Electronic device and operating method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10755289-B2
Application number	US-201815896719-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 14, 2018
Priority date	Apr 3, 2017
Publication date	Aug 25, 2020
Grant date	Aug 25, 2020

Abstract

Provided are an electronic device and an operating method thereof. The electronic device includes: a communication interface; a processor configured to output information of at least one product while a broadcast program for advertisement or sale is being displayed, control, in response to an external input for a selection from the information output, the communication interface to access a server storing shopping broadcast content produced for advertisement or sale corresponding to the selection, and output the shopping broadcast content received from the server by using streaming. The electronic device includes an external input interface configured to receive the external input.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic device comprising:
a communication interface;
a processor configured to:
control the communication interface to access a server for information of at least one product stored on the server, the information of the at least one product including at least one list corresponding to a plurality of products including the at least one product;
stream the information of the at least one product from the server,
output the information of the at least one product while a broadcast program for advertisement or sale of the at least one product is being displayed on a home shopping broadcast channel,
determine an order in which the at least one list is output on a display based on at least one of a user's viewing history or a user's purchase history,
control the display to display the at least one list according to the determined order;
control, in response to an external input for a selection from the information of the at least one product streamed, the communication interface to access the server for shopping broadcast content produced for advertisement or sale stored on the server corresponding to the selection from the information of the at least one product, and
stream the shopping broadcast content, corresponding to the selection from the information of the at least one product, received from the server; and

an external input interface configured to receive the external input,
wherein the at least one list includes information of the plurality of products currently being displayed on a plurality of home shopping broadcast channels.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the electronic device comprises the display, and
the processor is further configured to:
control the display to display the shopping broadcast content by using streaming.

3. The electronic device of claim 1 ,
wherein the at least one list is a first list and further comprises a second list including information of products that are sequentially broadcast on each home shopping broadcast channel, a third list including information of products corresponding to one or more predetermined product categories, and a fourth list including information of products selected according to a predetermined criterion from among products that have been broadcast.

4. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
control the communication interface to access the server for advertisement information stored on the server corresponding to the selection; and
receive and output the advertisement information corresponding to the selection from the server.

5. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
select an external device to receive a telephone call in response to the external input which includes a request for a telephone connection for a purchase through the external input interface according to the selection; and
control the communication interface to transmit a message requesting the telephone connection to a home shopping broadcast content provider so that the selected external device receives the telephone call for the purchase according to the selection.

6. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein
the processor, in response to a request for a message including advertisement information associated with the selection through the external input interface, is configured to control the communication interface to transmit the message to an external device.

7. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein
the processor, in response to an input selecting the at least one product or another product to be subject of a broadcast from the information of the at least one product through the external input interface, is configured to output a notification message when broadcast involving the at least one product or the other product starts.

8. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein
the processor is configured to output the information of the at least one product using a thumbnail, and output information about at least one of a name, a price, and a home shopping broadcast channel name of the at least one product along with the thumbnail.

9. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein
the processor is configured to execute an application in response to selecting of an application providing information about home shopping broadcast content through the external input interface, and output the information of the at least one product as the application is executed.

10. The electronic device of claim 9 , wherein the processor is configured to:
output a menu to execute an application providing information about home shopping broadcast content when a user watches a home shopping broadcast program or a predetermined broadcast program, and
execute the application in response to selecting of the output menu through the external input interface.

11. An operating method of an electronic device, the operating method comprising:
accessing a server for information of at least one product stored on the server;
streaming the information of the at least one product from the server, the information of the at least one product including at least one list corresponding to a plurality of products including the at least one product;
outputting the information of the at least one product while a broadcast program for advertisement or sale of the at least one product is being displayed on a home shopping broadcast channel;
determining an order in which the at least one list is output on a display based on at least one of a user's viewing history or a user's purchase history,
controlling the display to display the at least one list according to the determined order;
receiving, by the electronic device, an external input for a selection from the information of the at least one product output;
accessing, in response to the external input, by the electronic device, the server for shopping broadcast content produced for advertisement or sale stored on the server corresponding to the selection from the information of the at least one product; and
streaming, by the electronic device, the shopping broadcast content corresponding to the selection from the information of the at least one product received from the server,
wherein the at least one list includes information of the plurality of products currently being displayed on a plurality of home shopping broadcast channels.

12. The operating method of claim 11 ,
wherein the at least one list is a first list and further comprises a second list including information of products that are sequentially broadcast on each home shopping broadcast channel, a third list including information of products corresponding to one or more predetermined product categories, and a fourth list including information of products selected according to a predetermined criterion from among products that have been broadcast.

13. The operating method of claim 11 , further comprising:
accessing the server for advertisement information stored on the server corresponding to the selection; and
receiving and outputting the advertisement information corresponding to the selection product from the server.

14. The operating method of claim 11 , further comprising:
receiving a request for a telephone connection for a purchase according to the selection,
selecting an external device to receive a telephone call in response to the request for the telephone connection, and
transmitting a message requesting a telephone connection to a home shopping broadcast content provider so that the selected external device receives the telephone call for the purc

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Seo Seung-Gi
• Kim San-Baek
• Lee Ho-Hyeon
• Choi Seung-Ho
• Park Byeong-Kyu
• Park Ji-Yeon

Classifications

• H04N21/41265

  having a remote control device for bidirectional communication between the remote control device and client device (unidirectional remote control device H04N21/42204) · CPC title

• H04N21/4826

  using recommendation lists, e.g. of programmes or channels sorted out according to their score · CPC title

• H04N21/47815 Primary

  Electronic shopping (payment schemes, payment architectures or payment protocols for electronic shopping systems G06Q20/12) · CPC title

• H04N21/2542

  for selling goods, e.g. TV shopping (payment schemes, payment architectures or payment protocols for electronic shopping systems G06Q20/12) · CPC title

• H04N21/4825

  using a list of items to be played back in a given order, e.g. playlists · CPC title