Method for providing menu for network television
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsSae Hun Jang, Uni Young Kim, Sang Jun Koo, Kyung Hee Yoo, Hyung Nam Lee
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Abstract
An information manager includes a network interface, a user interface, and a controller. The network interface establishes a connection with at least one content provider server through a network. The user interface receives an input signal selecting an icon for display. The controller controls output of the selected icon for display along with an image corresponding to the selected icon. The selected icon corresponds to the content provider and is displayed with one or more other icons that correspond to additional content providers, and the image is based on information received through the network interface from the content provider.
Claims20
An information manager, comprising:
- a network interface to establish a connection with at least one content provider server through a network;
- a user interface to receive an input signal selecting an icon corresponding to a content provider;
- and
- a controller configured to
- control for displaying a menu screen that is implemented by overlapping a first layer including a background image with a second layer including one or more icons corresponding to one or more content providers,
- control for displaying an image corresponding to the selected icon overlapped on the first layer and on the second layer,
- wherein the selected icon is one of the one or more icons corresponding to content providers,
- wherein the image is based on information received through the network interface from the selected content provider, and
- estimate an effect in accordance with the image that will be transmitted from the first layer to the second layer,
- wherein the image displayed on the first layer relates to the background image and includes a first animation corresponding to the estimated effect, and the image displayed on the second layer relates to the one or more icons and includes a second animation corresponding to the estimated effect, wherein the first animation and the second animation are related to subject matter of the selected content provider and the second animation is coordinated with the first animation corresponding to the estimated effect.
A method for managing information, comprising:
- displaying a menu screen that is implemented by overlapping a first layer including a background image with a second layer including a plurality of icons which correspond to a respective plurality of content providers;
- receiving a signal selecting one of the plurality of icons;
- estimating an effect in accordance with an image that will be transmitted from the first layer to the second layer, wherein the image is based on information received from the selected content provider of the selected icon;
- and
- displaying an image corresponding to the selected icon overlapped on the first layer and on the second layer, wherein the image displayed on the first layer relates to the background image and includes a first animation corresponding to the estimated effect, and the image displayed on the second layer relates to the one or more icons and includes a second animation corresponding to the estimated effect, wherein the first animation and the second animation are related to subject matter of the selected content provider and the second animation is coordinated with the first animation corresponding to the estimated effect.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.