Internet television and method for displaying text thereof

• US 20030137534A1
• Filed: 01/17/2003
• Published: 07/24/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 01/21/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Hong, Joon Yong
• Application Number:
  US10/346,096
• Publication Number:
  US 20030137534A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/738
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/14 Solving problems related to the presentation of information to be displayed
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/027 Arrangements and methods specific for the display of internet documents
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42653 for processing graphics
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4355 involving reformatting operations of additional data, e.g. HTML pages on a television screen optimising the visualization of content for information retrieval from the Internet G06F16/9577; adaptation of message content in packet-switching networks H04L51/066; media handling at the source in data packet switching networks H04L65/764
• 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 21/488 Data services, e.g. news ticker systems specially adapted for using meteorological information in broadcast systems H04H60/71
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/44504 Circuit details of the additional information generator, e.g. details of the character or graphics signal generator, overlay mixing circuits

Abstract

An Internet television and a method for displaying a text thereof are disclosed. The method includes (a)displaying information input through an interface part connected to an external communication network on a screen of the Internet television; (b)separating the text selected by a user from the displayed information according to a user'"'"'s request; (c)performing an OSD(On Screen Display) process to the separated text; and (d)displaying the text performed in the ODS process on the displayed information.

Claims

1. An Internet television including a television part having a television broadcasting receiving function, and an Internet part having an Internet communication function, wherein the Internet part comprising:

an interface part connected to an external communication network;

a text separating part separating a text from information input through the interface part;

an OSD(On Screen Display) processing part performing an OSD process to the text separated from the text separating part;

a video processing part processing information input through the interface part and the text performed in the ODS processing part to be displayed on a screen of the television part; and

a controlling part controlling operations of the text separating part, the OSD processing part and the video processing part according to a user'"'"'s input.

2. The Internet television as claimed in claim 1, wherein the text separating part comprising;

a text finder finding a location of the text selected by the user from the information input through the interface part,

a text analyzer analyzing the text selected by the user, and

a text separator separating the analyzed text, and outputting the separated text divided to have the number of letters within a scope displayable on the screen.

3. The Internet television as claimed in claim 2, wherein the text finder finds the location of the text by a location of a mouse pointer or a cursor among the user'"'"'s inputs.

4. The Internet television as claimed in claim 2, wherein the text analyzer analyzes tags of HTML(Hypertext Markup Language) in the information selected by the user.

5. The Internet television as claimed in claim 2, wherein the text separator separates the text between the tags in the HTML of the information selected by the user.

6. The Internet television as claimed in claim 1, wherein the controlling part determines whether the text exists in the information selected by the user.

7. The Internet television as claimed in claim 1, wherein the controlling part determines whether the number of letters in the text separated from the text separator is within the scope displayable on the screen so as to control the text separator for dividing the separated text to have the number of the letters displayable on the screen, or the controlling part determines whether the number of letters in the text, being performed in the OSD processing part, is within the scope displayable on the screen, thereby controlling the video processing part so as to scroll the text, performed in the OSD processing part, on the screen.

8. A method for displaying a text in an Internet television including a text separating part separating a text from information input through an interface part connected to an external communication network, and an OSD(On Screen Display) processing part performing an OSD process to the text separated from the text separating part, comprising:

(a)displaying the information input through the interface part connected to the external communication network on a screen of the Internet television;

(b)separating the text selected by a user from the displayed information according to a user'"'"'s request;

(c)performing an OSD(On Screen Display) process to the separated text; and

(d)displaying the text performed in the ODS process on the displayed information.

9. The method as claimed in claim 8, wherein the step(b) comprising;

(aa)determining whether the user requests a text display,

(bb)finding a location of the information selected by the user, if the user'"'"'s request is the text display,

(cc)analyzing the information selected by the user,

(dd)determining whether the text exists in the. analyzed information, and

(ee)separating the text, if the text exists in the analyzed information.

10. The method as claimed in claim 9, further comprising;

(ff)determining whether the number of letters in the separated text is within a scope displayable on the screen, and

(gg)dividing the separated text to have the number of letters being in the scope displayable on the screen, if it is impossible to display the separated text on the screen since the separated text has the number of letters more than the number of letters for being displayable on the screen.

11. The method as claimed in claim 9, wherein, in the step(aa), if the user'"'"'s request is not the text display, following process steps including the step(aa) are repeatedly performed.

12. The method as claimed in claim 9, wherein, in the step(dd), if the text does not exist, the text display is completed.

13. The method as claimed in claim 9, wherein, in the step(ff), if the number of letters in the separated text is within the scope displayable on the screen, following process steps including the step(c) are repeatedly performed.

14. The method as claimed in claim 8, further comprising;

(e)determining whether the user requests a release of the text display,

(f)determining whether the user selects another text from the displayed information, if the user does not request the release of the text display, and

(g)repeatedly performing following process steps including the step(e), if the user does not select another text.

15. The method as claimed in claim 14, wherein, in the step(e), the text display is completed if the user requests the release of the text display.

16. The method as claimed in claim 14, wherein, in the step(f), following process steps including the step(b) are repeatedly performed if the user selects another text.

17. A method for displaying a text in an Internet television including a text separating part separating a text from information input through an interface part connected to an external communication network, and an OSD(On Screen Display) processing part performing an OSD process to the text separated from the text separating part, comprising:

(a)displaying the information input through the interface part connected to the external communication network on a screen of the Internet television;

(b)separating the text selected by a user from the displayed information according to a user'"'"'s request;

(c)performing the OSD process to the separated text;

(d)displaying the text performed in the OSD processing part on the displayed information;

(e)determining whether the user requests a release of a text display;

(f)determining whether the user selects another text from the displayed information, if the user requests the release of the text display;

(g)determining whether the number of letters in the text, performed in the OSD processing part, is within a scope displayable on the screen, if the user does not select another text; and

(h)scrolling the text, performed in the ODS processing part, on the screen, if the number of letters in the text being performed in the ODS processing part is within the scope displayable on the screen.

18. The method as claimed in claim 17, wherein the step(b) comprising;

(aa)determining whether the user requests the text display,

(bb)fining a location of the information selected by the user, if the user'"'"'s request is the text display,

(cc)analyzing the information selected by the user,

(dd)determining whether the text exists in the analyzed information, and

(ee)separating the text, if the text exists in the analyzed information.

19. The method as claimed in claim 18, wherein, in the step(aa), if the user'"'"'s request is not the text display, following process steps including the step(aa) are repeatedly performed.

20. The method as claimed in claim 18, wherein, in the step(dd), if the text does not exist, the text display is completed.

21. The method as claimed in claim 17, wherein, in the step(e), the text display is completed, if the user requests a release of the text display.

22. The method as claimed in claim 17, in the step(f), if the user selects another text, following process steps including the step(b) are repeatedly performed.

23. The method as claimed in claim 17, wherein, in the step(g), if the number of letters in the text, being performed in the OSD processing part, is within the scope displayable on the screen, following process steps including the step(e) are repeatedly performed.