DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING SEARCH SERVICE, USER TERMINAL FOR PERFORMING SEARCH OF OBJECT, AND METHODS THEREOF

• US 20110106657A1
• Filed: 11/02/2010
• Published: 05/05/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 11/02/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Chang, Woo-Yong, Moon, Min-jaong, YU, Seung-dong, Park, Se-jun, Park, Soo-hong, Jeong, Jin-guk
• Granted Patent: US 9,760,942 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/26.9
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9537 Spatial or temporal dependent retrieval, e.g. spatiotemporal queries
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0639 Item locations
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25841 involving the geographical location of the client retrieval from the Internet by querying based on geographical locations G06F16/9537; arrangements for identifying locations of receiving stations in broadcast systems H04H60/51; location of the user terminal in data switching networks 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

Abstract

A method for providing a search service of a display apparatus includes receiving a selection of an object by displaying a screen that displays at least one object, and providing location information adaptive to the user terminal to the user terminal using all location information of the searched object and information regarding a user location. Accordingly, a user may conveniently search a desired object.

Claims

1. A method for providing a search service in a display apparatus, the method, comprising:

receiving a selection of an object by displaying a screen on which is displayed at least one object; and

providing location information to the user terminal using location information corresponding to the selected object and information regarding a user location.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the information regarding the user location includes location information regarding a current location of the display apparatus.

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

receiving the information regarding the user location from the user terminal.

4. The method as claimed in claim 3, wherein the information regarding the user location includes location information regarding a current location of the user terminal,

wherein the providing location information comprises providing, to the user terminal, location information near a current location of the user terminal from among all location information regarding the selected object.

5. The method as claimed in claim 3, wherein the information regarding the user location includes path information indicating a moving path of the user terminal,

wherein the providing location information comprises providing, to the user terminal, location information corresponding to a moving path of the user terminal from among all location information regarding the selected object.

6. The method as claimed in claim 5, wherein the path information includes at least one of information regarding a path used by the user terminal for a time period and information regarding a path used by the user terminal more than a number of times.

7. The method as claimed in claim 5, wherein the object includes a purchasable product,

wherein the providing location information comprises providing information regarding a sales shop within a distance from a moving path of the user terminal from among all sales shops of the selected object, to the user terminal.

8. The method as claimed in claim 7, wherein the path information includes mapping information,

wherein the providing location information comprises mapping information regarding a sales shop within a distance from a moving path of the user terminal from among all sales shops of the selected object on the mapping information and providing the mapping information to the user terminal.

9. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the object includes a background place displayed on the screen.

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

displaying the location information adaptive to the user terminal,

wherein providing the location information comprises providing the location information adaptive to the user terminal, if a selection signal for receiving the display location information is input.

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

receiving information regarding a broadcasting signal and objects including the broadcasting signal on a screen; and

detecting location information regarding the object from the object information, if a request for searching the selected object is received.

12. A display apparatus, comprising:

a receiving unit for receiving information regarding a broadcasting signal and objects including the broadcasting signal on a screen;

a display unit for displaying a screen according to the broadcasting signal;

an interface unit for receiving, if at least one object is selected on the screen, a request for searching the selected object;

a storage unit for storing the object information and the information regarding a user location; and

a controller for detecting, if the search request is received, all location information of the selected object from among object information stored in the storage unit, generating location information adaptive to the user terminal using the detected location information and stored information regarding a user location, and providing the location information adaptive to the user terminal through the interface unit.

13. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 12, wherein the information regarding the user location includes location information regarding a current location of the display apparatus.

14. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 12, wherein the user location information includes location information regarding a current location of the user terminal,

wherein controller provides, to the user terminal, location information near a current location of the user terminal from among all location information regarding the selected object.

15. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 12, wherein the information regarding the user location includes path information indicating a moving path of the user terminal,

wherein the controller provides, to the user terminal, location information corresponding to a moving path of the user terminal from among all location information regarding the selected object.

16. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 15, wherein the path information includes at least one of information regarding a path used by the user terminal for a time period and information regarding a path used by the user terminal more than a number of times.

17. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 16, wherein the object includes a purchasable product,

wherein the controller provides, to the user terminal, information regarding a sales shop within a distance from a moving path of the user terminal from among all sales shops of the selected object.

18. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 17, wherein the path information includes mapping information,

wherein providing the location information comprises mapping information regarding a sales shop within a distance from a moving path of the user terminal from among all sales shops of the selected object on the mapping information and providing the mapping information to the user terminal.

19. The display apparatus as claim in claim 12, wherein the object includes a background place displayed on the screen.

20. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 12, wherein the display unit displays the location information adaptive to the user terminal on one portion of the screen.

21. A method for providing a search service of a user terminal, the method comprising:

receiving, from the display apparatus, location information adaptive to the user terminal from among all location information of a selected object on a screen of a display apparatus; and

outputting an alarm message if the user terminal moves to within a distance with respect to the received location information.

22. The method as claimed in claim 21, further comprising:

generating information regarding a user location of the user terminal; and

transmitting the information regarding a user location to a display apparatus.

23. The method as claimed in claim 22, wherein the information regarding the user location includes location information regarding a current location of the user terminal,

wherein the location information adaptive to the user terminal includes location information near a current location of the user terminal from among all location information regarding the selected object.

24. The method as claimed in claim 22, wherein the information regarding the user location includes path information indicating a moving path of the user terminal,

wherein the location information adaptive to the user terminal includes location information corresponding to a moving path of the user terminal from among all location information regarding the selected object.

25. The method as claimed in claim 24, wherein the path information includes at least one of information regarding a path used by the user terminal for a time period and for more than a number of times.

26. The method as claimed in claim 24, wherein the object includes a purchasable product,

wherein the location information adaptive to the user terminal includes information regarding a sales shop within a distance from a moving path of the user terminal from among all sales shops of the selected object.

27. The method as claimed in claim 26, wherein the path information includes mapping information,

wherein the location information adaptive to the user terminal includes mapping information in which information regarding a sales shop within a distance from a moving path of the user terminal from among all sales shops of the selected object is mapped on the mapping information.

28. The method as claimed in claim 24, wherein the object includes a background place displayed on the screen.

29. A user terminal, comprising:

a communication unit for receiving, from the display apparatus, location information adaptive to the user terminal from among all location information of a selected object on a screen of a display apparatus;

a storage unit for storing the received location information;

an output unit for outputting a message; and

a controller for outputting an alarm message through the output unit if the user terminal moves to be within a distance from the received location information.

30. The user terminal as claimed in claim 29, further comprising:

a location information generating unit for generating information regarding a user location of the user terminal,

wherein the communication unit transmits the information regarding the user location to a display apparatus.

31. The user terminal as claimed in claim 30, wherein the information regarding the user location includes location information regarding a current location of the user terminal,

wherein the location information adaptive to the user terminal includes location information near a current location of the user terminal from among all location information regarding the selected object.

32. The user terminal as claimed in claim 30, wherein the information regarding the user location includes path information indicating a moving path of the user terminal,

wherein the location information adaptive to the user terminal includes location information corresponding to a moving path of the user terminal from among all the location information regarding the selected object.

33. The user terminal as claimed in claim 32, wherein the path information includes at least one of information regarding a path used by the user terminal for a time period and information regarding a path used by the user terminal more than a number of times.

34. The user terminal as claimed in claim 33, wherein the object includes a purchasable product,

wherein the location information adaptive to the user terminal includes information regarding a sales shop within a distance from a moving path of the user terminal from among all sales shops of the selected object.

35. The user terminal as claimed in claim 34, wherein the path information includes mapping information,

wherein the location information adaptive to the user terminal includes mapping information in which information regarding a sales shop within a distance from a moving path of the user terminal from among all sales shops of the selected object is mapped on the mapping information.

36. The user terminal as claimed in claim 33, wherein the object includes a background place displayed on the screen.

37. A method for searching an object using a display apparatus, the method comprising:

selecting an object to be searched;

inputting a search request on a screen of a display apparatus;

transmitting information regarding a moving path of a user terminal to the display apparatus;

transmitting location information corresponding to a moving path of the user terminal from among all location information regarding the searched object from the display apparatus to the user terminal; and

outputting an alarm message if the user terminal moves within a predetermined distance based on the location information.