DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING CONTENTS ON THE SAME

• US 20110205435A1
• Filed: 01/06/2011
• Published: 08/25/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 01/06/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: LEE, Jungbin, NAM, Jiwan, KIM, Jun, KIM, Namhoon, CHO, Eunhae, LEE, Samsoo, KIM, IIhyun, HEO, Ubeom, KIM, Ryoung, BAEK, Sungmin, CHUNG, Jaehee
• Granted Patent: US 8,990,868 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/563
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47 End-user applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/478 Supplemental services, e.g. displaying phone caller identification, shopping application
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/482 End-user interface for program selection broadcast systems using EPGs H04H60/72
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4882 for displaying messages, e.g. warnings, reminders arrangements for providing short real-time information to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1895
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/00 Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor

Abstract

A display terminal and a method for displaying content on the display terminal are embodied and broadly disclosed herein. The method may include displaying an indicator that indicates a presence of at least one new content available in a channel; displaying a list of the at least one new content in response to an acknowledgement request corresponding to the indicator; and connecting to the channel to display the at least one new content in response to an input, wherein the input is a selection of one or more of the at least one new content in the displayed list.

Claims

1. A method for displaying contents on a display of a terminal, the method comprising:

displaying an indicator that indicates a presence of at least one new content available in a channel;

displaying a list of the at least one new content in response to an acknowledgement request corresponding to the indicator; and

connecting to the channel to display the at least one new content in response to an input, wherein the input is a selection of one or more of the at least one new content in the displayed list.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the channel is shared between a plurality of terminals designated to share the channel.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein a broadcast signal is received through the channel.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the channel is based on at least one of a digital multimedia broadcasting (DMB), a digital video broadcasting-handheld (DVB-H), MediaFlow, or an Internet protocol-TV (IP-TV).

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one new content is stored on a remote terminal designated to share the channel.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying a notification message when the at least one new content is available.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying a home page of the channel in response to the acknowledgement request corresponding to the indicator,

wherein the list of the at least one new contents is displayed on the home page of the channel.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying a camera activation button in response to the acknowledgement request;

activating a camera to capture an image or video in response to a camera activation command; and

immediately uploading a captured image or video through the channel when the image or video capture is complete.

9. A method for displaying content on a digital display device, the method comprising:

displaying a first content;

displaying an indicator that indicates a presence of at least one new content available in a channel, wherein the indicator is displayed together with the first image;

displaying a list of the at least one new content in response to an acknowledgement request corresponding to the indicator; and

stopping the display of the first content and displaying a second content in response to a selection of at least one new content in the displayed list, wherein the second content is a selected new content.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the at least one content selected is a broadcast content, and the channel is a broadcast channel.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the channel is shared between a plurality of terminals designated to share the channel.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein the at least one new contents is generated a remote terminal designated to share the channel.

13. A display terminal comprising:

a display configured to display an indicator that indicates a presence of at least one new content available in a channel, and display a list of the at least one new content in response to an acknowledgement request corresponding to the indicator; and

a controller configured to establish a connection to the channel to retrieve at least one selected content, wherein the at least one selected content is retrieved in response to a selection from the list of the at least one new content available on the channel.

14. A method for sharing content at a display terminal, the method comprising:

accessing a content storage server;

displaying an image including at least one of an upload icon, a stream icon, or a view icon, the image being provided by the accessed content storage server;

receiving a selection of the at least one of the upload icon, the stream icon, or the view icon; and

performing a content sharing operation in response to the received selection.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the performing the content sharing operation includes:

selecting at least one content previously stored in the terminal in response to a selection of the upload item; and

uploading the at least one selected content to a storage area on the accessed content storage server.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein the performing of the content sharing operation includes:

capturing an image at a camera in response to a selection of the stream icon; and

streaming the captured image to the accessed content storage server in real time.

17. The method of claim 14, wherein the performing of the content sharing operation includes:

displaying at least one identifier corresponding to at least one storage area on the accessed content storage server in response to a selection of the view item;

receiving a selection of a displayed identifier corresponding to the at least one storage area; and

retrieving content stored in the selected storage area in response to the selection of the displayed identifier.