IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING SAME

• US 20130152138A1
• Filed: 04/27/2010
• Published: 06/13/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 04/27/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Jeong, Young Ho, Ha, Eun Hee
• Granted Patent: US 9,015,751 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/59
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0346 with detection of the device orientation or free movement in a 3D space, e.g. 3D mice, 6-DOF [six degrees of freedom] pointers using gyroscopes, accelerometers or tilt-sensors
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0486 Drag-and-drop
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/08 among terminal devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4147 PVR [Personal Video Recorder] H04N5/76 takes precedence ; arrangements for broadcast with accumulation-type receivers H04H20/40
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47202 for requesting content on demand, e.g. video on demand
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4788 communicating with other users, e.g. chatting arrangements for providing for computer conferences, e.g. chat rooms, to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1813; distributed application using peer-to-peer [P2P] networks H04L67/104
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/482 End-user interface for program selection broadcast systems using EPGs H04H60/72
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/632 using a connection between clients on a wide area network, e.g. setting up a peer-to-peer communication via Internet for retrieving video segments from the hard-disk of other client devices broadcast-related systems characterised by transmission among terminal devices H04H60/80; distributed application using peer-to-peer [P2P] networks H04L67/104

Abstract

The present invention relates to an image display device and to a method for operating same. The method for operating the image display device according to one embodiment of the present invention includes: replaying content; when a command for storing the replayed content exists, storing at least one portion of the replayed content; displaying a content object indicating the stored content; displaying objects indicating another user or electric device for an accessed network or another network linked to the accessed network; and, when a content object is dragged and dropped in a selected object among the objects indicating the other user or electronic device, transmitting content corresponding to a selected object and having been selected by a user or stored in a selected electronic device. Therefore, the present invention can enhance use convenience for users.

Claims

1. A method for operating an image display device, the method comprising:

replaying content;

storing at least one portion of the replayed content when a storage command on the replayed content exists;

displaying a content object indicating the stored content;

displaying an object indicating the other users or the other electronic devices of an accessed network or the other networks linked to the accessed network; and

transmitting the stored content to a selected user or a selected electronic device corresponding to the selected object when the content object is dragged to be dropped to an object selected from the object indicating the other users or the other electronic devices.

2. The method for claim 1, wherein transmitting the stored content comprises:

determining a network access state of the selected user or the selected electronic device;

changing a data amount of corresponding content in accordance with the network access state or a data amount of the stored content; and

transmitting the content data whose amount is changed to the selected user or the selected electronic device.

3. The method for claim 1, further comprising generating a thumbnail image indicating the stored content,

wherein transmitting the stored content comprises:

transmitting the thumbnail image to the selected user or the selected electronic device; and

receiving a request to transmit corresponding content from the selected user or the selected electronic device, and

wherein the stored content is transmitted to the selected user or the selected electronic device in accordance with the transmission request.

4. The method for claim 1, further comprising:

displaying a stored content list; and

selecting one from the stored content list,

wherein, in transmitting the stored content, the selected content is transmitted to the selected user or the selected electronic device.

5. The method for claim 1, further comprising displaying an image related to the replayed content.

6. The method for claim 1, further comprising:

displaying an application object indicating applications stored in the image display device,

wherein storing at least one portion of the replayed content is performed when an object indicating content storage is selected from the application object.

7. The method for claim 1, wherein the stored content data comprises content data replayed before the storage command.

8. The method for claim 1, further comprising terminating the content storage when a shutdown command on the content storage exists after the storage command.

9. The method for claim 1, further comprising displaying an object indicating that the content is being stored or indicating an amount of the stored content.

10. The method for claim 1, wherein the content is at least one of a broadcasting image, an external input image, an audio file, a still image, an accessed web screen, and a document file.

11. An image display device, comprising:

a display unit;

a network interface unit to transmit data to or receiving data from a network;

a storage unit to store at least one portion of replayed content when a content storage command exists when content is replayed; and

a controller to control the display unit to display a content object indicating the stored content, control the display unit to display an object indicating the other users or the other electronic devices of the accessed network or the other networks linked to the accessed network, and control the display unit to transmit the stored content to a selected user or a selected electronic device corresponding to a selected object when the content object is dragged to be dropped to the selected object of an object indicating the other users or the other electronic devices.

12. The image display device for claim 11, wherein the controller performs control so that a data amount of corresponding content is changed in accordance with a network access state of the selected user or the selected electronic device or a data amount of the stored content and that the content data whose amount is changed is transmitted to the selected user or the selected electronic device.

13. The image display device for claim 11, the controller generates a thumbnail image indicating the stored content, transmits the thumbnail image to the selected user or the selected electronic device when the stored content is transmitted, receives a request to transmit corresponding content from the selected user or the selected electronic device, and transmits the stored content to the selected user or the selected electronic device.

14. The image display device for claim 11,

wherein the display unit displays a stored content list, and

wherein the controller performs control so that content selected from the content list is transmitted to the selected user or the selected electronic device.

15. The image display device for claim 11,

wherein the display unit displays an application object indicating applications stored in an image display device, and

wherein the controller controls the storage unit to store at least one portion of replayed content when an object indicating content storage is selected from the application object.

16. The image display device for claim 11, wherein the storage unit includes content data replayed before the storage command to store the replayed content data.

17. The image display device for claim 11, wherein the controller controls the storage unit to stop storing the content when a shutdown command on the content storage exists.

18. The image display device for claim 11, wherein the controller controls the display unit to display an object indicating that content is being stored or indicating an amount of the stored content.

19. The image display device for claim 11, wherein the controller performs control so that applications that are stored in the image display device or that may be downloaded from an external apparatus or an external network are displayed when an application display command exists.

20. The image display device for claim 15, further comprising:

a user input interface unit to receive a control signal from a remote controlling apparatus to process the received control signal; and

a platform to transmit or receive data through the network in accordance with the control signal received from the remote controlling apparatus, wherein the platform comprises;

an OS kernel; and

an application driven on the OS kernel, and

wherein the application comprises applications that may be downloaded through the network to be provided or deleted.