Network display apparatus, computer, and method of controlling the computer

• US 20070147679A1
• Filed: 12/05/2006
• Published: 06/28/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 12/16/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: You, Kwang-hoon
• Application Number:
  US11/633,563
• Publication Number:
  US 20070147679A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 382/161
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/14 Digital output to display device ; Cooperation and interconnection of the display device with other functional units
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/14 Display of multiple viewports

Abstract

A network display apparatus, a computer and a method of controlling the computer, wherein text information inputted to the computer is delivered to the network display apparatus. The computer includes a transceiving unit to transmit and/or receive data to and/or from at least one external network display apparatus, a user input unit to input text information, and a control unit to output the input text information to the at least one external network display apparatus via the transceiving unit when the input text information is inputted through the user input unit.

Claims

1. A computer having a transceiving unit to transmit and/or receive data to and/or from one or more external network display apparatuses, comprising:

a user input unit to input text information; and

a control unit to output the input text information to the one or more external network display apparatuses via the transceiving unit when the input text information is inputted through the user input unit.

2. The computer according to claim 1, further comprising:

an interface picture generating unit to generate an interface picture with a text input menu to input the input text information; and

a display unit on which the interface picture is displayed,

wherein the control unit outputs the input text information inputted through the text input menu via the transceiving unit.

3. The computer according to claim 2, wherein:

the interface picture further comprises a point-of-output-time selection menu to input a point of output time when the input text information is to be outputted via the transceiving unit; and

the control unit outputs the input text information inputted at a point of output time selected through the point-of-output-time selection menu to the one or more external network display apparatuses via the transceiving unit.

4. The computer according to claim 2, further comprising:

a storage unit to store pre-set contents information,

wherein the control unit outputs at least one of the contents information stored in the storage unit and the input text information to the at least one external network display apparatus via the transceiving unit when at least one of a transmission input signal from the user input unit and a transmission input signal from the transceiving unit is applied to the control unit.

5. The computer according to claim 4, wherein the contents information comprises:

at least one of movie information, music information, photograph information, file information and Internet information.

6. The computer according to claim 4, wherein the transceiving unit transmits and/or receives the contents information and the input text information using a FTP (File Transfer Protocol) communication method.

7. The computer according to claim 2, wherein the tranceiving unit transmits and/or receives the data to and/or from a plurality of external network display apparatuses,

wherein the interface picture generating unit generates the interface picture with a display apparatus selection menu to select at least one of the plurality of external network display apparatuses, and

wherein the control unit outputs the input text information to the external network display apparatus selected through the display apparatus selection menu via the transceiving unit.

8. The computer according to claim 1, further comprising:

a storage unit to store pre-set contents information,

wherein the control unit outputs at least one of the contents information stored in the storage unit and the input text information to the one or more external network display apparatus via the transceiving unit when at least one of a transmission input signal from the user input unit and a transmission input signal from the transceiving unit is applied to the control unit.

9. The computer according to claim 8, wherein the contents information comprises:

at least one of movie information, music information, photograph information, file information, and Internet information.

10. The computer according to claim 8, wherein the transceiving unit transmits and/or receives the contents information and the input text information using an FTP communication method.

11. A network display apparatus having a display unit on which an image is displayed, comprising:

a transceiving unit to transmit and/or receive pre-set contents information and text information inputted by a user to and/or from an external computer via a network;

a signal processor to process the contents information and the input text information and to output the processed contents information and input text information to the display unit; and

a control unit to control the signal processor to display the contents information and the input text information on the display unit when the contents information and the input text information are received in the control unit via the transceiving unit.

12. The network display apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the control unit controls the signal processor to display a picture with the input text information and a picture with the contents information separately.

13. The network display apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the control unit controls the signal processor to display the picture with the input text information and the picture with the contents information in the form of one of a PIP (Picture In Picture), a PBP (Picture By Picture), a POP (Picture Out Picture) and an OSD (On Screen Display) on the display unit.

14. The network display apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the contents information comprises:

at least one of movie information, music information, photograph information, file information and Internet information.

15. A method of controlling a computer having a transceiving unit to transmit and/or receive data to and/or from at least one external network display apparatus, comprising:

inputting text information from a user; and

outputting the input text information to the at least one external network display apparatus via the transceiving unit.

16. The method according to claim 15, further comprising:

displaying an interface picture with a text input menu to input the text information, wherein the inputting of the text information comprises;

inputting the text information through the text input menu.

17. The method according to claim 16, further comprising:

displaying the interface picture with a point-of-output-time selection menu to input a point of output time when the input text information is to be outputted via the transceiving unit,

wherein the outputting of the input text information comprises;

outputting the input text information inputted at a point of time selected through the point-of-output-time selection menu to the at least one external network display apparatus.

18. The method according to claim 15, further comprising:

storing the contents information; and

inputting a transmission input signal,

wherein the outputting of the input text information comprises;

outputting at least one of the stored contents information and the input text information to the at least one external network display apparatus.

19. The method according to claim 16, further comprising:

storing the contents information; and

inputting a transmission input signal,

wherein the outputting the input text information comprises;

outputting at least one of the stored contents information and the input text information to the at least one external network display apparatus.

20. A method of displaying an image on a network display apparatus, comprising:

transmitting and/or receiving pre-set contents information and text information inputted by a user to and/or from an external computer via a network;

processing the contents information and the input text information and outputting the processed contents information and input text information to a display unit; and

controlling a signal processor to display the contents information and the input text information on the display unit.

21. The method of claim 20, wherein the displaying occurs when the contents information and the input text information are received in a control unit via a transceiving unit.

22. A system to transmit and/or receive data, comprising:

a computer having a first transceiving unit, comprising;

a user input unit to input text information, and

a control unit to output the input text information via the first transceiving unit when the input text information is inputted through the user input unit; and

a network display apparatus, comprising;

a display unit on which an image is displayed, and

a second transceiving unit to transmit and/or receive the text information inputted by a user to and/or from the computer via a network.

23. The system of claim 22, further comprising:

a signal processor to process the input text information and to output the processed input text information to the display unit; and

a control unit to control the signal processor to display the input text information on the display unit when the input text information are received in the control unit via the second transceiving unit.

24. The system of claim 23, wherein the second transceiving unit also transmits and/or receives pre-set contents information.

25. A method of controlling a system to transmit and/or receive data, the method comprising:

inputting text information by a user input unit;

outputting the input text information via a first transceiving unit when the input text information is inputted through the user input unit;

displaying an image on a display unit; and

transmitting and/or receiving the text information inputted by a user to and/or from the computer via a network.

26. A computer-readable recording medium to execute program codes to perform a method of a computer having a transceiving unit to transmit and/or receive data to and/or from at least one external network display apparatus, the method comprising:

inputting text information from a user; and

outputting the input text information to the at least one external network display apparatus via the transceiving unit.

27. A computer-readable recording medium to execute program codes to perform a method of a computer having a transceiving unit to transmit and/or receive data to and/or from at least one external network display apparatus, the method comprising:

transmitting and/or receiving pre-set contents information and text information inputted by a user to and/or from an external computer via a network;

processing the contents information and the input text information and outputting the processed contents information and input text information to a display unit; and

controlling a signal processor to display the contents information and the input text information on the display unit.

28. A computer-readable recording medium to execute program codes to perform a method of a computer having a transceiving unit to transmit and/or receive data to and/or from at least one external network display apparatus, the method comprising:

inputting text information by a user input unit;

outputting the input text information via a first transceiving unit when the input text information is inputted through the user input unit;

displaying an image on a display unit; and

transmitting and/or receiving the text information inputted by a user to and/or from the computer via a network.