METHOD FOR PROVIDING BROADCAST-RELATED INFORMATION AND DISPLAY APPARATUS USING THE SAME

• US 20090113469A1
• Filed: 03/31/2008
• Published: 04/30/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 10/30/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: JO, Sung-baik, KIM, Ji-eun, KIM, Il-kwon, PARK, Ji-hyun
• Application Number:
  US12/058,823
• Publication Number:
  US 20090113469A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/32
• 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 21/4722 for requesting additional data associated with the content
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8405 represented by keywords
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8586 by using a URL processing chained hypermedia data for information retrieval G06F16/94; information retrieval from the Internet by using URLs G06F16/955; URL in broadcast information H04H20/93; Web-based protocols H04L67/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/17318 Direct or substantially direct transmission and handling of requests

Abstract

A method for providing broadcast-related information and a display apparatus using the method are provided. The method for providing broadcast-related information receiving additional information regarding a broadcast contained in a broadcast signal from a broadcast receiving apparatus, acquiring broadcast-related information from a connected network using the additional information, and displaying the acquired broadcast-related information. Therefore, it is possible to provide a user with richer broadcast-related information without any additional effort.

Claims

1. A method for providing broadcast-related information of a display apparatus, the method comprising:

receiving additional information regarding a broadcast contained in a broadcast signal from a broadcast receiving apparatus;

acquiring broadcast-related information from a connected network using the additional information; and

displaying the acquired broadcast-related information.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the acquiring comprises:

connecting to a content provider using information regarding the content provider contained in the additional information and requesting the broadcast-related information; and

receiving the requested broadcast-related information.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the acquiring comprises:

generating a search term based on content contained in the additional information; and

performing a search via the network using the generated search term to acquire the broadcast-related information.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a search term input by a user; and

performing a search via the network using the search term input by the user to acquire the broadcast-related information.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the displaying comprises:

storing the acquired broadcast-related information; and

if a user requests the broadcast-related information, displaying the stored broadcast-related information.

6. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the displaying is performed while the broadcast is displayed on the broadcast receiving apparatus.

7. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the network is the Internet.

8. A display apparatus comprising:

a display;

a first interface which receives additional information regarding a broadcast contained in a broadcast signal from a broadcast receiving apparatus;

a second interface which is connected to a network; and

a controller which acquires broadcast-related information from the network connected to the second interface using the additional information received via the first interface, and displays the acquired broadcast-related information on a display.

9. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 8, wherein the controller connects to a content provider using information regarding the content provider contained in the additional information, requests the broadcast-related information, and receives the requested broadcast-related information.

10. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 8, wherein the controller generates a search term based on content contained in the additional information, and performs a search via the network using the generated search term to acquire the broadcast-related information.

11. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 8, wherein the controller performs a search via the network using a search term input by a user to acquire the broadcast-related information.

12. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 8, further comprising a storage unit which stores the acquired broadcast-related information,

wherein the controller displays the broadcast-related information stored in the storage unit, if the user requests the broadcast-related information.

13. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 8, wherein the controller displays the acquired broadcast-related information on the display while the broadcast is displayed on the broadcast receiving apparatus.

14. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 8, wherein the network is the Internet.