Method and apparatus for providing gui
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsDeok-ho KIM, Ki-ho KIM
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Abstract
A GUI providing method and a GUI providing apparatus are provided. According to the GUI providing method, a GUI from among GUIs for an external apparatus connected to a video apparatus is determined and displayed. Accordingly, if there are many GUIs for an apparatus, a GUI most suitable for the current circumstance is automatically determined and provided to a user.
Claims28
A method for providing a Graphical User Interface (GUI), comprising:
- receiving a selection of an external apparatus from among external apparatuses connected to a video apparatus, as a selected external apparatus;
- determining a GUI from among GUIs, for the selected external apparatus;
- and
- displaying the determined GUI.
A method for providing a Graphical User Interface (GUI), comprising:
- receiving a selection of an external apparatus from one of the video apparatus and external apparatuses connected to the video apparatus, as a selected apparatus;
- determining a GUI from among GUIs, for the selected apparatus;
- and
- displaying the determined GUI.
A Graphical User Interface (GUI) providing apparatus, comprising:
- a GUI generation unit which generates a GUI;
- and
- a control unit which, if a user selects an external apparatus from among external apparatuses connected to the video apparatus, determines the GUI from among GUIs for the selected external apparatus, and controls the GUI generation unit so that the determined GUI is displayed on a display.
A Graphical User Interface (GUI) providing apparatus, comprising:
- a GUI generation unit which generates a GUI;
- and
- a control unit which, if a user selects one of a video apparatus and external apparatuses connected to the video apparatus as a selected apparatus, determines the GUI from among GUIs for the selected apparatus and controls the GUI generation unit so that the determined GUI is displayed on the display.
A Graphical User Interface (GUI) generating method comprising:
- receiving user selection of an external device of a plurality of external devices, as a selected external device;
- and
- automatically determining one of a plurality of GUIs based on the user selection and based on predetermined criteria.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.