Method and apparatus for reproducing content
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsYoung-min Park, Keum-yong Oh, Jun-eok Ahn, Da-na Jung
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Abstract
A method of displaying information on a terminal, the method including: receiving a message from another terminal during reproduction of content; assigning a part of a screen of the terminal for displaying information related to the message based on a priority order of the message; and displaying the information related to the message on the assigned part of the screen during the reproduction of the content which is being displayed on the rest of the screen.
Claims8
A method of displaying information on a first terminal, the method comprising:
- receiving a message from a second terminal while reproducing content on a screen of the first terminal;
- and
- displaying, on a predetermined portion of the screen of the first terminal, information related to the message based on a priority order associated with the message among a plurality of priorities, instead of displaying the message on the screen of the first terminal, while reproducing the content on the screen of the first terminal,
- wherein the information related to the message is a visual element, and a shape of the visual element is determined according to the priority order associated with the message among the plurality of priorities, and
- wherein the information related to the message displays the priority order associated with the message.
An apparatus for displaying information on a first terminal, the apparatus comprising:
- a service processor which receives a message from a second terminal while reproducing content on a screen of the first terminal;
- and
- a content reproducer which displays, on a predetermined portion of the screen of the first terminal, information related to the message based on a priority order associated with the message among a plurality of priorities, instead of displaying the message on the screen of the first terminal, while reproducing the content on the screen of the first terminal,
- wherein the information related to the message is a visual element, and a shape of the visual element is determined according to the priority order associated with the message among the plurality of priorities, and
- wherein the information related to the message displays the priority order associated with the message.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.