DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF THE SAME

• US 20150020001A1
• Filed: 06/06/2014
• Published: 01/15/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 07/15/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: HONG, Jin-woo, KIM, Woo-seok, PARK, Young-min
• Application Number:
  US14/298,671
• Publication Number:
  US 20150020001A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/753
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking

Abstract

Apparatuses and methods related to a display apparatus and a control method of the same are provided. More particularly, the apparatuses and methods relate to a display apparatus which displays a common service for a plurality of user accounts and a control method of the same. A display apparatus includes: a communication section which communicates with a server offering a predetermined account service; a user input section which receives a login by a user of a user account with regard to the account service; a controller which determines whether to display combination service information where account service information corresponding to the user and account service information corresponding to at least one user different from the user are combined; and a display section which displays the combination service information based on the determination.

Claims

1. A method of controlling a display apparatus, the method comprising:

allowing a user to log in to a user account with regard to an account service;

determining whether to display combination service information where account service information corresponding to the user and account service information corresponding to at least one user different from the user are combined; and

displaying the combination service information based on the determining.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the determining whether to display the combination service information determines whether a user account of the at least one user is different from that of the user that logs in with regard to the account service.

3. The method according to claim 2, further comprising:

determining whether the user of the user account and the at least one user different from the user of the at least one user account different from the user logs out; and

displaying second combination service information where the account service information respectively corresponding to another user accounts except the user account that logs out are combined.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the determining whether to display the combination service information comprises determining whether to display the combination service information based on an account addition command input through a user input section for the at least one user different from the user.

5. The method according to claim 4, further comprising:

determining whether an account exclusion command is input for the user and the at least one user different from the user; and

displaying second combination service information where the account service information respectively corresponding to other user accounts, except a user account corresponding to the account exclusion command, are combined.

6. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

receiving the combination service information, where the account service information corresponding to the user and the account service information corresponding to the at least one user different from the user are combined, from a server offering the account service.

7. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

respectively receiving, as received account service information, the account service information corresponding to the user and the account service information corresponding to the at least one user different from the user from a server offering the account service; and

generating the combination service information based on the received account service information.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein the combination service information comprises at least one of time combination service information and space combination service information.

9. A display apparatus, comprising:

a communication section which communicates with a server offering an account service;

a user input section which receives a login by a user of a user account with regard to the account service;

a controller which makes a determination as to whether to display combination service information where account service information corresponding to the user and account service information corresponding to at least one user different from the user are combined; and

a display section which displays the combination service information based on the determination.

10. The display apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the controller determines whether at least one user different from the user of the at least one user account different from the user logs in with regard to the account service, and controls the combination service information to be displayed when the at least one user different from the user of the at least one user account different from the user logs in with regard to the account service.

11. The display apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the controller determines whether the user and the at least one user different from the user logs out as a logout account, and controls second combination service information, where account service information respectively corresponding to other user accounts except the determined logout account are combined, to be displayed.

12. The display apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the controller determines whether an account addition command is input for at least one user different from the login user logged-in through the user input section, and controls the combination service information to be displayed when the account addition command is input.

13. The display apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the controller determines whether an account exclusion command is input for the user and the at least one user different from the user through the user input section, and controls second combination service information, where account service information respectively corresponding to other user accounts except a user account corresponding to the account exclusion command are combined, to be displayed.

14. The display apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the controller controls the communication section to receive the combination service information, where the account service information corresponding to the user and the account service information corresponding to the at least one user different from the user are combined, from a server offering the account service.

15. The display apparatus according to claim 9, further comprising a combination service information generator, wherein

the controller controls the communication section to receive account service information as received account service information corresponding to the user and account service information corresponding to the at least one user different from the user respectively from a server offering the account service, and controls the combination service information generator to generate the combination service information based on the received account service information of respective users.

16. The display apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the combination service information comprises at least one of time combination service information and space combination service information.

17. A non-transitory computer readable storage storing a method of controlling a display, the method comprising:

allowing a first user to log in with regard to a service;

determining whether to display combination service information where service information corresponding to the first user and service information corresponding to a second user different from the first user are combined; and

displaying the combination service information based on the determining.

18. A storage according to claim 17, further comprising allowing the second user to log out and the combination service information of other users is displayed.

19. A storage according to claim 17, further comprising allowing the first user to enter an exclusion command and the combination service information of non-excluded users is displayed.

20. A storage according to claim 17, wherein the displaying displays the combination service information one of spatially and temporally.

21. A method, comprising:

allowing users to log in to a server to obtain information from the server; and

displaying a spatial relationship of the users on a map.

22. A method, comprising:

allowing users to log in to a server to request information from the server; and

displaying a temporal relationship of user requests on a time line.