Image display apparatus and method for operating the same

• US 9,398,339 B2
• Filed: 12/16/2010
• Issued: 07/19/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/01/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Lee, Haneul, Choi, Kwangsoo, Suk, Jihe, Oh, Hyojung, Heo, Jimin, Suh, Myongwon
• Primary Examiner(s): Bruckart, Benjamin R
• Assistant Examiner(s): THOMAS, JASON M
• Application Number:
  US12/970,120
• Publication Number:
  US 20120054803A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,042 Days
• Field of Search: 725 34- 47, 725 50- 52, 725/56, 725/61
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4312 involving specific graphical features, e.g. screen layout, special fonts or colors, blinking icons, highlights or animations
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4316 for displaying supplemental content in a region of the screen, e.g. an advertisement in a separate window
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47 End-user applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4755 for defining user preferences, e.g. favourite actors or genre retrieval personalisation and generation of user profiles for the retrieval of video data G06F16/739; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47815 Electronic shopping payment schemes, payment architectures or payment protocols for electronic shopping systems G06Q20/12
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4782 Web browsing , e.g. WebTV
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4786 e-mailing message switching systems, e.g. electronic mail systems H04L51/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/482 End-user interface for program selection broadcast systems using EPGs H04H60/72
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4826 using recommendation lists, e.g. of programs or channels sorted out according to their score
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8173 End-user applications, e.g. Web browser, game

Abstract

An image display apparatus for receiving and processing a broadcast signal and a method for operating the same are disclosed. The method includes displaying a home screen including a plurality of card objects, displaying a broadcast image and a favorite channel object representing favorite channels in a broadcast card object representing a broadcast image among the plurality of card objects, and displaying a favorite channel list including favorite channel items on the display, upon selection of the favorite channel object.

Claims

1. A method for operating an image display apparatus, the method comprising:

receiving a broadcast signal;

displaying, on a display, a broadcast image from the broadcast signal, and an application list including at least one of a plurality of applications;

in response to a first user input, displaying a favorite channel list including favorite channel items in a first area of the display, wherein each of the favorite channel items includes a channel name and a channel number;

receiving motion information from a remote controller;

determining a movement of the remote controller based on the motion information;

calculating coordinates of a pointer;

displaying the pointer representing the movement of the remote controller according to the calculated coordinates, wherein the pointer is displayed with the favorite channel list;

in response to focusing or selecting a first favorite channel item by the pointer, highlighting the first favorite channel item;

displaying a broadcast image of a channel corresponding to the first favorite channel item selected from the favorite channel list, upon selection of the first favorite channel item; and

in response to a second user input while displaying the favorite channel list, displaying, in the first area of the display, a content list including a plurality of contents, rather than the favorite channel list in the first area of the display,

wherein the displaying the favorite channel list includes displaying a first object for indicating a total number of content lists available for displaying in the first area and indicating position information concerning currently displayed content list among content lists in the first area.

2. The method according to claim 1,

wherein the image display apparatus includes a platform for controlling transmission or reception of data through a network according to a control signal received from a remote controller,

wherein the platform includes an Operating System (OS) kernel, an application layer that runs on the OS kernel, a middleware configured to mediate data transmission between different hardware or different software or to provide a standard interface, and a driver configured to drive a device to run applications of the application layer,

wherein the middleware includes a virtual machine configured to execute a plurality of instances, and wherein a binder driver of the OS kernel schedules the plurality of instances.

3. The method according to claim 1, further comprising re-sorting channel items in the favorite channel list, after the selection of the channel item, wherein the displayed favorite channel list corresponds to one of a plurality of favorite channel lists of a plurality of users.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the favorite channel item corresponding to the displayed broadcast image is positioned at a top of the favorite channel list, and

wherein the favorite channel list further includes an object for displaying more channel items additionally.

5. The method according to claim 1, further comprising re-sorting channel items in the favorite channel list, after the selection of the channel item.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the application list is displayed under the broadcast image,

wherein the application list includes a social network service (SNS) application item, and a book application item.

7. A method for operating an image display apparatus, the method comprising:

displaying, on a display, a broadcast image and an application list including at least one of a plurality of applications;

generating a favorite channel list including favorite channel items upon a first user input, wherein each of the favorite channel items includes a channel name and a channel number;

displaying, in a first area of the display, the favorite channel list;

receiving motion information from a remote controller;

determining a movement of the remote controller based on the motion information;

calculating coordinates of a pointer;

displaying the pointer representing the movement of the remote controller according to the calculated coordinates, wherein the pointer is displayed with the favorite channel list;

in response to focusing or selecting a first favorite channel item by the pointer, highlighting the first favorite channel item;

displaying, in the first area, a content list including a plurality of contents, instead of the favorite channel list in the first area, upon receiving a second user input while displaying the favorite channel list,

wherein the displaying the favorite channel list includes displaying a first object for indicating a total number of content lists available for displaying in the first area and indicating position information concerning currently displayed content list among content lists in the first area.

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

displaying, on the display, a favorite channel object representing favorite channels,

wherein in response to a selection of the favorite channel object, generating and displaying the favorite channel list.

9. The method according to claim 7,

wherein the image display apparatus includes a platform for controlling transmission or reception of data through a network according to a control signal received from a remote controller,

wherein the platform includes an Operating System (OS) kernel, an application layer that runs on the OS kernel, a middleware configured to mediate data transmission between different hardware or different software or to provide a standard interface, and a driver configured to drive a device to run applications of the application layer,

wherein the middleware includes a virtual machine configured to execute a plurality of instances, and

wherein a binder driver of the OS kernel schedules the plurality of instances.

10. The method according to claim 7, wherein the favorite channel item corresponding to the displayed broadcast image is positioned at a top of the favorite channel list, and

wherein the favorite channel list includes an object for displaying more channel items additionally.

11. The method according to claim 7, wherein the application list is displayed under the broadcast image,

wherein the application list includes a social network service (SNS) application item, and a book application item.

12. An image display apparatus, comprising:

a tuner configured to receive a broadcast signal;

a memory configured to store a plurality of applications;

a display configured to display a broadcast image from the broadcast signal, and an application list including at least one of a plurality of applications;

a user input interface configured to receive a control signal from a remote controller; and

a controller configured to;

in response to a first user input, display a favorite channel list including favorite channel items in a first area of the display, wherein each of the favorite channel items includes a channel name and a channel number,

display a broadcast image of a channel corresponding to a favorite channel item selected in the favorite channel list, upon selection of one of the favorite channel items, and

in response to a second user input while displaying the favorite channel list, display a content list including a plurality of contents, instead of the favorite channel list in the first area of the display,

wherein during the displaying of the favorite channel list, the controller is configured to display a first object for indicating a total number of content lists available for displaying in the first area and indicating position information concerning currently displayed content list among content lists in the first area,

wherein the user input interface receives motion information from the remote controller,

wherein the controller determines a movement of the remote controller based on the motion information, and calculates coordinates of a pointer, and

wherein the display displays the pointer at the calculated coordinates with the favorite channel list,

wherein in response to focusing or selecting a first favorite channel item by the pointer, the controller highlights the first favorite channel item.

13. The image display apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the memory including a platform configured to control data transmission or reception over the network according to the received control signal, wherein the platform includes an Operating System (OS) kernel, an application layer that runs on the OS kernel, a middleware configured to mediate data transmission between different hardware or different software or to provide a standard interface, and a driver configured to drive a device to run applications of the application layer,

wherein the middleware includes a virtual machine configured to execute a plurality of instances, and

wherein a binder driver of the OS kernel schedules the plurality of instances.

14. The image display apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the favorite channel item corresponding to the displayed broadcast image is positioned at a top of the favorite channel list, and

wherein the favorite channel list further includes an object for displaying more channel items additionally.

15. The image display apparatus according to claim 12, wherein a size of the broadcast image is larger than a size of the favorite channel list.

16. The image display apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the application list is displayed under the broadcast image,

wherein the application list includes a social network service (SNS) application item, and a book application item.