A method of controlling a display apparatus, the method comprising:
- communicating with an external apparatus;
- receiving, from the external apparatus, information for linkage view to display a content which is being displayed in the external apparatus while the display apparatus operates in a state of power on, the information for linkage view being associated with information on the content and information on a predefined apparatus from which the content is received;
- and
- in response to the information for linkage view being received from the external apparatus, determining whether a predefined computer program for the linkage view is executed, and
- in response to determining that the predefined computer program is not executed, executing the predefined computer program so that the executed predefined computer program causes a display of a corresponding content based on the information on the content and the information on the predefined apparatus from which the content is received.