Method for controlling autostart of data application and video playback apparatus thereof

• US 8,019,984 B2
• Filed: 04/06/2007
• Issued: 09/13/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 09/11/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kim, Moon-Soo
• Primary Examiner(s): Tran; Vincent T
• Application Number:
  US11/783,168
• Publication Number:
  US 20080063354A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,621 Days
• Field of Search: 713/1, 713/2, 725/25, 725/27, 725/38
• US Class Current: 713/2
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4432 Powering on the client, e.g. bootstrap loading using setup parameters being stored locally or received from the server resetting in general G06F1/14; program loading or initiating in general G06F9/445; bootstrapping in general G06F9/4401; secure boots of computer platforms G06F21/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47 End-user applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/485 End-user interface for client configuration
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8173 End-user applications, e.g. Web browser, game
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/44 Receiver circuitry for the reception of television signals according to analogue transmission standards H04N5/14 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/445 for displaying additional information H04N5/50 takes precedence

Abstract

A method for controlling an autostart of a data application and a video playback apparatus thereof are provided. The method for controlling an autostart of a data application includes determining stored setup information of a start procedure of the data application, and executing the data application according to the determined setup information of the start method of the data application. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the data application from being automatically started unintentionally, and only the required data application can be automatically started by user control, and accordingly, user convenience is enhanced.

Claims

1. A method for controlling an autostart of a data application, comprising:

determining stored setup information of a start procedure of the data application; and

executing the data application according to the determined setup information of the start procedure of the data application,

wherein the executing comprises executing the data application according to the stored setup information of the start procedure of the data application even though an autostart flag is not present in the data application, and

wherein the executing comprises not executing the autostart for all data applications received on a selected channel according to the stored setup information of the start procedure of the data application.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the executing comprises manually executing or automatically executing the data application according to the stored setup information of the start procedure of the data application.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the setup information comprises an autostart flag which specifies whether the autostart is executed.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the determining comprises:

determining whether the data application exists in a previously stored data application list; and

confirming the stored setup information of the start procedure of the data application based on the previously stored data application list if it is determined that the data application exists in the previously stored data application list.

5. The method as claimed in claim 4, further comprising:

storing the data application in the previously stored data application list if it is determined that the data application does not exist in the previously stored data application list; and

executing the data application according to an autostart flag value of the data application.

6. The method as claimed in claim 4, wherein a data application which is not continuously received is deleted from the previously stored data application list.

7. The method as claimed in claim 4, wherein the previously stored data application list is updated if information regarding the data application changes.

8. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising delaying an execution of the data application.

9. The method as claimed in claim 8, wherein the delaying comprises not parsing data application information for the execution of the data application, for a set delay period.

10. A video playback apparatus, comprising:

a receiver which receives a data application on a selected channel; and

a controller which determines stored setup information of a start procedure of the received data application and executes the received data application according to the determined setup information of the start procedure of the received data application,

wherein the controller executes the received data application according to the stored setup information of the start procedure of the received data application even though an autostart flag is not present in the received data application, and

wherein the controller does not execute autostart for all data applications received on the selected channel according to the stored setup information of the start procedure of the received data application.

11. The apparatus as claimed in claim 10, wherein the controller controls so data application information is not parsed for a set delay period.

12. The apparatus as claimed in claim 10, further comprising:

a decoder which decodes data application information; and

a parser which parses the decoded data application information.

13. The apparatus as claimed in claim 10, wherein the controller manually executes or automatically executes the received data application according to the stored setup information of the start procedure of the received data application.

14. The apparatus as claimed in claim 10, wherein the controller determines whether the received data application exists in a previously stored data application list, and confirms the stored setup information of the start procedure of the received data application based on the previously stored data application list if it is determined that the received data application exists in the previously stored data application list.

15. The apparatus as claimed in claim 14, wherein the controller stores the received data application in the previously stored data application list if it is determined that the received data application does not exist in the previously stored data application list, and executes the received data application according to an autostart flag value of the received data application.

16. The apparatus as claimed in claim 14, wherein the controller deletes a data application which is not continuously received, from the previously stored data application list.

17. The apparatus as claimed in claim 14, wherein the controller updates the previously stored data application list if information regarding the received data application changes.

18. A video playback apparatus, comprising:

a receiver which receives a data application on a selected channel;

a controller which determines stored setup information of a start procedure of the received data application and executes the received data application according to the determined setup information of the start procedure of the received data application;

a decoder which decodes data application information; and

a parser which parses the decoded data application information,

wherein the controller controls the decoder to not output the data application information to the parser for a set delay period, and

wherein the controller executes the received data application according to the stored setup information of the start procedure of the received data application even though an autostart flag is not present in the received data application and the controller does not execute autostart for all data applications received on the selected channel according to the stored setup information of the start procedure of the received data application.

19. A method for controlling an autostart of a data application, comprising:

determining stored setup information of a start procedure of the data application;

executing the data application according to the determined setup information of the start procedure of the data application,

wherein the executing comprises executing the data application according to the stored setup information of the start procedure of the data application even though an autostart flag is not present in the data application and the executing comprises not executing the autostart for all data applications received on a selected channel according to the stored setup information of the start procedure of the data application; and

delaying an execution of the data application,

wherein the delaying comprises not parsing data application information for the execution of the data application, for a set delay period,

wherein the delaying the execution of the data application is conducted for a length of time set by a user.

20. A method for controlling an autostart of a data application, the method comprising:

receiving a data application on a tuned channel;

determining a delay period for the data application according to stored setup information for the data application;

parsing the received data application only after passage of the delay period for the data application;

after parsing the received data application determining whether an autostart is set for the data application; and

if the autostart is set, executing the data application, and

if the autostart is not set, not executing the data application,

wherein executing the data application comprises not executing the autostart for all data applications received on the tuned channel according to the stored setup information of the start procedure of the data application.