Display apparatus, information terminal and information processing method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11949952-B2
Application number	US-202217704225-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 25, 2022
Priority date	Dec 15, 2015
Publication date	Apr 2, 2024
Grant date	Apr 2, 2024

Abstract

A television receiver 101 is connected to two or more wireless terminals via a communication line. A controller 214 and a network I/F 212 in the television receiver 101 send pieces of login information entered from the two or more wireless terminals to the content distribution server and obtain pieces of content list information each generated by the content distribution server based on the pieces of login information. An aggregated content list in which the obtained pieces of content list information are aggregated is generated. The display 210 displays the aggregated content list. The content list information includes content available for viewing on the information terminal connected to the communication line. The aggregated content list includes content available for viewing on the two or more information terminals in which the pieces of content list information are aggregated.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A display apparatus connected to two or more information terminals via a first network and connected to a content distribution apparatus via a second network, the content distribution apparatus configured to distribute content,
wherein the display apparatus comprises:
a communication interface configured to communicate with the two or more information terminals via the first network, and communicate with the content distribution apparatus via the second network;
a display configured to display content; and
a controller configured to control the communication interface and the display,

the controller is configured to:
receive pieces of login information entered from each of the two or more information terminals for logging in on a group basis, send the received pieces of login information to the content distribution apparatus for the content distribution apparatus to perform authentication process;
receive aggregated service information from the content distribution apparatus, the aggregated service information generated by the content distribution apparatus and including value-added information obtained when the two or more information terminals are logged in;
send information based on the received aggregated service information to the two or more information terminals logged in on a group basis; and
display a content list based on the aggregated service information on the display, the content list including content available for viewing on the two or more information terminals logged in,

wherein the content list to be displayed on the display includes content share information regarding shareability of the content between the two or more information terminals logged in on a group basis, the content share information being pre-set by a user who entered the pieces of login information into the information terminal, and
wherein the information based on the aggregated service information to be sent to the two or more information terminals logged in on a group basis is value-added information obtained when the two or more information terminals log in to the content distribution apparatus on a group basis and indicating that the content not available for viewing by a single wireless terminal is available for viewing.

2. The display apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the controller is configured to generate aggregated login information in which the pieces of login information entered from each of the two or more information terminals for logging in on a group basis are aggregated, send the aggregated login information to the content distribution apparatus for the content distribution apparatus to perform authentication process.

3. The display apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the value-added information includes split payment information in the received information based on the aggregated service information, the split payment information indicating that a viewing fee of the content can be split between the two or more information terminals logged in on a group basis.

4. The display apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the controller is configured to detect the information terminal capable of accessing the display apparatus, send connection request information to the detected information terminal when the information terminal capable of accessing the display apparatus is detected, and obtain the pieces of login information from the information terminal with which connection has been established.

Assignees

• Maxell Ltd

Inventors

• Kageyama Masahiro
• Matsubara Takashi
• Hamada Koichi

Classifications

• H04N21/4532 Primary

  involving end-user characteristics, e.g. viewer profile, preferences (monitoring of user activities for profile generation for accessing a video database G06F16/739; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306; processing of user preferences or user profiles in wireless networks H04W8/18) · CPC title

• G06Q20/123

  Shopping for digital content · CPC title

• G06Q20/405

  Establishing or using transaction specific rules · CPC title

• G06Q30/06

  Buying, selling or leasing transactions · CPC title

• H04N21/278

  Content descriptor database or directory service for end-user access {(details of content or meta data based information retrieval of video data in video databases G06F16/739)} · CPC title