NETWORK TELEVISION AND A METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME

• US 20110131610A1
• Filed: 10/12/2010
• Published: 06/02/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 11/30/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Yoo, Kyung Hee, Lee, Hyung Nam, Koo, Sang Jun, Jang, Sae Hun, Kim, Uni Young
• Granted Patent: US 9,641,872 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/48
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/234318 by decomposing into objects, e.g. MPEG-4 objects
• 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 21/4438 Window management, e.g. event handling following interaction with the user interface
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/482 End-user interface for program selection broadcast systems using EPGs H04H60/72
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/812 involving advertisement data advertising per se G06Q30/02

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 method is disclosed for displaying a real-time broadcast screen and icons for receiving contents at the same time, and easily switching between the real-time broadcast screen and a content providing screen in response to user input.

Claims

1. A display apparatus, comprising:

an interface configured to receive content from a content provider;

a signal processor configured to process a received video signal to display a video or an image corresponding to the video signal in a window;

an input interface configured to receive an input to move at least one of a plurality of icons to the window that displays the video signal, wherein each of the plurality of icons are associated with at least one of a plurality of content provider;

a controller configured to display on the window an initial screen of the content provider associated with the at least one of the plurality of icons in response to the input; and

a display configured to display the plurality of icons, the window, the video, and the initial screen of the content provider.

2. The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein, in response to the input, the controller is configured to display the video signal at a location on the display where the moved icon was originally positioned.

3. The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the input is a gesture to drag-and-drop the at least one of the plurality of icons to the window that displays the video.

4. The display apparatus of claim 3, wherein the gesture is detected by a motion recognition remote controller that controls the display apparatus.

5. The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the window is positioned centrally on the display, wherein an area occupied by the window is greater than an area occupied by the plurality of icons.

6. The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the input includes selecting the at least one of the plurality of icons and selecting the window that outputs the video signal.

7. A method of providing a menu on a display device, comprising:

displaying a menu screen including a window that displays a video and a plurality of icons representing one or more content providers;

detecting an input to move at least one of the plurality of icons to the window;

accessing, in response to the input, a server represented by the moved icon; and

displaying an initial screen of the content provider on the window.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein detecting the input to move the at least one of the plurality of icons includes moving the at least one of the plurality of icons from a first position located outside the window to a second position located within the window, wherein the method further comprises displaying the video at the first position and displaying the initial screen of the content provider in the window.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the input is a gesture to drag-and-drop the at least one of the plurality of icons from a first position located outside the window to a second position located within the window.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the gesture is detected by a motion recognition remote controller that controls the display device.

11. The method of claim 7, wherein the window is positioned centrally on a display on the display device, wherein an area occupied by the window is greater than an area occupied by the plurality of icons.

12. The method of claim 7, wherein the input includes selecting the at least one of the plurality of icons and selecting the window that displays the video.

13. A method of controlling a network display device, comprising:

displaying a first content in a window on the network display device;

displaying a plurality of icons on the network display device, wherein the plurality of icons are linked to at least one of a plurality of content servers;

receiving an input to move at least one of the plurality of icons from a first position to a second position, wherein the second position is located inside the window displaying the first content;

in response to the input, retrieving a second content from the at least one of the plurality of content servers; and

replacing the first content with the second content in the window.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the first content is a live broadcast, the method further comprising receiving a broadcast signal and displaying the live broadcast in the window.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the second content is a homepage of the at least one of the plurality of content servers, wherein the second content is received at the network display device from the at least one of the plurality of content servers through a network connection.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein replacing the first content with the second content in the window comprises replacing the live broadcast with the homepage.

17. The method of claim 13, further comprising displaying the first content in the second position.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein receiving the input further comprises detecting at a motion recognition remote controller a gesture to drag-and-drop the at least one of the plurality of icons from the first position to the second position.

19. The method of claim 13, wherein receiving the input comprises an instruction to drag-and-drop the at least one of the plurality of icons from the first position to the second position.

20. The method of claim 13, wherein the first content includes an output from at least one of a live broadcast, a DVD player or a game console, and wherein the second content includes content from the content server associated with the moved icon.