METHOD FOR PROVIDING PREVIOUS WATCH LIST OF CONTENTS PROVIDED BY DIFFERENT SOURCES, AND DISPLAY DEVICE WHICH PERFORMS SAME

• US 20150074604A1
• Filed: 11/13/2014
• Published: 03/12/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 04/22/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: LEE, Suzin, SEO, Hyunkyung, CHO, Suyeon
• Granted Patent: US 9,936,254 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/825
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4332 by placing content in organized collections, e.g. local EPG data repository interfaces, Database management systems or updating for information retrieval G06F16/23; details of retrieval of video data and associated meta data in video database G06F16/739
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/440272 for performing aspect ratio conversion
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44204 Monitoring of content usage, e.g. the number of times a movie has been viewed, copied or the amount which has been watched monitoring of user activities for profile generation for accessing a video database G06F16/739; protecting generic digital content where the protection is independent of the precise nature of the content G06F21/10; arrangements for monitoring the use made of the broadcast services in broadcast systems H04H60/31
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44222 Analytics of user selections, e.g. selection of programs or purchase activity monitoring of user selections in data processing systems G06F11/34; arrangements for monitoring the user's behaviour or opinions in broadcast systems H04H60/33
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4532 involving end-user characteristics, e.g. viewer profile, preferences monitoring of user activities for profile generation for accessing a video database G06F16/739; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306; processing of user preferences or user profiles in wireless networks H04W8/18
• 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 21/4826 using recommendation lists, e.g. of programs or channels sorted out according to their score

Abstract

A display device and a method of providing a contents list are provided. An apparatus/method is provided. The method includes: playing contents; determining whether the contents are played over a predetermined time; when the contents are played over the predetermined time, storing information on the contents in a previously-viewed-contents list; and once a request signal for displaying the previously-viewed-contents list occurs, displaying the previously-viewed-contents list.

Claims

1. A device, comprising:

a interface unit configured to receive a request; and

a control unit configured to;

output a contents list including a plurality of contents items that have been previously viewed or executed,

receive a first request for outputting a menu which is used for aligning the plurality of contents items,

output the menu according to the received first request, wherein the menu includes a preference option for aligning the plurality of contents items in a preference order,

receive a second request for selecting the preference option included in the menu, and

aligning the plurality of contents items in the preference order according to the received second request.

2. The device of the claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of content items represents one of a content provider for providing a content, a thumbnail image of the content and an external device storing the content.

3. The device of the claim 2, wherein when a specific content provider from the contents list is selected, and

the control unit outputs a viewed or executed contents history including contents that a user viewed or executed previously among contents provided from the content provider.

4. The device of the claim 2, wherein the menu further includes a time option for aligning the plurality of contents items in a time order, and

the control unit aligns the plurality of contents items in a recently viewed contents item order when the time option included in the menu is selected.

5. The device of the claim 2, wherein the menu further includes a content provider option for aligning the plurality of contents items in a content provider order, and

the plurality of contents items are grouped by each contents item having the same content provider when the content provider option included in the menu is selected and each of the content items represents the thumbnail image of the content.

6. The device of the claim 1, further comprising:

a broadcast receiving unit configured to receive a broadcast signal.

7. The device of the claim 1, wherein the control unit receives the first request and the second request from a remote controller or a local key.

8. The device of the claim 1, wherein the control unit outputs the menu in a OSD (On Screen Display) format.

9. The device of the claim 2, wherein the control unit outputs the thumbnail image of the content on the contents list when the content is played or executed over a predetermined time.

10. The device of the claim 3, further comprising a memory unit configured to store information on a channel and a broadcasting station corresponding to the previously viewed or executed contents provided from a terrestrial broadcasting station.

11. The device of the claim 3, further comprising a memory unit configured to store information on the previously viewed or executed contents, information on the previously viewed or executed contents includes information on the content provider providing the previously viewed or executed contents when the previously viewed or executed contents are provided via a network.

12. The device of the claim 11, wherein the control unit deletes the first stored information on a previously viewed or executed content when the previously viewed or executed contents are more than a predetermined number.