Display apparatus and contents searching method thereof
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsYong-man Son, Kum-yon Han
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Abstract
A display apparatus includes a display unit and receives a broadcasting signal, the display apparatus including: a communication unit which communicates with an external server; and an integrated searching unit which requests a broadcasting schedule information of a provider providing the broadcasting signal and a current popular search word to the server if a user inputs a search signal to execute a searching function, generates at least one recommended search word based on the broadcasting schedule information and the popular search word received from the server and displays on the display unit the generated recommended search word.
Claims15
A display apparatus which comprises a display unit and receives a broadcasting signal, the display apparatus comprising:
- a communication device which communicates with an external server of a portal website;
- and
- a processor, including programmed logic, to perform an integrated search by:
- identifying a location information of the display apparatus based on an Internet protocol and determining an information on at least one provider providing the broadcasting signal based on the location information;
- requesting a broadcasting schedule information from a provider providing the broadcasting signal and a real-time popular search word from the external server of the portal website when a user inputs a search signal to execute a searching function;
- generating at least one recommended search word based on the broadcasting schedule information and the popular search word received from the external server of the portal website;
- and
- displaying on the display unit the generated recommended search word.
A contents searching method of a display apparatus, the method comprising:
- receiving a broadcasting signal;
- receiving a search signal from a user to execute a searching function;
- identifying a location information of the display apparatus based on an Internet protocol and determining an information on at least one provider providing the broadcasting signal based on the location information;
- requesting a broadcasting schedule information from a provider providing the broadcasting signal and a real-time popular search word from an external server of a portal website;
- generating at least one recommended search word based on the broadcasting schedule information and the popular search word received from the server;
- and
- displaying the at least one generated recommended search word.
A contents searching method of a display apparatus, the method comprising:
- receiving a search signal from a user to execute a searching function;
- identifying a location information of the display apparatus based on an Internet protocol and determining an information on at least one provider providing the broadcasting signal based on the location information;
- requesting a broadcasting schedule information from a provider providing a broadcasting signal current being displayed and a real-time popular search word from an external server of a portal website;
- generating a plurality of recommended search words based on the broadcasting schedule information and based on the popular search word received from the server;
- displaying the generated recommended search words;
- receiving a user selection from the user of one of the generated recommended search words;
- and
- displaying a plurality of contents based on the selected recommended search word.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.