H04N21/42215

ELECTRONIC APPARATUS WITH USER INPUT SWITCHABLE BETWEEN BUTTON AND TOUCH TYPES, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME
20170235412 · 2017-08-17 · ·

Disclosed is an electronic apparatus that includes a button input receiver including a button for receiving a user button input; a touch sensor unit configured to sense a user touch input to the button. The electronic apparatus also includes a controller configured to execute a first function corresponding to the button among a plurality of functions provided by the electronic apparatus if the user button input is received with regard to the button, and, if the user touch input is sensed with regard to the button, determine a second function among the plurality of functions based on a method of the user touch input and execute the determined second function.

Display device for managing a plurality of time source data and method for controlling the same
09736522 · 2017-08-15 · ·

A display device including a used interface module configured to receive first time source data from a user; a broadcast service module configured to receive a broadcast signal; a communication module configured to perform data communication with a network time protocol (NTP) server, a memory configured to store the plurality of time source data; and a controller configured to extract at least one of first time source data extracted from a setting application, second time source data extracted from the broadcast service module, third time source data extracted from the NTP server and set a time of an application in accordance with a predetermined priority order based on the extracted time source data.

Human-computer interaction method and controlled terminal and remote-control device utilizing the same
09774813 · 2017-09-26 · ·

A control method for a controlled terminal and the controlled terminal and a remote-control device utilizing the same are provided. According to the control method for a controlled terminal, a time interval for the controlled terminal to respond to the input operations from a remote-control device is set according to a setting instruction, and the input operations from the remote-control device are processed according to the time interval. Using the above-describe manner, the time interval of the controlled terminal to respond to input operations can be flexibly set to ensure that users can watch TV programs normally, and improve the user experience.

FIRST-SCREEN NAVIGATION WITH CHANNEL SURFING, BACKDROP REVIEWING AND CONTENT PEEKING
20210409831 · 2021-12-30 ·

A method is implemented at an Internet-connected remote control device for reviewing content channels on an Internet-connected display device that is associated with the remote control device via a user account maintained at a server. In response to receiving a user actuation of a user button, the remote control identifies a first Internet content channel that is currently being displayed on the display device, and obtains a preferred channel list including a sequence of Internet content channels that is associated with the user account and includes the first Internet content channel. The remote control then identifies a second Internet content channel that follows the first Internet content channel in the preferred channel list, and transmits to the server a first channel change message including information of the second Internet content channel to cause the Internet-connected display device to display media content provided by the second content channel.

DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CHANNEL CONTROL METHOD

Disclosed are a display apparatus and a channel control method. The channel control method includes: upon receiving channel number information that constructs a channel number in a display apparatus from a control device, obtaining a second channel number according to an instruction for indicating the channel number information each time; determining whether a length of the second channel number is equal to the maximum length of a channel number of a channel list in the display apparatus; and in response to the length of the second channel number being equal to the maximum length of the channel list, directly switching to program content corresponding to the second channel number.

METHOD FOR DISPLAYING INTERACTIVE CONTENT, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
20220137756 · 2022-05-05 ·

The present disclosure relates to a method for displaying interactive content, electronic device, storage medium and computer program product. The method includes: receiving user operation instruction for a created content; analyzing the user operation instruction; determining interactive content corresponding to the user operation instruction, where different user operation instructions correspond to different interactive contents; and displaying the interactive content, where the interactive content is used for indicating preference level of a user to the created content, and different interactive contents indicate different preference levels.

Display apparatus for performing function of user selected menu item on a user interface and method for controlling display apparatus

A display apparatus includes a display, a single physical button and a processor configured to control the display to display a guide user interface (UI), a selection UI and a plurality of menu items, based on a user input received via the single physical button being identified as a short click input, move the selection UI from one menu item among the plurality of menu items to another menu item among the plurality of menu items, based on the user input being identified as a long press input, select the one menu item and execute a control function corresponding to the selected one menu item, and based on an execution of the control function, control the display to display a setting UI indicating a current setting value of the control function.

Application based reconfiguring of remote control transmission rate behavior
11424778 · 2022-08-23 · ·

Aspects of the disclosure relate to a remote control which may include one or more buttons configured to provide input to the remote control upon being activated, a transmitter for transmitting data, a receiver for receiving data, a processor and memory storing computer executable instructions that, when executed, cause the two-way remote control to perform a method for configuring repeat transmission behavior of one or more of the buttons of the two-way remote control. Further, the receiver may be configured to receive data from a device configured to be controlled by the remote control and the data may include instructions for configuring the repeat transmission behavior of the one or more buttons of the two-way remote control. Additionally, the two-way remote control may configure the repeat transmission behavior of the one or more buttons of the two-way remote control based on the data received from the device.

Display apparatus for performing function of user selected menu item on a user interface and method for controlling display apparatus

A display apparatus includes a display, a single physical button and a processor configured to control the display to display a guide user interface (UI), a selection UI and a plurality of menu items, based on a user input received via the single physical button being identified as a short click input, move the selection UI from one menu item among the plurality of menu items to another menu item among the plurality of menu items, based on the user input being identified as a long press input, select the one menu item and execute a control function corresponding to the selected one menu item, and based on an execution of the control function, control the display to display a setting UI indicating a current setting value of the control function.

EPG INTERFACE PRESENTATION METHOD AND DISPLAY APPARATUS

A method for presenting EPG user interface, including: in response to a first input command, displaying an EPG user interface including a first presentation page; and in response to a second input command, switching the EPG user interface from the first presentation page to a second presentation page, where the first presentation page includes a first set of channels and programs in a first time period corresponding to the first set of channels; and the second presentation page includes the first set of channels and programs in a second time period corresponding to the first set of channels.