WEB-BROWSING METHOD, AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE USING SAME

• US 20130239149A1
• Filed: 09/27/2011
• Published: 09/12/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 11/18/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Kim, Jaeuk, Choi, Gowoon
• Granted Patent: US 9,544,653 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/59
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/95 Retrieval from the web
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/955 using information identifiers, e.g. uniform resource locators [URL]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9562 Bookmark management
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00442 Simultaneous viewing of a plurality of images, e.g. using a mosaic display arrangement of thumbnails
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2362 Generation or processing of Service Information [SI]
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2365 Multiplexing of several video streams
• 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 21/431 Generation of visual interfaces for content selection or interaction; Content or additional data rendering
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4312 involving specific graphical features, e.g. screen layout, special fonts or colors, blinking icons, highlights or animations
• 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 21/4438 Window management, e.g. event handling following interaction with the user interface
• 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 21/472 End-user interface for requesting content, additional data or services; End-user interface for interacting with content, e.g. for content reservation or setting reminders, for requesting event notification, for manipulating displayed content end-user interfaces for retrieving video data from a database G06F16/739; network services for supporting unicast streaming H04L65/612
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4782 Web browsing , e.g. WebTV
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/482 End-user interface for program selection broadcast systems using EPGs H04H60/72
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4858 for modifying screen layout parameters, e.g. fonts, size of the windows
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6437 Real-time Transport Protocol [RTP]

Abstract

Provided is a method of performing web browsing in a video display device. The method includes: displaying on a screen a first object that displays a video of a broadcast signal received through a tuner and a second object that includes at least one application; selecting a web browsing application in the second object; displaying on a screen a web browser including thumbnail images corresponding to a plurality of web pages, respectively, in response to the selection of the application; selecting at least one of the thumbnail images in the web browser; and displaying a web page corresponding to the selected thumbnail image.

Claims

1-20. -20. (canceled)

21. A method of performing web browsing in a video display device, the method comprising:

displaying a web browsing application on a screen;

receiving a selection of the web browsing application; and

displaying at least one web page thumbnail image based on the selection of the web browsing application,

wherein the at least one web page thumbnail image is a thumbnail image of a web page that was previously captured at a time when a user'"'"'s capture request was made.

22. The method according to claim 21, wherein the thumbnail image of the web page is generated during a bookmarking operation by capturing the web page displayed on the screen in response to the user'"'"'s capture request, and storing the generated thumbnail image of the web page.

23. The method according to claim 21, further comprising:

displaying the web page corresponding to the at least one web page thumbnail image;

receiving a press of a button on a remote control device for more than a predetermined standard time to enable moving of the web page; and

moving the web page on the screen based on a movement of the remote control device.

24. The method according to claim 23, further comprising:

displaying a pointer on the screen based on the press of the button on the remote control device for more than the predetermined standard time; and

moving the web page on the screen in a moving direction of the pointer in accordance with the movement of the remote control device.

25. The method according to claim 24, wherein the displaying of the pointer indicates a web page moving mode of the video display device.

26. The method according to claim 21, further comprising:

displaying on the screen an image button representing web page thumbnail images of all currently-opened web pages;

receiving a selection of the image button; and

displaying simultaneously on the screen the web page thumbnail images of all currently-opened web pages based on the selection of the image button.

27. The method according to claim 26, wherein the image button displays a numeral that represents the number of all currently-opened web pages.

28. The method according to claim 21, further comprising:

receiving a selection of the at least one web page thumbnail image;

displaying the web page corresponding to the at least one web page thumbnail image; and

displaying a broadcast video simultaneously with the web page.

29. The method according to claim 28, wherein the broadcast video is a real-time broadcast video.

30. The method according to claim 28, wherein the broadcast video is displayed as a thumbnail image.

31. A video display device comprising:

a tuner configured to receive a broadcast signal for a broadcast video;

a storage unit configured to store a URL and at least one web page thumbnail image;

a user interface unit configured to receive a selection of a web browsing application;

a display unit configured to display on a screen the web browsing application, and the at least one web page thumbnail image based on the selection of the web browsing application; and

a network interface unit configured to access a corresponding server by using the stored URL in order to display a web page corresponding to the at least one web page thumbnail image,

wherein the at least one web page thumbnail image is a thumbnail image of the web page that was previously captured at a time when a user'"'"'s capture request was made.

32. The video display device according to claim 31, wherein the thumbnail image of the web page is generated during a bookmarking operation by capturing the web page displayed on the screen in response to the user'"'"'s capture request, and storing the generated thumbnail image of the web page.

33. The video display device according to claim 31, wherein the user interface unit further receives a press of a button on a remote control device for more than a predetermined standard time to enable moving of the web page, and

the display unit further displays the web page corresponding to the at least one web page thumbnail image, and displays moving of the web page on the screen based on a movement of the remote control device.

34. The video display device according to claim 33, wherein the display unit further displays a pointer on the screen based on the press of the button on the remote control device for more than the predetermined standard time, and displays moving of the web page on the screen in a moving direction of the pointer in accordance with the movement of the remote control device.

35. The video display device according to claim 34, wherein the display of the pointer indicates a web page moving mode of the video display device.

36. The video display device according to claim 31, wherein the user interface unit further receives a selection of the image button, and

the display unit further displays on the screen an image button representing web page thumbnail images of all currently-opened web pages, and displays simultaneously on the screen the web page thumbnail images of all currently-opened web pages based on the selection of the image button.

37. The video display device according to claim 36, wherein the image button displays a numeral that represents the number of all currently-opened web pages.

38. The video display device according to claim 31, wherein the user interface unit further receives a selection of the at least one web page thumbnail image, and

the display unit further displays the web page corresponding to the at least one web page thumbnail image, and displays a broadcast video simultaneously with the web page.

39. The video display device according to claim 38, wherein the broadcast video is a real-time broadcast video.

40. The video display device according to claim 38, wherein the broadcast video is displayed as a thumbnail image.