EDITING MENU FOR A NETWORK TELEVISION

• US 20110126237A1
• Filed: 10/12/2010
• Published: 05/26/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 11/24/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Yoo, Kyung Hee, Koo, Sang Jun, LEE, Hyung Nam, Jang, Sae Hun, Kim, Uni Young
• Application Number:
  US12/902,547
• Publication Number:
  US 20110126237A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42204 User interfaces specially adapted for controlling a client device through a remote control device; Remote control devices therefor constructive details of casings for the remote control device H01H9/0235; user interfaces for controlling a tuning device of a television receiver through a remote control H03J9/00; remote control of peripheral devices connected to a television receiver through the remote control device of the television receiver H04B1/205
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4312 involving specific graphical features, e.g. screen layout, special fonts or colors, blinking icons, highlights or animations
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4316 for displaying supplemental content in a region of the screen, e.g. an advertisement in a separate window
• 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 21/44209 Monitoring of downstream path of the transmission network originating from a server, e.g. bandwidth variations of a wireless network arrangements for maintenance or administration in data switching networks involving bandwidth and capacity management H04L41/0896
• 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 21/4622 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 21/47 End-user applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/482 End-user interface for program selection broadcast systems using EPGs H04H60/72
• 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 21/812 involving advertisement data advertising per se G06Q30/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8126 involving additional data, e.g. news, sports, stocks, weather forecasts
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8146 involving graphical data, e.g. 3D object, 2D graphics

Abstract

A network TV includes a network interface, a user interface, and a controller. The network interface establishes a connection with at least one content provider server through a network. The user interface receives an input signal selecting an icon for display. The controller controls output of the selected icon for display along with an image corresponding to the selected icon. The selected icon corresponds to the content provider and is displayed with one or more other icons that correspond to additional content providers, and the image is based on information received through the network interface from the content provider. Further, a main menu on the display includes a background image and/or icons that display various types of information. The displayed background image and/or icons may be changed or customized.

Claims

1. A display device, comprising:

an interface configured to allow receipt of content from one or more content provider servers;

a menu screen having a plurality of images, wherein the plurality of images comprise one or more of a plurality of icons corresponding to the one or more content provider servers, and wherein each of the plurality of images are associated with a plurality of templates for configuring the plurality of images;

an input interface configured to receive an input to edit the at least one of the plurality of templates;

a controller to control an edit of configuration of the the at least one of the plurality of templates in response to the input, wherein the controller allows storage of a modified menu screen having the edited template; and

a display configured to display the menu screen or the modified menu screen.

2. The display device of claim 1, wherein the configuration of the at least one template includes configuring a corresponding image to be displayed, an attribute of the corresponding image to be displayed, and at least one of a form, position, size, and orientation of the template.

3. The display device of claim 2, wherein a change in the configuration of the at least one template changes a configuration of the corresponding image displayed in the modified menu screen.

4. The display device of claim 2, wherein the corresponding image to be displayed is associated with the one or more content provider servers, and wherein the corresponding image is received from the one or more content provider servers to edit the configuration of the template corresponding to the corresponding image.

5. The display device of claim 2, wherein the attribute of the corresponding image includes a duration of time for displaying the corresponding image or a type of status information to be displayed by the corresponding image.

6. The display device of claim 5, wherein the type of status information includes a network status of the display device.

7. The display device of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to toggle the display between the menu screen and the modified menu screen in response to the input.

8. The display device of claim 7, wherein the input is a user gesture, wherein the user gesture comprises moving a motion recognition remote controller pointed at a first position on the display to a second position on the display.

9. The display device of claim 1, further comprising a broadcast signal processor configured to receive a broadcast signal for display on the display device.

10. The display device of claim 9, wherein the display device is a network TV configured to display the broadcast signal and to display content retrieved over the network from the one or more content provider servers.

11. A method of editing a menu screen provided on a display device, comprising:

initiating an edit mode to edit the menu screen, wherein the menu screen includes a plurality of images and a plurality of templates for configuring the plurality of images, and wherein the plurality of images comprise a plurality of icons corresponding to one or more content providers;

displaying the plurality of templates in the edit mode;

editing a configuration of at least one of the plurality of templates in accordance with an input; and

storing the menu screen configured based on the edited template.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein editing the configuration of the at least one of the plurality templates includes editing at least one of the plurality of images, an attribute of at least one of the plurality of images, and at least one of a form, position, size, and orientation of the template.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein editing the attribute of at least one of the plurality of images includes editing a duration of time for displaying at least one of the plurality of images or a type of status information to be displayed by at least one of the plurality of images.

14. The method of claim 11, further comprising storing the edited menu screen as a user menu screen.

15. The method of claim 11, comprising:

receiving the input, wherein the input is a user gesture input; and

toggling the display between the menu screen and the edited menu screen in response to the user gesture input.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the user gesture input comprises pointing a motion recognition remote controller at a first position on the menu screen and moving the motion recognition remote controller across the menu screen to point at a second position on the menu screen.

17. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

displaying a broadcast signal received at the display device, wherein display device is a network TV; and

displaying content received over the network from the one or more content provider servers.

18. A method of toggling a menu screen on a display device, comprising:

initiating an operation mode of the display device to receive content from one or more content provider servers;

displaying one of a plurality of menu screens each having a plurality of images, wherein the plurality of images comprise one or more of a plurality of icons corresponding to the one or more content provider servers, and wherein each of the plurality of images are associated with a plurality of templates for configuring the plurality of images;

detecting an input to toggle the displayed menu screen; and

toggling the displayed menu screen to another one of the plurality of menu screens.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the input comprises pointing a motion recognition remote controller at a first position on the menu screen and moving the motion recognition remote controller across the menu screen to point at a second position on the menu screen.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein at least one of the plurality of menu screens is edited by the user through configuration of a corresponding one of the plurality of templates.