DISPLAY APPARATUS, REMOTE CONTROLLER AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF

• US 20120117450A1
• Filed: 06/29/2011
• Published: 05/10/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 11/10/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Inventors: LEE, Jae-hwang, GO, Seung-han, NAM, Dong-keun
• Application Number:
  US13/172,324
• Publication Number:
  US 20120117450A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/205
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0489 using dedicated keyboard keys or combinations thereof
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41265 having a remote control device for bidirectional communication between the remote control device and client device unidirectional remote control device H04N21/42204
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4782 Web browsing , e.g. WebTV

Abstract

A display apparatus, a remote controller and a control method thereof, the display apparatus including a first communication section which receives web page data including a plurality of link items, a receiving section which receives a video signal, a signal processing section which processes the web page data or the video signal, a display section which displays a web page corresponding to the processed web page data or a video corresponding to the processed video signal, and a control section which groups the plurality of link items included in the displayed web page into a predetermined number of groups, generates index information about the groups and the link items included in the groups, and displays first user selection icons corresponding to each group using the generated index information.

Claims

1. A display apparatus comprising:

a first communication section which receives web page data including a plurality of link items;

a receiving section which receives a video signal;

a signal processing section which processes at least one of the web page data or the video signal;

a display section which displays at least one of a web page corresponding to the processed web page data or a video corresponding to the processed video signal; and

a control section which groups the plurality of link items included in the displayed web page into a predetermined number of groups, generates index information about the groups and the link items included in the groups, and displays first user selection icons corresponding to each group using the generated index information.

2. The display apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a second communication section which communicates with a remote controller which controls the display apparatus,

wherein when one of the first user selection icons is selected through the second communication section, the control section displays second user selection icons for the link items included in the group corresponding to the selected first user selection icon using the index information.

3. The display apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the control section comprises an information extracting section which extracts information about frames and the link items from the received web page data.

4. The display apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the control section further comprises an index information generating section which groups the plurality of link items into a predetermined number of groups using the extracted information about the link items and generates index information about the groups and the link items included in each group.

5. The display apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the index information generating section groups the plurality of link items using the extracted information about the frames and the link items and generates index information about the link items included in each frame.

6. The display apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the index information generating section combines a frame that only includes one link item with a frame that includes at least two link items and generates index information about the link items included in the combined frames.

7. The display apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the control section controls the second communication section to transmit the generated index information to the remote controller.

8. A remote controller comprising:

a communication section which communicates with a display apparatus;

a signal processing section which processes a video signal;

a display section which displays a video corresponding to the processed video signal;

a user input section through which a user selection is inputted; and

a control section which uses index information to display on the display section first user selection icons corresponding to groups obtained by grouping a plurality of link items included in a web page displayed on the display apparatus into a predetermined number of groups, when the index information about the groups and the link items included in each group is received from the display apparatus through the communication section.

9. The remote controller according to claim 8, wherein when one of the first user selection icons is selected through the user input section, the controller controls the communication section to transmit the selection to the display apparatus, and controls the display section to display second user selection icons for the link items included in the group corresponding to the selected first user selection icon using the received index information.

10. A control method of a display apparatus, comprising:

receiving web page data including a plurality of link items;

processing the received web page data to display a web page;

grouping the plurality of link items included in the displayed web page into a predetermined number of groups and generating index information about the groups and the link items included in the groups; and

displaying first user selection icons corresponding to each group using the generated index information.

11. The method according to claim 10, further comprising:

when one of the first user selection icons is selected, displaying second user selection icons for the link items included in the group corresponding to the selected first user selection icon using the index information.

12. The method according to claim 11, further comprising extracting information about frames and the link items from the received web page data.

13. The method according to claim 12, wherein the generating index information comprises grouping the plurality of link items using the extracted information about the frames and the link items and generating index information about the link items included in each frame.

14. The method according to claim 13, further comprising transmitting the generated index information to a remote controller which controls the display apparatus.

15. A control method of a remote controller which controls a display apparatus and comprises a display section, comprising:

receiving index information about groups obtained by grouping a plurality of link items included in a web page displayed on the display apparatus into a predetermined number of groups and the link items included in each group, from the display apparatus; and

displaying first user selection icons corresponding to each group on the display section using the received index information.

16. The method according to claim 15, further comprising:

when one of the first user selection icons is selected, transmitting the selection to the display apparatus; and

displaying second user selection icons corresponding to the link items included in the group corresponding to the selected first user selection icon on the display section using the received index information.