DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME

• US 20130080194A1
• Filed: 01/18/2012
• Published: 03/28/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 09/27/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: KIM, Yunjung, IM, Hyeongjin
• Application Number:
  US13/352,578
• Publication Number:
  US 20130080194A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/5
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34

Abstract

A display device includes a communication unit for receiving user related data from a mobile device, a memory for storing metadata of content and an advertising message associated with the content, a matching unit for extracting at least one matching element from the user related data and comparing the extracted matching element and at least one matching element included in the metadata of the content to select a content item, a controller for detecting whether or not the mobile device is in a communicable state at intervals of a preset period and controlling the communication unit according to the detection, and controlling the matching unit using the user related data, a display unit for displaying the selected content item, and an advertising message transmitter for transmitting an advertising message associated with the selected content item to the mobile device.

Claims

1. A display device comprising:

a communication unit for receiving user related data from a mobile device;

a memory for storing metadata of content and an advertising message associated with the content;

a matching unit for extracting at least one matching element from the user related data and comparing the extracted matching element and at least one matching element included in the metadata of the content to select a content item;

a controller for detecting whether or not the mobile device is in a communicable state at intervals of a preset period and controlling the communication unit according to the detection, and controlling the matching unit using the user related data;

a display unit for displaying the selected content item; and

an advertising message transmitter for transmitting an advertising message associated with the selected content item to the mobile device.

2. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the advertising message transmitter transmits the advertising message associated with the selected content item to the mobile device when the mobile device is a terminal that has subscribed to a preset service.

3. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the advertising message transmitter transmits an advertising message associated with preset content to the mobile device regardless of the user related data when the mobile device is located within a preset region.

4. The display device according to claim 2, wherein the advertising message includes product information, discount information, event information, a mobile coupon, and a mobile ticket associated with the content.

5. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the matching element includes at least one of a position, age, sex, an interested product, an interested field, and a purchase history of a user.

6. The display device according to claim 1, further comprising a scheduler for generating a list of at least one content item selected by the matching unit at intervals of a preset time and setting a schedule of display of each content item of the list according to a preset criterion,

wherein the controller performs a control operation for displaying a corresponding content item according to the schedule.

7. The display device according to claim 6, wherein the preset criterion includes, for at least one content item selected by the matching unit, at least one of the number of times the content item has been displayed, a time when the content item has been displayed, a date when the content item has been displayed, and the number of times an advertising message associated with the content item has been transmitted.

8. A method for controlling a display device, the method comprising:

detecting a mobile device that is in a communicable state at intervals of a preset period;

receiving user related data from the mobile device;

extracting at least one matching element from the user related data and comparing the extracted matching element and at least one matching element included in metadata of content;

selecting a specific content item according to a result of the comparison; and

displaying the selected content item.

9. The method according to claim 8, further comprising transmitting the advertising message associated with the selected content item to the mobile device when the mobile device is a terminal that has subscribed to a preset service.

10. The method according to claim 8, further comprising transmitting an advertising message associated with preset content to the mobile device regardless of the user related data when the mobile device is located within a preset region.

11. The method according to claim 9, wherein the advertising message includes product info nation, discount information, event information, a mobile coupon, and a mobile ticket associated with the content.

12. The method according to claim 8, wherein the matching element includes at least one of a position, age, sex, an interested product, an interested field, and a purchase history of a user.

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

generating a list of at least one selected content item at intervals of a preset time;

setting a schedule of display of each content item of the list according to a preset criterion; and

displaying a corresponding content item according to the schedule.

14. The method according to claim 13, wherein the preset criterion includes, for at least one selected content item, at least one of the number of times the content item has been displayed, a time when the content item has been displayed, a date when the content item has been displayed, and the number of times an advertising message associated with the content item has been transmitted.

15. A computer readable recording medium storing a program for performing the method according to claim 8.