Control method for television

• US 20060130108A1
• Filed: 09/12/2005
• Published: 06/15/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 12/15/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Koh, Sang-sin
• Application Number:
  US11/222,807
• Publication Number:
  US 20060130108A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/110
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/235 Processing of additional data, e.g. scrambling of additional data or processing content descriptors
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/435 Processing of additional data, e.g. decrypting of additional data, reconstructing software from modules extracted from the transport stream
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4383 Accessing a communication channel
• 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 21/8126 involving additional data, e.g. news, sports, stocks, weather forecasts
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/17318 Direct or substantially direct transmission and handling of requests

Abstract

A method of controlling a television having a teleweb function that receives a broadcasting signal and teleweb information of a selected channel from a server providing the broadcasting signal and the teleweb information includes: setting the teleweb function to be in an on state via a user menu; selecting a channel search function which searches channels receiving the teleweb information; setting any channel as a service channel among the searched channels; determining whether a current received channel corresponds to the service channel if the teleweb function is performed by a predetermined key input; and displaying a teleweb-screen of the service channel if the current channel corresponds to the service channel.

Claims

1. A method of controlling a television having a teleweb function that receives a broadcasting signal and teleweb information of a selected channel from a server providing the broadcasting signal and the teleweb information comprising:

setting the teleweb function to be in an on state via a user menu;

selecting a channel search function which searches channels having the teleweb information;

setting any channel as a service channel among the searched channels having the teleweb information;

determining whether a current channel played by the television corresponds to the service channel if the teleweb function is performed in response to a predetermined key input; and

displaying a teleweb-screen of the service channel if the current channel played by the television corresponds to the service channel.

2. The method of controlling the television according to claim 1, wherein the setting the teleweb function to be in an on state comprises determining whether the teleweb function is in the on state if the teleweb function is performed in response to a predetermined key input, and displaying the user menu to set the teleweb function to the on state if the teleweb function is not in the on state.

3. The method of controlling the television according to claim 2, wherein the setting a service channel comprises determining whether the service channel is in a set state if the teleweb function is performed in response to the predetermined key input, and displaying a predetermined non-setting message to indicate that the service channel is not in the set state if the service channel is not in the set state.

4. The method of controlling the television according to claim 3, further comprising displaying an item to select the channel search function, and at the same time displaying the non-setting message;

selecting the channel search function in the displayed item; and

setting any channel to the service channel among the searched channels.

5. The method of controlling the television according to claim 4, wherein the displaying the teleweb-screen comprises determining whether an amount of the teleweb information that is stored is more than a predetermined amount for displaying the teleweb-screen of the service channel if the current channel corresponds to the service channel, and displaying the teleweb-screen according to the stored teleweb information if the amount of the stored teleweb information is more than the predetermined amount.

6. The method of controlling the television according to claim 5, wherein the displaying the teleweb-screen comprises displaying a predetermined storage message to indicate that the teleweb information is stored continuously if the amount of the stored teleweb information is not more than the predetermined amount;

and displaying the teleweb-screen according to the stored teleweb information if the amount of the stored teleweb information is more than the predetermined amount.

7. The method of controlling the television according to claim 1, wherein the displaying the teleweb-screen comprises determining whether an amount of the teleweb information that is stored is more than a predetermined amount for displaying the teleweb-screen of the service channel if the current channel corresponds to the service channel, and displaying the teleweb-screen according to the stored teleweb information if the amount of the stored teleweb information is more than the predetermined amount.

8. The method of controlling the television according to claim 7, wherein the displaying the teleweb-screen comprises displaying a predetermined storage message to indicate that the teleweb information is stored continuously if the amount of the stored teleweb information is not more than the predetermined amount;

and displaying the teleweb-screen according to the stored teleweb information if the amount of the stored teleweb information is more than the predetermined amount.

9. The method of controlling the television according to claim 1, wherein the displaying the teleweb-screen comprises determining whether an amount of the teleweb information that is stored is more than a predetermined amount if the teleweb function is performed and the current channel does not correspond to the service channel, and displaying the teleweb-screen according to the stored teleweb information if the amount of the stored teleweb information is more than the predetermined amount.

10. The method of controlling the television according to claim 9, wherein the displaying the teleweb-screen comprises displaying a predetermined other channel message to indicate that the current channel and the service channel are not corresponding if the amount of the stored teleweb information is not more than the predetermined amount.

11. The method of controlling the television according to claim 10, further comprising displaying a switching item to switch the current channel to the service channel on the other channel message;

switching the current channel to a channel corresponding to the service channel if the switching item is selected; and

displaying the teleweb-screen according to the stored teleweb information if the amount of the stored teleweb information is more than the predetermined amount.

12. The method of controlling the television according to claim 4, wherein the displaying the teleweb-screen comprises determining whether an amount of the teleweb information that is stored is more than a predetermined amount if the teleweb function is performed and the current channel does not correspond to the service channel, displaying the teleweb-screen according to the stored teleweb information if the amount of the stored teleweb information is more than the predetermined amount.

13. The method of controlling the television according to claim 12, wherein the displaying the teleweb-screen comprises displaying a predetermined other channel message to indicate that the current channel and the service channel are not corresponding if the amount of the stored teleweb information is not more than the predetermined amount.

14. The method of controlling the television according to claim 13, further comprising displaying a switching item to switch the current channel to the service channel on the other channel message;

switching the current channel to a channel corresponding to the service channel if the switching item is selected; and

displaying the teleweb-screen according to the stored teleweb information if the amount of the stored teleweb information is more than the predetermined amount.