now be explained with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5.

 First, the user selects a preferred television channel or Internet address. and determines a corresponding channel number (step S40).

 Specifically, the user selects a television channel and determines a channel number corresponding to it. Thus, the user determines a corresponding channel number for a desired Internet address.

 For example, as shown in Figure 5. the user determines broadcast channels such as KBS, EBS, MBC, SBS, etc. against string numbers Prl through Pr4, and determines specified web pages such as Chosun

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Daily News. LG Security. télévision Channe] Guide, Home Page, Chollian, etc., comportant respectivement des numéros de chaînes Pro Ù Pu. Dans le cas d'une page WEB où il existe des SOl'S-pages telles que Chollian Par34. ("utilisateur déter- mine les numéros des sous-chaînes Pr341 à [Il-'144.

Daily News. LG Security. Channe TV] Guide, Home Page, Chollian, etc., with Pro Ù Pu channel numbers respectively. In the case of a WEB page where there are SOl'S-pages such as Chollian Par34. ("user determines the numbers of the substring Pr341 to [Il-'144.

 During this time, the channel numbers can be allocated by the central processing unit 43 of the Internet module 40 to the transmission channels or to the Internet addresses selected by the user.

 Specifically, the microcomputer 59 of the television module 50, in connection with the central processing unit 43 of the Internet module 40. reads the information from Internet addresses selected and marked by the user, and then gives a predetermined channel number these to update a chain plan of memory unit 58. Therefore, such chain number allocation is also performed for Internet addresses added later by the user in the same manner as described above. above.

 If the channel numbers are determined in relation to TV program channels and Internet WEB pages as described above. the central processing unit 43 of the Internet module 40 connects to the Internet via the network adapter 4 !. reads and stores information from the corresponding WEB page in the memory unit 42 and updates the storage content of the memory unit 42 by repeatedly repeating the operations mentioned above. Therefore, in case the user selects the channel numbers corresponding to the Internet, no time is required for reading the updated information, and thus the Internet information can be displayed quickly.

 During this time, the user selects the channel number of a desired television program channel or of a WEB Internet page using a sequential channel change key, a numeric key, or a main selection key or of the subordinate (step S41).

 Here, the channel number selection is performed indirectly by the sequential channel selection key, performed directly by the numeric key, or performed by the selection of channel number icons or by a channel number guide window using the selection key between the main and the subordinates and the sequential selection key.

 At this moment. as shown in Figure 6A. the channel number guide window includes the channel number icons displayed on the left or right side of the TV screen and arranged one above the other in a vertical arrangement. Among the channel number icons, the color or shape of the icons which indicate television channels and Internet addresses can be designed to differ from each other for easy distinction by

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 the user. In the case of a channel number icon that has television program sub-channels or Internet sub-addresses, a symbol of indication of sub-channel is displayed on one side of it to distinguish it from the icons of channel numbers with no substring, and the corresponding substring icons 421. 422 and 423 are displayed on one side of the chain number icon (e.g. 1 icon 42) if the user selects icon 42 from among the channel number icons having substrings.

 By displaying the channel number guide window, as shown in Figure 6B, the channel number icons can be displayed on the left side of the screen while on the right side of the screen can be displayed the icons of channel numbers of the user-selected channel number icon among the channel number icons on the left side of the screen. Here, the distinction between television channels and Internet addresses and the display of the existence of subchannels can be carried out in the same manner as shown in FIG. 6A.

 The user can select the chain number and the corresponding sub-chain number by pressing the selection key between the principal and the subordinates, and search for the chain number and the sub-chain number by pressing the selection key. sequential chain.

 Therefore. if a channel is selected, the microcomputer 59 of the television module 50 decides whether the selected channel number is the television channel number (step S42).

 If the decision in step S42 is that the selected channel number is not the television channel number, the microcomputer 59 decides that the selected channel number is the Internet-related channel number, and plays the Internet address corresponding to the chain number from memory unit 58 to transmit the Internet address read to the internal module! 40 (step S43). Then, the microcomputer 59 switches the audio / video switching unit 52 to the Internet module 40 (step S44).

 Then, the central processing unit 43 of the Internet module 40 reads the information from the WEB page corresponding to the Internet address of the memory unit 42, and converts via the digital to analog audio conversion unit. 45 the information from the WEB page read, the graphics processing unit 46. and the coder in television format for example NTSC 47 so that the converted information can be processed in the television module 50.

 The television module 50 controls the video processing unit 53 and the audio processing 56 to process the video and audio information transmitted by the module

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 Internet 40, and outputs the video and audio information to the central processing unit 54 and the speaker 57, respectively (step S46).

 Meanwhile, if the decision obtained in step S42 is that the selected channel number is the TV channel number, the microcomputer 59 switches the audio / video switching unit 52 to the channel selector unit / intermediate frequency 51 of the television module (step S47). The television module 50 selects and processes the corresponding chain signal by intermediate frequency, and then processes the selected chain signal through the video processing unit 53 and the audio processing unit 56 to output the video signals and audio processed at the central processing unit 54 and the speaker 57 (step S48).

 As previously described. the Internet television set and the display control method thereof according to the present invention have the following advantages.

 First. the Internet can be used in a practical and tacit manner by the operation of a sequential channel selection key or a numeric key, which are used in the same way as for selecting a television program channel, or a button displayed in a channel number guide window without the need for a separate mode selection button.

 Secondly, rapid use of the Internet is possible since the Internet information is displayed as soon as the corresponding Internet WEB page is selected by periodically reading the information from predetermined Internet WEB pages and updating the memory with deleted information. recently.

 The present invention has been described and illustrated in the present description with reference to embodiments thereof, but it is obvious to a person skilled in the art that other embodiments can be implemented for this. without departing from the scope of the invention. Thus, it is clear that the present invention covers the modifications and variants of this invention which may be envisaged within the scope of the appended claims and their equivalents.

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1.- Internet television receiver characterized in that it comprises: an Internet module (40) for updating address information Internet predetermined by receiving the corresponding information at predetermined intervals, and converting the Internet address information selected by a user from the updated information into a video and audio format capable of being used to output the information converted audio and video: and a television module (50) for allocating and storing corresponding channel numbers of television program channels and Internet addresses, for the output of the Internet address to the module Internet (40) if the channel number selected by the user is the channel number allocated to the corresponding Internet address, and the processing of the video and audio information output as appropriate by the Internet module to provide output the processed video and audio information.  2. - The Internet television set according to claim 1. characterized in that the television module comprises: - a channel selector unit (51) for the selection of video or audio signals corresponding to the channel number selected by the user; - a display unit (54) for outputting the video signal; a speaker (57) for outputting the audio signal; an audio / video switching unit (52) for selecting and outputting either video or audio signals selected by the channel selector or video or audio signals transmitted by the Internet module in accordance with the switching signal; - a memory unit (58) for storing television program channels and Internet addresses allocated to the corresponding channel numbers; a control unit (59) for deciding whether the channel number selected by the user is the channel number allocated to the Internet address or the channel number allocated to the broadcast channel, read from the memory unit (58) and outputting to the Internet module or channel selector the corresponding Internet address or tuning frequency according to the result of the decision, and outputting a switching signal for switching the switching unit <Desc / Clms Page number 14>  audioA idea (52) suitably so that the Internet module (40) or the channel selector can provide the video or audio input signals; a video processing unit (53) for processing the video signal output by the audio / video switching unit so that the audio / video signal can be output via the display module (54): and an audio processing unit (56) for processing the audio signal output from the audio / video switching unit so that the audio signal can be output from a speaker (57).  3.- A method for controlling the display of an Internet television receiver comprising an Internet module and a television module, the method comprising the steps consisting in: - assigning and storing channel numbers corresponding to channels of television programs and Internet addresses selected by a user: if the user selects the channel number. decide whether the selected channel number corresponds to a stored Internet address; - in the event that it is decided that the channel number corresponds to a stored Internet address, to provide at the output video and audio signals corresponding to the Internet information of the corresponding Internet address by controlling the Internet module and the television module sion: and in case it is judged that the channel number does not correspond to the Internet address, I have to output video and audio signals from the television broadcast channel by controlling the television module.  4. The display control method according to claim 3, characterized in that the step of determining the channel numbers corresponding to the Internet addresses consists of a step of selection by the user of the respective channel numbers corresponding to the Internet addresses selected by the user or the sub-addresses linked to them.  5.- The display control method according to claim 3, characterized in that the step of determining the channel numbers corresponding to the Internet addresses consists of a step of selecting by a control unit of the Internet module the numbers of strings corresponding to the Internet addresses selected by the user or the sub-addresses linked to them. <Desc / Clms Page number 15>  6.- The display control method according to claim 3, 4 or 5, characterized in that the step of determining and storing the channel number corresponding to the Internet address selected by the user comprises the sub - stages of: marking by the user of the desired Internet address on a displayed image of the Internet; and - updating by a control unit of the television module of its own channel number plan by reading the marked information and giving a channel number corresponding to the marked information.  7. - The display control method according to claim 3, characterized in that the step of selecting the channel number by the user is the step of selecting the channel number by direct actuation of a key. selection of sequential channel or numeric key.  8. - The display control method according to claim 3, in which the step of selecting the channel number by the user consists of a step of selecting the channel number by actuation of a sequential selection key. tion can go up / down or right / left in a channel number guide window displayed in a predetermined part of the screen.  9. - The display control method according to claim 8, characterized in that the chain number guide window includes the chain number icons in a vertical arrangement (Figure 6A) therein.  10.- The display control method according to claim 9, characterized in that a color of the icons of channel numbers of television channels is different from that of the icons of channel numbers of Internet addresses.  11. A display control method according to claim 9 or 10, characterized in that a shape of the icons of channel numbers of television channels is different from that of the icons of channel numbers of Internet addresses.  12.- A display control method according to one of claims 9 to 11, characterized in that a predetermined symbol is displayed on one side of the channel number icons for which there are program sub-channels television or Internet sub-addresses. <Desc / Clms Page number 16>  13.- Method (the display command according to any of claims 8 to 12, characterized in that the window for the guide of channel numbers is displayed either on the left side or on the right side of the screen.  14.- Display control method according to one of claims 8 to 12, characterized in that the channel number guide window is displayed both on the left side and on the right side of the screen.  15.- A display control method according to claim 14, characterized in that the main channel numbers of television programs or the main Internet addresses are displayed on one side of the screen. and the sub-channel numbers of television programs or the Internet sub-addresses of the main channel numbers of the television programs or the main Internet addresses selected by the user are displayed on the other side of the screen.  16.- A display control method according to any one of claims 3 to 15, further comprising the connection steps (the predetermined Internet addresses at Clca predetermined intervals, for reading, storing and updating of the corresponding information from Internet addresses.  17.- A method for controlling the display of an Internet television receiver comprising an Internet module and a television module and comprising determined channel numbers corresponding to television program channels and to Internet addresses, the method comprising the steps of: - the selection by a user of the desired channel number from among the channel numbers determined by means of a key actuation unit supplied in the Internet television receiver or the remote control.  - in the case where the channel number selected by) the user is a channel number which corresponds to an Internet address, the connection to the corresponding Internet address via the Internet module, the reading and the output output by via the corresponding television module for Internet information: and - connecting to Internet addresses at predetermined intervals, reading, storing, and updating the corresponding Internet information. <Desc / Clms Page number 17>  18. A display control method according to claim 17, characterized in that the predetermined intervals are determined by the user, or by default values if the user does not determine the intervals.