IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME

• US 20110265119A1
• Filed: 12/17/2010
• Published: 10/27/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 04/27/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Ha, Eunhee, Park, Dohyung, JEONG, Youngho, Suh, Myongwon
• Granted Patent: US 8,621,509 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/38
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0486 Drag-and-drop
• 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 21/42224 Touch pad or touch panel provided on the remote control
• 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 21/4316 for displaying supplemental content in a region of the screen, e.g. an advertisement in a separate window
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4363 Adapting the video stream to a specific local network, e.g. a Bluetooth® network
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4402 involving reformatting operations of video signals for household redistribution, storage or real-time display details of conversion of video standards at pixel level H04N7/01; video transcoding H04N19/40; adapting incoming signals to the display format of the display terminal G09G5/005; media handling at the source in data packet switching networks H04L65/764
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44209 Monitoring of downstream path of the transmission network originating from a server, e.g. bandwidth variations of a wireless network arrangements for maintenance or administration in data switching networks involving bandwidth and capacity management H04L41/0896
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44245 Monitoring the upstream path of the transmission network, e.g. its availability, bandwidth
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4621 Controlling the complexity of the content stream or additional data, e.g. lowering the resolution or bit-rate of the video stream for a mobile client with a small screen arrangements for using the results of monitoring on user's side in broadcast systems H04H60/65; flow control in packet networks H04L47/10
• 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 21/488 Data services, e.g. news ticker systems specially adapted for using meteorological information in broadcast systems H04H60/71
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/445 for displaying additional information H04N5/50 takes precedence

Abstract

A method for operating an image display apparatus is discussed. The method according to an embodiment includes reproducing content, storing at least part of the reproduced content, upon receipt of a content save command, displaying a content object representing the stored content, displaying objects representing other users or electronic devices of a connected network or a network linked to the connected network, and transmitting, when the content object is dragged and dropped on an object selected from among the objects representing other users or electronic devices, the stored content to a selected user or electronic device represented by the selected object. The content is at least one of a broadcast image, an external input image, an audio file, a still image, a connected Web page, or a text file.

Claims

1. A method for operating an image display apparatus configured to receive a television broadcast from one of a landline, a satellite and another connection, the method comprising:

reproducing content, the content being at least one of a television broadcast image, another broadcast image, a text, audio or image file stored within the image display apparatus, a text, audio or image file stored remotely from the image display apparatus, and a connected Web page;

storing a part of the content, upon receipt of a content save command;

simultaneously displaying

     1) a content object representing the content including the stored content, and

     2) an object representing one of a user and an electronic device connected to the image display apparatus via a wired or wireless network or from a network linked to the connected wired or wireless network;

receiving a move command to move the part of the content to the one of the user and the electronic device; and

transmitting the stored content to the one of the user and the electronic device via the connected wired or wireless network.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of receiving a move command comprises:

receiving a user selection of the object; and

dragging and dropping an icon representing the part of the content on the object.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of receiving a move command comprises:

dragging and dropping an icon representing the part of the content on the object without any prior user selection of the object.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of receiving a move command comprises:

recognizing that a remote controller is pointed toward the displayed content object;

recognizing that the remote controller is pointed toward the object representing one of the user and the electronic device; and

receiving a user input for transmitting the part of the content on the object to the one of the user and the electronic device.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the content object representing the content, including the stored content, comprises:

an object corresponding to content stored from a time of receiving the content save command to a time of receiving the move command or a content saving stop command; and

an object corresponding to a predetermined amount of the content stored before the content save commend is received.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of receiving a move command to move the part of the content to the one of the user and the electronic device comprises:

displaying an icon moving between the content object and the object representing one of a user and an electronic device.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the content object is a content list.

8. An image display apparatus configured to receive a television broadcast from one of a landline, a satellite and another connection, the image display apparatus comprising:

a display;

a memory; and

a controller operatively connected to the display and the memory, the controller configured to

reproduce content, the content being at least one of a television broadcast image, another broadcast image, a text, audio or image file stored within the image display apparatus, a text, audio or image file stored remotely from the image display apparatus, and a connected Web page,

store a part of the content, upon receipt of a content save command,

simultaneously display

     1) a content object representing the content including the stored content, and

     2) an object representing one of a user and an electronic device connected to the image display apparatus via a wired or wireless network or from a network linked to the connected wired or wireless network,

receive a move command to move the part of the content to the one of the user and the electronic device, and

transmit the stored content to the one of the user and the electronic device via the connected wired or wireless network.

9. The image display apparatus of claim 8, wherein the controller is configured to:

receive a user selection of the object, and drag and drop an icon representing the part of the content on the object.

10. The image display apparatus of claim 8, wherein the controller is configured to drag and drop an icon representing the part of the content on the object without any prior user selection of the object.

11. The image display apparatus of claim 8, wherein the controller is configured to:

recognize that a remote controller is pointed toward the displayed content object,

recognize that the remote controller is pointed toward the object representing one of the user and the electronic device, and

receive a user input for transmitting the part of the content on the object to the one of the user and the electronic device.

12. The image display apparatus of claim 8, wherein the content object representing the content including the stored content, comprises:

an object corresponding to content stored from a time of receiving the content save command to a time of receiving the move command; and

an object corresponding to a predetermined amount of the content stored before the content save commend is received.

13. The image display apparatus of claim 8, wherein the controller is configured to:

display an icon moving between the content object and the object representing one of a user and an electronic device.

14. The image display apparatus of claim 8, wherein the content object is a content list.

15. A non-transitory computer readable medium including instructions configured to cause an image display apparatus configured to receive a television broadcast from one of a landline, a satellite and another connection to perform the following steps:

reproducing content, the content being at least one of a television broadcast image, another broadcast image, a text, audio or image file stored within the image display apparatus, a text, audio or image file stored remotely from the image display apparatus, and a connected Web page;

storing a part of the content, upon receipt of a content save command;

simultaneously displaying

     1) a content object representing the content, including the stored content, and

     2) an object representing one of a user and an electronic device connected to the image display apparatus via a wired or wireless network or from a network linked to the connected wired or wireless network;

receiving a move command to move the part of the content to the one of the user and the electronic device; and

transmitting the stored content to the one of the user and the electronic device via the connected wired or wireless network.