IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME

• US 20120054803A1
• Filed: 12/16/2010
• Published: 03/01/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 09/01/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Suh, Myongwon, LEE, Haneul, Choi, Kwangsoo, Suk, Jihe, Oh, Hyojung, Heo, Jimin
• Granted Patent: US 9,398,339 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/56
• 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 21/47 End-user applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4755 for defining user preferences, e.g. favourite actors or genre retrieval personalisation and generation of user profiles for the retrieval of video data G06F16/739; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47815 Electronic shopping payment schemes, payment architectures or payment protocols for electronic shopping systems G06Q20/12
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4782 Web browsing , e.g. WebTV
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4786 e-mailing message switching systems, e.g. electronic mail systems H04L51/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/482 End-user interface for program selection broadcast systems using EPGs H04H60/72
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4826 using recommendation lists, e.g. of programs or channels sorted out according to their score
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8173 End-user applications, e.g. Web browser, game

Abstract

An image display apparatus for receiving and processing a broadcast signal and a method for operating the same are disclosed. The method includes displaying a home screen including a plurality of card objects, displaying a broadcast image and a favorite channel object representing favorite channels in a broadcast card object representing a broadcast image among the plurality of card objects, and displaying a favorite channel list including favorite channel items on the display, upon selection of the favorite channel object.

Claims

1. A method for operating an image display apparatus that receives and processes a broadcast image, the method comprising:

displaying a home screen including a plurality of card objects;

displaying a broadcast image and a favorite channel object representing favorite channels in a broadcast card object representing a broadcast image among the plurality of card objects; and

displaying a favorite channel list including favorite channel items on the display, upon selection of the favorite channel object.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the displaying comprises displaying the favorite channel list within the broadcast card object.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the favorite channel list further includes an object for displaying an additional item.

4. The method according to claim 1, further comprising displaying a broadcast image of a channel corresponding to a channel item, upon selection of the channel item in the favorite channel list.

5. The method according to claim 4, further comprising re-sorting channel items in the favorite channel list, after the selection of the channel item.

6. The method according to claim 1, further comprising ending displaying of the favorite channel list, when a predetermine time has elapsed or a move input has been received consecutively a predetermined number of or more times for a cursor displayed on the favorite channel list, after the favorite channel list is displayed.

20. A recording medium readable by a processor and having a program recorded to execute the method for operating an image display apparatus claimed in claim 1 in the processor.

7. A method for operating an image display apparatus that receives and processes a broadcast image, the method comprising:

displaying a favorite channel object representing favorite channels on a display;

generating a favorite channel card object using a pre-stored favorite channel list by a card object generator, upon selection of the favorite channel object; and

displaying the favorite channel card object on a home screen including a plurality of card objects.

8. The method according to claim 7, wherein the displaying of the favorite channel object comprises simultaneously displaying the favorite channel object and the plurality of card objects on the home screen.

9. The method according to claim 8, further comprising:

displaying a channel browser object by toggling the favorite channel object to the channel browser object; and

displaying a channel browser card object representing a thumbnail list for received channels, upon selection of the channel browser object.

10. The method according to claim 7, further comprising displaying a channel browser card object representing a thumbnail list for received channels by toggling the favorite channel card object.

11. The method according to claim 7, further comprising displaying a broadcast image of a channel, upon selection of a thumbnail image corresponding to the channel in the favorite channel card object.

12. The method according to claim 7, wherein the favorite channel card object includes a thumbnail image corresponding to a broadcast image of a favorite channel.

13. The method according to claim 12, wherein the favorite channel card object further includes channel information about the broadcast image of the favorite channel, the channel information including at least one of a channel number of the favorite channel, an airing time of a program corresponding to the broadcast image, a title of the program, a rating of the program, or a viewed rank of the program.

14. The method according to claim 7, wherein the favorite channel card object further includes a thumbnail image corresponding to a broadcast image of a channel that is currently being watched.

15. The method according to claim 7, wherein the displaying of the favorite channel card object comprises simultaneously displaying a thumbnail image corresponding to a broadcast image of a channel that is currently being watched and a thumbnail image corresponding to a broadcast image of a favorite channel.

16. An image display apparatus for receiving and processing a broadcast image, comprising:

a display for displaying a home screen including a plurality of card objects;

a user input interface for receiving an input for selecting a favorite channel object representing favorite channels, displayed on the home screen; and

a controller for controlling display of a favorite channel list including favorite channel items on the display, upon selection of the favorite channel object.

18. The image display apparatus according to claim 16, wherein the favorite channel list is displayed within a favorite channel card object on the home screen.

19. The image display apparatus according to claim 16, further comprising:

a remote controller for transmitting a control signal;

a network interface for transmitting data to and receiving data from a network; and

a platform for controlling transmission or reception of data through the network according to the control signal received from the remote controller,

wherein the platform includes an Operating System (OS) kernel and an application layer operating on the OS kernel, the application layer including an application that can be downloaded from the network and installed or deleted.

17. The image display apparatus according to claim 17, wherein the favorite channel list is displayed together with a broadcast image within a broadcast card object representing a broadcast image among the plurality of card objects.