DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING VIRTUAL CHANNEL BROWSING AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF

• US 20120210367A1
• Filed: 02/16/2012
• Published: 08/16/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 02/16/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: LEE, Soonkyo, KIM, Ryoung
• Application Number:
  US13/398,426
• Publication Number:
  US 20120210367A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/56
• 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 21/4263 involving specific tuning arrangements, e.g. two tuners
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4314 for fitting data in a restricted space on the screen, e.g. EPG data in a rectangular grid
• 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 21/4622 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 21/4668 for recommending content, e.g. movies
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4722 for requesting additional data associated with the content
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4782 Web browsing , e.g. WebTV
• 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

Abstract

A display apparatus for performing virtual channel browsing and controlling method thereof are disclosed, by which hardware design can be simplified using a virtual channel browsing scheme and by which a channel browsing data processing speed can be increased.

Claims

1. A method of controlling a display apparatus, which activates a channel browsing, comprising the steps of:

receiving A/V data of a broadcast program via a 1^st path of a broadcast network;

receiving at least one event information currently broadcasted on each channel and a per-channel thumbnail image corresponding to the event via a 2^nd path of an internet network;

displaying video data included in the received AV data on a 1^st region within a screen of the display apparatus;

displaying a 1^st OSD (on screen display) including the received per-channel thumbnail image on a second region within the screen;

collecting at least one event corresponding to a preset reference; and

displaying a 2^nd OSD on the 2^nd region within the screen to display a thumbnail image of a channel carrying the collected event and thumbnail images of the rest of channels in a manner of discriminating the thumbnail image of the channel carrying the collected event from the thumbnail images of the rest of the channels.

2. The method of claim 1, the collecting step comprising the steps of:

displaying at least one category for determining an event to collect; and

selectively detecting events having additional information corresponding to the determined category.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the at least one category comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of a keyword, a main genre and a sub-genre.

4. The method of claim 3, if a plurality of categories are selected, the step of displaying the 2^nd OSD on the 2^nd region within the screen to display the thumbnail image of the channel carrying the collected event and the thumbnail images of the rest of the channels in a manner of discriminating the thumbnail image of the channel carrying the collected event from the thumbnail images of the rest of the channels, comprising the steps of:

giving a priority to each of the events in accordance with the number of matched categories among a plurality of the categories; and

differentially displaying the thumbnail image corresponding to the channel carrying the event in accordance with the given priority.

5. The method of claim 1, the step of displaying the 2^nd OSD on the 2^nd region within the screen to display the thumbnail image of the channel carrying the collected event and the thumbnail images of the rest of the channels in a manner of discriminating the thumbnail image of the channel carrying the collected event from the thumbnail images of the rest of the channels, comprising the step of simultaneously displaying the thumbnail image of the channel carrying the collected event and title information of the collected event.

6. A computer-readable recording medium, comprising a program for executing the method of claim 1, the program recorded in the computer-readable recording medium.

12. A computer-readable recording medium, comprising a program for executing the method of claim 2, the program recorded in the computer-readable recording medium.

13. A computer-readable recording medium, comprising a program for executing the method of claim 3, the program recorded in the computer-readable recording medium.

14. A computer-readable recording medium, comprising a program for executing the method of claim 4, the program recorded in the computer-readable recording medium.

15. A computer-readable recording medium, comprising a program for executing the method of claim 5, the program recorded in the computer-readable recording medium.

7. A display apparatus for activating a channel browsing, comprising:

a broadcast network interface receiving A/V data of a broadcast program via a 1^st path of a broadcast network;

an internet network interface receiving at least one event information currently broadcasted on each channel and a per-channel thumbnail image corresponding to the event via a 2^nd path of an internet network;

a display unit displaying video data included in the received AV data on a 1^st region within a screen of the display apparatus, the display unit displaying a 1^st OSD (on screen display) including the received per-channel thumbnail image on a second region within the screen;

a collector collecting at least one event corresponding to a preset reference; and

a controller displaying a 2^nd OSD on the 2^nd region within the screen to display a thumbnail image of a channel carrying the collected event and thumbnail images of the rest of channels in a manner of discriminating the thumbnail image of the channel carrying the collected event from the thumbnail images of the rest of the channels.

8. The display apparatus of claim 7, wherein the display unit displays at least one category for determining an event to collect and wherein the collector selectively detects events having additional information corresponding to the determined category.

9. The display apparatus of claim 8, wherein the at least one category comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of a keyword, a main genre and a sub-genre.

10. The display apparatus of claim 9, wherein if a plurality of categories are selected, the controller gives a priority to each of the events in accordance with the number of matched categories among a plurality of the categories and differentially displays the thumbnail image corresponding to the channel carrying the event in accordance with the given priority.

11. The display apparatus of claim 7, wherein the controller controls title information of the collected event to be displayed in a manner of being overlaid on the thumbnail image of the channel carrying the collected event.