Display apparatus connected to plural source devices and method of controlling the same

• US 9,516,254 B2
• Filed: 11/19/2014
• Issued: 12/06/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 05/20/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Kim, Ryoung, Suk, Jihe, Choi, Gowoon
• Primary Examiner(s): SALCE, JASON P
• Application Number:
  US14/548,058
• Publication Number:
  US 20150150050A1
• Time in Patent Office: 748 Days
• Field of Search: 725/41, 725/43, 725 45- 50, 725 52- 53, 725/59, 725/61
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 17/02 using a radio link
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 23/04 using light waves, e.g. infrared
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2353 specifically adapted to content descriptors, e.g. coding, compressing or processing of metadata
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41265 having a remote control device for bidirectional communication between the remote control device and client device unidirectional remote control device H04N21/42204
• 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 21/42221 Transmission circuitry, e.g. infrared [IR] or radio frequency [RF]
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42222 Additional components integrated in the remote control device, e.g. timer, speaker, sensors for detecting position, direction or movement of the remote control, microphone or battery charging device
• 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 21/4345 Extraction or processing of SI, e.g. extracting service information from an MPEG stream
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/435 Processing of additional data, e.g. decrypting of additional data, reconstructing software from modules extracted from the transport stream
• 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 21/440263 by altering the spatial resolution, e.g. for displaying on a connected PDA
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4532 involving end-user characteristics, e.g. viewer profile, preferences monitoring of user activities for profile generation for accessing a video database G06F16/739; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306; processing of user preferences or user profiles in wireless networks H04W8/18
• 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 21/4667 Processing of monitored end-user data, e.g. trend analysis based on the log file of viewer selections
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47 End-user applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47202 for requesting content on demand, e.g. video on demand
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4722 for requesting additional data associated with the content
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4782 Web browsing , e.g. WebTV
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/482 : End-user interface for program selection broadcast systems using EPGs H04H60/72
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4821 : using a grid, e.g. sorted out by channel and broadcast time
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4882 : for displaying messages, e.g. warnings, reminders arrangements for providing short real-time information to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1895
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/64322 : IP
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/812 : involving advertisement data advertising per se G06Q30/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8133 : specifically related to the content, e.g. biography of the actors in a movie, detailed information about an article seen in a video program
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8153 : comprising still images, e.g. texture, background image
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/84 : Generation or processing of descriptive data, e.g. content descriptors systems specially adapted for using meta-information in broadcast systems H04H60/73
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/445 : for displaying additional information H04N5/50 takes precedence

Abstract

A television controlled by a remote controller and including includes an infrared (IR) module to receive an IR signal from the remote controller; a radio frequency (RF) module to receive an RF signal from the remote controller; a network interface to receive metadata corresponding to a content to be displayed on a screen, the metadata including thumbnail image information, title information, actor information, genre information and synopsis information corresponding to the content; and a controller configured to change a power-off state of the television into a power-on state of the television based on the received IR signal and control a display to display a thumbnail image corresponding to the content based on the received metadata on the screen. Further, the controller is further configured to control the display to move a pointer on the screen based on the received RF signal containing information regarding movement of the remote controller, control the RF module to receive an RF signal corresponding to a designated key of the remote controller for selecting a thumbnail image corresponding to a specific content when the pointer is on the thumbnail image corresponding to the specific content, from the remote controller, control the display to display title information, actor information, genre information and synopsis information corresponding to the specific content according to the received RF signal corresponding to the designated key of the remote controller, and control the display to display related content information, the related content information relates to another content corresponding to the specific content based on the received metadata. In addition, when the related content information is selected by the pointer, the controller further controls the display to display a thumbnail image corresponding to the another content, a first item to identify a first source providing the another content and the second item to identify a second source providing the another content, the second source is different from the first source.

Claims

1. A television controlled by a remote controller, the television comprising:

an infrared (IR) module to receive an IR signal from the remote controller;

a radio frequency (RF) module to receive an RF signal from the remote controller;

a network interface to receive metadata corresponding to a content to be displayed on a screen, the metadata including thumbnail image information, title information, actor information, genre information and synopsis information corresponding to the content; and

a controller configured to change a power-off state of the television into a power-on state of the television based on the received IR signal and control a display to display a thumbnail image corresponding to the content based on the received, metadata on the screen,

wherein the controller is further configured to;

control the display to move a pointer on the screen based on the received RF signal containing information regarding movement of the remote controller,

control the RF module to receive an RF signal corresponding to a designated key of the remote controller for selecting a thumbnail image corresponding to a specific content when the pointer is on the thumbnail image corresponding to the specific content, from the remote controller,

control the display to display title information, actor information, genre information and synopsis information corresponding to the specific content according to the received RF signal corresponding to the designated key of the remote controller, and

control the display to display related content information, the related content information relates to another content corresponding to the specific content based on the received metadata,

wherein when the related content information is selected by the pointer, the controller further controls the display to display a thumbnail image corresponding to the another content, a first item to identify a first source providing the another content and the second item to identify a second source providing the another content, the second source being different from the first source.

2. The television of claim 1, wherein when the actor information corresponding to the specific content is selected by the pointer, the controller controls the display to display graphic data regarding plural actors relating to the specific content based on the received metadata.

3. The television of claim 1, wherein when a specific actor is selected by the pointer based on the displayed actor information corresponding to the specific content, the controller controls the display to display information regarding another content in which the specific actor appears, based on the received metadata.

4. The television of claim 1, wherein the controller controls the display to display an indicator for displaying invisible portion of the related content information corresponding to the specific content on the screen.

5. The television of claim 1, wherein the remote controller includes a gyro sensor for sensing information regarding movement of the remote controller based on x, y and z axes.

6. The television of claim 1, wherein the controller controls the RF module to receive an RF signal corresponding to a touchpad of the remote controller.

7. A television controlled by a remote controller, the television comprising:

an infrared (IR) module to receive an IR signal from the remote controller;

a radio frequency (RF) module to receive an RF signal from the remote controller;

a network interface to receive metadata corresponding to a content to be displayed on a screen, the metadata including thumbnail image information, title information, actor information, genre information and synopsis information corresponding to the content; and

a controller configured to change a power-off state of the television into a power-on state of the television based on the received IR signal and control a display to display a thumbnail image corresponding to the content based on the received metadata on the screen, wherein the controller is further configured to;

control the display to move a pointer on the screen based on the received RF signal containing information regarding movement of the remote controller,

control the RF module to receive an RF signal corresponding to a designated key of the remote controller for selecting a thumbnail image corresponding to specific content when the pointer is on the thumbnail image corresponding to specific content, from the remote controller, and

control the display to display title information, actor information, genre information, synopsis information and related content information according to the received RF signal corresponding to the designated key of the remote controller,

wherein if the specific content includes plural episodes, the related content information relates to an option to select one of the plural episodes, and when the related content information is selected by the pointer, the controller further controls the display to display a list of the plural episodes based on the received metadata, and

wherein the controller further controls the display to display a thumbnail image corresponding to a specific episode of the plural episodes, a first item to identify a first source providing the specific episode of the plural episodes and a second item to identify a second source providing the specific episode of the plural episodes, the second source being different from the first source.

8. The television of claim 7, wherein if the specific content includes plural seasons, the related content information relates to an option to select one of the plural seasons, and

wherein when any one of the plural seasons is selected by the pointer, the controller controls the display to display a list of the plural episodes related to the selected season based on the received metadata.

9. The television of claim 7, wherein when the actor information corresponding to the specific content is selected by the pointer, the controller controls the display to display graphic data regarding plural actors relating to the specific content based on the received metadata.

10. The television of claim 7, wherein when a specific actor is selected by the pointer based on the displayed actor information corresponding to the specific content, the controller controls the display to display information regarding another content in which the specific actor appears based on the received metadata.

11. The television of claim 7, the controller controls the display to display at least one of an up button and a down button for displaying invisible portion of the list of the plural episodes corresponding to the specific content on the screen.

12. The television of claim 7, wherein the remote controller includes a gyro sensor for sensing information regarding movement of the remote controller based on x, y and z axes.

13. The television of claim 7, wherein the controller controls the RF module to receive an RF signal corresponding to a touchpad of the remote controller.

14. A television controlled by a remote controller, the television comprising:

an infrared (IR) module to receive an IR signal from the remote controller;

a radio frequency (RF) module to receive an RF signal from the remote controller;

a network interface to receive metadata corresponding to contents to be displayed on a screen, the metadata including at least one of thumbnail image information, title information, actor information, genre information and synopsis information corresponding to each content; and

a controller configured to change a power-off state of the television into a power-on state of the television based on the received IR signal and control a display to display a thumbnail image corresponding to the each content based on the received thumbnail image information on the screen,

wherein the controller is further configured to;

control the display to move a pointer on the screen based on the received signal containing information regarding movement of the remote controller,

control the RF module to receive a first RF signal corresponding to a designated key of the remote controller for selecting a thumbnail image corresponding to a specific content when the pointer is on the thumbnail image corresponding to the specific content, from the remote controller,

control the display to display title information, actor information, genre information and synopsis information corresponding to the specific content according to the received first RF signal, and

control the display to display content information corresponding to a first content and a second content related to the specific content based on the received metadata,

control the RF module to receive a second RF signal for selecting the content information corresponding to the first content, and

control the display to display a thumbnail image corresponding to the first content, a first menu to view die first content and a second menu to view the first content according to the received second RF signal, and

wherein when the first menu is selected by the remote controller, the controller controls the network interface to provide the first content through a first source, and when the second menu is selected by the remote controller, the controller controls the network interface to provide the first content through a second source, and

wherein the first source and the second source are different content providers from each other providing the first content.