DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING A WIDGET WINDOW AND A METHOD THEREOF

• US 20090282358A1
• Filed: 11/03/2008
• Published: 11/12/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 05/08/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: PARK, Da-hye, SEO, Joon-kyu, BAE, Hee-jeong, PARK, Jong-chan, KIM, Yoon-ji, PARK, Hyun-cheol
• Application Number:
  US12/263,634
• Publication Number:
  US 20090282358A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/781
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/38 for implementing user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/14 Display of multiple viewports
• 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 21/435 Processing of additional data, e.g. decrypting of additional data, reconstructing software from modules extracted from the transport stream
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4532 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 21/47 End-user applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/485 End-user interface for client configuration
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/488 Data services, e.g. news ticker systems specially adapted for using meteorological information in broadcast systems H04H60/71
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8126 involving additional data, e.g. news, sports, stocks, weather forecasts
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8173 End-user applications, e.g. Web browser, game

Abstract

A display apparatus for displaying a widget window and method thereof are provided. The display apparatus includes a generating unit which generates at least one widget window, a display unit which displays the least one widget window generated by the generating unit on a screen, and a control unit which changes a display pattern of the widget window, if a preset event occurs. Accordingly, the display patterns of widget windows are changed according to a user'"'"'s preference, making it possible to increase the user'"'"'s convenience.

Claims

1. A display apparatus comprising:

a generating unit which generates at least one widget window;

a display unit which displays the at least one widget window generated by the generating unit on a screen; and

a control unit which changes a display pattern of the at least one widget window, if a preset event occurs.

2. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the control unit changes the display pattern of the at least one widget window so that a predetermined region of the screen is not hidden by the at least one widget window.

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

an input unit through which user instructions for setting the preset event are input.

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

a storage unit which stores the preset event and the display pattern of the at least one widget window.

5. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the generating unit generates a plurality of widget windows, each having different validity period, and the control unit deletes from the screen a widget window of the plurality of windows if the validity period of the widget window has expired.

6. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the preset event is at least one of a first event in which a current time is included in a preset time slot, a second event in which a user account of the display apparatus is changed, a third event in which a type of main image displayed on the screen is changed, and a fourth event in which a validity period for a current display state is terminated.

7. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the display pattern is at least one of a display location of the at least one widget window, a size of the at least one widget window, a layout of the at least one widget window, and a color of the at least one widget window.

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

generating at least one widget window;

displaying the at least one widget window which is generated on a screen; and

changing a display pattern of the at least one widget window, if a preset event occurs.

9. The method as claimed in claim 8, wherein the changing comprises changing the display pattern of the at least one widget window so that a predetermined region of the screen is not hidden by the at least one widget window.

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

receiving user instructions for setting the preset event.

11. The method as claimed in claim 8, wherein the preset event and the display pattern of the at least one widget window are stored.

12. The method as claimed in claim 8, wherein the generating comprises generating a plurality of widget windows, each having different validity periods, and the changing comprises deleting from the screen a widget window of the plurality of windows if a validity period of the widget window has expired.

13. The method as claimed in claim 8, wherein the preset event is at least one of a first event in which a current time is included in a preset time slot, a second event in which a user account of the display apparatus is changed, a third event in which a type of main image displayed on the screen is changed, and a fourth event in which a validity period for a current display state is terminated.

14. The method as claimed in claim 8, wherein the display pattern is at least one of a display location of the at least one widget window, a size of the at least one widget window, a layout of the at least one widget window, and a color of the at least one widget window.

15. A display apparatus comprising

an input unit through which user instructions are input;

and

a control unit which changes a display pattern including at least one widget window to another display pattern according to the user instructions.

16. The apparatus as claimed in claim 15, wherein the display pattern is at least one of a display location of the at least one widget window, a size of the at least one widget window, a layout of the at least one widget window, and a color of the at least one widget window.

17. The apparatus as claimed in claim 15, further comprising:

a storage unit which stores display patterns of a plurality of widget windows, wherein the control unit changes the displayed display pattern to a following display pattern if the user instructions are input.