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US 12,750,543 B2Granted
Television and system control method
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsJonghwan Park, Joonhee Yoon
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Abstract
A television controlled by a remote control, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises: an IR receiver for receiving a power-on signal from a remote control; a transceiver for wirelessly communicating with a server, a display for outputting random video data; and a controller for controlling the IR receiver, the transceiver and the display.
Claims12
A control method of a system, comprising:
- transmitting account information identifying at least one user using a first device to a server by the first device;
- displaying a live broadcast program received through an Internet protocol (IP) network by the first device;
- transmitting identification information about the live broadcast program to the server by the first device;
- mapping and storing the account information and the identification information by the server;
- transmitting account information identical to the account information to the server by a second device;
- and
- selectively displaying the live broadcast program or content corresponding to the live broadcast program by the second device according to a current time and an end time of the live broadcast program, wherein:
- when the current time is earlier than the end time of the live broadcast program, the second device displays the live broadcast program, and
- when the end time of the live broadcast program is earlier than the current time, the second device displays the content corresponding to the live broadcast program.
6 more elements
A television (TV) controlled by a remote control, comprising:
- an infrared (IR) receiver receiving a power-on signal from the remote control;
- a transceiver performing wireless communication with a server;
- a display outputting any video data;
- and
- a controller controlling the IR receiver, the transceiver, and the display,
- wherein the controller controls the display to selectively display a live broadcast program or content corresponding to the live broadcast program according to data received from the server and a current time,
- wherein the data received from the server includes information about a live broadcast program being output through a mobile device using the same account information as the TV,
- wherein when the current time is earlier than an end time of the live broadcast program, the controller controls the transceiver to output the live broadcast program, and
- wherein when the end time of the live broadcast program is earlier than the current time, the controller controls the transceiver to output the content corresponding to the live broadcast program.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.