BROADCAST RECEIVER AND METHOD OF RECEIVING BROADCAST THEREOF

• US 20080242358A1
• Filed: 09/13/2007
• Published: 10/02/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 03/26/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: WOO, Sung Ho
• Granted Patent: US 8,412,168 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/566
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/70 using geographical information, e.g. maps, charts or atlases
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4524 involving the geographical location of the client retrieval from the Internet by querying based on geographical locations G06F16/9537; systems specially adapted for using geographical information in broadcast systems H04H60/70; protocols in which the network application is adapted for the location of the user terminal in communication control or processing H04L67/52; services making use of the location of users or terminals in wireless networks H04W4/02; locating users or terminals in wireless networks H04W64/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4722 for requesting additional data associated with the content
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8133 specifically related to the content, e.g. biography of the actors in a movie, detailed information about an article seen in a video program

Abstract

A method of receiving a broadcast on a broadcast terminal. The method includes displaying the received broadcast on a display of the broadcast terminal, and providing location information about a specific place or location shown on the currently displayed broadcast to a user of the broadcast terminal.

Claims

1. A method of receiving a broadcast on a broadcast terminal, the method comprising:

displaying the received broadcast on a display unit of the terminal; and

providing location information about a specific place or location shown on the currently displayed broadcast to a user of the terminal.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the providing step extracts the location information from a signal corresponding to the received broadcast.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the broadcast includes video and audio data, and wherein the location information is received via a separate data broadcast.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the location information comprises at least one of a latitude/longitude coordinate of the specific place or location, a mailing address of the specific place or location, a map image of the specific place or location and an Internet address associated with the specific place or location.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying a location information mark on the display unit of the broadcast terminal indicating that the received broadcast includes the location information.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the providing step provides the user with the location information when the user selects the location information mark displayed on the display unit of the broadcast terminal.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

storing at least one of the location information and the received broadcast.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

displaying either only the stored location information or both the stored location information together with the stored broadcast.

9. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

transmitting the stored location information to another broadcast terminal.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the transmitting step transmits the location information using a mobile communication network or using a short-range communication network.

11. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

registering the stored location information as a destination location; and

providing directions from a current location of the broadcast terminal to the destination location.

12. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

registering the stored location information as a destination information;

transmitting the destination information to another terminal including a navigation function;

providing directions on the other terminal from a current location of the other terminal to the destination location.

13. A broadcast terminal, comprising;

a broadcast unit configured to receive a broadcast from a broadcasting network and to receive location information about a specific place or location shown in the received broadcast;

a display unit configured to display information to the user; and

a control unit configured to control the display unit to display the received broadcast and to provide the location information to a user of the broadcast terminal.

14. The broadcast terminal of claim 13, wherein the control unit extracts the location information from a signal corresponding to the received broadcast.

15. The broadcast terminal of claim 13, wherein the broadcast includes video and audio data, and wherein the location information is received via a separate data broadcast.

16. The broadcast terminal of claim 13, wherein the location information comprises at least one of a latitude/longitude coordinate of the specific place or location, a mailing address of the specific place or location, a map image of the specific place or location and an Internet address associated with the specific place or location.

17. The broadcast terminal of claim 13, wherein the control unit controls the display unit to display a location information mark on the display unit of the broadcast terminal indicating that the received broadcast includes the location information.

18. The broadcast terminal of claim 17, wherein the control unit provides the user with the location information when the user selects the location information mark displayed on the display unit of the broadcast terminal.

19. The broadcast terminal of claim 13, further comprising:

a memory unit configured to store at least one of the location information and the received broadcast.

20. The broadcast terminal of claim 19, where the control unit controls the display unit to display either only the stored location information or both the stored location information together with the stored broadcast.

21. The broadcast terminal of claim 19, further comprising:

a transmitting unit configured to transmit the stored location information to another terminal.

22. The broadcast terminal of claim 21, wherein the transmitting unit transmits the location information using a mobile communication network or using a short-range communication network.

23. The broadcast terminal of claim 19, wherein the control unit registers the stored location information as a destination location, and provides directions from a current location of the broadcast terminal to the destination location.

24. The broadcast terminal of claim 19, wherein the control unit registers the stored location information as a destination information, and

wherein the transmitting unit transmits the destination information to another terminal including a navigation function such that a control unit included in the other terminal can provide directions on the other terminal from a current location of the other terminal to the destination location.