Display apparatus and controlling method thereof

• US 10,652,105 B2
• Filed: 07/29/2014
• Issued: 05/12/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 09/16/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Lim, Kyung-soo
• Primary Examiner(s): Hong, Stephen S
• Assistant Examiner(s): Ludwig, Matthew J
• Application Number:
  US14/445,767
• Publication Number:
  US 20150082182A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,114 Days
• Field of Search: 715738, 715810, 715825, 715841
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9027 Trees
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/22 comprising specially adapted graphical user interfaces [GUI]

Abstract

A display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus includes a display configured to display at least one of a first Graphic User Interface (GUI) representing a domain which provides an execution screen according to a depth, a user interface configured to receive a user command, and a controller configured to, when one of the at least one of the first GUI is selected according to the user command, display at least one of a second GUI representing a sub domain which is available in a domain represented by the selected first GUI, and when one of the at least one of the second GUI is selected, provide an execution screen corresponding to the sub domain based on sub domain information which is mapped with the selected second GUI.

Claims

1. A display apparatus, the apparatus comprising:

a display;

a user interface; and

at least one processor configured to;

control the display to display a first Graphic User Interface (GUI) of a first domain according to a first depth, the first domain providing an execution screen according to the first depth,

control the display to display, based on the first GUI being selected according to a user command received by the user interface, a second GUI of a sub domain of the first domain according to a second depth, wherein the second GUI of the sub domain is configured to be separately usable in a plurality of domains according to the first depth, and

control the display to display, if the second GUI is selected, an execution screen based on information which is mapped with the selected first and second GUI,

wherein the at least one processor is further configured to;

display an input window on one area of the display and display the first GUI on another area of the display,

display, based on the first GUI being selected and input to the input window, the second GUI corresponding to the selected first GUI, and

display, based on the second GUI being selected and input to the input window, a screen which is executed based on the input first GUI and the input second GUI,

wherein the selected second GUI is input near the input first GUI in the input window, and

wherein the first domain which provides the execution screen includes at least one of an application domain, a search domain, a web domain, or a history domain.

2. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

at least one memory configured to store information regarding the sub domain according to a depth provided by the first domain in a form of a tree structure,

wherein the tree structure includes an anchor representing inclusion relations between a parent node corresponding to the first domain, a plurality of child nodes representing each sub domain which is used in the first domain, the parent node, and the plurality of child nodes.

3. The apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein the tree structure is downloaded, or generated and edited by a user manipulation.

4. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

display, when the first GUI represents an upper search domain and the second GUI represents a lower search domain of the upper search domain, a screen of a result of a search which is performed in the lower search domain based on text information input to the input window after address information linked to the second GUI and the second GUI are selected.

5. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

provide, when the first GUI represents an application domain and the second GUI represents a sub menu domain of the application domain, an execution screen corresponding to a sub menu domain represented by the selected second GUI based on parameter information which is mapped with the selected second GUI.

6. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

classify domains representing at least one of the first GUI and the second GUI according to domain attributes, and

group and provide GUIs representing domains having the same attributes.

7. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to provide a new domain by combining the first GUI and the second GUI which are previously selected by a user sequentially based on a user'"'"'s usage history.

8. A method of controlling a display apparatus, the method comprising:

displaying a first Graphic User Interface (GUI) of a first domain according to a first depth, the first domain providing an execution screen according to the first depth;

displaying, if the first GUI is selected according to the user command, a second GUI of a sub domain of the first domain according to a second depth, wherein the second GUI of the sub domain is configured to be separately usable in a plurality of domains according to the first depth;

displaying, if the second GUI is selected, an execution screen based on information which is mapped with the selected first and second GUI,

wherein the displaying the first GUI comprises;

displaying an input window on one area of a display and displaying the first GUI on another area of the display; and

display, based on the first GUI being selected and input to the input window, the second GUI corresponding to the selected first GUI,

wherein the displaying the second GUI comprises;

display, based on the second GUI being selected and input to the input window, a screen which is executed based on the input first GUI and the input second GUI,

wherein the selected second GUI is input near the input first GUI in the input window, and

wherein the first domain which provides the execution screen includes at least one of an application domain, a search domain, a web domain, or a history domain.

9. The method as claimed in claim 8, further comprising:

storing information regarding the sub domain according to a depth provided by the first domain in a form of a tree structure,

wherein the tree structure includes an anchor representing inclusion relations between a parent node corresponding to the first domain, a plurality of child nodes representing each sub domain which is used in the first domain, the parent node, and the plurality of child nodes.

10. The method as claimed in claim 9, wherein the tree structure is downloaded, or generated and edited by a user manipulation.

11. The method as claimed in claim 8, wherein the providing of the execution screen comprises:

displaying, when the first GUI represents an upper search domain and the second GUI represents a lower search domain of the upper search domain, a screen of a result of a search which is performed in the lower search domain based on text information input to the input window after address information linked to the second GUI and the second GUI are selected.

12. The method as claimed in claim 8, wherein the providing of the execution screen comprises:

providing, when the first GUI represents an application domain and the second GUI represents a sub menu domain of the application domain, an execution screen corresponding to a sub menu domain represented by the selected second GUI based on parameter information which is mapped with the selected second GUI.

13. The method as claimed in claim 8, wherein the providing of the first GUI and the second GUI comprises:

classifying domains representing at least one of the first GUI and the second GUI according to domain attributes, and

grouping and providing GUIs representing domains having the same attributes.

14. The method as claimed in claim 8, further comprising:

providing a new domain by combining the first GUI and the second GUI which are previously selected by a user sequentially based on the user'"'"'s usage history.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for controlling a display apparatus that, when executed, causes at least one processor to perform the method of claim 8.