Multimedia apparatus and method for providing content

• US 10,387,009 B2
• Filed: 04/19/2016
• Issued: 08/20/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 09/09/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Sung, Yeul-tak, Ko, Jae-woo
• Primary Examiner(s): Kujundzic, Dino
• Application Number:
  US15/132,780
• Publication Number:
  US 20160231905A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,218 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/44 Browsing; Visualisation therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/48 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/904 Browsing; Visualisation therefor for navigating the web G06F16/954; browsing optimisation for the web G06F16/957
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/907 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/954 Navigation, e.g. using categorised browsing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9562 Bookmark management
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0486 Drag-and-drop

Abstract

A multimedia apparatus and a method for providing content by generating at least one flag on a screen; designating categories with respect to the at least one flag; and if one of the at least one flags is moved to a particular content displayed on the screen, setting the particular content to the category corresponding to the one flag. Therefore, content is classified and managed according to categories by using a flag, and thus a user further intuitively manages and accesses content.

Claims

1. A method for providing content of a multimedia apparatus using one or more visual elements, the method comprising:

displaying a first visual element and contents on a screen;

in response to receiving a user command for selecting a particular area of the screen, setting the particular area of the screen, wherein the particular area comprises at least one content;

in response to receiving a user command for moving the first visual element to the particular area, setting the at least one content included in the particular area to be designated by an attribute of the first visual element and displaying a second visual element on the at least one content designated by the attribute of the first visual element; and

in response to receiving a user command for selecting the first visual element, displaying a content list comprising the at least one content designated by the attribute of the first visual element.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying a visual element generation icon as part of a display window of an active application; and

in response to receiving a user command for selecting the visual element generation icon, displaying a visual element generation menu including an area to input values for one or more attributes of a new visual element.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the one or more attributes comprise at least one of a name, a color, and a category.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the active application includes a website address.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the first visual element includes a flag.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

generating one or more visual element on a screen;

designating categories with respect to the one or more visual elements;

moving one visual element to the particular area of the screen; and

changing the one visual element to a smaller size when in the particular area.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the contents comprise at least one of a video content, an image content and a text content, and

wherein if the contents having different types than each other are in the particular area, the setting sets the contents having different types than each other to be designated by an attribute of the first visual element.

8. A multimedia apparatus comprising:

a display unit comprising a screen; and

a controller configured to;

control the display to display a first visual element and contents on the screen;

in response to receiving a user command for selecting a particular area of the screen, set the particular area of the screen, wherein the particular area comprises at least one content;

in response to receiving a user command for moving the first visual element to the particular area, set the at least one content included in the particular area to be designated by an attribute of the first visual element and control the display to display a second visual element on the at least one content designated by the attribute of the first visual element; and

in response to receiving a user command for selecting the first visual element, control the display to display a content list comprising the at least one content designated by the attribute of the first visual element.

9. The multimedia apparatus of claim 8, wherein the screen comprises a touchscreen.

10. The multimedia apparatus of claim 8, wherein the controller is further configured to:

generate one or more visual elements on the screen;

designate categories with respect to the one or more visual elements;

move one visual element to the particular area of the screen; and

change the one visual element to a smaller size when in the particular area.