Display apparatus for processing multiple applications and method for controlling the same

• US 9,015,758 B2
• Filed: 11/03/2011
• Issued: 04/21/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 05/26/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Kim, Ryoung, Choi, Gowoon, Suk, Jihe, Kim, Changkyoon
• Primary Examiner(s): Goodarzi, Nasser
• Assistant Examiner(s): PIERORAZIO, MICHAEL
• Application Number:
  US13/288,522
• Publication Number:
  US 20120304229A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,265 Days
• Field of Search: 725/41, 715/805, 715/762
• US Class Current: 725/41
• 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 21/478 Supplemental services, e.g. displaying phone caller identification, shopping application
• 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 21/8173 End-user applications, e.g. Web browser, game

Abstract

A method of controlling a display apparatus and which includes displaying received audio and video contents on a display unit of the display apparatus, receiving a request signal for executing an application browser and displaying a list of applications stored in a memory associated with the display apparatus, the list of applications stored in the memory including an editable application group including at least one application that can be edited and a non-editable application group including at least one application that cannot be edited; generating graphic data representing the applications included in the editable application group and non-editable application group; and displaying the received video data in a first area of the display unit and displaying the generated graphic data representing the applications in a second area within the first area.

Claims

1. A broadcast receiver, comprising:

a tuner configured to receive a broadcast program including at least one of audio data and video data, and

a controller configured to display the video data included in the received broadcast program in a first area of a display unit of the broadcast receiver, to receive a request signal for executing an application browser and displaying a list of applications stored in a memory of the broadcast receiver, said list of applications stored in the memory including an editable application group including at least one application that can be edited and a non-editable application group including at least one application that cannot be edited, to generate thumbnail images representing the applications included in the editable application group and non-editable application group, and to display the generated thumbnail images representing the applications in a second area within the first area,

wherein the controller is further configured to receive a request signal for displaying a list of recent channels and recently executed applications stored in the memory to be displayed in the second area of the display unit, to access a table stored in the memory including the list of recent channels and recently executed applications, and to display the list of recent channels and recently executed applications in the second area,

wherein the recent channels and recently executed applications are displayed in an access order,

wherein the list includes the recently executed applications with a previous execution history, and

wherein the list includes the recent channels tuned into for more than a predetermined time, and further includes a previous execution history.

2. The broadcast receiver of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to distinctively display the at least one application included in the non-editable application group from the at least one application included in the editable application group so as to notify a user watching the broadcast receiver not to attempt to edit the at least one application included in the non-editable application group.

3. The broadcast receiver of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to receive an edit request signal for initiating an edit mode for editing the editable application group, to receive a selection signal indicating a selection of the at least one application included in the editable application group, and to display at least one indicator area indicating a location of the second area where the selected application can be relocated to, and

wherein the at least one indicator area is only displayed between applications that can be relocated and is not displayed between system applications included in the non-editable application group that cannot be relocated.

4. The broadcast receiver of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to receive a deletion selection signal indicating a deletion of the at least one application included in the editable application group, to delete the at least one application and not display the deleted application in the first area, to receive a recover signal indicating a recovery of the deleted application, and to extract link information associated with the deleted application stored in the memory and redisplay the recovered application in the first area, and

wherein the controller is further configured to distinctively redisplay the recovered application from other applications.

5. The broadcast receiver of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to receive a categorizing signal requesting the list of applications stored in the memory be categorized and displayed on the display unit, to read metadata corresponding to the applications stored in the memory for identifying a type of each application, to generate iconic graphic data for each application based on the read metadata, to categorize the applications based on the read metadata, and to display the categorized applications using the iconic graphic data in the second area of the display unit.

6. The of claim broadcast receiver of claim 1, wherein the list of recent channels is stored in a first area of the table and the list of recently executed applications is stored in a second area of the table that is distinct from the first area of the table.

7. A method of controlling a broadcast receiver, the method comprising:

receiving a broadcast program including at least one of audio data and video data;

displaying the video data included in the received broadcast program in a first area of a display unit of the broadcast receiver;

receiving a request signal for displaying a list of applications stored in a memory of the broadcast receiver, said list of applications stored in the memory including an editable application group including at least one application that can be edited and a non-editable application group including at least one application that cannot be edited;

displaying thumbnail images representing the applications included in the editable application group and non-editable application group;

receiving a request signal for displaying a list of recent channels and recently executed applications stored in the memory; and

displaying thumbnail images representing the recent channels and recently executed applications in a second area within the first area,

wherein the recent channels and recently executed applications are displayed in an access order,

wherein the list includes the recently executed applications with a previous execution history, and

wherein the list includes the recent channels tuned into for more than a predetermined time and further includes a previous execution history.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

generating the thumbnail images representing the recent channels and recently executed applications by capturing an image of the recent channels and recently executed applications.

9. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

displaying a channel number corresponding to each of the thumbnail images along with the corresponding thumbnail images.

10. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

displaying text information in the second area indicating that the recent channels correspond to recent channels in the list of recent channels.

11. The method of claim 7, wherein the second area is overlapped with the first area.

12. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

displaying an icon for deleting at least one of thumbnail images corresponding to the recent channels or recently executed applications.

13. A broadcast receiver, comprising:

a tuner configured to receive a broadcast program including at least one of audio data and video data, and

a controller configured to display the video data included in the received broadcast program in a first area of a display unit of the broadcast receiver, to receive a request signal for displaying a list of applications stored in a memory of the broadcast receiver, said list of applications stored in the memory including an editable application group including at least one application that can be edited and a non-editable application group including at least one application that cannot be edited, and to display thumbnail images representing the applications included in the editable application group and non-editable application group,

wherein the controller is further configured to receive a request signal for displaying a list of recent channels and recently executed applications stored in the memory, and to display thumbnail images representing the recent channels and recently executed applications in a second area within the first area,

wherein the recent channels and recently executed applications are displayed in an access order,

wherein the list includes the recently executed applications with a previous execution history, and

wherein the list includes the recent channels tuned into for more than a predetermined time and further includes a previous execution history.

14. The broadcast receiver claim 13, wherein the controller is further configured to generate the thumbnail images by capturing an image of the recent channels and recently executed applications.

15. The broadcast receiver of claim 13, wherein the controller is further configured to display a channel number corresponding to each of the thumbnail images along with the corresponding thumbnail images.

16. The broadcast receiver of claim 13, wherein the controller is further configured to display text information in the:

second area indicating that the recent channels correspond to recent channels in the list of recent channels.

17. The broadcast receiver of claim 13, wherein the second area is overlapped with the first area.

18. The broadcast receiver of claim 13, wherein the controller is further configured to display an icon for deleting at least one of thumbnail images corresponding to the recent channels or recently executed application.