# US 2021/0240342 A1 · Display device and communication method thereof

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- Number: US 2021/0240342 A1
- Document ID: US20210240342A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 17/158,324
- Filed: 2021-01-26
- Published: 2021-08-05
- Earliest claimed: 2020-02-05
- Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Suhwan JIN; Seungil YOON; Eungsik YOON; Eunseok CHOI
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20210240342A1

## CPC

- H04W 48/18: Selecting a network or a communication service
- G06F 1/3265: {Power saving in display device}
- G06F 3/0481: based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
- G06F 3/0482: Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
- G06F 3/04886: by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus
- H04N 21/4312: {involving specific graphical features, e.g. screen layout, special fonts or colors, blinking icons, highlights or animations}
- H04N 21/44218: {Detecting physical presence or behaviour of the user, e.g. using sensors to detect if the user is leaving the room or changes his face expression during a TV programme (methods or arrangements for recognising human body or animal bodies or body parts G06V40/10; methods or arrangements for acquiring or recognising human faces, facial parts, facial sketches, facial expressions G06V40/16; methods or arrangements for recognising movements or behaviour G06V40/20; arrangements for identifying users in broadcast systems H04H60/45)}
- H04N 21/6125: {involving transmission via Internet (transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82)}
- H04N 21/6131: {involving transmission via a mobile phone network (wireless downlink channel access H04W74/006)}
- H04N 21/6175: {involving transmission via Internet (broadcast-related systems characterised by the transmission system being the Internet H04H60/82)}
- H04N 21/6181: {involving transmission via a mobile phone network (arrangements for providing broadcast or conference services to substation in data switching networks in combination with wireless systems H04L12/189; wireless uplink channel access H04W74/004)}
- H04N 21/8173: {End-user applications, e.g. Web browser, game}
- H04W 88/06: adapted for operation in multiple networks {or having at least two operational modes}, e.g. multi-mode terminals
- G06F 1/3231: Monitoring the presence, absence or movement of users
- G06F 2203/04803: Split screen, i.e. subdividing the display area or the window area into separate subareas
- Y02D 10/00: Energy efficient computing, e.g. low power processors, power management or thermal management
- H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72)
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)
- H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
- Y02D: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES [ICT], I.E. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES AIMING AT THE REDUCTION OF THEIR OWN ENERGY USE

## Abstract

A method for controlling a display device includes storing a quality order for each of a plurality of communication methods different from each other, based on a plurality of applications being executed, identifying a priority order for each of the plurality of applications, identifying a communication method corresponding to each of the plurality of applications among the plurality of communication methods based on the priority order and the quality order, and communicating with a server corresponding to each of the plurality of applications by the identified communication method.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method for controlling a display device, the method comprising:
storing a quality order for each of a plurality of communication methods different from each other;
based on a plurality of applications being executed, identifying a priority order for each of the plurality of applications;
identifying a communication method corresponding to each of the plurality of applications among the plurality of communication methods based on the priority order and the quality order; and
communicating with a server corresponding to each of the plurality of applications by the identified communication method.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method according to claim 1, further comprising:
based on one application among the plurality of applications being executed, performing communication by identifying a communication method corresponding to a communication specification required by the executed one application among the plurality of communication methods.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The method according to claim 1, where the priority order for each of the plurality of applications is identified based on types of the applications.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The method according to claim 1, further comprising:
identifying whether a user of the display device is present within a preset range of the display device; and
based on the user being not present within the preset range from the display device, changing a first communication method of the plurality of communication methods corresponding to one application of the plurality of applications being executed to a second communication method of the plurality of communication methods, the second communication method having a communication quality order lower than a communication quality order of the first communication method, and performing communication by the second communication method.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The method according to claim 4, further comprising maintaining the first communication method based on the user being present within the preset range from the display device.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The method according to claim 1, wherein the identifying of the priority order for each of the plurality of applications comprises:
providing a UI for selecting a menu;
based on a multi-screen mode being selected from the UI, dividing an entire display region of a display into a plurality of display regions and displaying execution screens of the plurality of applications on the plurality of display regions; and
identifying the priority order of each of the plurality of applications based on a size of each of the plurality of display regions.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The method according to claim 1, wherein the identifying of the priority order for each of the plurality of applications comprises:
providing a UI for selecting a menu;
based on a multi-screen mode being selected from the UI, dividing an entire display region of a display into a plurality of display regions and displaying execution screens of the plurality of applications on the plurality of display regions; and
identifying the priority order of each of the plurality of applications based on a control authority applied to a display region among the plurality of display regions.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The method according to claim 1, wherein the identifying, based on the plurality of applications being executed, the priority order for each of the plurality of applications comprises:
based on a first application of the plurality of applications being executed, performing communication by identifying a first communication method corresponding to a communication specification required by the executed first application among the plurality of communication methods; and
based on a second application of the plurality of applications being additionally executed during the execution of the first application, comparing a priority order of the second application with a priority order of the first application being executed.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The method according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of communication methods comprise at least one of 5G, LTE, wired Ethernet, or Wi-Fi, and
wherein the quality order is determined according to at least one of a communication speed, stability, or communication cost.

### Claim 10

A display device comprising:
a plurality of communication modules different from each other, the plurality of communication modules corresponding to a plurality of communication methods, respectively;
a memory configured to store at least one instruction; and
a processor configured to control the plurality of communication modules by executing the at least one instruction,
wherein the processor is configured to,
store a quality order for each of the plurality of communication modules in the memory,
based on a plurality of applications being executed, identify a priority order for each of the plurality of applications,
identify a communication method for each of the plurality of applications among the plurality of communication methods based on the priority order and the quality order, and
control the plurality of communication modules to communicate with a server corresponding to each of the plurality of applications by the identified communication method.

### Claim 11 (depends on 10)

The device according to claim 10, wherein the processor is configured to, based on one application among the plurality of applications being executed, identify a communication method corresponding to a communication specification required by the executed one application among the plurality of communication methods, and perform communication by controlling a communication module corresponding to the identified communication method among the plurality of communication modules.

### Claim 12 (depends on 10)

The device according to claim 10, wherein the processor is configured to identify the priority order for each of the plurality of applications based on types of the applications.

### Claim 13 (depends on 10)

The device according to claim 10, further comprising:
a sensor configured to detect a user of the display device,
wherein the processor is configured to, based on the user being not present within a preset range from the display device, change a first communication method of the plurality of communication methods corresponding to one application of the plurality of applications being executed to a second communication method of the plurality of communication methods, the second communication method having a communication quality order lower than a communication quality order of the first communication method, and perform communication by the second communication method.

### Claim 14 (depends on 13)

The device according to claim 13, wherein the processor is configured to maintain the first communication method based on the user being present within the preset range from the display device.

### Claim 15 (depends on 10)

The device according to claim 10, further comprising:
a display,
wherein the processor is configured to:
control the display to display a UI for selecting a menu;
based on a multi-screen mode being selected from the UI, control the display to divide an entire display region of the display into a plurality of display regions and display execution screens of the plurality of applications on the plurality of display regions; and
identify the priority order of each of the plurality of applications by comparing sizes of the plurality of display regions with each other.

### Claim 16 (depends on 10)

The device according to claim 10, further comprising:
a display,
wherein the processor is configured to:
control the display to display a UI for selecting a menu;
based on a multi-screen mode being selected from the UI, control the display to divide an entire display region of the display into a plurality of display regions and to display execution screens of the plurality of applications on the plurality of display regions; and
identify the priority order of each of the plurality of applications based on a control authority applied to a display region among the plurality of display regions.

### Claim 17 (depends on 10)

The device according to claim 10, wherein the processor is configured to:
based on a first application of the plurality of applications being executed, perform communication by identifying a first communication method corresponding to a communication specification required by the executed first application among the plurality of communication methods; and
based on a second application of the plurality of applications being additionally executed during the execution of the first application, compare a priority order of the second application with a priority order of the first application being executed, and determine a communication method of each of the first and second applications according to the comparison result.

### Claim 18 (depends on 10)

The device according to claim 10, wherein the plurality of communication modules comprise:
a connector configured to be connected to a dongle for 5G communication;
a wired Ethernet module; and
a Wi-Fi module,
wherein the processor is configured to, based on the dongle for 5G communication being connected to the connector, identify a quality order of each of a plurality of communication methods including a 5G communication method.

### Claim 19 (depends on 10)

The device according to claim 10, wherein the plurality of communication methods comprise at least one of 5G, LTE, wired Ethernet, or Wi-Fi, and
wherein the processor is configured to identify the quality order according to at least one of a communication speed, stability, or communication cost.

### Claim 20

A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having recording thereon a program for performing a communication method of a display device, the method comprising:
storing a quality order for each of a plurality of communication methods different from each other;
based on a plurality of applications being executed, identifying a priority order for each of the plurality of applications;
identifying a communication method corresponding to each of the plurality of applications among the plurality of communication methods based on the priority order and the quality order; and
communicating with a server corresponding to each of the plurality of applications by the identified communication method.