Television receiver, method of controlling the receiver, and network construction device

• US 9,473,817 B2
• Filed: 04/22/2013
• Issued: 10/18/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 06/27/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hisense Visual Technology Co., Ltd. (Qingdao Huatong State-Owned Capital Operation (Group) Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Kato, Hirotsugu
• Primary Examiner(s): Ekpo, Nnenna
• Application Number:
  US13/867,970
• Publication Number:
  US 20130239162A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,275 Days
• Field of Search: 725/110, 725/131
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2358 for generating different versions, e.g. for different recipient devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42204 User interfaces specially adapted for controlling a client device through a remote control device; Remote control devices therefor constructive details of casings for the remote control device H01H9/0235; user interfaces for controlling a tuning device of a television receiver through a remote control H03J9/00; remote control of peripheral devices connected to a television receiver through the remote control device of the television receiver H04B1/205
• 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 21/44224 Monitoring of user activity on external systems, e.g. Internet browsing
• 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 21/4622 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 21/47 End-user applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4782 Web browsing , e.g. WebTV
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4856 for language selection, e.g. for the menu or subtitles
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/643 Communication protocols network streaming protocols, e.g. real-time transport protocol [RTP] or real-time control protocol [RTCP], H04L65/65

Abstract

According to one embodiment, a method of controlling an electric device is described, where the electronic device comprises a tuner, an OSD-controller, a net connection module, and an initial setup module for setting a menu language of the display menu. The method comprises associating setup information to information to be transported to the server. Thereafter, the method comprises accessing the world wide web server through a net connection module by using the information associated with the setup information; selecting content of one of languages from a set of content of various languages stored in the world wide web server, wherein the one of languages is the same language with that of the display menu; and displaying content delivered from the world wide web server.

Claims

1. An electric device comprising:

a tuner to receive a digital broadcasting signal;

a transport decoder to select a television program included in the digital broadcasting signal and output video data and audio data in packets of the television program;

a decoder to decode the video and audio data of the television program from the transport decoder;

an on-screen display (OSD) controller to control an output of a display menu;

a net connection module to connect the electric device to a server;

an initial setup module, controlled by a controller, to set a menu language of the display menu by setup information;

a setup information association process module, controlled by the controller, to associate the setup information on the menu language to information including a language request signal;

a network control module, controlled by the controller, to access the server and transmit the language request signal to the server as an Accept-Language header of an Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) request when accessing the server that determines a content language based on the language request signal; and

a browser function control module, controlled by the controller, to display content in one of a plurality of languages, delivered from the server, wherein the one of the plurality languages is the same language as the menu language.

2. The electric device of claim 1 further comprising:

a remote control command process module controlled by the controller, to reflect a user operation input on the electric device, wherein the user operation determines the menu language when the user places a cursor being at a selected language indication among menu languages on the display menu and presses an enter button.

3. The electric device of claim 1, wherein

the information is configured to cause the server to deliver the content in the set menu language.

4. The electric device of claim 1, wherein the information includes the language request signal in a head packet, the head packet includes the Accept-Language header of the HTTP request.

5. A method of controlling an electric device, the electric device comprising a tuner to receive a digital broadcasting signal, a transport decoder to select a television program included in the digital broadcasting signal and outputting video data and audio data in packets of the television program, a decoder to decode the video and audio data of the television program from the transport decoder, an on-screen display (OSD) controller to control an output of a display menu, a net connection module to connect the electric device to a server, and an initial setup module, the method characterized by comprising;

setting a menu language of the display menu by setup information,

associating the setup information on the menu language to information including a language request signal;

accessing the server to get content through the net connection module, the accessing of the server includes transmitting the language request signal as an Accept-Language header of an Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) request for use by the server in determining a content language; and

displaying the content accompanying one of languages, delivered from the world wide web server, wherein the one of languages is the same language as the menu language.

6. The method of controlling the electric device of claim 5, further comprising:

reflecting a user operation input on the electric device, wherein the user operation determines the menu language when the user places a cursor being at a selected language indication among menu languages on the display menu and presses an enter button.

7. The method of controlling the electric device of claim 5, wherein the information is configured to cause the server to deliver the content in the set menu language.

8. The method of controlling the electric device of claim 5, wherein the information includes the language request signal in a head packet, the head packet includes the Accept-Language header of the HTTP request.

9. A method of controlling an electric device, comprising;

receiving and decoding a digital broadcasting signal;

controlling an output of a display menu;

connecting the electric device to a server; and

setting a menu language of the display menu, the setting of the menu language of the display menu comprises, associating setup information on the menu language to information including a language request signal,

accessing the server to get content through a net connection module, the accessing of the server includes transmitting the language request signal as an Accept-Language header of an Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) request for use by the server in determining a content language, and

displaying the content accompanying one of languages delivered from the server, wherein the one of languages is the same language as the menu language.

10. The method of controlling the electric device of claim 9, further comprising:

reflecting a user operation input on the electric device, wherein the user operation determines the menu language when the user places a cursor being at a selected language indication among menu languages on the display menu and presses an enter button.

11. The method of controlling the electric device of claim 9, wherein the information is configured to cause the server to deliver the content in the set menu language.

12. The method of controlling the electric device of claim 9, wherein the information includes the language request signal in a head packet, the head packet includes the Accept-Language header of the HTTP request.

13. An electric device comprising:

a receiver to receive a television program including video and audio data;

a decoder to decode the video and audio data of the television program;

an on-screen display (OSD) controller to control an output of a display menu;

a network connector to connect the electric device to a server;

an initial setup module, controlled by a controller, to set a menu language of the display menu by setup information;

a setup information association process module, controlled by the controller, to associate the setup information on the menu language to information including a language request signal;

a network control module, controlled by the controller, to access the server to get content through the network connector and transmit the language request signal to the server as an Accept-Language header of an Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) request when accessing the server that determines a content language based on the language request signal; and

a browser function control module, controlled by the controller, to display the content accompanying one of languages, delivered from the server, wherein the one of languages is the same language as the menu language.

14. An electric device comprising:

a bus;

a tuner coupled to the bus, the tuner being configured to receive and decode a digital broadcasting signal;

a transport decoder coupled to the bus, the transport decoder being configured to select a television program included in the digital broadcasting signal and output video data and audio data in packets of the television program;

a decoder coupled to the bus, the decoder being configured to decode the video and audio data of the television program from the transport decoder;

an on-screen display (OSD) controller coupled to the bus, the OSD controller being configured to control an output of a display menu;

a network connector coupled to the bus, the network connector being configured to establish communications with a server remotely located from the electronic device; and

a hardware controller coupled to the bus, the hardware controller to (i) set a menu language of the display menu by setup information, (ii) associate the setup information on the menu language to information including a language request signal to be transported to the server, (iii) access the server to get content through the network connector by at least sending the language request signal to the server as an Accept-Language header of an Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) request for use by the server in determining a content language, (iv) display the content in one of languages, delivered from the server, wherein the one of languages is the same language as the menu language.