Electronic device and method for providing information related to broadcast viewing

• US 9,066,146 B2
• Filed: 11/14/2012
• Issued: 06/23/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 11/15/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Kim, Juyoung, Suh, Mongwon, Ha, Hyesook
• Primary Examiner(s): MONTOYA, OSCHTA I
• Application Number:
  US13/676,908
• Publication Number:
  US 20130125172A1
• Time in Patent Office: 951 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/52 for supporting social networking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4334 Recording operations recording of a television signal H04N5/76; arrangements for recording or accumulating broadcast information or broadcast-related information H04H60/27
• 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 21/4753 for user identification, e.g. by entering a PIN or password cryptographic authentication protocols H04L9/32; networks authentication protocols H04L63/08
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4756 for rating content, e.g. scoring a recommended movie
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4788 communicating with other users, e.g. chatting arrangements for providing for computer conferences, e.g. chat rooms, to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1813; distributed application using peer-to-peer [P2P] networks H04L67/104

Abstract

An electronic device and a method for providing view information are disclosed. A controller controls a request for broadcast rank to a relay server. A network interface receives a display page transmitted as a response to the request for broadcast rank. A display displays the received display page. The display page includes at least one feed associated with a real-time broadcast program and one of the at least one feed includes the number of users who view an associated real-time broadcast program.

Claims

1. A method for providing information between users of a social networking environment, comprising:

receiving feed data for displaying a plurality of feeds associated with a plurality of real-time broadcast programs, wherein one of the plurality of feeds includes information regarding a total number of users viewing the associated real-time broadcast programs;

determining a broadcast rank based on a total number of users viewing the associated real-time broadcast programs;

displaying the broadcast rank along with simultaneously displaying the plurality of feeds on a screen, wherein the plurality of feeds are displayed in an activity electronic program guide generated on a month basis, wherein the activity electronic program guide includes feeds that are reproduced directly by selecting a play button; and

recording the plurality of feeds directly by pressing a button, on a remote control, corresponding to a content recommendation.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one of the displayed feeds is displayed on the screen of a television.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the television includes a first input receiver to provide a signal having a first protocol and a second input receiver to provide a signal having a second protocol.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the information regarding the total number of users includes a total number of users logged in to a server.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the information regarding the total number of users includes information regarding users watching the associated real-time broadcast programs.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the information regarding the total number of users includes information regarding users who like the associated real-time broadcast programs.

7. An electronic device for providing information between users of a social networking environment, comprising:

a network interface for receiving feed data for displaying a plurality of feeds associated with a plurality of real-time broadcast programs, wherein one of the plurality of feeds includes information regarding a total number of users viewing the associated real-time broadcast programs;

a controller for controlling reception of the feed data and determining a broadcast rank based on the total number of users viewing the associated real-time broadcast programs;

a display for displaying the broadcast rank along with simultaneously displaying the plurality of feeds, wherein the plurality of feeds are displayed in an activity electronic program guide generated on a month basis, wherein the activity electronic program guide includes feeds that are reproduced directly by selecting a play button; and

a user interface for recording the plurality of feeds directly by pressing a button, on a remote control, corresponding to a content recommendation.

8. The electronic device of claim 7, further comprising a tuner for receiving a real-time broadcast program.

9. The electronic device of claim 7, wherein the information regarding the total number of users includes a total number of users logged in to a server.

10. The electronic device of claim 7, wherein the information regarding the total number of users includes information regarding users watching the associated real-time broadcast programs.

11. The electronic device of claim 7, wherein the information regarding the total number of users includes information regarding users who like the associated real-time broadcast programs.