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US 8,769,563 B2Granted
Display apparatus and method for providing application function applying thereto
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsBo-sung Seo, Kum-yon Han
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Abstract
A display apparatus performs an application related function using broadcast information of a broadcast image which is currently being displayed when a command to perform the application related function is input by the user. Accordingly, the user is able to easily select the application related to the program which is currently being broadcasted.
Claims12
A display apparatus comprising:
- a broadcast receiving unit which receives a broadcast signal and broadcast information;
- a display unit including a screen which displays a broadcast image which corresponds to the broadcast signal;
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- a controlling unit which performs a function which displays an application list which consists of applications related to the broadcast information of the broadcast image which is currently being displayed on the display unit, when a command to perform an application related function is input by a user, and
- the controlling unit is configured to determine whether the broadcast image which is currently being displayed on the display unit is a broadcast program or an advertisement, and controls the display unit to display the application list on a partial area of the screen during a time when the broadcast image is a broadcast program and controls the display unit to display the application list on an entire area of the screen during a time when the broadcast image is an advertisement.
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A method for providing an application function comprising:
- receiving a broadcast signal and a broadcast information;
- displaying, on a screen, a broadcast image which corresponds to the broadcast signal;
- performing a function which displays an application list which consists of applications related to the broadcast information of the broadcast image which is currently being displayed if a command to perform the application related function is input by a user,
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- determining whether the broadcast image which is currently being displayed is a broadcast program or an advertisement,
- displaying the application list on a partial area of the screen during a time when the broadcast image is a broadcast program, and displaying the application list on an entire area of the screen during a time when the broadcast image is an advertisement.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.