Display device controlling content playback
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorWon June GONG
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Abstract
A display device includes a user input interface through which a playback request for specific content is received from a remote control device, a processor that acquires a content identifier (ID) for the specific content, the previous accumulated playback time for the specific content, and the playback point in time for the specific content based on the playback request, and a display that is configured in such a manner that the specific content is displayed on the display. The processor determines whether or not the purchase of the specific content is refundable. When it is determined that the purchase of the specific content is refundable, the processor stores the accumulated playback time and the current playback point in time at a specific interval of time.
Claims18
A display device that controls content playback, the display device comprising:
- a user input interface through which a playback request for specific content is received from a remote control device;
- a processor that acquires a content identifier (ID) for the specific content, the previous accumulated playback time for the specific content, and the playback point in time for the specific content based on the playback request;
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- a display that is configured in such a manner that the specific content is displayed on the display,
- wherein the processor determines whether or not the purchase of the specific content is refundable,
- wherein, when it is determined that the purchase of the specific content is refundable, the processor stores the accumulated playback time and the current playback point in time at a specific interval of time, and
- wherein, when it is determined that the purchase of the specific content is not refundable, the processor stores the current playback point in time at a specific interval of time.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.