Display apparatus for processing multiple applications and method for controlling the same

• US 10,484,744 B2
• Filed: 09/04/2018
• Issued: 11/19/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 05/26/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Choi, Gowoon, Suk, Jihe, Kim, Changkyoon, Kim, Ryoung
• Primary Examiner(s): Pierorazio, Michael B.
• Application Number:
  US16/120,811
• Publication Number:
  US 20180376210A1
• Time in Patent Office: 441 Days
• Field of Search: 725 41
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4316 for displaying supplemental content in a region of the screen, e.g. an advertisement in a separate window
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/478 Supplemental services, e.g. displaying phone caller identification, shopping application
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/482 End-user interface for program selection broadcast systems using EPGs H04H60/72
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4821 using a grid, e.g. sorted out by channel and broadcast time
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8173 End-user applications, e.g. Web browser, game

Abstract

A display device can include a tuner to receive a broadcast signal; a network interface to receive an application; an external device interface; a display module to display a broadcast program, the received application or video data received from the external device interface; and a controller to display the received broadcast program in a first area, receive a request for displaying a list from a remote controller, and display the list in a second area within the first area, the list includes a first item including information identifying a recently accessed application, a second item including information identifying a recently accessed broadcast program, or a third item including information identifying an external device recently connected to the display device or an access path of the external device, and a specific information item including a main screen of a last accessed webpage is included in the list.

Claims

1. A television having an internet browsing function, the television comprising:

a network interface configured to access at least one webpage on the Internet;

a memory configured to store at least one uniform resource locator (URL) of the accessed at least one webpage;

a user interface configured to receive at least one command from a remote controller; and

a controller configured to control a display module to display a broadcast program in a first area, wherein the broadcast program is received via the network interface, an external device interface or a tuner,

wherein the controller is further configured to;

control the display module to display graphic data for listing at least one or more contents in a second area while displaying the broadcast program in the first area,

control the display module to display a screen of a last accessed webpage among the accessed at least one webpage in the second area in response to a first command, wherein the second area is within the first area, and

control the network interface to access the last accessed webpage based on the URL stored in the memory in response to a second command for selecting the screen displayed in the second area, wherein the first and second commands all are received via the user interface from the remote controller.

2. The television of claim 1, wherein the second area is located at a lower portion of the display module.

3. The television of claim 2, wherein the screen displayed in the second area is overlaid with the broadcast program displayed in the first area.

4. The television of claim 1, wherein the remote controller has at least one of a radio frequency (RF) module or an infrared (IR) module.

5. The television of claim 1, wherein the television corresponds to a smart television, a network TV, an internet TV, a web TV or an IPTV.

6. The television of claim 1, wherein the memory is further configured to store information for recently accessed applications, further the controller is further configured to control the display module to display an icon or a name of one of the recently accessed applications.

7. The television of claim 1, wherein the memory is further configured to store image corresponding to the accessed at least one webpage as well as the at least one URL of the accessed at least one webpage, further the displayed screen of the last accessed webpage within the second area is generated based on the image stored in the memory or generated by accessing the last accessed webpage again.

8. The television of claim 1, wherein a broadcast mode is changed into an execution mode for the last accessed webpage in the first area in response to the second command for selecting the screen displayed in the second area.

9. A method of performing an internet browsing function in a television, the method comprising:

accessing, via a network interface of the television, at least one webpage on the Internet;

storing at least one uniform resource locator (URL) of the accessed at least one webpage in a memory;

receiving, via a user interface of the television, at least one command from a remote controller;

displaying, via a display module of the television, a broadcast program in a first area, wherein the broadcast program is received via the network interface, an external device interface or a tuner;

displaying, via the display module, graphic data for listing at least one or more contents in a second area while displaying the broadcast program in the first area;

displaying, via the display module, a screen of the last accessed webpage among the accessed at least one webpage in the second area in response to a first command, wherein the second area is within the first area; and

accessing the last accessed webpage based on the URL stored in the memory in response to a second command for selecting the screen displayed in the second area, wherein the first and second commands all are received via the user interface from the remote controller.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the second area is located at a lower portion of a display module.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the screen displayed in the second area is overlaid with the broadcast program displayed in the first area.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein the remote controller has at least one of a radio frequency (RF) module or an infrared (IR) module.

13. The method of claim 9, wherein the television corresponds to a smart television, a network TV, an internet TV, a web TV or an IPTV.

14. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

storing information for recently accessed applications; and

displaying, via the display module, an icon or a name of one of the recently accessed applications.

15. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

storing image corresponding to the accessed at least one webpage, wherein the displayed screen of the last accessed webpage within the second area is generated based on the image stored in the memory or generated by accessing the last accessed webpage again.

16. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

changing a broadcast mode into an execution mode for the last accessed webpage in the first area in response to the second command for selecting the screen displayed in the second area.