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US 8,752,116 B2Granted
Method for partly updating software in network television
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsSohee Heo, Daesuk Park
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Abstract
A method of updating dedicated firmwares of a plurality of content providers in a network TV system is provided. A user interface allows easy and intuitive control of the update so that the firmwares according to the content providers can be updated in accordance with a user's desired order and type on the network.
Claims15
A method of updating firmware on a network television (TV), comprising:
- receiving firmware update information according to content providers from a network operator, wherein the firmware update information includes information on updates of a plurality of dedicated firmware items that respectively correspond to the content providers;
- displaying, on the network TV, the firmware update information according to the content providers;
- receiving a user input for selecting a plurality of update target firmware items to update from among the plurality of dedicated firmware items;
- performing the update of the selected update target firmware items;
- and
- displaying an update progress screen during the update of the selected update target firmware items,
- wherein the update progress screen includes:
- a plurality of progress rates that respectively represent how much the selected update target firmware items are updated, and
- a plurality of graphic user interface (GUI) elements that respectively correspond to the selected update target firmware items,
- wherein a stop function for stopping an update of a first selected update target firmware item that is being updated is provided to a GUI element corresponding to the first selected update target firmware item,
- wherein a cancel function for canceling an update of a second selected update target firmware item that is not yet updated is provided to a GUI element corresponding to the second selected update target firmware item.
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A display device accessible to a network, comprising:
- a network interface unit connected with at least one server of a content provider through the network to receive contents and also receive firmware update information and a firmware update file of the display device from a network operator, wherein the firmware update information includes information on updates of a plurality of dedicated firmware items that respectively correspond to the content providers;
- a displaying unit adapted to display the firmware update information according to the content providers;
- a user interface unit adapted to receive a user's input to select a plurality of update target firmware items to update from among the plurality of dedicated firmware items;
- and
- a controlling unit adapted to perform the update of the selected update target firmware items and to display, on the displaying unit, an update progress screen during the update of the selected update target firmware items,
- wherein the update progress screen includes:
- a plurality of progress rates that respectively represent how much the selected update target firmware items are updated, and
- a plurality of graphic user interface (GUI) elements that respectively correspond to the selected update target firmware items,
- wherein a stop function for stopping an update of a first selected update target firmware item that is being updated is provided to a GUI element corresponding to the first selected update target firmware item,
- wherein a cancel function for canceling an update of a second selected update target firmware item that is not yet updated is provided to a GUI element corresponding to the second selected update target firmware item.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.