Display device and method for providing content using the same
AssigneeLG Lectronics Inc.
InventorSangseok Lee
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Abstract
A display device and a method for providing content in the display device are disclosed, in which a display displays a menu screen including selectable icons representing a plurality of execution modes that indicate versions of content to be displayed, and a controller detects a user action for selecting an icon, identifies an execution mode indicated by the selected icon, in response to the detected user action, and executes the content in the identified execution mode. The plurality of execution modes may include edited version mode, Web mode, and application mode.
Claims16
A method for processing data in a digital device, the method comprising:
- displaying a broadcast program on a screen;
- receiving, during the display of the broadcast program on the screen, a first user action requesting display of content in an application mode, wherein the application mode displays the content in a dedicated application;
- displaying the application associated with the application mode of the content in response to the received first user action on the screen;
- receiving a second user action, after the first user action, requesting to switch the displayed application into a web mode for displaying the content as a web page in a web browser;
- displaying the content in the web browser on the screen in response to the received second user action,
- receiving a third user action, after the second user action, requesting to switch the displayed content in the web browser into the application mode;
- displaying the application associated with the application mode for the content on the screen in response to the received third user action;
- and
- wherein the application mode includes a first menu item for switching to the web mode and the web mode includes a second menu item for switching to the application mode.
A digital television comprising:
- a processor and a screen configured to:
- receive a broadcast signal;
- display the broadcast program on the screen;
- receive, during the display of the broadcast program, a first user action requesting display of content in an application mode, wherein the application mode displays the content in a dedicated application;
- display the application associated with the application mode of the content on the screen in response to the received first user action,
- receive a second user action, after the first user action, requesting to switch the displayed application into the web mode for displaying the content as a web page in a web browser;
- display the content in the web browser on the screen in response to the received second user action;
- and
- display the content in the web browser on the screen in response to the second user action;
- receive a third user action, after the second user action, requesting to switch the displayed content in the web browser into the application mode;
- and
- display the application associated with the application mode for the content on the screen in response to the received third user action;
- and
- wherein the application mode includes a first menu item for switching to the web mode and the web mode includes a second menu item for switching to the application mode.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.