Control device and method of controlling broadcast receiver

• US 10,231,027 B2
• Filed: 10/07/2015
• Issued: 03/12/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 12/31/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kim, Joo-youn, Kwon, Yong-hwan, Kim, Jung-a, Lee, Bum-jin
• Primary Examiner(s): Mendoza, Junior O
• Application Number:
  US14/877,464
• Publication Number:
  US 20160029097A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,252 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 19/28 using pulse code
• 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 21/42204 User interfaces specially adapted for controlling a client device through a remote control device; Remote control devices therefor constructive details of casings for the remote control device H01H9/0235; user interfaces for controlling a tuning device of a television receiver through a remote control H03J9/00; remote control of peripheral devices connected to a television receiver through the remote control device of the television receiver H04B1/205
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42209 for displaying non-command information, e.g. electronic program guide [EPG], e-mail, messages or a second television channel
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42221 Transmission circuitry, e.g. infrared [IR] or radio frequency [RF]
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42225 characterized by types of remote control, e.g. universal remote control
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42226 Reprogrammable remote control devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4622 Retrieving content or additional data from different sources, e.g. from a broadcast channel and the Internet web site content organization and management for information retrieval from the Internet G06F16/958; transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82; stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services including data channel over packet-switching network H04L12/1859
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/485 End-user interface for client configuration
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6547 comprising parameters, e.g. for client setup

Abstract

A control device is provided. The control device includes a user interface unit in which information of a broadcast receiver controlled through unidirectional wireless communication is entered, a searching unit which searches an infrared (IR) code set corresponding the broadcast receiver based on the entered information, a managing unit which registers the broadcast receiver as a controllable broadcast receiver within a home network based on the searched IR code set, and a first communication interface unit which, if a control signal for the registered broadcast receiver is received, transmits an IR code corresponding to the control signal from the IR code set corresponding to the registered broadcast receiver to the registered broadcasting receiver.

Claims

1. A control device which controls a broadcast receiver, the control device comprising:

a touch screen;

a communication unit configured to communicate with an external device; and

a processor configured to;

display, on the touch screen, a user interface for registering the broadcast receiver, the user interface comprising a plurality of icons corresponding to the broadcast receiver,

while registering the broadcast receiver through the user interface, edit the plurality of icons by adding at least one icon to the plurality of icons or deleting the at least one icon from the plurality of icons and changing at least one of a shape and a name of at least one icon among the plurality of icons according to a user edit command,

receive a plurality of infrared (IR) codes for controlling the broadcast receiver from the external device,

while registering the broadcast receiver through the user interface and after editing the plurality of icons, map each of the plurality of IR codes to the edited plurality of icons respectively, and

in response to an IR code-mapped icon being selected, generate a control command corresponding to an IR code of the IR code-mapped icon.

2. The control device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the external device is a server, and

wherein the processor is further configured to receive the IR code from the server via wireless network communication.

3. The control device as claimed in claim 1, wherein in response to the IR code-mapped icon which represents a particular function being selected, the processor is further configured to transmit the IR code corresponding to the IR code-mapped icon to the broadcast receiver.

4. The control device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to, in response to one of the plurality of icons being held and dragged by the user edit command, change a location of the held icon according to the drag.

5. The control device as claimed in claim 4, wherein the processor is further configured to change an arrangement order for the plurality of icons according to the location of the held icon being changed.

6. The control device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to edit the IR code of the IR code-mapped icon according to the user edit command.

7. The control device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to set a user interface (UI) screen for controlling the broadcast receiver in response to an input of information of the broadcast receiver.

8. A control method of a control device which controls a broadcast receiver, the control method comprising:

displaying a user interface for registering the broadcast receiver, the user interface comprising a plurality of icons corresponding to the broadcast receiver;

while registering the broadcast receiver through the user interface, editing the plurality of icons by adding at least one icon to the plurality of icons or deleting the at least one icon from the plurality of icons and changing at least one of a shape and a name of at least one icon among the plurality of icons according to a user edit command;

receiving a plurality of infrared (IR) codes for controlling the broadcast receiver from an external device;

while registering the broadcast receiver through the user interface and after editing the plurality of icons, mapping each of the plurality of IR codes to the edited plurality of icons respectively; and

in response to an IR code-mapped icon being selected, generating a control command corresponding to an IR code of the IR code-mapped icon.

9. The control method as claimed in claim 8, wherein the external device is a server and the receiving the plurality of IR codes comprises receiving the IR code from the server via wireless network communication.

10. The control method as claimed in claim 8, further comprising:

in response to the IR code-mapped icon which represents a particular function being selected, transmitting the IR code corresponding to the IR code-mapped icon to the broadcast receiver.

11. The control method as claimed in claim 8, further comprising:

in response to one of the plurality of icons being held and dragged by the user edit command, changing a location of the held icon according to the drag.

12. The control method as claimed in claim 8, further comprising:

editing the IR code the IR code-mapped icon according to the user edit command.

13. The control method as claimed in claim 8, further comprising:

setting a user interface (UI) screen for controlling the broadcast receiver in response to an input of information of the broadcast receiver.

14. A non-transitory computer readable medium configured to store instructions for controlling a control device which controls a broadcast receiver, the instructions comprising:

displaying a user interface for registering the broadcast receiver, the user interface comprising a plurality of icons corresponding to the broadcast receiver;

while registering the broadcast receiver through the user interface, editing the plurality of icons by adding at least one icon to the plurality of icons, deleting at least one icon from the plurality of icons and editing at least one of a shape and a name of at least one icon among the plurality of icons according to a user edit command,

receiving a plurality of infrared (IR) codes for controlling the broadcast receiver from an external device;

while registering the broadcast receiver through the user interface and after editing the plurality of icons, mapping each of the plurality of IR codes to the edited plurality of icons respectively; and

in response to an IR code-mapped icon being selected, generating a control command corresponding to an IR code of the IR code-mapped icon.

15. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 14, wherein the external device is a server and the receiving the plurality of IR codes comprises receiving the IR code from the server via wireless network communication.

16. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 14, further comprising:

in response to the IR code-mapped icon which represents a particular function being selected, transmitting the IR code corresponding to the IR code-mapped icon to the broadcast receiver.

17. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 14, further comprising:

in response to one of the plurality of icons being held and dragged by the user edit command, changing a location of the held icon according to the drag.

18. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 14 further comprising:

editing the IR code the IR code-mapped icon according to the user edit command.