Method and apparatus for providing GUI

• US 10,033,545 B2
• Filed: 05/08/2015
• Issued: 07/24/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 12/24/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kim, Deok-ho, Kim, Ki-ho
• Primary Examiner(s): Choi, David
• Application Number:
  US14/707,062
• Publication Number:
  US 20150264428A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,173 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2805 Home Audio Video Interoperability [HAVI] networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2809 indicating that an appliance service is present in a home automation network monitoring functionality H04L43/0817; discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services, H04L67/51
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/282 based on user interaction within the home receiver circuitry for displaying additional information being controlled by a remote control apparatus H04N21/42204
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2827 Reporting to a device within the home network; wherein the reception of the information reported automatically triggers the execution of a home appliance functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/2841 Wireless
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/2849 Audio/video appliances
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/285 Generic home appliances, e.g. refrigerators
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4112 having fewer capabilities than the client, e.g. thin client having less processing power or no tuning capabilities
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4113 PC
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41265 having a remote control device for bidirectional communication between the remote control device and client device unidirectional remote control device H04N21/42204
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4131 home appliance, e.g. lighting, air conditioning system, metering devices home automation data switching networks exchanging configuration information on appliance services H04L12/2807
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4135 external recorder interface circuits between an apparatus for recording television signals and a television receiver H04N5/775
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43615 Interfacing a Home Network, e.g. for connecting the client to a plurality of peripherals home Audio Video Interoperability [HAVI] data switching networks H04L12/2805
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4363 Adapting the video stream to a specific local network, e.g. a Bluetooth® network
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43635 HDMI
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43637 involving a wireless protocol, e.g. Bluetooth, RF or wireless LAN [IEEE 802.11] arrangements for wireless networking or broadcasting of information in indoor or near-field type systems H04B10/114
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47 End-user applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47217 for controlling playback functions for recorded or on-demand content, e.g. using progress bars, mode or play-point indicators or bookmarks specific graphical features in visual interfaces H04N21/4312
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/482 End-user interface for program selection broadcast systems using EPGs H04H60/72
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/485 End-user interface for client configuration
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/488 : Data services, e.g. news ticker systems specially adapted for using meteorological information in broadcast systems H04H60/71

Abstract

A GUI providing method and a GUI providing apparatus are provided. According to the GUI providing method, a GUI from among GUIs for an external apparatus connected to a video apparatus is determined and displayed. Accordingly, if there are many GUIs for an apparatus, a GUI most suitable for the current circumstance is automatically determined and provided to a user.

Claims

1. A broadcasting signal processing apparatus, comprising:

a display;

a tuner which processes broadcasting signal;

a first communication circuitry which communicates with a first external device through a wired communication;

a second communication circuitry which communicates with a second external device through a wireless communication; and

a processor which controls the second communication circuitry to transmit, to the second external device, a device type of the first external device and an interface type of the wired communication, which is a type of connection method with the first external device, and in response to control information for controlling the first external device being received from the second external device through the wireless communication, to control the first communication circuitry to transmit to the first external device, control command based on the control information received from the second external device,

wherein the interface type of the wired communication comprises at least one of an HDMI connection and a component connection.

2. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the device type of the first external device comprises at least one of an optical player, a personal computer (PC), and an MP3 player.

3. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the processor controls the display to display GUI for controlling the first external device based on commands received from the second external device.

4. A method of controlling a broadcasting signal processing apparatus, comprising:

processing a broadcasting signal;

transmitting, to a second external device through a wireless communication, a device type of a first external device which is connected with the broadcasting signal processing apparatus through the wired communication, and an interface type of the wired communication which is a type of connection method between the broadcasting signal processing apparatus and the first external device; and

in response to control information for controlling the first external device being received from the second external device through a wireless communication, transmitting control command based on the received control information to the first external device through a wired communication,

wherein the interface type of the wired communication comprises at least one of an HDMI connection and a component connection.

5. The method as claimed in claim 4, wherein the second external device is a remote controller.

6. The method as claimed in claim 4, further comprising automatically determining one of a plurality of GUIs of the first external device based on a predetermined criteria which comprises an occurrence of an event in the first external device.

7. The method as claimed in claim 4, further comprising automatically determining one of a plurality of GUIs of the first external device based on a predetermined criteria which is one of a receipt of a message and an operating mode of a plurality of operating modes of the first external device.

8. The method as claimed in claim 4, wherein the device type of the first external device comprises at least one of an optical player, a person computer (PC), and an MP3 player, and wherein the interface type comprises at least two of the HDMI, a composite video connection, and the component video connection.

9. The method as claimed in claim 4, wherein the interface type, which is the type of connection method between the first external device and the broadcast signaling processing apparatus, is transmitted to the second external device to be displayed by the second external device and is selected from a plurality of wired connection types comprising the HDMI connection and the component connection.