Television Receiver, Method of Controlling the Receiver, and Network Construction Device

• US 20130133001A1
• Filed: 01/16/2013
• Published: 05/23/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 06/27/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hisense Visual Technology Co., Ltd. (Qingdao Huatong State-Owned Capital Operation (Group) Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Toshiba Visual Solutions Corporation (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Kato, Hirotsugu
• Granted Patent: US 9,294,818 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/37
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2358 for generating different versions, e.g. for different recipient devices
• 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 21/4316 for displaying supplemental content in a region of the screen, e.g. an advertisement in a separate window
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44224 Monitoring of user activity on external systems, e.g. Internet browsing
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4432 Powering on the client, e.g. bootstrap loading using setup parameters being stored locally or received from the server resetting in general G06F1/14; program loading or initiating in general G06F9/445; bootstrapping in general G06F9/4401; secure boots of computer platforms G06F21/57
• 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 21/47 End-user applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4782 Web browsing , e.g. WebTV
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4856 for language selection, e.g. for the menu or subtitles
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/643 Communication protocols network streaming protocols, e.g. real-time transport protocol [RTP] or real-time control protocol [RTCP], H04L65/65

Abstract

According to one embodiment, the present invention is designed to automatically determine the language of the content distributed when connecting to the Web server so as to agree with the language configured at the initial setup. The present invention has following elements. An initial setup module maintains initial setup information that indicates at least a menu language. A setup information association process module which determines a language request signal to request a language the same as the menu language indicated in the initial setup information. And a network control module which accesses the World Wide Web while transmitting the language request signal to determine a browser language.

Claims

1. (canceled)

2. A television apparatus comprising:

a tuner for receiving and decoding a digital broadcasting signal;

a transport decoder configured to select a television program from the decoded broadcasting signal;

an on-screen display (OSD) controller configured to control an output of a display menu;

a connection module configured to connect the television apparatus to a world wide web server;

an initial setup module configured to set a menu language of the display menu;

a network control module configured to access the world wide web server through the connection module by using information that indicates at least the menu language which is set by the initial setup module;

a language content selection module configured to select content of a language from a set of content of a plurality of languages stored in the world wide web server, wherein the language is the same language utilized by the display menu; and

a browser function control module configured to display content delivered from the world wide web server.

3. The television apparatus of claim 2, further comprising:

a remote control command process module for reflecting a user operation input on the electronic device, wherein the user operation determines a menu language when the user places a cursor being at a selected language indication among menu languages on the display menu and presses an enter button.

4. The television apparatus of claim 2, wherein the information is configured to cause the world wide web server to deliver content in the set menu language.

5. The television apparatus of claim 2, wherein the information includes a language request signal.

6. A method of controlling a television apparatus, the television apparatus comprising, a tuner for receiving and decoding a digital broadcasting signal, a transport decoder for selecting a television program from the decoded broadcasting signal, an OSD-controller for controlling an output of a display menu, a connection module for connecting the electronic device to a world wide web server, an initial setup module for setting a menu language of the display menu, and a language content selection module, the method comprising:

accessing the world wide web server by using information that indicates at least the menu language which is set by the initial setup module, through the connection module;

selecting content of one of languages from a set of content of various languages stored in the world wide web server wherein the one of languages is the same language with that of the display menu; and

displaying content delivered from the world wide web server.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

reflecting a user operation input on the electronic device, wherein the user operation determines a menu language when the user places a cursor being at a selected language indication among menu languages on the display menu and presses an enter button.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein the information is configured to cause the world wide web server to deliver content in the set menu language.

9. The method of claim 6, wherein the information includes a language request signal.

10. A television apparatus comprising:

a tuner configured to receive and decode a broadcasting signal;

a transport decoder configured to select a television program from the decoded broadcasting signal;

an on-screen display (OSD) controller configured to control an output of a display menu;

a connection module configured to connect the television apparatus to a world wide web server; and

a controller including configured to (i) set a menu language of the display menu, (ii) access the world wide web server through the connection module by using information that indicates at least the menu language, (iii) select content of a first language from a set of content of a plurality of languages stored in the world wide web server, wherein the first language is the same language utilized by the display menu, and (iv) display content delivered from the world wide web server.

11. The television apparatus of claim 10, wherein the controller is further configured to reflect a user operation input on the electronic device, wherein the user operation determines a menu language when the user places a cursor being at a selected language indication among menu languages on the display menu and presses an enter button.

12. The television apparatus of claim 10, wherein the information is configured to cause the world wide web server to deliver content in the set menu language.

13. The television apparatus of claim 10, wherein the information includes a language request signal.