DISPLAY APPARATUS AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD USING THE SAME

• US 20130198651A1
• Filed: 01/23/2013
• Published: 08/01/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 01/31/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: KIM, Dae-hyun, YOON, Yeo-ri, HYEON, Su-gyeong
• Application Number:
  US13/747,664
• Publication Number:
  US 20130198651A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/747
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04804 Transparency, e.g. transparent or translucent windows
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• 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: H04H 60/74 using programme related information, e.g. title, composer or interpreter
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4438 Window management, e.g. event handling following interaction with the user interface
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4542 Blocking scenes or portions of the received content, e.g. censoring scenes
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4722 for requesting additional data associated with the content
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4858 for modifying screen layout parameters, e.g. fonts, size of the windows

Abstract

A display apparatus is disclosed. The display apparatus includes a receiver which receives contents, a display unit which displays the received contents, a controller which displays a UI (User Interface) which, if a predetermined event occurs, poses a question regarding whether additional information corresponding to the contents is intended to be received, and, when an additional information reject command is input through the UI, the controller controls to change a display format of the UI when the UI is displayed thereafter.

Claims

1. A display apparatus comprising:

a receiver which receives contents;

a display unit which displays the received contents; and

a controller which controls the display unit to display a user interface which poses a question regarding whether additional information corresponding to the contents is intended to be received if a predetermined event occurs, and when an additional information reject command is input through the user interface, controls the display unit to change a display format of the user interface when the user interface is displayed thereafter.

2. The display apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a communication interface which communicates with a server, and which receives the additional information corresponding to the contents,

wherein the controller receives the additional information and controls the display unit to display the additional information when a receive command for the additional information is input through the user interface.

3. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, if the additional information reject command is input a preset number of times through the user interface, the controller controls the display unit to not display the user interface even if the predetermined event occurs.

4. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, if the additional information reject command is input a preset number of times through the user interface, the controller reduces a size or increases a transparency of the user interface if the predetermined event occurs and the user interface is displayed on the display unit.

5. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the controller controls the display unit to display a channel selecting user interface to select a channel according to a user'"'"'s command to receive the additional information to be displayed on the display unit.

6. The display apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the controller controls the display unit to display the user interface which poses a question regarding whether the additional information corresponding to the contents provided by the channel selected through the channel selecting user interface is intended to be received.

7. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the controller controls the display unit to display the channel selecting user interface when the additional information reject command is input a preset number of times through the user interface.

8. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the additional information includes at least one of detailed information on the contents and an advertisement related to the contents.

9. An additional information providing method of a display apparatus displaying contents, the method comprising:

receiving the contents;

displaying the received contents; and

displaying a user interface which poses a question regarding whether additional information corresponding to the contents is intended to be received if a predetermined event occurs; and

when an additional information reject command is input through the user interface, changing a display format of the user interface when the user interface is displayed thereafter.

10. The additional information providing method according to claim 9, further comprising receiving the additional information from a server and displaying the additional information when a receive command for the additional information is input through the user interface.

11. The additional information providing method according to claim 9, wherein the changing a display format of the user interface and displaying the user interface comprises if the additional information reject command is input a preset number of times through the user interface, the user interface is not displayed even if the predetermined event occurs.

12. The additional information providing method according to claim 9, wherein the changing a display format of the user interface and displaying the user interface comprises reducing a size or increasing a transparency of the user interface displayed thereafter if the predetermined event occurs, the user interface is displayed on the display unit, and if the additional information reject command is input a preset number of times through the user interface.

13. The additional information providing method according to claim 9, further comprising displaying a channel selecting user interface selecting a channel according to a user'"'"'s command to receive the additional information to be displayed.

14. The additional information providing method according to claim 13, wherein the displaying the user interface which poses a question regarding whether additional information corresponding to the contents provided by the channel selected through the channel selecting user interface is intended to be received.

15. The additional information providing method according to claim 9, wherein the displaying the channel selecting user interface displays the channel selecting user interface when the additional information reject command is input a preset number of times through the user interface.

16. The additional information providing method according to claim 9, wherein the additional information includes at least one of detailed information on the contents and an advertisement on the contents.

17. An additional information providing system comprising:

a server;

a display apparatus interconnected with the server through a network,

wherein the display apparatus comprises;

a receiver which receives contents,

a display unit which displays the received contents, and

a controller which controls the display unit to display a user interface which poses a question regarding whether additional information corresponding to the contents is intended to be received if a predetermined even occurs, and

when an additional information reject command is input through the user interface, controls the display unit to change a display format of the user interface when the user interface is displayed thereafter.

18. The additional information providing system according to claim 17, wherein the controller receives the additional information and controls the display unit to display the additional information when a receive command for the additional information is input through the user interface.

19. The additional information providing system according to claim 17, wherein, if the additional information reject command is input a preset number of times through the user interface, the controller controls not to display the user interface even if the predetermined event occurs.

20. The additional information providing system according to claim 17, wherein, if the additional information reject command is input a preset number of times through the user interface, the controller reduces a size or increases a transparency of the user interface if the predetermined event occurs and the user interface is displayed on the display unit.