Method for displaying internet television information of broadcasting receiver and broadcasting receiver enabling the method

• US 8,181,199 B2
• Filed: 06/11/2008
• Issued: 05/15/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/11/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Jeong, Yun Oh
• Primary Examiner(s): Huynh, Son P
• Application Number:
  US12/663,907
• Publication Number:
  US 20100186039A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,434 Days
• Field of Search: 725 39- 40, 725/43, 725 48- 50, 725109-110
• US Class Current: 725/43
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44008 involving operations for analysing video streams, e.g. detecting features or characteristics in the video stream arrangements characterised by components specially adapted for monitoring, identification or recognition of video in broadcast systems H04H60/59
• 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 21/466 Learning process for intelligent management, e.g. learning user preferences for recommending movies services using the results of monitoring in broadcast systems H04H60/61
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4668 for recommending content, e.g. movies
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/482 End-user interface for program selection broadcast systems using EPGs H04H60/72
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6118 involving cable transmission, e.g. using a cable modem
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6125 involving transmission via Internet transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/163 by receiver means only

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for, when a broadcasting receiver outputs a broadcast program, determining whether the same program is present in a program list of an Internet television (TV) provided by an Internet server, and performing a notification function when the same program is present in the program list of the Internet TV, and a broadcasting receiver employing the same.

Claims

1. An operating method of a broadcasting receiver comprising:

parsing Program and System Information Protocol (PSIP) information of a broadcast program received through a tuner of the broadcasting receiver to determine title information or identifier information of the broadcast program;

determining whether the broadcasting receiver has been connected with an Internet TV;

determining whether the tide information or identifier information is included in a program list of the Internet TV, if it is determined that the broadcasting receiver has been connected with the Internet TV;

outputting a user interface notifying that the broadcast program is provided from the Internet TV, to display means, if it is determined that the tide information or identifier information is included in the program list; and

further comprising accessing an Internet server associated with the Internet TV to determine whether the tide information or identifier information is included in the program list of the Internet TV, if it is determined that the broadcasting receiver has not been connected with the Internet TV.

2. The operating method according to claim 1, wherein the user interface is set to a popup on-screen display (OSD) or information OSD according to a user'"'"' selection.

3. The operating method according to claim 2, wherein the information OSD is outputted to the display means when the user selects and inputs a predetermined key under the condition that the broadcast program is outputted to the display means.

4. The operating method according to claim 1, further comprising maintaining or releasing the connection with the Internet TV according to a result of the determination as to whether the broadcasting receiver has been connected with the Internet TV, if it is determined that the title information or identifier information is not included in the program list.

5. An operating method of a broadcasting receiver comprising:

parsing PSIP information of a plurality of broadcast programs received through a tuner of the broadcasting receiver to determine title information or identifier information of the broadcast programs;

determining whether the broadcasting receiver has been connected with an Internet TV;

determining whether the title information or identifier information is included in a program list of the Internet TV, if it is determined that the broadcasting receiver has been connected with the Internet TV;

outputting, to display means, a user interface including information about whether the title information or identifier information is included in the program list; and

further comprising accessing an Internet server associated with the Internet TV to determine whether the title information or identifier information is included in the program list of the Internet TV, if it is determined that the broadcasting receiver has not been connected with the Internet TV.

6. A broadcasting receiver comprising:

a program information determiner for parsing PSIP information of a broadcast program received through a tuner of the broadcasting receiver to determine title information or identifier information of the broadcast program;

a program list determiner for determining whether the broadcasting receiver has been connected with an Internet TV, and then determining whether the title information or identifier information is included in a program list of the Internet TV, upon determining that the broadcasting receiver has been connected with the Internet TV;

a user interface unit for outputting a user interface notifying that the broadcast program is provided from the Internet TV, to display means, if it is determined that the title information or identifier information is included in the program list; and

wherein the program list determiner accesses an Internet server associated with the Internet TV to determine whether the title information or identifier information is included in the program list of the Internet TV, if it is determined that the broadcasting receiver has not been connected with the Internet TV.

7. The broadcasting receiver according to claim 6, wherein the user interface is set to a popup OSD or information OSD according to a user'"'"' selection.

8. The broadcasting receiver according to claim 7, wherein the information OSD is outputted to the display means when the user selects and inputs a predetermined key under the condition that the broadcast program is outputted to the display means.

9. The broadcasting receiver according to claim 6, wherein the program list determiner maintains or releases the connection with the Internet TV according to a result of the determination as to whether the broadcasting receiver has been connected with the Internet TV, if it is determined that the title information or identifier information is not included in the program list.

10. A broadcasting receiver comprising:

a program information determiner for parsing PSIP information of a plurality of broadcast programs received through a tuner of the broadcasting receiver to determine title information or identifier information of the broadcast programs;

a program list determiner for determining whether the broadcasting receiver has been connected with an Internet TV, and then determining whether the title information or identifier information is included in a program list of the Internet TV, upon determining that the broadcasting receiver has been connected with the Internet TV;

a user interface unit for outputting, to display means, a user interface including information about whether the title information or identifier information is included in the program list; and

wherein the program list determiner accesses an Internet server associated with the Internet TV to determine whether the title information or identifier information is included in the program list of the Internet TV, if it is determined that the broadcasting receiver has not been connected with the Internet TV.