US 11,240,548 B2 · Display apparatus, method for executing application thereof, external device remotely controlling the display apparatus, and method for providing application control screen thereof

Abstract

A display apparatus, a method for executing an application thereof, an external device remotely controlling the display apparatus, and a method for providing an application control screen thereof are provided. The display apparatus includes a display that displays an application execution screen, the application execution screen displaying an application; a communication unit that communicates with an external server and an external device that remotely controls the display apparatus; and a control unit that transmits to the external device a generation signal that instructs the external device to generate an application control screen in response to receiving an input command to execute the application, controls the communication unit to receive a command from the external device input through the application control screen, and operates the application according to the received command.

Claims10

Dependent claims

A method performed in a display apparatus for executing an application, the method comprising:

connecting via a communication unit with a mobile terminal device operating as a remote controller that controls the display apparatus;
receiving, via the communication unit, a control signal for controlling the display apparatus;
controlling the display apparatus to perform a function corresponding to the control signal;
receiving, via the communication unit, an application download command corresponding to an application that is not installed on the display apparatus, wherein the application download command is generated based on a user command inputted through application information displayed on the mobile terminal device;
transmitting, via the communication unit an application download request, to an external server based on the application download command;
receiving, via the communication unit, the application from the external server;
and
installing the application on the display apparatus.

5 more elements

A display apparatus comprising:

a display;
a communication unit;
and
a control unit configured to:
control the communication unit to connect with a mobile terminal device operating as a remote controller that controls the display apparatus,
receive, via the communication unit, a control signal for controlling the display apparatus from the mobile terminal device,
perform a function corresponding to the control signal,
receive, via the communication unit, an application download command corresponding to an application that is not installed on the display apparatus, wherein the application download command is generated based on a user command inputted through application information displayed on the mobile terminal device,
control the communication unit to transmit an application download request to an external server based on the application download command,
receive, via the communication unit, the application from the external server, and
install the application on the display apparatus.

8 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

16/882,135Filed 22 May 2020 · continuation

Priority

KR 10-2011-008530625 Aug 2011

Published

US 2020/0288189 A110 Sep 2020

Granted

1 Feb 2022

Term ends

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Classification10 codes

H04N 21/4222
Characterized by hardware details: remote control device emulator integrated into a non-television apparatus, e.g. a PDA, media center or smart toy
G06F 9/54
Multiprogramming arrangements: interprogram communication
H04N 21/41265
The peripheral being portable, e.g. PDAs or mobile phones: having a remote control device for bidirectional communication between the remote…
H04N 21/42209
Display device provided on the remote control: for displaying non-command information, e.g. electronic programme guide [EPG], e-mail, messages or…

Family

Application13/584,285Parent of this continuation · filed 13 Aug 2012

Application16/240,251Parent of this continuation · filed 4 Jan 2019

US 10,194,191 B2Parent of this continuation · filed 29 Jan 2019

US 2020/0288189 A1Pre-grant publication · published 10 Sep 2020

US 10,681,406 B2Parent of this continuation

US 11,284,148 B2Related patent

US 2013/0050093 A1Published application

US 2019/0141384 A1Published application

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Display apparatus, method for executing application thereof, external device remotely controlling the display apparatus, and method for providing application control screen thereof

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Display apparatus, method for executing application thereof, external device remotely controlling the display apparatus, and method for providing application control screen thereof

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