IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANAGING CONTENTS USING THE SAME

• US 20120266093A1
• Filed: 06/27/2011
• Published: 10/18/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 04/18/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: PARK, Hyorim, Choe, Dami
• Granted Patent: US 9,164,672 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/769
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0486 Drag-and-drop
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1454 involving copying of the display data of a local workstation or window to a remote workstation or window so that an actual copy of the data is displayed simultaneously on two or more displays, e.g. teledisplay
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/14 Display of multiple viewports
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72409 by interfacing with external accessories hands-free H04M1/60
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4122 additional display device, e.g. video projector digital output for controlling a plurality of local displays G06F3/1423
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4126 The peripheral being portable, e.g. PDAs or mobile phones
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6112 involving terrestrial transmission, e.g. DVB-T
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6125 involving transmission via Internet transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6175 involving transmission via Internet broadcast-related systems characterised by the transmission system being the Internet H04H60/82
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/00 Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

A method of managing contents using an image display device, and which includes connecting, via a network interface unit of the image display device, a mobile terminal to the image display device; displaying, on a display unit of the image display device, a first display screen including an input stream processed by the image display device; displaying, on a display unit of the image display device, a third display screen including at least one of first contents stored in the image display device and second contents stored in the image display device; displaying, on the display unit of the image display device, a second display screen including a Quick Access tray; receiving, via an input unit of the image display device, a first input command indicating a selection of one of the first or second contents and placing of the selected one of the first or second contents in the displayed Quick Access tray; creating, via controller of the image display device, a Quick Access item corresponding to the selected one of the first or second contents in the displayed Quick Access tray based on the first input command; receiving a second input command indicating a selection of the created Quick Access item; and executing an application corresponding to the selected Quick Access item on one of the first and third display screens of the image display device based on the second input command.

Claims

1. A method of managing contents using an image display device, the method comprising:

connecting, via a network interface unit of the image display device, a mobile terminal to the image display device;

displaying, on a display unit of the image display device, a first display screen including an input stream processed by the image display device;

displaying, on a display unit of the image display device, a third display screen including at least one of first contents stored in the image display device and second contents stored in the image display device;

displaying, on the display unit of the image display device, a second display screen including a Quick Access tray;

receiving, via an input unit of the image display device, a first input command indicating a selection of one of the first or second contents and placing of the selected one of the first or second contents in the displayed Quick Access tray;

creating, via controller of the image display device, a Quick Access item corresponding to the selected one of the first or second contents in the displayed Quick Access tray based on the first input command;

receiving a second input command indicating a selection of the created Quick Access item; and

executing an application corresponding to the selected Quick Access item on one of the first and third display screens of the image display device based on the second input command.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying an image representation of the mobile terminal including the first contents in the third display screen.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the first input command is a dragging and dropping input command from the third display screen to the second display screen.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

automatically creating Quick Access items in the Quick Access tray corresponding to the first contents stored in the mobile terminal or the second contents stored in the image display device.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a third input command indicating a selection of the Quick Access item displayed in the Quick Access tray; and

performing at least one of a) deleting the selected Quick Access item, b) changing a position of the Quick Access item, and c) changing a displayed size of the Quick Access item based on the third input command.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

realigning, expanding, or highlighting the Quick Access item depending upon a frequency of use of the Quick Access item.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

when the first contents cannot be executed or when the mobile terminal having the second contents stored therein cannot communicate with the image display device, indicating the Quick Access item corresponding the first contents or the second contents as being in a non-active state.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the second input command is a dragging and dropping input command dropping the Quick Access item to the first or third display screens.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein when the second input command is the dragging and dropping input command dropping the Quick Access item to the first display screen, the executing step displays an output of the executing application in the first display screen, and when the second input command is the dragging and dropping input command dropping the Quick Access item to the third display screen, the executing step control the mobile terminal to execute the application and display the output of the executing application on the mobile terminal.

10. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

when the second input command selects a Quick Access item of second contents indicated as being non-active, connecting the mobile terminal having the second contents indicated as being non-active to the image display device, so as to enable communication between the mobile terminal and the image display device.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the second and third display screens are displayed on the first display screen in the form of on-screen displays (OSDs).

12. An image display device, comprising:

a network interface unit configured to connect a mobile terminal to the image display device;

a display unit configured to display a first display screen including an input stream processed by the image display device, to display a third display screen including at least one of first contents stored in the image display device and second contents stored in the image display device, and to display a second display screen including a Quick Access tray;

an input unit configured to receive a first input command indicating a selection of one of the first or second contents and placing of the selected one of the first or second contents in the displayed Quick Access tray; and

a controller configured to create a Quick Access item corresponding to the selected one of the first or second contents in the displayed Quick Access tray based on the first input command, to receive a second input command indicating a selection of the created Quick Access item, and to execute an application corresponding to the selected Quick Access item on one of the first and third display screens of the image display device based on the second input command.

13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the display unit is further configured to display an image representation of the mobile terminal including the first contents in the third display screen.

14. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the first input command is a dragging and dropping input command from the third display screen to the second display screen.

15. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the controller is further configured to automatically create Quick Access items in the Quick Access tray corresponding to the first contents stored in the mobile terminal or the second contents stored in the image display device.

16. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the controller is further configured to receive a third input command indicating a selection of the Quick Access item displayed in the Quick Access tray, and to perform at least one of a) deleting the selected Quick Access item, b) changing a position of the Quick Access item, and c) changing a displayed size of the Quick Access item based on the third input command.

17. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the controller is further configured to realign, expand, or highlight the Quick Access item depending upon a frequency of use of the Quick Access item.

18. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the display unit is further configured to indicate the Quick Access item corresponding the first contents or the second contents as being in a non-active state, when the first contents cannot be executed or when the mobile terminal having the second contents stored therein cannot communicate with the image display device.

19. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the second input command is a dragging and dropping input command dropping the Quick Access item to the first or third display screens.

20. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein when the second input command is the dragging and dropping input command dropping the Quick Access item to the first display screen, the display unit is further configured to display an output of the executing application in the first display screen, and when the second input command is the dragging and dropping input command dropping the Quick Access item to the third display screen, the controller is further configured to control the mobile terminal to execute the application and display the output of the executing application on the mobile terminal.

21. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the controller is further configured to connect the mobile terminal having the second contents indicated as being non-active to the image display device so as to enable communication between the mobile terminal and the image display device, when the second input command selects a Quick Access item of second contents indicated as being non-active.

22. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the display unit is further configured to display the second and third display screens on the first display screen in the form of on-screen displays (OSDs).