US 9,794,616 B2Granted

Digital device and method for controlling the same

AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.

InventorsDaegu Kim, Alan Thomas Shen, David Kempe, Itai Vonshak, Molly Davis, Liron Damir, Danielle Zimmerman, Herbert Han-pu Wang, Brian Behnke

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Abstract

A method of controlling a digital television, the method includes displaying content or application being executed on a display screen of the digital television, receiving a first signal requesting a menu to be displayed, and displaying the requested menu, overlaid on the display screen, wherein the menu includes a first part and a second part, wherein the first part displays at least one menu item corresponding to previously displayed content or previously executed application, and wherein the second part displays at least one menu item corresponding to content or an application executable in the digital television.

Claims30

Dependent claims

A method of controlling a digital television, the method comprising:

receiving a first signal requesting a menu to be displayed;
and
displaying the requested menu, overlaid on a display screen of a display of the digital television,
wherein the menu includes:
a first menu displayed in a first area of the display screen and including first menu tiles within the first menu, wherein the first menu tiles within the first menu are folded in the first area, and wherein the first menu tiles correspond to previously displayed contents or executed applications and include a corresponding thumbnail image or icon and title or type of the previously displayed contents or executed applications, and
a second menu displayed in a second area of the display screen and including second menu tiles within the second menu, wherein the second menu tiles within the second menu are unfolded in the second area, and wherein the second menu tiles correspond to contents or applications executable in the digital television, and include a corresponding thumbnail image of the contents or applications executable in the digital television,
wherein the first menu and the second menu are displayed together and are operated independently of each other and a selection of the first menu does not cause displaying of the second menu, and
wherein the method further comprises:
receiving a second signal for interchanging the displayed first menu and the displayed second menu;
and
interchanging display locations of the first menu and the second menu while simultaneously unfolding the folded first menu tiles and displaying the unfolded first menu tiles in the second area, and folding the unfolded second menu tiles and displaying the folded second menu tiles in the first area, in response to the received second signal,
wherein the first area includes at least four menu tiles and the second area includes at least eight menu tiles.

9 more elements

A digital television comprising:

a display;
a first interface configured to receive content or application from a server;
a second interface configured to receive a first signal requesting a menu to be displayed;
and
a controller configured to display the requested menu on a display screen of the display,
wherein the menu includes:
a first menu displayed in a first area of the display screen and including first menu tiles within the first menu, wherein the first menu tiles within the first menu are folded in the first area, and wherein the first menu tiles correspond to previously displayed contents or executed applications and include a corresponding thumbnail image or icon and title or type of the previously displayed contents or executed applications, and
a second menu displayed in a second area of the display screen and including a mosaic of second menu tiles within the second menu, wherein the second menu tiles within the second menu are unfolded in the second area, and wherein the second menu tiles correspond to contents or applications executable in the digital television, and include a corresponding thumbnail image of the contents or applications executable in the digital television,
wherein the first menu and the second menu are displayed together and are operated independently of each other and a selection of the first menu does not cause displaying of the second menu, and
wherein the controller is further configured to:
receive a second signal for interchanging the displayed first menu and the displayed second menu, and
interchange display locations of the first menu and the second menu while simultaneously unfolding the folded first menu tiles and displaying the unfolded first menu tiles in the second area, and folding the unfolded second menu tiles and displaying the folded second menu tiles in the first area in response to the received second signal,
wherein the first area includes at least four menu tiles and the second area includes at least eight menu tiles.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 14/694,873Filed 23 Apr 2015 · continuation
Priority: KR 10-2014-011297328 Aug 2014
Published: US 2015/0229987 A113 Aug 2015
Granted: 17 Oct 2017
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification12 codes

H04N 21/4316
Involving specific graphical features, e.g. screen layout, special fonts or colors, blinking icons, highlights or animations: for displaying…
H04N 21/42208
Characterized by hardware details: display device provided on the remote control
H04N 21/44226
Monitoring of user activity on external systems, e.g. Internet browsing: on social networks
H04N 21/4532
Management of client data or end-user data: involving end-user characteristics, e.g. viewer profile, preferences

Family

Application61/920,473Us provisional application · filed 24 Dec 2013
PCT/KR2014/012326Parent of this continuation · filed 15 Dec 2014
US 2015/0229987 A1Pre-grant publication · published 13 Aug 2015
Application14/437,681Parent of this continuation
US 10,681,419 B2Related patent
US 2015/0304717 A1Published application
US 9,794,616 B2This patent

From the US filing history. Foreign family members aren’t listed.