Television receiver, method of controlling the receiver, and network construction device

• US 9,473,818 B2
• Filed: 04/22/2013
• Issued: 10/18/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 06/27/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hisense Visual Technology Co., Ltd. (Qingdao Huatong State-Owned Capital Operation (Group) Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Kato, Hirotsugu
• Primary Examiner(s): Ekpo, Nnenna
• Application Number:
  US13/867,975
• Publication Number:
  US 20130232533A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,275 Days
• Field of Search: 725/110, 725/131
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2358 for generating different versions, e.g. for different recipient devices
• 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 21/4316 for displaying supplemental content in a region of the screen, e.g. an advertisement in a separate window
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44224 Monitoring of user activity on external systems, e.g. Internet browsing
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4432 Powering on the client, e.g. bootstrap loading using setup parameters being stored locally or received from the server resetting in general G06F1/14; program loading or initiating in general G06F9/445; bootstrapping in general G06F9/4401; secure boots of computer platforms G06F21/57
• 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 21/4782 Web browsing , e.g. WebTV
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4856 for language selection, e.g. for the menu or subtitles
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/643 Communication protocols network streaming protocols, e.g. real-time transport protocol [RTP] or real-time control protocol [RTCP], H04L65/65

Abstract

According to one embodiment, a method of controlling an electronic device comprises accessing a world wide web (WWW) server by using information that indicates at least the menu language which is set by an initial setup module of the electronic device, through a connection module of the electronic device that connects the electronic device to the world wide web server. The method further comprises selecting content of one of languages from a set of content of various languages stored in the WWW server, where the one of languages is the same language with that of the display menu, and displaying content delivered from the WWW server.

Claims

1. An electronic device comprising:

a tuner to receive a digital broadcasting signal;

a transport decoder to select a television program included in the digital broadcasting signal and output video data and audio data in packets of the television program;

a decoder to decode the video and audio data of the television program from the transport decoder;

an on-screen display (OSD) controller to control an output of a display menu;

a net connection module to connect the electronic device to a server;

an initial setup module, controlled by a controller, to set-a menu language of the display menu when the initial setup module conducts an initial setup of the electronic device according to a user operation input;

a network control module, controlled by the controller, to access the server through the net connection module and transmit an Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) request with a header including information that identifies at least the menu language set by the initial setup module; and

a browser function control module, controlled by the controller, to display content delivered from the server, wherein the content is displayed in a language identical to the menu language of the display menu and the language of the content selected by the server is based on the information provided by the network control module.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 further comprising:

a remote control command process module, controlled by the controller, to generate the user operation input on the initial setup module, wherein the user operation determines the menu language when the user places a cursor being at a selected language indication among menu languages on the display menu and presses an enter button.

3. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the information is configured to cause the server to deliver the content in the set menu language.

4. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the information includes a language request signal.

5. A method of controlling an electronic device, the electronic device comprising a tuner for receiving a digital broadcasting signal, a transport decoder for selecting a television program included in the digital broadcasting signal and outputting video data and audio data in packets of the television program, a decoder for decoding the video and audio data of the television program from the transport decoder, an on-screen display (OSD) controller for controlling an output of a display menu, a net connection module for connecting the electronic device to a server, and an initial setup module the method characterized by comprising:

setting a menu language of the display menu by the initial setup module when the initial setup module conducts an initial setup of the electronic device according to a user operation input;

accessing the server through the net connection module, the accessing of the server comprises transmitting transmit an Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) request with a header including information that identifies at least the menu language which is set by the initial setup module; and

displaying content delivered from the server, wherein the content is displayed in a language identical to the menu language of the display menu and the language of the content is selected by the server based on the information provided when accessing the server.

6. The method of controlling the electronic device of claim 5, further comprising:

generating the user operation input as used by the initial setup module, wherein the user operation determines the menu language when the user places a cursor being at a selected language indication among menu languages on the display menu and presses an enter button.

7. The method of controlling the electronic device of claim 5, wherein the information is configured to cause the server to deliver content in the set menu language.

8. The method of controlling the electronic device of claim 5, wherein the information includes a language request signal.

9. An electronic device comprising:

a tuner configured to receive an incoming signal;

a transport decoder configured to select a television program included in the incoming signal and output video data and audio data in packets of the television program;

a decoder configured to decode the video and audio data of the television program from the transport decoder;

a controller configured to control an output of a display menu;

a net connection module configured to establish communication with a server;

an initial setup module, controlled by the controller, to set-a menu language of the display menu;

a network control module, controlled by the controller, to access the server through the net connection module and transmit an Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) request with a header including information that identifies at least the menu language which is set by the initial setup module; and

a browser function control module, controlled by the controller, to display content delivered from the server, wherein the content is displayed in a language identical to the menu language of the display menu and the language of the content is selected by the server based on the information provided when accessing the server.

10. The electronic device of claim 9 further comprising:

a remote control command process module controlled by the controller, produce a user operation input on the electronic device, wherein the user operation determines the menu language when the user places a cursor being at a selected language indication among menu languages on the display menu and presses an enter button.

11. The electronic device of claim 9,

wherein the information is configured to cause the server to deliver content in the set menu language.

12. The electronic device of claim 9, wherein the information includes a language request signal.

13. An electronic device comprising:

a receiver to receive a television program including video and audio data;

a decoder to decode the video and audio data of the television program;

an on-screen display (OSD) controller to control an output of a display menu;

a network connector to communicatively couple the electronic device to a server;

an initial setup module controlled by a controller, the initial setup module to set a menu language of the display menu when the initial setup module conducts an initial setup of the electronic device according to a user operation input;

a network control module controlled by the controller, the network control module to access the server through the network controller and transmit an Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) request with a header including information that identifies at least the menu language which is set by the initial setup module; and

a browser function control module controlled by the controller, the browser function control module to display content delivered from the server, wherein the content is displayed in a language identical to the menu language of the display menu and the language of the content selected by the server is based on the information used by the network control module.