WO2022198082A1

WO2022198082A1 - Display apparatus and method for displaying channel list

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Publication number: WO2022198082A1
Application number: PCT/US2022/021006
Authority: WO
Inventors: Yunying HAO; Fang Yan; Yanhong Li; Xiaoju WEI; Chunhui WANG; Aiju SANG
Original assignee: VIDAA USA, Inc.; VIDAA (Netherlands) International Holdings B.V.
Priority date: 2021-03-19
Filing date: 2022-03-18
Publication date: 2022-09-22

Abstract

An embodiment of the disclosure shows a display apparatus and a channel display method. A live broadcast channel and a network channel of the embodiment may be encoded with a favorite channel number in a favorite list, a user may directly input re-ranked favorite channel numbers for switching.

Description

DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING CHANNEL LIST

Cross Reference to Related Applications

[0001] The application claims priority to the Chinese Patent Applications No. 202110298495.0, filed on March 19, 2021 , No. 202110298491.2, filed on March 19,

2021 , No. 202110295656.0, filed on March 19, 2021 , No. 202110371872.9, filed on April 07, 2021 , and No. 202110719109.0, filed on June 28, 2021 , the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference. Field

[0002] The disclosure relates to a display technology, in particular to a display apparatus and a method for displaying a channel list.

Background [0003] A display apparatus may provide a function for playing, for example, audio/video data for a user, thereby attracting wide attention from users, for example, the display apparatus may search a live broadcast channel through a set-top box and may play cable audio/video data corresponding to the live broadcast channel after completing channel searching. In order enrich playing functions of the display apparatus, some operators create some network channels, and media resource contents from the network channels may be different from contents from the live broadcast channel, thereby providing more options for the user.

[0004] If playing the audio/video data from the live broadcast channel, the display apparatus may display a channel list, the channel list may display recommended media resource information, the recommended media resource information may include the live broadcast channel searched by the display apparatus, and the user may select a live broadcast channel within the channel list. However, in a scenario where the audio/video data are played from the network channels, applications corresponding to the network channels usually need to be installed, and the user needs to further launch the applications so as to watch the audio/video data from the network channels, which is complicated in operation and adverse to promotion of media resources.

Summary

[0005] An embodiment of the disclosure provides a display apparatus, including: a display; and a controller, configured to: create a favorite list in response to an operation for creating the favorite list from a user; in response to adding a first channel into the favorite list for the first time, configure a favorite channel number for the first channel according to a time sequence of the first channel being added into the favorite list, wherein one or more channels in the favorite list at least include a live broadcast channel and a network channel; and control the display to display the favorite list in response to a command for invoking the favorite list from the user, wherein the favorite list includes the first channel and the favorite channel number corresponding to the first channel. [0006] An embodiment of the disclosure provides a method for displaying a channel list, including: creating a favorite list in response to an operation for creating the favorite list from a user; in response to adding a first channel into the favorite list for the first time, configuring a favorite channel number for the first channel according to a time sequence of the first channel being added into the favorite list, wherein one or more channels in the favorite list at least include a live broadcast channel and a network channel; and controlling a display to display the favorite list in response to a command for invoking the favorite list from the user, wherein the favorite list includes the first channel and the favorite channel number corresponding to the first channel.

[0007] An embodiment of the disclosure provides a display apparatus, including a display; and a controller, configured to: control the display to display a channel list, wherein the channel list includes a network channel and/or a live broadcast channel; and send a starting instruction to a player so as to make the player play network audio/video data in response to an operation for switching to a channel in the channel list from a user and in response to that the channel is the network channel, wherein the network audio/video data are audio/video data corresponding to the network channel. [0008] An embodiment of the disclosure provides a method for playing audio/video data, including: displaying a channel list; sending a starting instruction to a player so as to make the player play network audio/video data in response to an operation for switching to a channel in the channel list from a user and in response to that the channel is the network channel, wherein the network audio/video data are audio/video data corresponding to the network channel.

Brief Description of the Drawings

[0009] Fig. 1 is a scenario of a display apparatus according to some embodiments. [0010] Fig. 2 is a block diagram of hardware configuration of a control device 100 according to some embodiments.

[0011] Fig. 3 is a block diagram of hardware configuration of a display apparatus 200 according to some embodiments. [0012] Fig. 4 is a diagram of software configuration in a display apparatus 200 according to some embodiments.

[0013] Fig. 5 is a diagram of a scenario of a display apparatus according to some embodiments.

[0014] Fig. 6 is a flowchart of interaction between a display apparatus and a server in a scenario shown in Fig. 5 according to some embodiments.

[0015] Fig. 7 is a display interface where a channel list is displayed according to some embodiments.

[0016] Fig. 8 is a display interface where a channel list is displayed according to some embodiments. [0017] Fig. 9 is a display interface where a channel list is displayed according to some embodiments.

[0018] Fig. 10 is a flowchart of drawing a channel list according to some embodiments.

[0019] Fig. 11 is a flowchart of drawing a channel list according to some embodiments.

[0020] Fig. 12 is a flowchart of displaying a sub-channel-list according to some embodiments.

[0021] Fig. 13 is a display interface where a channel list is displayed according to some embodiments. [0022] Fig. 14 is a display interface where a channel list is displayed according to some embodiments.

[0023] Fig. 15 is a flowchart of displaying a filtered channel list according to some embodiments.

[0024] Fig. 16 is a display interface where a filter window is displayed according to some embodiments.

[0025] Fig. 17 is a display interface where a filter channel is displayed according to some embodiments.

[0026] Fig. 18 is a flowchart of displaying a program list according to some embodiments. [0027] Fig. 19 is a display interface where a program list is displayed according to some embodiments.

[0028] Fig. 20 is an operation flowchart of a display apparatus according to some embodiments. [0029] Fig. 21 is a flowchart of a program information page according to some embodiments.

[0030] Fig. 22 is a display interface according to some embodiments.

[0031] Fig. 23 is a flowchart for displaying a program information page according to some embodiments. [0032] Fig. 24 is a display interface where program details are displayed according to some embodiments.

[0033] Fig. 25 is a playing flowchart of a display apparatus according to some embodiments.

[0034] Fig. 26 is an operation flowchart of a display apparatus according to some embodiments.

[0035] Fig. 27 is a flowchart for adding a favorite channel number according to some embodiments.

[0036] Fig. 28 is a display interface where a favorite list is displayed according to some embodiments. [0037] Fig. 29 is a flowchart of a list displaying mode according to some embodiments.

[0038] Fig. 30A is a display interface according to some embodiments.

[0039] Fig. 30B is a display interface according to some embodiments.

[0040] Fig. 31 is a display interface according to some embodiments. [0041] Fig. 32A is a display interface according to some embodiments.

[0042] Fig. 32B is a display interface according to some embodiments.

[0043] Fig. 33 is a flowchart of a setting item displaying mode according to some embodiments.

[0044] Fig. 34 is a display interface according to some embodiments. [0045] Fig. 35 is a display interface according to some embodiments.

[0046] Fig. 36 is a display interface according to some embodiments.

[0047] Fig. 37 is a flowchart of interaction between a display apparatus and a user according to some embodiments.

[0048] Fig. 38 is a schematic diagram of a display apparatus according to some embodiments.

[0049] Fig. 39A is a variation diagram of a display apparatus before and after an operation from a user for invoking channel information in a scenario where first channel information is displayed in a second region according to some embodiments. [0050] Fig. 39B is a diagram for showing changes of a display apparatus before and after an operation from a user for invoking channel information in a scenario where first channel information is displayed in a second region according to some embodiments. [0051] Fig. 40 is a flowchart of a method for invoking channel information according to some embodiments. [0052] Fig. 41 is a schematic diagram of a display apparatus in a scenario where first channel information is not displayed in a second region according to some embodiments.

[0053] Fig. 42 is a schematic diagram of a display apparatus according to some embodiments. [0054] Fig. 43A is a diagram for showing changes of a display apparatus before and after outputting an instruction for invoking channel information by a user in a scenario where first channel information is not displayed in a second region according to some embodiments.

[0055] Fig. 43B is a diagram for showing changes of a display apparatus before and after outputting an instruction for invoking channel information by a user in a scenario where first channel information is not displayed in a second region according to some embodiments.

[0056] Fig. 44 is a schematic diagram of a display apparatus according to some embodiments. [0057] Fig. 45 is a flowchart of a program recording process according to some embodiments.

[0058] Fig. 46 is a schematic diagram of a display apparatus according to some embodiments.

[0059] Fig. 47 is a schematic diagram of a display apparatus according to some embodiments.

[0060] Fig. 48 is a schematic diagram of a display apparatus according to some embodiments.

[0061] Fig. 49 is a schematic diagram of a display apparatus according to some embodiments. [0062] Fig. 50 is a schematic diagram of a display apparatus according to some embodiments.

[0063] Fig. 51 is a flowchart of a program recording process according to some embodiments. [0064] Fig. 52 is a flowchart of interaction between a user and a display apparatus according to some embodiments.

[0065] Fig. 53 is a schematic diagram of a search interface according to some embodiments.

[0066] Fig. 54 is a schematic diagram of a search interface according to some embodiments.

[0067] Fig. 55 is a schematic diagram of a search interface according to some embodiments.

[0068] Fig. 56 is a schematic diagram of a recommendation component according to some embodiments. [0069] Fig. 57 is a schematic diagram of a recommendation component according to some embodiments.

[0070] Fig. 58 is a schematic diagram of a recommendation component according to some embodiments.

[0071] Fig. 59 is a flowchart of a search mode implementation according to some embodiments.

[0072] Fig. 60 is a schematic diagram of a search interface according to some embodiments.

[0073] Fig. 61 is a schematic diagram of a search interface according to some embodiments. [0074] Fig. 62 is a flowchart of a generation mode of a recommendation component according to some embodiments.

[0075] Fig. 63 is a flowchart of generating a recommendation component according to some embodiments.

[0076] Fig. 64 is a diagram for showing changes of a recommendation component according to some embodiments.

[0077] Fig. 65 is a flowchart for generating a recommendation component according to some embodiments.

[0078] Fig. 66 is a schematic diagram of a search interface according to some embodiments. [0079] Fig. 67 is a schematic diagram of a search interface according to some embodiments.

Detailed Description of the Embodiments [0080] In order to make objectives and implementations of the disclosure clearer, exemplary implementations of the disclosure will be described clearly and completely below with reference to accompanying drawings in exemplary embodiments of the disclosure. Apparently, the described exemplary embodiments are only a part of, but not all of embodiments of the disclosure. [0081] Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a scenario of a display apparatus according to an embodiment. As shown in Fig. 1 , the display apparatus 200 further performs data communication with a server 400, and a user may operate the display apparatus 200 through an intelligent device 300 or a control device 100.

[0082] The control device 100 may be a remote control, communication between the remote control and the display apparatus includes at least one of an infrared protocol communication or a Bluetooth protocol communication, and other short-range communication modes, and the display apparatus 200 is controlled in a wireless or wired mode. The user may input a command from the user through at least one of a button on the remote control, voice input, input through a control panel, etc. so as to control the display apparatus 200.

[0083] The intelligent device 300 may include any one of a mobile terminal, a tablet PC, a computer, a notebook computer, an AR/VR device, etc. The display apparatus 200 may be controlled by the intelligent device 300. For example, the display apparatus 200 is controlled by using an application running on the intelligent device. [0084] Data communication may be performed by using the intelligent device 300 and the display apparatus.

[0085] The display apparatus 200 may be also controlled in a mode besides the control device 100 and the intelligent device 300, for example, the display apparatus may be controlled by directly receiving a voice command from the user through a module for obtaining a voice command inside the display apparatus 200, or may be controlled by receiving a voice command from the user through a voice control device outside the display apparatus 200.

[0086] The display apparatus 200 further performs data communication with the server 400. The display apparatus 200 may be allowed to be in communication connection through a local area network (LAN), a wireless local area network (WLAN) and other networks.

[0087] Fig. 2 is a block diagram of configuration of a control device 100 according to some embodiments. 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 device 100 may receive a command from the user and converts the command into an instruction which the display apparatus 200 may recognize and respond to, thereby playing a role as an interaction media between the user and the display apparatus 200. [0088] The communication interface 130 is configured to communicate with the outside and contains at least one of a WIFI chip, a Bluetooth module, and NFC.

[0089] The user input/output interface 140 includes at least one of a microphone, a touch panel, a sensor, and a key.

[0090] Fig. 3 is a block diagram of hardware configuration of a display apparatus 200 according to some embodiments.

[0091] The display apparatus 200 includes at least one of a tuner demodulator 210, a communicator 220, a detector 230, an external apparatus interface 240, a controller 250, a display 260, an audio output interface 270, a memory, a power supply and a user interface. [0092] The controller includes a central processing unit, a video processor, an audio processor, a graphics processing unit, an RAM, an ROM, and a first interface to an n^th interface for inputting/outputting.

[0093] The display 260 includes a panel configured to present a picture, a driving component for driving image displaying, a component configured to receive an image signal output from the controller so as to display a video content, an image content and a menu control interface and a user control Ul, etc.

[0094] The display 260 may be at least one of a liquid crystal display, an OLED display, and a projection display.

[0095] The communicator 220 is a component configured to communicate with an external device or a server 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.

[0096] The detector 230 is configured to collect a signal from an outside environment or interacting with the outside. For example, the detector 230 includes one or more of an optical receiver, an image capture devices and a sound collecting device.

[0097] The external apparatus interface 240 may include but is not limited to the following: a high definition multimedia interface (HDMI), an analog or data high definition component input interface (component), a composite video broadcast signal (CVBS) input interface, a USB input interface (USB), an RGB port, etc. The controller 250 and the tuner demodulator 210 may be located in different individual devices, that is, the tuner demodulator 210 may be in an external device, for example, a set-top box, etc. of a main device where the controller 250 is located [0098] The controller 250 controls work of the display apparatus and respond to operations from the user through various software programs stored in the memory. The controller includes at least one of the central processing unit (CPU), the video processor, the audio processor, the graphics processing unit (GPU), the random access memory (RAM), the read-only memory (ROM), the first interface to an n^th interface for inputting/outputting and a communication bus (Bus), etc.

[0099] The user input interface 280 is an interface (for example: a physical key on a body of the display apparatus, or others, etc.) configured to receive and control inputting.

[00100] As shown in Fig. 4, a system of the display apparatus is divided into three layers, which are an application layer, a middleware layer and a hardware layer respectively from top to bottom.

[00101] The application layer mainly includes applications on a TV, and an application framework. The applications mainly refer to applications developed based on a Browser, for example: HTML5APPs; and Native APPs. [00102] The application framework is a complete program model and has all basic functions needed by standard application software, for example: content access, data interchange... and use interfaces (a toolbar, a status bar, a menu and a dialog box) of these functions.

[00103] The Native APPs may support online or offline, message push or local resource access.

[00104] The middleware layer includes middleware of various TV protocols, multimedia protocols, system components, etc. The middleware may use a basic service (function) provided by system software to connect with each part or different applications of an application system on a network so as to realize purposes of resource sharing and function sharing.

[00105] The hardware layer mainly includes an HAL interface, hardware and a driver, wherein the HAL interface is a uniform interface for connecting with all TV chips, and specific logics are realized by all the chips. The driver mainly includes: an audio driver, a panel driver, a Bluetooth driver, a camera driver, a WIFI driver, a USB driver, an HDMI driver, a sensor driver (such as a fingerprint sensor, a temperature sensor and a pressure sensor), a power driver, etc.

[00106] The display apparatus may search a live broadcast channel through a set-top box and may play cable audio/video data corresponding to the live broadcast channel after completing channel searching. In order enrich playing functions of the display apparatus, some operators create some network channels, and media resource contents played from the network channels may be different from contents played from the live broadcast channel, thereby providing more options for the user.

[00107] In a scenario where playing the audio/video data from the live broadcast channel, the display apparatus may display a channel list, the channel list may display recommended media resource information, the media resource information may include the live broadcast channel searched by the display apparatus, and the user may select a desirable live broadcast channel within the channel list. However, if a user wants to play the audio/video data from the network channels, applications corresponding to the network channels usually need to be installed, and the user needs to further launch the applications so as to watch the audio/video data from the network channels, which is complicated in operation and adverse to promotion of media resources.

[00108] An embodiment of the disclosure provides a display apparatus. The display apparatus at least includes a display and a controller. An operation process of the display apparatus is described below with reference to the specific drawings.

[00109] Please referring to Fig. 5 and Fig. 6, Fig. 5 is a diagram of a scenario of a display apparatus according to some of embodiments, and Fig. 6 is a flowchart of interaction between a display apparatus and a server in the scenario shown in Fig. 5. The controller of the display apparatus is configured to send a network channel request to a server (S61).

[00110] In order to guarantee that accuracy of network channel data received by the controller, the controller may send the network channel request once at every preset interval, so as to guarantee that the server may send network channel data collected latest to the controller. The preset interval may be set according to demands, for example the preset interval may be 5 minutes. For example, the controller sends the network channel request to the server every time in response to starting of the display apparatus; for another example, the controller sends the network channel request to the server every time in response to updating of a terminal user license agreement; and the controller sends the network channel request to the server every time in response to connecting to network. A trigger condition may include but is not limited to the above several conditions.

[00111] The server is configured to: send network channel data in response to the network channel request (S62).

[00112] The server collects the network channel data once at every preset interval and stores the network channel data. If the collected network channel data are inconsistent with stored network channel data after completing collecting for the network channel data every time, the stored network channel data are replaced with new collected network channel data. The preset interval may be set according to demands, for example the preset interval may be 5 seconds.

[00113] The network channel data include a network channel name, and the network channel name includes a name of a network channel searched by the server.

[00114] The network channel name may serve as a unique identifier of the network channel, so each channel only has one network channel name.

[00115] The controller is configured to draw a channel list according to the network channel name (S63), wherein the network channel name is recorded in the channel list. [00116] Table 1 is a channel list according to some embodiments. Network channel names are recorded in the channel list. Table 1

[00117] It may be seen that the network channel names are recorded in the channel list. [00118] The controller is configured to: control the display to present the channel list in response to a command for invoking the channel list from a user (S64).

[00119] The channel list may be not displayed directly after the controller completes drawing for the channel list, and the controller controls the display to present the channel list only in a scenario where a command for invoking the channel list is issued from the user.

[00120] The channel list may be displayed on an upper layer of a current played program in layers, so that the user may see content (the network channel names) displayed in the channel list. [00121] The channel list may be also displayed on the upper layer of the current played program in a window, so that the user may see the content (the network channel names) displayed in the channel list.

[00122] Displaying modes of the channel list may be not limited to the above two modes and may be also other modes. [00123] A form of the channel list is described below with reference to the specific drawings. Fig. 7 is a display interface where a channel list is displayed according to some embodiments. It may be seen that a plurality of channel names 72 are recorded in the channel list 71 , and the channel names are arranged in sequence from top to bottom, so that the user may conveniently look over network channels which may be received by the display apparatus.

[00124] The channel list further includes live broadcast channel names. The controller is further configured to: draw the channel list according to the live broadcast channel names.

[00125] Fig. 8 is a display interface where the channel list is displayed according to some embodiments. It may be seen that a plurality of channel names 82 are recorded in the channel list 81. Channel names in the embodiment are channel names of live broadcast channels, and the channel names are arranged in sequence from top to bottom, so that the user may conveniently look over the live broadcast channels which may be received by the display apparatus. [00126] The network channels and the live broadcast channels may be recorded at the same by using one channel list, referring to Fig. 9 which is a display interface where a channel list is displayed according to some embodiments. It may be seen that the channel names 92 of the network channels and the channel names (not shown) of the live broadcast channels may be recorded at the same in the channel list 91. The channel list corresponding to channels is drawn in advance, so in a case where the network channels and the live broadcast channels are recorded in the channel list at the same time, the network channels may be displayed above the live broadcast channels in the channel list. In a case where the network channels and the live broadcast channels are recorded in the channel list at the same time, the user may set a displaying sequence of the network channels and the live broadcast channels according to demands.

[00127] Fig. 10 is a flowchart of drawing a channel list according to some embodiments. The controller is further configured to write network channel data into a database in response to receiving the network channel data sent from the server(S101 ), so that the user operates the network channel data recorded in the database according to demands.

[00128] The controller may write network channel data sent from the server into the database firstly, so that the user operates the network channel data recorded in the database according to demands.

[00129] The user may edit the network channel data written into the database. The editing may include but is not limited to: writing, deleting, replacing or other operations. [00130] In order to guarantee that the controller may receive the network channel data as much as possible, the server sends, to the controller, all network channel data which may be searched. As each user has different demands for the network channels, in order to realize personalized configuration of the network channel data, the user may delete some unwanted network channel data from the database according to demands. [00131] In order to realize personalized configuration of the network channel data, the user may add some identifiers in the channel data according to demands, so that the user may conveniently identify corresponding channel data, for example, the user may add an identifier for indicating resolution in the network channel data, and the identifier for indicating resolution may be also drawn in the channel list in a subsequent drawing process of the channel list, so that the user may know resolution of programs played from the network channels in the channel list. [00132] It is noted that in other implementations, other editing operations may be also adopted.

[00133] The channel list is drawn according to the network channel names in response to completing writing of the network channel data (S102).

[00134] Every time the server receives a network channel data request sent from the controller, it sends network channel data searched latest to the controller. The controller determines whether the network channel data received are consistent with network channel data stored in the database every time it collects the network channel data, and if the network channel data received are inconsistent with the stored network channel data, the stored network channel data are replaced with the network channel data received. The controller redraws a channel list every time in response to completing writing of the network channel data recently received, so that it guarantees that when the channel list is invoked or called, a channel list of a latest version may be called, and thus accuracy of a content displayed in the channel list is guaranteed. [00135] The network channel data further include a channel tab. Fig. 11 is a flowchart for drawing a channel list according to some embodiments. The controller is further configured to cluster the network channel data according to the channel tab (S111 ). The channel tab is configured to record a category to which the network channel belongs, and the category may be but is not limited to children, music, sports, etc. The channel tab may be preset by the server, and the server may configure the channel tab for the network channel data corresponding to the network channel according to a type of a program played from the network channel. The channel tab may also be set by an operator, and then the server directly encapsulates the channel tab set by a third party, namely the operator, into the network channel data. [00136] A sub-channel-list is drawn according to the clustered network channel data

(S112), and each category of network channel data corresponds to one sub-channel-list.

[00137] Table 2 is a sub-channel-list according to some embodiments (the sub-channel-list is configured to record programs of a children category). Table 2

[00138] The controller clusters the network channel data according to the channel tabs, and then draws the sub-channel-lists according to the clustered network channel data. There are relatively fewer network channels recorded in the sub-channel-list, so it is easy to search, in the sub-channel-list, a network channel which the user intends to watch, and user experience is better.

[00139] The display apparatus may display different categories of channel lists (also called sub-channel-lists in the embodiment). Fig. 12 is a flowchart of displaying the sub-channel-list according to some embodiments. The controller is further configured to control the display to present a classification control in response to a command for invoking the channel list from the user (S121 ).

[00140] In the embodiment, the controller may control the display to present the classification control in response to a command for invoking the channel list from the user. The classification control corresponds to the channel tab. For example, the network channel data received by the controller include five channel tabs, which are children, sports, news, TV series and movies respectively. The controller controls the display to present a children control, a sports control, a news control, a TV series control and a movie control in response to a command for invoking the channel list from the user. The display is controlled to present a sub-channel-list corresponding to the classification control in response to a selection for the classification control from the user (S122).

[00141] Display of the sub-channel-list is described below with reference to the specific drawings. Fig. 13 is a display interface where a channel list is displayed according to some embodiments. In the embodiment, the network channel data received by the controller include five channel tabs, which are children, sports, news, TV series and movies respectively. Classification controls 131 which the controller controls the display to display in response to a command for invoking the channel list from the user are the children control, the sports control, the news control, the TV series control and the movie control respectively. The display is controlled to display a children sub-channel-list 132 in response to a selection of the children control from the user. The children sub-channel-list 132 is configured to record channel names of network channels related to children. [00142] The display is controlled to display an ALL control in response to a command for invoking the channel list from the user. The display is controlled to present the channel list in response to a selection of the ALL control from the user. The channel list is configured to record network channels and live broadcast channels included in all network channel data received by the controller. [00143] Display of the sub-channel-list is described below with reference to the specific drawings. Fig. 14 is a display interface where a channel list is displayed according to some embodiments. The controller causes the display to present the classification control 144 and the ALL control 141 in response to a command for invoking the channel list from the user. The display is controlled to present all live broadcast channels 143 and network channels 143 in response to a selection of the ALL control from the user. [00144] The display apparatus may display a filtered channel list. Fig. 15 is a flowchart of displaying a filtered channel list according to some embodiments. The controller is further configured to cause the display to present a filter control in response to a command for invoking the channel list from the user (S151 ).

[00145] Further referring to Fig. 14, the display is controlled to present the filter control 145 in response to a command for invoking the channel list from the user.

[00146] The display is controlled to present a filter window in response to a selection of the filter control from the user (S152). The filter window includes a condition control, and the condition control is associated with an attribute value of a channel.

[00147] In the embodiment, the network channel data include an attribute value of a channel, and the attribute value of the channel includes but is not limited to: a children lock, a resolution of a program played from the network channel, and other attributes. [00148] The display is controlled to present a filter window in response to a selection of the filter control from the user. The filter window includes a condition control, and the condition control is related to an attribute value. For example, Fig. 16 is a display interface where a filter window is displayed according to some embodiments. The filter window is provided with the condition control 161 .

[00149] The display is controlled to present a filtered channel in response to a selection of the condition control from the user (S153). The filtered channel is a channel whose attribute value is matched with an attribute value associated with the condition control. [00150] For example, the user selects an SD control (a corresponding attribute value is a standard resolution program) in the filter window shown in Fig. 16. The controller filters out, from the network channel data, network channel data corresponding to a network channel with standard resolution programs, the display is controlled to present the network channel data corresponding to the network channel with standard resolution programs, and a specific displaying effect may refer to Fig. 17, which is a display interface where a filtered channel is displayed according to some embodiments. Filtered channels 171 shown in Fig. 17 are network channels with standard resolution programs.

[00151] In some implementations, the display apparatus may add the network channel into the channel list, so that the network channel may be displayed in the channel list, that is, the channel list may display network channels and live broadcast channels. [00152] The network channels and the live broadcast channels are combined into the channel list, so displaying of channel information of TV becomes richer. However, different users have different preferences of channel types, the quantity is limited, so the user may add a my-favorite list individually into the favorite list respectively, and the user may pay attention to my-favorite list in use without distinguishing two channels [00153] In some embodiments of the disclosure, in the channel list, each channel corresponds to one favorite control. The controller is further configured to: add a channel corresponding to the favorite control into the favorite list in response to a selection of the favorite control from the user.

[00154] Please further referring to Fig. 14, the display is controlled to present a favorite control 146 in response to a command for invoking the channel list from the user, and each network channel corresponds to one favorite control.

[00155] The user may add favorite channels into the favorite list according to demands, in a subsequent process of watching a program, the favorite list can be invoked via a command from a user and then the favorite channels of the user can be found directly in the favorite list, and user experience is improved.

[00156] In order to help the user to better understand a content played from each channel, the program list includes the network channel names and information of a network program. Fig. 18 is a flowchart of displaying a program list according to some embodiments. The controller is further configured to perform S181 ~S182. [00157] In the embodiment, the information of the network program is used for recording a program played from the network channel within a preset time. For example, information of a network program A is: playing ZH at 8:00-10:00, playing RY at 10:00-12:00, playing JZYY at 12:00-14:00, etc.

[00158] The program list is drawn according to the network channel data, wherein the program list includes the network channel names and program information (S181).

[00159] The display is controlled to present the program list in response to switching a display mode of the display apparatus to an electronic program guide mode (S182). [00160] A displaying process of the program list is described below with reference to the drawings. The controller controls the display to present the program list in response to a command for switching the display mode of the display apparatus to the electronic program guide mode from the user, referring to Fig. 19, which is a display interface where a program list is displayed according to some embodiments, and it may be seen that the program list includes the network channel names 191 and the program information 192. The user knows programs displayed from corresponding network channels within different time durations from the program information 192.

[00161] Further referring to Fig. 19, the user may control the display to present a program from the network channel within a future time duration or a program from the network channel within a past time duration through a time control 193. [00162] A live broadcast channel playing mechanism is usually different from a network channel playing process. A playing process of the live broadcast channel includes: directly playing a broadcast signal received, and the playing process of the network channel is that a third party application needs to be launched, and then the third party application plays audio/video data through a player based on browser. When the third party application is started, a current window of the display apparatus is switched from a window for displaying the channel list to a window of the third party application, consequently the user may not perform any operation on the channel list, and user experience is poor.

[00163] In view of the above issues, the display apparatus of the embodiment provides an optimized method.

[00164] Fig. 20 is an operation flowchart of a display apparatus according to some embodiments. The display apparatus at least includes a display and a controller. The controller is configured to perform S201 -S204.

[00165] The display is controlled to display the channel list (S201). [00166] Whether a switched channel is a network channel is determined in response to an operation for switching a channel on the channel list from the user (S202).

[00167] There are various implementations for the user to switch channels on the channel list.

[00168] For example, the channel list includes a plurality of program controls, each program control includes one network channel name corresponding to one network channel, the user may control a focus to move among all the program controls through a remote control and then realize channel switching. The switched channel is a network channel corresponding to a program control selected by the user.

[00169] In other implementations, channel switching may be performed on the channel list in other modes.

[00170] If the switched channel is a network channel, a starting instruction is sent to the player so as to make the player play network audio/video data (S203), and the network audio/video data are audio/video data corresponding to the network channel. [00171] In the embodiment, the network channel data may include a uniform resource locator (URL) of a program played from the network channel.

[00172] An implementation of playing the network audio/video data by the player may be that after the player is started, the controller obtains corresponding network audio/video data from the server according to the URL, and then sends the network audio/video data to an already started player, so that the player may play the network audio/video data.

[00173] For example, the controller sends a starting instruction to the player every time in response to an operation for switching to a channel on the channel list from the user. If the player is in active or on state, the player ignores the starting instruction, and if the player is in a off state, the player is started.

[00174] If the switched channel is a live broadcast channel, audio/video data of the live broadcast channel are played (S204).

[00175] In the embodiment, the live broadcast channel and the network channel are combined in one channel list, if the display displays the channel list, if the channel switched by the user is a network channel, the controller controls the player to start directly by sending a starting instruction instead of starting the player through the third party application. The player started in this process is not managed as an application any more. So an operation window of the display is still a window in the channel list, the user may still know a network channel and a live broadcast channel which may be received by the display apparatus through a program list while watching a program played from the network channel, and user experience is better.

[00176] In order to allow the user to better know a program from each channel, in a process of playing audio/video data by the display apparatus, the display may be controlled to display a program information page, referring to Fig. 21 , which is a displaying flowchart of a program information page according to some embodiments. The controller is configured to perform S211 ~S212.

[00177] A program information page is drawn according to information of a target network program in response to the operation for switching to a channel in the channel list from the user (S211). The information of the target network program is information of a network program from a network channel corresponding to a program control selected by the user.

[00178] For example, the network channel corresponding to the program control selected by the user is network channel 1 , so information of a network program corresponding to the network channel 1 is the information of the target network program.

[00179] The information of the network program is used for recording a program from the network channel within a preset time. For example, information of a network program A is: playing ZH at 8:00-10:00, playing RY at 10:00-12:00, and playing JZYY at 12:00-14:00.

[00180] The display is controlled to present the program information page (S212). [00181] A displaying mode of the program information page is further described below with reference to the specific drawings. In the embodiment, the information of the target network program is: playing ZooMoo Groove at 8: 36-8:44; playing Dance Fever at 8: 44-8:49, etc. The program information page drawn according to the information of the target network program may refer to Fig. 22, which is a display interface according to some embodiments. The display interface includes the program information page 221 . The program information page may be displayed in a window mode or a layer mode. [00182] In order to make the user conveniently know a playing progress of a currently played program, a playing progress bar may be drawn according to a playing progress of the network audio/video data, the progress bar is displayed in the program information page, and the user may know the playing progress of the currently played program through the progress bar. Referring to Fig. 23, which is a displaying flowchart of a program information page according to some embodiments. The controller is configured to perform S231 -S232.

[00183] The playing progress of the network audio/video data is read in a playing process of the network audio/video data (S231).

[00184] The controller may read a current playing duration of the network audio/video data in real time. Then a playing progress is generated according to the playing duration of the network audio/video data and a total duration of the network audio/video data.

[00185] The playing progress may be displayed in a form of percentage.

[00186] The playing progress bar is drawn according to the playing progress (S232). [00187] The display is controlled to display the playing progress bar on the program information page (S233).

[00188] The displaying mode of the program information page is further described below with reference to the specific drawings. In some embodiments, the total duration of the network audio/video data is 8 min, the current playing duration of the network audio/video data is 2 min, and the playing progress bar drawn according to the playing progress may refer to a progress bar 222 in Fig. 22.

[00189] The information of the network program includes a plurality of pieces of sub-information of the network program. The sub-information of the network program is used for recording a program name and program details of a program from the network channel within a preset time duration. The program information page is provided with program controls. Each program control corresponds to one piece of sub-information of a network program. The controller is further configured to control the display to display the program details corresponding to a program control in response to a selection of the program control from the user. [00190] The displaying mode of the program information page is further described below with reference to the specific drawings. In some embodiments, the information of the target network program is: playing ZooMoo Groove at 8:36-8:44; playing Dance Fever at 8:44-8:49..., wherein playing ZooMoo Groove at 8:36-8:44 is one piece of sub-information of the network program corresponding to a first program control, and playing Dance Fever at 8:44-8:49... is one piece of sub-information of the network program corresponding to a second program control. The controller causes the display to display program details corresponding to ZooMOO Groove in response to a selection of the second program control from the user, referring to Fig. 24, which is a display interface where program details 241 are displayed according to some embodiments. [00191] The controller may set a close control in a displaying window of the program details in order to prevent long-time displaying of the program details from affecting a view effect. The controller controls the display not to display the program details any more in response to a selection of the close control from the user.

[00192] The controller may further keep track of displaying time of the program details in order to prevent long-time displaying of the program details. If the displaying time is equal to a preset time, the controller controls the display not to display the program details any more. The preset time duration may be set according to demands, for example, the preset time may be 5 s.

[00193] In order to allow the user to better know a program from each live broadcast channel, in a process of playing audio/video data of the live broadcast channel by the display apparatus, the display may be controlled to display a program information page of the live broadcast channel, referring to Fig. 25, which is a playing flowchart of a display apparatus according to some embodiments. The controller is configured to perform S251 -S252.

[00194] Live broadcast program information of the live broadcast channel is received in response to an operation for switching to a channel in the channel list from the user and that the switched channel is a live broadcast channel (S251 ), wherein the live broadcast program information is used for recording a name of a program from the live broadcast channel.

[00195] In the embodiment, the switched channel is the live broadcast channel. As for the live broadcast channel, a duration of a currently played program may not be known, so a playing progress of the currently played program may not be known, in this case, in the embodiment, the live broadcast program information only includes the program name of the program from the live broadcast channel.

[00196] A program information page is drawn according to the live broadcast program information (S252), wherein the program information page is used for displaying the program name of the program from the live broadcast channel.

[00197] In order to prevent long-time displaying of the program information page on a playing interface, the controller may keep track of display time of the program information page, and if the displaying time is equal to a preset time, the display is controlled not to display the program information page any more.

[00198] Fig. 26 is an operation flowchart of a display apparatus according to some embodiments. The display apparatus at least includes the display and the controller. The controller is configured to perform S261 -S263.

[00199] A favorite list is created in response to an operation for creating the favorite list (S261 ).

[00200] As a display apparatus may be used by a plurality of users, in order to meet demands of the different users, as a realizable mode, the controller may create a plurality of favorite lists for the different users, the embodiment does not limit the quantity of the favorite lists.

[00201] If a channel is added in the favorite list for the first time, a favorite list number is configured for the channel according to a time sequence of the channels being added in the list (S262), wherein the channels include at least one live broadcast channel and at least one network channel.

[00202] The controller needs to determine whether channel data is added in the favorite list for the first time before the controller writes the channel data into the favorite list. An implementation that the controller needs to determine whether the channel data is added into the favorite list for the first time may be that the controller determines whether the channel data is stored in the favorite list before writing in data, if no data are stored in the favorite list, it is the first time to add the channel into the favorite list; and if data are stored in the favorite list, it is not the first time to add the channels in the favorite list. [00203] For example, four channels added into the favorite list by the user are : a channel A, a channel B, a channel C and a channel D, and an adding sequence of the four channels is : the channel A, the channel B, the channel C and the channel D, so favorite channel numbers of the channel A, the channel B, the channel C and the channel D are respectively 1 , 2, 3 and 4. [00204] The display is controlled to display the favorite list in response to a command for invoking the favorite list from the user (S263), wherein the favorite list includes the added channels and the favorite channel numbers corresponding to the channels. [00205] The embodiment further provides an implementation for adding favorite channel numbers of the channels. The embodiment is suitable for a scenario that it is not the first time to add a channel into the favorite list, referring to Fig. 27, which is a flowchart of adding a favorite channel number according to some embodiments. The controller is further configured to perform S271 -S272.

[00206] Whether a channel is recorded in the favorite list in response to a command for adding the channel into the favorite list (S271). [00207] In the embodiment, a channel name of the channel may serve as a unique identifier of the channel, and the controller may traverse the favorite list according to the channel name of the channel and then determine whether the channel is recorded in the favorite list.

[00208] If the added channel is recorded in the favorite list in advance, an operation for adding the channel is not responded (S272).

[00209] If the added channel is not recorded in the favorite list, the channel is added into the favorite list (S273).

[00210] A favorite channel number is configured for the added channel (step S274). [00211] In the embodiment, the favorite channel number is configured for the channel according to a time sequence of a channel being added to the favorite list.

[00212] The favorite list includes an editing control. The controller is further configured to edit the channel recorded in the favorite list in response to a selection of the editing control from the user, wherein editing includes move and remove operations. [00213] An editing process of the favorite list is described below with reference to the specific drawings. Fig. 28 is a display interface where a favorite list is displayed according to some embodiments. It may be seen that the favorite list 281 includes editing controls 282 and 283. The editing controls of the embodiment may be a move control 282 and a remove control 283. The controller removes a channel 1 EDDies Wonderland in the favorite list 281 in response to a selection of the remove control from the user. The controller adds the channel 1 EDDies Wonderland in the favorite list 281 in response to a selection of the move control from the user.

[00214] The editing control may further include a movement control. Before using the movement control, the user needs to select at least two channels in the favorite list, then the movement control is selected, and at the moment, the controller controls position replacement between the two channels.

[00215] The controller is further configured to reconfigure favorite channel numbers for channels according to a displaying sequence of the channels in the favorite list in response to completing editing for the channels in the favorite list. [00216] The controller keeps track of a time period with no editing for the favorite list from the user, and if the time period is equal to a preset time, it is determined that the user completes editing for the channels in the favorite list.

[00217] The embodiment of the disclosure further shows a displaying mode of a list, referring to Fig. 29, which is a flowchart of a list displaying mode according to some embodiments. The controller is further configured to perform steps S291 -S293.

[00218] S291 , the display is controlled to display the list, wherein the list may include the favorite list or channel list in the embodiment and may also include a setting list. [00219] Content recorded in the list is controlled to be displayed from left to right if the list is located on a left side of the display (S292). [00220] The content recorded in the list is controlled to be displayed from right to left if the list is located on a right side of the display (S293).

[00221] Characters or letters in most languages are displayed from left to right, a list of the display suitable for these countries is usually displayed on the left (these languages may be called a first language in the embodiment). However, characters or letters in some languages are displayed from right to left, for example, the Hebrew, the Persia, the Arab, etc. (these languages may be called a second language in the embodiment), and characters of these languages are displayed from right to left. In order to meet demands of more users, a scheme shown in the embodiment of the disclosure divides languages suitable for the display into the first language and the second language. When a current language of the display apparatus is the first language, the list is displayed on a left side of the display interface, and when the current language of the display apparatus is the second language, the list is displayed on a right side of the display interface. [00222] The scheme shown in the embodiment is described below with reference to the specific drawings. Fig. 30A is a display interface according to some embodiments. It may be seen that in the embodiment, the lists 301 and 302 are located on a left side of the display, and the controller controls contents recorded in the lists to be displayed from left to right. Fig. 30B is a display interface according to some embodiments. It may be seen that in the embodiment, the list 303 is located on a right side of the display, and the controller controls a content recorded in the list to be displayed from right to left. In a general case, a program displayed by the display is closer to a center of the display. In the embodiment, the content recorded in the list is displayed closer to an edge of the display so that covering of the program may be reduced if normal setting is made, space of the display is released to the maximum degree, and an important or wonderful program is not missed as much as possible in a process of displaying the list.

[00223] As an embodiment, the list is provided with a transparency control. The controller is further configured to control the display to display the list in transparency corresponding to the transparency control in response to a selection of the transparency control from the user.

[00224] The scheme shown in the embodiment is described below with reference to the drawings. Fig. 31 is a display interface according to some embodiments. The list 311 is provided with the transparency control 312. A user may perform a transparency design on the list. In an embodiment, transparency may be designed in three types of transparency controls, which are respectively an Off control, a Medium control and a High control. When the user selects the Off control, a program under the list is not transparent in the current list, referring to Fig. 32A, which is a display interface according to some embodiments. When the user selects the Medium control, transparency of the current list is 0.95. When the user selects the High control, transparency of the current list is 0.9, referring to Fig. 32B, which is a display interface according to some embodiments.

[00225] The embodiment may reduce space of the display occupied by the content recorded in the list, furthermore, the list may be set to be in transparent display, in normal setting, TV display space is released to the maximum degree, and the wonderful program is not missed as much as possible in the process of displaying the list.

[00226] In order to make the user conveniently distinguish setting items of different levels, the embodiments further include a displaying mode of the setting items, referring to Fig. 33, which is a flowchart of a setting item displaying mode according to some embodiments. The controller is further configured to perform steps S331 -S333.

[00227] S331 , a level of a setting item is read in response to a command for invoking the setting item from the user.

[00228] S332, a displaying parameter of the level is obtained. [00229] The displaying parameter may be a series of parameters related to a displaying effect of the setting item, such as a display location, or a size of the setting item. In order to make the user conveniently distinguish the setting items of different levels, different displaying parameters may be set for the setting items of the different levels. [00230] S333, the display is controlled to display the setting item according to the displaying parameter.

[00231] The embodiment is described below with reference to the drawings. Fig. 34 is a display interface according to some embodiments. The setting item 341 with a first level may be displayed on the display interface and is displayed tightly close to an edge 342 of a theme icon. Fig. 35 is a display interface according to some embodiments. The setting item 351 with a second level is displayed on the display interface, and a certain distance exists between the setting item 351 with the second level and an edge 352 of the theme icon.

[00232] The controller is further configured to display the setting item with the first level and a setting item of a next level below the first level of the setting item if the setting item is a first-level menu. Fig. 36 is a display interface according to some embodiments. When a current setting item is a first-level menu, the first-level setting item 361 and the second-level setting item 362 are displayed.

[00233] An embodiment of the disclosure further provides a channel encoding method, including the following.

[00234] A favorite list is created in response to an operation for creating a favorite list from a user.

[00235] A favorite channel number is configured for a first channel according to a time sequence of the first channel being added into the favorite list if the first channel is added in the favorite list for the first time, wherein one or more channels in the favorite list at least include a live broadcast channel and a network channel.

[00236] The display is controlled to display the favorite list in response to a command for invoking the favorite list from the user, wherein the favorite list includes the first channel and the favorite channel number corresponding to the first channel.

[00237] Encoding of the favorite channel numbers may be performed on the live broadcast channel and the network channel in the favorite list in a united mode, and the user may directly input re-ranked favorite channel numbers for switching, so it is convenient for the user, and user experience is better. [00238] In the display apparatus, a live broadcast channel playing mechanism is usually different from a network channel playing process. A playing process of the live broadcast channel is: directly playing a broadcast signal received by the display apparatus, and the network channel playing process is that a third party application needs to be started, and then the third party application plays audio/video data through a player based on browser. When the third party application is started, a current window of the display apparatus is switched from a window for displaying the channel list to a window of the third party application, consequently the user may not perform any operation on the channel list, and user experience is poor.

[00239] In order to improve user experience, an embodiment of the disclosure further provides a method for playing audio/video data, including the following. A channel list is displayed.

[00240] A starting instruction is sent to a player in response to an operation for switching to a channel in the channel list from a user and a channel to be switched being a network channel, so as to make the player play network audio/video data, wherein the network audio/video data are audio/video data corresponding to the network channel.

[00241] An embodiment of the disclosure further provides a display apparatus, including a display and a controller. The controller is configured to: control the display to display a channel list, wherein the channel list includes a network channel and/or a live broadcast channel; and in response to an operation for switching to a first channel in the channel list from a user and the first channel being a network channel, send a starting instruction to a player so as to make the player play network audio/video data, wherein the network audio/video data are audio/video data corresponding to the network channel.

[00242] In some embodiments, the controller is further configured to: send a network channel request to a server so as to make the server send network channel data to the display apparatus, wherein the network channel data include a network channel name, and the network channel name include a name for making a server search the network channel; and draw the channel list according to the network channel name, wherein the channel list includes a plurality of program controls, a program control includes a network channel name corresponding to a network channel, and the channel to be switched is a network channel corresponding to the program control selected by the user. [00243] In some embodiments, the network channel data further include information of a network program, and the information of the network program is used for recording a program name of a program from the network channel. The controller is further configured to: draw a program information page according to the information of the target network program in response to an operation for switching to a channel in the channel list from the user, wherein the program information page is used for displaying the program name of the program from the network channel and the information of the target network program is information of a network program of the network channel corresponding to the program control selected by the user, and control the display to present the program information page. [00244] In some embodiments, the controller is further configured to: read a playing progress of the network audio/video data in a process of playing the network audio/video data; draw a playing progress bar according to the playing progress; and control the display to display the playing progress bar on the program information page. [00245] In some embodiments, the information of the network program includes a plurality of pieces of sub-information of a network program, the sub-information of the network program is used for recording a program name and program details of a program from the network channel within a preset time duration. The program information page is provided with program controls, and each program control corresponds to one piece of sub-information of a network program. The controller is further configured to control the display to display the program details corresponding to the program control in response to a selection of the program control from the user. [00246] In some embodiments, the controller is further configured to: play audio/video data of the live broadcast channel in response to an operation for switching to a first channel in the channel list and the first channel being a live broadcast channel.

[00247] In some embodiments, the controller is further configured to: receive live broadcast program information of the live broadcast channel in response to an operation for switching to a first channel in the channel list and the first channel being the live broadcast channel, wherein the live broadcast program information is used for recording a program name of a program from the live broadcast channel; draw the program information page according to the live broadcast program information, wherein the program information page is used for displaying the program name of the program from the live broadcast channel.

[00248] In some embodiments, the controller is further configured to obtain displaying time of the program details, and control the display not to display the program details any more if the displaying time is equal to a preset time.

[00249] In some embodiments, the controller is further configured to: obtain displaying time of the program information page; and control the display not to display the program information page any more if the displaying time is equal to a preset time. [00250] In the embodiment, the live broadcast channel and the network channel are combined in one channel list, while the display displays the channel list, if a channel to be switched by the user is a network channel, the controller controls the player to start directly by sending a starting instruction instead of starting the player through the third party application. The player started in this process is not managed as an application any more. So an operation window of the display is still a window in the channel list, the user may still know a network channel and a live broadcast channel which may be received by the display apparatus through a program list while watching a program from the network channel, and user experience is better.

[00251] In order to make the user directly watch recommended media resource information while playing the audio/video data from the network channel like playing the audio/video data from the live broadcast channel, an embodiment of the disclosure further provides a method for displaying a channel list, including the following. A network channel request is sent to a server so as to make the server send network channel data in response to the network channel request, wherein the network channel data include a network channel name, and the network channel name includes a name for allowing a server search the network channel. The channel list is drawn according to the network channel names, wherein the channel list includes the network channel name. The display is controlled to display the channel list in response to a command for invoking the channel list from the user.

[00252] According to the method for displaying the channel list in the embodiments of the disclosure, the method is suitable for a display which at least includes a display and a controller. The controller may receive the network channel data sent from the server and draw the network channel data into the channel list, and control the display to display the channel list in response to a command for invoking the channel list from the user. In the embodiment, the user may know the network channel, which may be received by the display apparatus, through the channel list, so user experience is better.

[00253] In some embodiments, it may directly enter a display interface of a signal source selected previous time or a signal source selection interface after the display apparatus is started, the signal source may be a preset video on demand program, or may be at least one of an HDMI interface, a live broadcast TV interface, etc. After the user selects a signal source, the display may display contents obtained from this signal source. [00254] The display apparatus may search a live broadcast channel through a set-top box and may play a program corresponding to the live broadcast channel after completing channel searching.

[00255] In a scenario of playing a live broadcast program, the display apparatus may display channel information of a channel where the currently played program is located and the program at the same time. The channel information may include a channel name of the channel where the currently played program is located, a program name of a currently displayed program, a program name of a program played from the channel in a future time duration and other information. However, if a user intends to watch other channels, a channel switch command needs to issue. When the user performs a channel switch operation, the program displayed by the display apparatus also changes, so user experience is poor.

[00256] The embodiment makes further improvement on the display apparatus. The display apparatus at least includes the controller and the display. An operation process of the display apparatus is described below with reference to the specific drawings. [00257] Fig. 37 is a flowchart of interaction between a display apparatus and a user according to some embodiments.

[00258] The display includes a first region and a second region.

[00259] The first region is used for displaying a program, and the second region is used for displaying channel information.

[00260] A program in the disclosure is a live broadcast program, a signal source of the program may include a satellite signal received by the set-top box, or may be a network signal transmitted through a network. Each program corresponds to one channel, for example, a channel corresponding to a news network show is CCTV-1 if the news network show is played at 19:00 at CCTV-1 .

[00261] The channel information is information used for describing programs from the channel or some attributes of the channel. For example, the channel information may include a channel name, a channel number (it is noted that the channel number is not a unique attribute of the channel and may change due to difference of channels searched by the display apparatus), and other channel attributes. The channel information may further include program information of a program from the channel, wherein the program information may include a program name and a program playing progress of the program which is being played now, and a program name of a program to be from the channel in a future time duration and etc.. [00262] Fig. 38 is a schematic diagram of a display apparatus according to some embodiments. It may be seen that a content displayed by the display includes the first region 61 and the second region 62. The first region is used for displaying the currently played program, and the second region 62 is used for displaying the channel information. In the embodiment, the channel information may include the program name and the playing progress of the currently played program, the program name of the program to be from the channel in a future time duration and the channel number.

[00263] S3801 : receiving a command for invoking channel information.

[00264] The command for invoking channel information is input from a user. The user may input the command by pressing a preset key on a remote control. The user may issue the command for invoking channel information through a voice.

[00265] The controller is configured to perform step S3802: in response to the second region displaying the first channel information and the command for invoking channel information, invoke second channel information. [00266] If the user does not send the command for invoking channel information, the display only displays the first region, that is, the display plays a program in a form of full screen. When the second region of the display displays channel information (the second region may display the first channel information or the second channel information), in order to prevent long-time existence of the channel information from affecting view effect, the controller may obtain displaying time of the channel information, and when the displaying time is equal to a preset time, the controller controls the display not to display the channel information any more.

[00267] The first channel information is channel information of a first channel, the first channel is a channel where a program displayed in the first region is located, second channel information is channel information of a second channel, and the second channel is different from the first channel. For example, the second channel may be but is not limited to last or next channel above or below the first channel.

[00268] In the embodiment, a last channel number is a channel with a channel number obtained by subtracting 1 from the channel number of the first channel. A next channel number is a channel with a channel number by adding 1 to the channel number of the first channel. For example, please refer to Fig. 38, a channel number of a channel where a displaying region of a first region is located in Fig. 38 is 74. In the embodiment, “7food network” is the first channel information. The second channel is a channel with a channel number 73 or a channel with a channel number 75.

[00269] The controller is configured to perform step S3803: control a content displayed in the second region to be switched from the first channel information to the second channel information.

[00270] The content displayed in the second region is described below with reference to specific examples.

[00271] Fig. 39A is a diagram for showing changes of a display apparatus before and after an operation for invoking channel information from a user under the condition that first channel information is displayed in a second region according to some embodiments. It may be seen that in an initial state, the first region 73A displays a program from a channel 74, and the second region 74A displays channel information of the channel 74, referring to an effect 71 A in Fig. 39A. In the embodiment, the user presses the “up” key on the remote control, and correspondingly, the remote control outputs a command for invoking information of the last channel. The controller calls the channel information of the channel 73 in response to the command for invoking the information of the last channel and controls the second region 75A to display the channel information of the channel 73, and at the moment, the first region 73A still displays the program from the channel 74, referring to an effect 72A in Fig. 39A.

[00272] Fig. 39B is a diagram for showing changes of a display apparatus before and after an operation for invoking channel information from a user while first channel information is displayed in a second region according to some embodiments. It may be seen that in the initial state, the first region 73B displays the program from the channel 74, and the second region 74B displays the channel information of the channel 74, referring to an effect 71 B in Fig. 39B. In the embodiment, the user presses the “down” key of the remote control, and correspondingly, the remote control outputs a command for invoking information of the next channel. The controller calls the channel information of the channel 75 in response to the command for invoking the information of the next channel and controls the second region 75B to display the channel information of the channel 75, and at the moment, the first region 73B still displays the program from the channel 74, referring to an effect 72B in Fig. 39A.

[00273] The embodiment of the disclosure shows the display apparatus. The display apparatus includes the controller and the display. The display includes the first region and the second region, the first region is used for displaying the program, and the second region is used for displaying the channel information. The controller controls the content displayed in the second region to be switched from the first channel information to the second channel information in response to the command for invoking channel information if the second region displays the first channel information. In this process, the first region still displays the program from the first channel. It may be seen that as for the display apparatus in the embodiment, when the first region displays the program from the first channel, the second region may be controlled to display channel information of other channels except the first channel. The user may watch the channel information of the other channels while watching the program from the first channel, so user experience is better.

[00274] In the related art, the controller controls the display to display a channel interface in response to a selection of a first key on the remote control from the user, wherein the channel interface is configured to display all channels searched by the display apparatus. The first key may be but is not limited to the “up” key. An operation process of the display is described below with reference to the specific drawings. [00275] Fig. 40 is a flowchart of a method for invoking channel information according to some embodiments. The controller is further configured to perform steps S81 ~S84. [00276] The controller is configured to perform S81 , recognizing a key value corresponding to the command for invoking channel information in response to the command for invoking channel information if the second region does not display the first channel information.

[00277] Fig. 41 is a schematic diagram of a display apparatus in a scenario where first channel information is not displayed in a second region according to some embodiments.

[00278] The command for invoking channel information may correspond to a plurality of key values, for example, the command for invoking channel information is invoking channel information of the last channel, so the command for invoking channel information may correspond to one key value; and the command for invoking channel information is invoking channel information of the next channel, so the command for invoking channel information may correspond to another key value. [00279] If the key value is a first key value, the display is controlled to display the channel interface (S82) , wherein the channel interface is configured to display all channels searched by the display apparatus.

[00280] In the embodiments, a first key value is a key value of a corresponding key, on the remote control, for invoking the channel interface keys for invoking the channel interface of different manufacturers may differ, for example, the key for invoking the channel interface may be the “up” key. The key for invoking the channel interface may be the “down” key. The channel interface is described below with reference to the specific drawings. Fig. 42 is a schematic diagram of a display apparatus according to some embodiments. It may be seen that the channel interface 101 is shown by the display, and the channel interface displays channel names of all channels which may be searched by the display apparatus.

[00281] If the key value is a second key value, the first channel information is called ( S83).

[00282] In the embodiment, the second key value is a key value different from the first key value. For example, if the first key value is a key value corresponding to the “up” key, the second key value may be but is not limited to a key value corresponding to the “down” key.

[00283] S84, the second region is controlled to display the first channel information. [00284] The content shown by the display is described below with reference to the specific drawings. Fig. 43A is a diagram of a display apparatus before and after a command for invoking channel information when first channel information is not displayed in a second region according to some embodiments. It may be seen that in an initial state, the first region 113A displays the program from the channel 74, referring to an effect 111 A in Fig. 43A. In the embodiment, the user presses the “up” key of the remote control, and correspondingly, the remote control outputs a command for invoking information of the last channel. The controller recognizes that a key value of the command for invoking channel information is the first key value in response to the command for invoking the information of the last channel and controls the display to display the channel interface 114A, referring to an effect 112A in Fig. 43A.

[00285] Fig. 43B is a diagram of a display apparatus before and after a command for invoking channel information when first channel information is not displayed in a second region according to some embodiments. It may be seen that in the initial state, the first region 113B displays the program of the channel 74, referring to an effect 111 B in Fig. 43B. In the embodiment, the user presses the “down” key of the remote control, and correspondingly the remote control outputs the command for invoking the information of the next channel. The controller recognizes that a key value of the command for invoking channel information is not the first key value in response to the command for invoking the information of the next channel, calls the channel information of the channel 74 and controls the second region 114B of the display to display the channel information of the channel 74, referring to an effect 112B in Fig. 43B.

[00286] The first channel information includes: first program information and second program information. The first program information is program information of a first program, the first program is a program displayed in the first region, the second program information is program information of a second program, and the second program is a program from the first channel after playing of the first program is completed.

[00287] The first program, the second program, the first program information and the second program information are described below with reference to the specific drawings. Fig. 44 is a schematic diagram of a display apparatus according to some embodiments. It may be seen that the display of the display apparatus displays the first region 121 and the second region 122, and the program displayed in the first region 121 is the first program. Program information displayed in the second region 122 includes the first program information 123 and the second program information 124, and the first program information is related to the first program. In the embodiment, the first program information is a program name of the first program. The second program information 124 is a program name of a program to be displayed at 12:00~2:00AM.

[00288] In order to help the user to better know a playing progress of the currently played program (may be also called the first program in the embodiment), the first program information includes a progress bar of the first program. The user may know the playing progress of the currently played program through the progress bar.

[00289] In order to further improve user experience, the display apparatus shown in the embodiment has a program recording function, and a program recording process is described below with reference to the specific examples.

[00290] Fig. 45 is a flowchart of a program recording process according to some embodiments. The controller is further configured to perform steps S131 -S133.

[00291] The controller is further configured to perform S131 , reading a location of a focus in response to a confirm operation from the user if the second region display the first channel information.

[00292] For example, the confirm operation may be pressing an “OK” key of the remote control. For another example, the confirm operation may be outputting a voice command "comfirm” from the user. S132, the display is controlled to display a first recording interface if the focus lands on the first program information. [00293] In the embodiment, the first recording interface includes a first control, and the first control is configured to trigger recording for the first program. The user may trigger the controller to record the first program by selecting the first control. The first recording interface is described below with reference to the specific drawings.

[00294] Fig. 46 is a schematic diagram of a display apparatus according to some embodiments. It may be seen that the display apparatus displays the first recording interface 4601 , and the first recording interface 4601 at least includes the first control 4602. In the embodiment, the first control may be called personal video recorder (PVR) control. The controller is triggered to record the first program in response to a selection of the first control 4602 from the user. In some embodiments, the first recording interface 4601 may further include: some prompt information, for example, in Fig. 46, 576i, 16:9, subtitle, English Stereo, HEAAC, Signal Level:100%, Signal Quality: 100%, BER:0, Frequency:177Mhz, etc.

[00295] S133, the display is controlled to display a first schedule interface if the focus lands on the second program information. [00296] In the embodiment, the first schedule interface includes a second control, and the second control is configured to trigger recording for the second program. The first schedule interface is described below with reference to the specific drawings.

[00297] Fig. 47 is a schematic diagram of a display apparatus according to some embodiments. It may be seen that the display apparatus displays the first schedule interface 4701 , and the first schedule interface 4701 at least includes the second control 4702. In the embodiment, the second control may be called the personal video recorder (PVR) control. The controller is triggered to record the second program in response to a selection of the second control 4702 from the user. In some embodiments, the first schedule interface 4701 may further include: some prompt information, for example, in Fig. 47, Signal Level: 100%, Signal Quality: 100%, BER: 0, Frequency:177Mhz, etc.

[00298] In order to improve user experience, as for the display apparatus shown in the embodiment, the controller controls the display to display a disk selection interface in response to a selection of the first control/second control from the user, wherein the disk selection interface at least includes a third control, and the user may select a recording location of the first program or the second program through a selection of the third control. The disk selection interface is described below with reference to the specific drawings. [00299] Fig. 48 is a schematic diagram of a display apparatus according to some embodiments. It may be seen that the display apparatus displays the disk selection interface 4801 , and the disk selection interface 4801 at least includes a disk selection control 4802. In the embodiment, the disk selection control may be called a KINGSTON control. The user may select the recording location of the first program or the second program through a selection of the disk selection control.

[00300] Please refer to Fig. 47, the first schedule interface may further include a schedule control 4703. The controller controls the display to display a schedule interface in response to a selection of the schedule control from the user, and the user may set recording time of the second program on the schedule interface. [00301] The schedule interface is described below with reference to the specific drawings. Fig. 49 is a schematic diagram of a display apparatus according to some embodiments. It may be seen that the display apparatus displays the schedule interface 4901 , and the schedule interface 4901 at least includes a schedule time input interface 4902. The user completes setting of the recording time of the second program by inputting time through the schedule time input interface 4902.

[00302] Please refer to Fig. 49, the schedule interface 4901 may further include a repeat control 4903, and the user may select to record the second program at fixed time through a selection of the repeat control 4903. For example, if the time input into the schedule time input interface 4902 by the user is 12:00, “once a day” is selected in a drop down box corresponding to the repeat control 4903, so a program played at 12:00 every day will be controlled to be recorded.

[00303] In the embodiment, the second channel information includes: third program information and fourth program information. [00304] In the disclosure, the third program information is program information of a third program, the third program is a program currently from the second channel, the fourth program information is program information of a fourth program, and the fourth program is a program from the second channel after playing of the third program is completed. [00305] The third program information, the fourth program information, the third program and the fourth program are described below with reference to the specific drawings. Fig. 50 is a schematic diagram of a display apparatus according to some embodiments. It may be seen that in the embodiment, the first region 181 displays a TV program from the channel 73, the second region 182 displays the channel information of the channel 74, and the channel information of the channel 74 includes the third program information 183 and the fourth program information 184. In the embodiment, the program name of the program (the third program) which is from the channel 74 is food network. Therefore, the third program information 183 includes the program name “food network”. A program name of the program (fourth program) from the channel 74 at 12:00-2:00 is Test Pattern&Muisic, so the fourth program information 184 includes the program name Test Pattern&Muisic.

[00306] In order to further improve user experience, the display apparatus in the embodiment has a program recording function, and the program recording process is described below with reference to the specific examples. [00307] Fig. 51 is a flowchart of a program recording process according to some embodiments. The controller is further configured to perform steps S191 -S193.

[00308] The controller is further configured to perform S191 : reading the location of the focus in response to a confirm operation from the user if the second region displays the second channel information. The controller performs controlling the first region to display the third program if the focus lands on the third program information (S192). [00309] An implementation of the disclosure further provides a method for displaying channel information, including the following. The second program information is called in response to a command for invoking channel information if the second region displays the first channel information, wherein the first channel information is channel information of the first channel, the first channel is a channel where a program displayed in the first region is located, the second channel information is channel information of the second channel, and the second channel is a last or next channel above or below the first channel. The content displayed in the second region is controlled to be switched from the first channel information to the second channel information.

[00310] The controller controls the content displayed in the second region to be switched from the first channel information to the second channel information in response to the command for invoking channel information if the second region displays the first channel information. In this process, the first region always displays the program from the first channel. It may be seen that according to the method for displaying the channel information, when the first region displays the program from the first channel, the second region may be controlled to display channel information of other channels except the first channel. The user may watch the channel information of the other channel while watching the program from the first channel, so user experience is better.

[00311] The controller executes controlling the display to display a second schedule interface if the focus lands on the fourth program information (S193), wherein the second schedule interface includes a third control, and the third control is configured to trigger recording for the fourth program.

[00312] A form of the second schedule interface may refer to the first schedule interface.

[00313] Some users expected that the display apparatus has a search function, in order to meet demands of the users, a search engine may be configured on some display apparatuses, and the users may use the search engine to realize the search function. When the user calls the search engine of the display apparatus, a soft keyboard may be displayed on the display of the display apparatus, the user inputs a content for search by controlling movement of a focus on the soft keyboard through the remote control. A traditional soft keyboard design is displayed according to letter positions designed on a computer keyboard. The user moves the focus by using the remote control. In general, the focus may be controlled to move by one position on the soft keyboard every time the user presses a key of the remote control. If a letter position corresponding to a content to be searched by the user is far, the user needs to repeatedly press the key of the remote control, so user experience is poor.

[00314] An embodiment of the disclosure provides a display apparatus, at least including a display and a controller.

[00315] Fig. 52 is a flowchart of interaction between a user and a display apparatus according to some embodiments. A search interface is invoked (S51). [00316] There are many implementations for invoking the search interface. For example, a search APP may be installed on the display apparatus, and the user may click an icon corresponding to the search APP so as to call the search interface. [00317] The search interface is displayed in response to invoking for the search interface (S52). [00318] The search interface may include a search box and the soft keyboard. The search box is configured to display a content to be searched by the user. The user may input the searched content by controlling the focus move on the soft keyboard through the remote control. The search interface is described below with reference to the specific drawings. [00319] Fig. 53 is a schematic diagram of a search interface according to some embodiments. It may be seen that the search interface may include the search box 531 and the soft keyboard 532.

[00320] In the embodiment, the soft keyboard includes a plurality of first controls 5321 , each keyboard control corresponds to one keyboard letter or number or symbol, and the first controls are ranked in a preset sequence. For example, an arrangement sequence of the first controls may be an arrangement sequence of letters on the keyboard, referring to the arrangement sequence of the first controls in Fig. 53.

[00321] The user may control the focus to move on the soft keyboard through the remote control. The first control corresponding to a focus position may be called a target control. Referring to Fig. 53, the first control 5322 is the target control, and if the user makes a “comfirm” action at the moment, a search letter “W” will appear in the search box.

[00322] Fig. 54 is a schematic diagram of a search interface according to some embodiments. It may be seen that the search interface may include the search box 541 and the soft keyboard 542. The arrangement sequence of the first controls may be an arrangement sequence of letters in an alphabet, referring to the arrangement sequence of the first controls in Fig. 54.

[00323] While the display displays the soft keyboard, in response to a preset rule, a recommendation component is obtained.

[00324] For example, the controller may obtain stay time of the focus on the first control every time the focus moves to the first control, and if the stay time is longer than or equal to a preset time, the recommendation component for the first control is invoked. The preset rule may be a stay time of the focus on a control [00325] For another example, the recommendation component is called if the user issues a command when the focus moves to the first control. The command may be pressing a preset key on the remote control by the user, and the preset key may be a “confirm” key on the remote control. If the preset key is the “confirm” key, in order to distinguish the “confirm” action from the invoking action of the user, the “confirm” action may be configured to be that the user clicks the “confirm” key once, and the invoking action may be configured to be that user continuously clicks the “comfirm” key twice. [00326] In the disclosure, the recommendation component is a set of controls displayed around the target component and includes at least one recommendation control, and the recommendation control(s) is located around the target control. The recommendation component and the soft keyboard may be located in the same window, and the recommendation component is located on an upper layer above the soft keyboard. The recommendation component and the soft keyboard may be located in different windows, and a window corresponding to the recommendation component is located on an upper layer above a window corresponding to the soft keyboard. [00327] “Around” in the disclosure is adjacent positions in four directions on top, on bottom, on left and on right of the target control. The adjacent positions are positions which the focus may reach by moving one step via the remote control.

[00328] The recommendation component is described below with reference to the specific drawings. Fig. 55 is a schematic diagram of a search interface according to some embodiments. It may be seen that in the search interface shown in Fig. 55, the recommendation component 551 is displayed around the target control, the recommendation component 551 includes four recommendation controls 5511 , which are respectively: a recommendation control i, a recommendation control t, a recommendation control a and a recommendation control h. In the search interface shown in Fig. 55, the focus is located on the first control q of the soft keyboard, the user may control the focus to move through the remote control, and the focus may skip to the recommendation component from the soft keyboard. When the focus is located on the recommendation control i, the user makes the “confirm” action, a search letter “i” will appear in the search box.

[00329] In the disclosure, each recommendation control corresponds to one recommendation letter. When the focus is located on the recommendation control, the user makes the “confirm” action, and a recommendation letter corresponding to the recommendation control will appear in the search box. For example, the recommendation letter may be a random letter.

[00330] For example, when the user makes an invoking action, the controller will control the display to display the recommendation component, and the recommendation component may include the four recommendation controls. The controller may configure one recommendation letter for each recommendation control randomly, and the four recommendation letters are randomly distributed for the recommendation component by the controller. The user may control the focus to move through the remote control, and the focus may move to the recommendation component on the soft keyboard. When the focus is located on the recommendation control, the user makes the “confirm” action, the recommendation letter corresponding to the recommendation control will appear in the search box.

[00331] Compared with a traditional search mode, through the embodiment, if searched contents are the same, the move times of the remote control may be reduced to a certain degree, and description is made below with reference to the specific examples. [00332] For example, the content needed to be input is “q, i”. In the traditional search mode, the user may control the focus to move on the soft keyboard through the remote control, when the focus moves to the first control q, the user presses “comfirm” key of the remote control, at the moment, a search letter “q” will appear in the search box, and the user continues controlling the focus to move through the remote control till the focus moves the first control i. In this process, the user needs to continuously press a “right” key of the remote control so as to make the focus move to the first control i, the user presses the “confirm” key of the remote control, and at the moment, a search letter “qi” is displayed in the search box. In the embodiment of the disclosure, the user may control the focus to move on the soft keyboard through the remote control. When the focus moves the first control q, the user presses the “confirm” key of the remote control, at the moment, the search letter “q” is displayed on the search box, the user makes the invoking action, the controller controls the display to display the recommendation component, and the recommendation component includes the four recommendation controls, which are respectively the recommendation control i, the recommendation control t, the recommendation control h and the recommendation control a. The user controls the focus to move to the recommendation control i through the remote control, the user presses the “confirm” key of the remote control, at the moment, the search letter “qi” is displayed in the search box, and in this process, the user only needs to press the “up” key once.

[00333] In order to make the recommendation component provide more recommendation letter options for the user, the recommendation letters are different from a target letter, and the target letter is a keyboard letter corresponding to the target control. [00334] In the embodiment of the disclosure, the recommendation letters are different from the target letter, so the recommendation component may provide more options for the user, in some scenarios, the move times of the remote control may be further reduced, user experience is further improved, and description is made below with reference to the specific examples. [00335] Fig. 56 is a schematic diagram of a recommendation component according to some embodiments. In the embodiment, the target control is the first control q, and the recommendation control 561 is the recommendation control u, the recommendation control i, the recommendation control j and the recommendation control k. When the searched content that the user wants to input is “qu”, when the focus is located on the first control q, the user presses the “confirm” key. When the display displays the recommendation component shown in Fig. 56, the user makes the focus move to the recommendation control u by pressing the “up” key on the remote control, and when the user presses the “confirm” key, the searched content “qu” may be displayed in the search box. When the searched content that the user wants to input is “qi”, when the focus is located on the first control q, the user presses the “confirm” key. When the display displays the recommendation component shown in Fig. 56, the user makes the focus move to the recommendation control i by pressing the “right” key on the remote control, and when the user presses the “confirm” key, the search content “qi” may be displayed in the search box. When the searched content that the user wants to input is “qj”, when the focus is located on the first control q, the user presses the “confirm” key. When the display displays the recommendation component shown in Fig. 56, the user makes the focus move to the recommendation control j by pressing the “down” key on the remote control, and when the user presses the “confirm” key, the searched content “qj” may be displayed in the search box. When the searched content that the user wants to input is “qk”, when the focus is located on the first control q, the user presses the “confirm” key. When the display displays the recommendation component shown in Fig. 56. The user makes the focus move to the recommendation control k by pressing the “left” key on the remote control, and when the user presses the “confirm” key, the searched content “qk” may be displayed in the search box.

[00336] In order to make the recommendation component provide more recommendation letter options for the user, the recommendation letters do not include keyboard letters adjacent to the target letter in the soft keyboard.

[00337] In the embodiment, the keyboard letters adjacent to the target letter include letters adjacent to the target letter in a horizontal direction and letters adjacent to the target letter in a vertical direction. For example, referring to the soft keyboard 62 in Fig. 53, the letters adjacent to the target letter “w” 622 in the soft keyboard include a keyboard letter “e”, a keyboard letter “s” and a keyboard letter “q”.

[00338] In a scenario that the user needs to input the keyboard letter adjacent to the target letter, the user only needs to press a direction key and the “confirm” key of the remote control once so as to complete inputting of the letter, so it is unnecessary to configure the letter on the recommendation component. In the embodiment of the disclosure, the recommendation letters do not include the keyboard letters adjacent to the target letter in the soft keyboard, so the recommendation component may provide more effective options for the user. The effective options are that the number of move time of the remote control by the user is reduced when inputting the letter through the recommendation component and directly inputting the letter through the soft keyboard, and user experience is further improved. The embodiment is described below with reference to the drawings. [00339] Fig. 57 is a schematic diagram of a recommendation component according to some embodiments. In the embodiment, the target letter is “w”, and the recommendation letters do not include “q”, “e” and “s” adjacent to “w”. In the embodiment, the recommendation letters are “a”, “i”, “h” and “e”. More effective options may be provided for the user by using the recommendation component of the embodiment, and user experience is further improved.

[00340] In general, search letters in the searched content input by the user may be combined to form a word, in order to improve a matched degree between the recommendation letters and the search letters that the user wants to input, as an embodiment, the recommendation letters may include letters forming a word with the target letter, so that the match degree between the recommendation letters and the search letters that the user wants to input may be improved, and thus user experience is improved. The embodiment is described below with reference to the drawings. [00341] Fig. 58 is a schematic diagram of a recommendation component according to some embodiments. In the embodiment, the target letter is “w”, so words formed by the target letter are: what, why, want, window, we, etc. The recommendation letters may include letters forming a word with the target letter, so the recommendation letters may be “a”, “i”, “h”, and “e.” By means of the recommendation component of the embodiment, the matched degree between the recommendation letters provided for the user and the search letters that the user wants to input is higher, thus the move times of the remote control by the user may be reduced to a certain degree, and user experience is further improved.

[00342] In general, the longer a distance between a to-be-input letter in the searched content input by the user and the target letter is (the to-be-input letter is a letter that the user wants to input after the user inputs the target letter), the more the move times of the remote control by the user will be. In order to reduce the move time of the remote control by the user to a certain degree, as an embodiment, the recommendation letters include letters whose distance away from the target letter on the soft keyboard is larger than a preset distance. The embodiment does not limit the preset distance, the preset distance may be configured according to actual situations.

[00343] The controller is configured to perform: controlling the display to display the recommendation component in response to an operation for invoking the recommendation component from the user(S54).

[00344] The embodiment of the disclosure further provides a search mode. The search mode is described below with reference to the specific drawings.

[00345] Fig. 59 is a flowchart of a search mode according to some embodiments. It may be seen that the controller is further configured to perform S591 -S594.

[00346] The controller is configured to determine whether there is a control in a direction corresponding to a movement key code in response to receiving the movement key code (S591). The control includes a recommendation control and a first control.

[00347] In the embodiment, the user controls the focus to move, confirms an operation, by pressing keys on the remote control. The different keys on the remote control correspond to different key codes, and the controller recognizes the operation by recognizing the key codes.

[00348] When the user presses the “left”, “right”, “up” or “down” keys on the remote control, the remote control sends a movement key code. When the user presses the “confirm” key on the remote control, the remote control sends a comfirm key code [00349] If there is a control in a direction corresponding to the movement key code, the controller is configured to perform S592: controlling the focus to move in the direction corresponding to the movement key code.

[00350] If there is no recommendation control in the direction corresponding to the movement key code, the controller is configured to perform S593: controlling the display to cancel the recommendation component.

[00351] Whether the focus is moved is described below with reference to the specific drawings.

[00352] Fig. 60 is a schematic diagram of a search interface according to some embodiments. The search interface shown in Fig. 60 includes the first control 601 and the recommendation component 602. In a scenario shown in Fig. 60, the focus lands on the first control (the target control is the first control q), when the controller receives the “right” movement key code, the controller determines that there is the recommendation control t on a right side of the target control, and at the moment, the focus may move from the target control q to the recommendation control t. [00353] Fig. 61 is a schematic diagram of a search interface according to some embodiments. The search interface shown in Fig. 61 includes the first control 611 and the recommendation component 612. In a scenario shown in Fig. 61 , the focus lands on the recommendation control t (the target control is the recommendation control t), when the controller receives the “right” movement key code, the controller determines that there is no control on the right side of the target control, and the focus does not move in this case.

[00354] The controller is configured to control the display to display the search letter in the search box in response to receiving a comfirm key code (S594), the search letter is a letter corresponding to the recommendation control where the focus is located on the recommendation component or a letter corresponding to the first control where the focus is located on the soft keyboard.

[00355] A displaying process of the search letter is described below with reference to the drawings. [00356] Please refer to Fig. 60, in a scenario shown in Fig. 60, the focus is located in the first control q, and the controller controls the search box 603 to display the search letter q in response to receiving a comfirm key code.

[00357] Please refer to Fig. 61 , in a scenario shown in Fig. 61 , the focus is located on the recommendation control t, and the controller controls the search box 613 to display the search letter qt (q is the search letter input by the user in advance) in response to receiving a comfirm key code.

[00358] An embodiment of the disclosure further provides a generation mode of the recommendation component. The generation mode of the recommendation component is described below with reference to the specific drawings. [00359] Fig. 62 is a flowchart of generating a recommendation component according to some embodiments. It may be seen that the controller is further configured to perform steps S621 -S623 in response to an operation for invoking the recommendation component from the user.

[00360] S621 , a recommendation word is selected from a word database, wherein the recommendation word is a word including the target letter. The word database is stored in a memory and used for recording for words.

[00361] The controller will traverse the word database in response to the operation for invoking the recommendation component from the user, and select the recommendation word in the word database. [00362] In the embodiment, the recommendation word is the word including the target letter. For example, in some embodiments, the target letter is “w”, so the recommendation word may be words including “w”, such as “what, why, want, window, we”.

[00363] S622, the recommendation letter is read from the recommendation word, wherein the recommendation letter is a letter, in the recommendation word, ranked behind the target letter.

[00364] The recommendation letter is a letter, in the recommendation word, ranked behind the target letter. For example, the recommendation word is “what”, the corresponding recommendation letter is “h”. In another example, the recommendation word is “want”, so the corresponding recommendation letter is “a”.

[00365] S623, the recommendation component is drawn according to the recommendation letter.

[00366] The embodiment of the disclosure further provides a method for generating a recommendation component. The generation of the recommendation component is described below with reference to the specific drawings.

[00367] Fig. 63 is a flowchart for generating a recommendation component according to some embodiments. The controller is further configured to perform steps S161 ~S164 in response to an operation for invoking the recommendation component from the user [00368] S161 , the search letter is read. The search letter is a letter displayed in the search box.

[00369] S162, the recommendation word is selected from the word database. The recommendation word is a word including the search letter.

[00370] In the embodiment, the recommendation word is the word including the target letter. For example, the target letter is “w”, so the recommendation word may be words including “w”, such as “what, why, want, window, and we”.

[00371] S163, the recommendation letter is read from the recommendation word. The recommendation letter is a letter, in the recommendation word, ranked after the target letter. [00372] For example, the recommendation word is “what”, so the corresponding recommendation letter is “h”.

[00373] S164, the recommendation component is drawn according to the recommendation letter.

[00374] The embodiment is described below with reference to the specific drawings. [00375] Fig. 64 is a diagram of a recommendation component according to some embodiments. As shown in Fig. 64, firstly, the focus is located on the first control “w”, at the moment, the user issues a command for invoking the recommendation control, the recommendation control displayed by the display may refer to the example 641 in Fig. 64. The recommendation word may be “what, whilsh, want, window, we”, and the corresponding recommendation letters may be “h”, “a”, “i” and “e”. The user controls the focus to move to the recommendation control “h” by pressing the “up” key of the remote control, then the user presses the “comfirm” key, at the moment, the search letter displayed in the search box is “wh”, then the controller controls the display to cancel the recommendation component, at the moment, the display displays the soft keyboard, the user moves the focus to the first control “e” by pressing the “right” key of the remote control, the recommendation component is invoked, at the moment, the recommendation word may be “what, whilsh, why, who”, the corresponding recommendation letters may be “i”, “a”, “o” and “y”, and the recommendation control displayed by the display may refer to the example 642 in Fig. 64. The user controls the focus to move to the recommendation control “a” by pressing the “right” key of the remote control, then the user presses the “comfirm” key, at the moment, the search letter displayed in the search box is “wha”, and at the moment, the display displays the soft keyboard. The users moves the focus to the first control “r” by pressing the “right” key of the remote control, then the recommendation component is invoked, at the moment, the recommendation word may be “what, whale, wharf”, the corresponding recommendation letters may be “I”, “r” and “t”, and the recommendation control displayed by the display may refer to the example 643 in Fig. 64. The user controls the focus to move to the recommendation control “I” by pressing the “up” key of the remote control, then the user presses the “comfirm” key, at the moment, the search letter displayed in the search box is “whal”, and the at the moment, the display displays the soft keyboard, the user moves the focus to the first control “t” by pressing the “right” key of the remote control, then the recommendation component is invoked, at the moment, the recommendation word may be “whale”, the corresponding recommendation letter may be “e”, and the recommendation control displayed by the display may refer to the example 644 in Fig. 64.

[00376] Fig. 65 is a flowchart for generating a recommendation component according to some embodiments. The controller is further configured to perform steps S651 -S652 in response to an operation for invoking the recommendation component from the user. [00377] S651 , an upper case and lower case identifier of the soft keyboard is read. The upper case and lower case identifier includes an upper case identifier and a lower case identifier. If the upper case and lower case identifier is the upper case identifier, the recommendation letter is a letter in upper case, and if the upper case and lower case identifier is the lowercase identifier, the recommendation letter is a letter in lowercase. [00378] S652, the recommendation component is drawn according to the recommendation letter.

[00379] An upper case and lower case displaying mode of the recommendation letter of the embodiment is determined by an upper case and lower case displaying mode of the soft keyboard or the search letter, so an operation for switching between an upper case mode and a lower case mode of the letter from the user may be reduced to a certain degree, and user experience is further improved.

[00380] Fig. 66 is a schematic diagram of a search interface according to some embodiments. In a scenario shown in Fig. 66, the search letter 661 is displayed in a lower case mode, and the corresponding recommendation letter is a letter in lower case.

[00381] Fig. 67 is a schematic diagram of a search interface according to some embodiments. In a scenario shown in Fig. 67. The search letter 671 is displayed in an upper case mode, and the corresponding recommendation letter is a letter in upper case.

[00382] A letter on the soft keyboard may be displayed in the lower case mode, and the corresponding recommendation letter may be a letter in lower case.

[00383] The letter on the soft keyboard may be displayed in the upper case mode, and the corresponding recommendation letter is the letter in upper case. [00384] This application further provides an input method, including the following. The soft keyboard is displayed. The display is controlled to display the recommendation component in response to an operation for invoking the recommendation component from the user. The recommendation component includes at least one recommendation control, each recommendation control corresponds to one recommendation letter, the recommendation control is located around the target control, and the target control is a control where the focus on the soft keyboard is located.

[00385] The input method according to the embodiment of the disclosure includes that the display is controlled to display the recommendation component in response to an operation for the invoking the recommendation component from the user when the display displays the soft keyboard. The recommendation component includes at least one recommendation control, each recommendation control corresponds to one recommendation letter, the recommendation control is located around the target control, and the target control is a control where the focus on the soft keyboard is located. It may be seen that through the input method , a plurality of recommendation components may be displayed around the target control, the user may complete inputting of the recommendation letter corresponding to the recommendation component by moving the focus, and the recommendation controls are located around the target control, so the move times of the focus by the user may be reduced in the above process, and user experience is improved. [00386] The disclosure further provides a computer-readable non-transitory storage medium. The computer storage medium may store computer instructions, and the computer instructions, when executed by a processor, perform the above embodiments. [00387] For the sake of convenient explanation, the above description is already made with reference to the specific implementations. However, the above exemplary discuss does not intend to make the implementations exhaustive or limit the implementations to the specific forms of the disclosure. Various modifications and transformations may be obtained according to the above teaching. Selection and description of the above implementations are for better explaining principles and actual application, so those skilled in the art better uses the implementations.

Claims

WHAT IS CLAIMED IS:

1 . A display apparatus, comprising: a display; and a controller, configured to: create a favorite list in response to an operation for creating the favorite list from a user; in response to adding a first channel into the favorite list for the first time, configure a favorite channel number for the first channel according to a time sequence of the first channel being added into the favorite list, wherein one or more channels in the favorite list at least comprise a live broadcast channel and a network channel; and control the display to display the favorite list in response to a command for invoking the favorite list from the user, wherein the favorite list comprises the first channel and the favorite channel number corresponding to the first channel.

2. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to: in response to the channel being not added in the favorite list for the first time and having been recorded in the favorite list in advance, not add the first channel into the favorite list.

3. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a channel in a channel list corresponds to a favorite control.

4. The display apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the controller is further configured to: in response to a selection of a favorite control of a second channel in the channel list from the user, add the second channel corresponding to the favorite control into the favorite list.

5. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the favorite list comprises an editing control; and the controller is further configured to edit channels recorded in the favorite list in response to a selection of the editing control from the user, wherein the editing comprises move operation and remove operation.

6. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to: in response to that a current language of the display apparatus is a first language, control a channel list or the favorite list to be displayed on a left side of the display, and control a text in the channel list or the favorite list to be displayed from left to right.

7. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to: in response to that the current language of the display apparatus is a second language, control a channel list or the favorite list to be displayed on a right side of the display, and control text in the channel list or the favorite list to be displayed from right to left.

8. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a channel list or the favorite list displayed on the display has a transparency control; and the controller is further configured to: in response to a selection of the transparency control from the user, control the display to display the channel list or the favorite list in transparency corresponding to the transparency control.

9. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a channel list or the favorite list displayed on the display has multiple transparency controls, and the multiple transparency controls correspond to 3 levels of transparency.

10. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to: in response to a command for invoking a setting item from the user, read a level of the setting item; obtain a displaying parameter of the level; and control the display to display the setting item according to the displaying parameter.

11. The display apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the controller is further configured to: in response to the setting item being a first-level menu, display the setting item and a setting item with a next level below the level of the setting item.

12. A method for displaying a channel list in a display apparatus, comprising: creating a favorite list in response to an operation for creating the favorite list from a user; in response to adding a first channel into the favorite list for the first time, configuring a favorite channel number for the first channel according to a time sequence of the first channel being added into the favorite list, wherein one or more channels in the favorite list at least comprise a live broadcast channel and a network channel; and controlling a display to display the favorite list in response to a command for invoking the favorite list from the user, wherein the favorite list comprises the first channel and the favorite channel number corresponding to the first channel.

13. The method according to claim 12, further comprising: in response to the channel being not added in the favorite list for the first time and having been recorded in the favorite list in advance, not adding the first channel into the favorite list.

14. The method according to claim 12, wherein a channel in a channel list corresponds to a favorite control.

15. The method according to claim 14, further comprising: in response to a selection of a favorite control of a second channel in the channel list from the user, adding the second channel corresponding to the favorite control into the favorite list.

16. The method according to claim 12, wherein the favorite list comprises an editing control, and the method further comprising: editing channels recorded in the favorite list in response to a selection of the editing control from the user, wherein the editing comprises move operation and remove operation.

17. The method according to claim 12, further comprising: in response to that a current language of a display apparatus is a first language, controlling a channel list or the favorite list to be displayed on a left side of the display, and controlling a text in the channel list or the favorite list to be displayed from left to right.

18. The method according to claim 12, further comprising: in response to that the current language of a display apparatus is a second language, controlling a channel list or the favorite list to be displayed on a right side of the display, and controlling text in the channel list or the favorite list to be displayed from right to left.

19. The method according to claim 12, wherein a channel list or the favorite list displayed on the display has a transparency control, and the method further comprising: in response to a selection of the transparency control from the user, controlling the display to display the channel list or the favorite list in transparency corresponding to the transparency control.

20. The method according to claim 12, wherein a channel list or the favorite list displayed on the display has multiple transparency controls, and the multiple transparency controls correspond to multiple levels of transparency, respectively.

21. The method according to claim 12, further comprising: in response to a command for invoking a setting item from the user, reading a level of the setting item; obtaining a displaying parameter of the level; and controlling the display to display the setting item according to the displaying parameter.

22. The method according to claim 21 , further comprising: in response to the setting item being a first-level menu, displaying the setting item and a setting item with a next level below the level of the setting item.