Display device accessing broadcast receiver via web browser and method of controlling therefor

• US 9,727,661 B2
• Filed: 01/15/2015
• Issued: 08/08/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 06/20/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Kim, Jeongsim
• Primary Examiner(s): Chu, Wutchung
• Application Number:
  US14/597,771
• Publication Number:
  US 20150370915A1
• Time in Patent Office: 936 Days
• Field of Search: 37039554, 725111
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/986 Document structures and storage, e.g. HTML extensions
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2101/622 Layer-2 addresses, e.g. medium access control [MAC] addresses
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/103 across network layers, e.g. resolution of network layer into physical layer addresses or address resolution protocol [ARP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/4511 using domain name system [DNS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/5014 using dynamic host configuration protocol [DHCP] or bootstrap protocol [BOOTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/025 for remote control or remote monitoring of applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0203 in the radio access network or backbone network of wireless communication networks
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

A display device accessing a broadcast receiver via a web browser according to one embodiment of the present invention includes a user interface unit configured to receive an input signal from a user, a broadcast service module configured to receive a broadcast signal, a communication module configured to perform data communication with a server and the broadcast receiver, a display module configured to display at least one or more contents and a controller, the controller configured to access a web address corresponding to the broadcast receiver via the web browser, the controller configured to receive an IP (internet protocol) address information mapped to the web address from a DNS (domain name server), the controller configured to access the broadcast receiver using the received IP address, the controller configured to receive data of content displayed on the broadcast receiver and control the data to be displayed on a screen of the display device.

Claims

1. A method of controlling a display device accessing a broadcast receiver via a web browser, the method comprising:

accessing a web address corresponding to an application contained in the broadcast receiver via the web browser;

receiving IP (internet protocol) address information mapped to the web address from a DNS (domain name server);

accessing the application of the broadcast receiver using the received IP address;

receiving data of the application from the accessed broadcast receiver; and

displaying content of the application on a screen of the display device based on the received data of the application,

wherein the DNS stores a MAC address, a web address and an IP address of the broadcast receiver by mapping the MAC address, the web address and the IP address to each other, and

wherein, if a transmission request signal of an IP address corresponding to the web address is received, the DNS receives the IP address of the broadcast receiver from a DHCP (dynamic host configuration protocol) server and transmits the IP address of the broadcast receiver to the display device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the web address is automatically generated based on a user name set to the broadcast receiver.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the DNS updates the IP address of the broadcast receiver by receiving the IP address of the broadcast receiver from the DHCP server with a predetermined interval.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying the screen on the display device to be identical to a screen displayed on the broadcast receiver based on the data of the received content.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the displayed data is reprocessed based on a size of the screen of the display device.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

checking a power mode of the broadcast receiver; and

if the power mode of the broadcast receiver corresponds to an off mode, displaying a message on a screen of the display device to indicate that data communication with the broadcast receiver is not available.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

checking a power mode of the broadcast receiver; and

if the power mode of the broadcast receiver corresponds to a sleep mode, transmitting a signal configured to change the power mode of the broadcast receiver to an on mode using a WOL (wake-on-lan) scheme, to the broadcast receiver,

wherein the sleep mode corresponds to a mode configured to make the broadcast receiver perform data communication with an external device in a stand-by state.

8. A display device, comprising:

a user interface unit configured to receive an input signal from a user;

a broadcast service module configured to receive a broadcast signal;

a communication module configured to perform data communication with a server and a broadcast receiver;

a memory configured to store a plurality of web address information; and

a controller configured to;

access a web address corresponding to an application contained in the broadcast receiver via a web browser,

receive an IP (internet protocol) address information mapped to the web address from a DNS (domain name server),

access the application using the received IP address,

receive data of the application from the accessed broadcast receiver, and

display content of the application on a screen of the display device based on the received data of the application,

wherein the DNS stores a MAC address, a web address and an IP address of the broadcast receiver and a web address and an IP address of the application by mapping the MAC address, the web address and the IP address of the broadcast receiver to the web address and the IP address of the application, and

wherein the DNS updates the IP address of the broadcast receiver and the IP address of the application by receiving the IP address of the broadcast receiver and the IP address of the application from a DHCP (dynamic host configuration protocol) server with a predetermined interval.

9. The display device of claim 8, wherein the application comprises a real-time broadcast program application, a channel information application, an EPG (electronic program guide) application, a setting application and a user manual setting application.

10. The display device of claim 8, wherein the application is generated using a web language containing Java script, a HTML (hypertext markup language) and CSS (cascading style sheets).

11. The display device of claim 8, wherein the controller is further configured to display the screen to be identical to a screen of the broadcast receiver on which the application is displayed based on the data of the received application.

12. The display device of claim 8, wherein if the data of the application is received from the broadcast receiver and displayed on the screen of the display device, the controller is further configured to display a window containing a control menu on the screen of the display device.

13. The display device of claim 8, wherein if the broadcast receiver displays a real-time broadcast program and the application corresponds to a channel information application, the controller is further configured to display a channel list containing channel information of the real-time broadcast program on the screen of the display device.

14. The display device of claim 13, wherein if a specific channel is selected from the channel list, the controller is further configured to display a real-time broadcast program corresponding to the specific channel on the broadcast receiver.

15. The display device of claim 8, wherein the controller is further configured to display an application list containing at least one or more application information contained in the broadcast receiver on the screen of the display device.

16. The display device of claim 15, wherein the controller is further configured to:

receive a signal selecting a specific application from the application list,

receive data of the selected specific application, and

display the received data on the screen of the display device.