Electronic device and operation method therefor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12418693-B2
Application number	US-202318299974-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 13, 2023
Priority date	Oct 13, 2020
Publication date	Sep 16, 2025
Grant date	Sep 16, 2025

Abstract

An electronic device including a memory; and a processor configured to: identify whether a multi-view switch to switch from a single view to multi-views occurs; based on the multi-view switch occurring, receive a radio frequency (RF) signal corresponding to content displayed in the single view and store the RF signal in a buffer, while displaying, through the plurality of screens, content based on an Internet protocol (IP) streaming signal; based on a single-view switch to switch from the multi-views to the single view, identify reproduction time information of the IP streaming signal at a time point at which the single-view switch occurs; and identify a reproduction position having same reproduction time information as the identified reproduction time information of the IP streaming signal in the RF signal stored in the buffer, and display, in the single view, the content based on the RF signal from the identified reproduction position.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An electronic device comprising:
a memory to store one or more instructions; and
a processor configured to execute the one or more instructions, which are stored in the memory, to:
display a first content in a single view using a radio frequency (RF) signal corresponding to the first content;
based on a multi-view switch request to switch from the single view to a multi-views, display a multi-view screen, one screen among the multi-view screen outputting the first content based on an Internet protocol (IP) streaming signal corresponding to the first content, while receiving the radio frequency (RF) signal corresponding to the first content and storing the RF signal in a buffer;
based on a single-view switch request to switch from the multi-views to the single view, identify reproduction time information of the IP streaming signal at a time point at which the single-view switch request occurs; and
identify a reproduction position of the RF signal stored in the buffer having reproduction time information corresponding to the identified reproduction time information of the IP streaming signal, and display the first content in the single view using the RF signal stored in the buffer from the identified reproduction position.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the content based on the IP streaming signal is displayed through a plurality of screens in the multi-views in association with the content based on the RF signal displayed in the single view.

3. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein content based on the IP streaming signal displayed through a first screen from among a plurality of screens included in the multi-views is same as the content based on the RF signal displayed in the single view.

4. The electronic device of claim 3 , wherein the processor is further configured to execute the one or more instructions to:
identify attribute information of the content based on the IP streaming signal displayed through the first screen; and
according to the identified attribute information, output, on a region of the first screen, a user interface to receive a user input to allow selecting to switch the content displayed on the first screen from among the plurality of screens included in the multi-views to being displayed in the single view.

5. The electronic device of claim 4 , wherein the processor is further configured to execute the one or more instructions to, based on the user input selecting to switch to the single view, display the content displayed on the first screen from among the plurality of screens included in the multi-views in the single view.

6. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the reproduction position identified in the stored RF signal indicates a delayed time point compared with a current reproduction position of the RF signal broadcast in real time.

7. The electronic device of claim 6 , wherein the processor is further configured to execute the one or more instructions to:
release the buffer storing the RF signal and display the content by switching to an RF live view, based on the reproduction position in the stored RF signal being same as the current reproduction position of the RF signal broadcast in real time by increasing a reproducing speed for displaying the content from the identified reproduction position.

8. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein
the content is displayed using RF signal broadcast in real time, in the single view before the multi-view switch occurs, and
the content is displayed using the RF signal stored in the buffer, in the single view according to the single-view switch to switch from the multi-views to the single view.

9. An operating method of an electronic device, the operating method comprising:
identifying whether a multi-view switch to switch from a single view in which content is displayed on a single screen to multi-views of displaying through a plurality of screens occurs;
displaying a first content in a single view using a radio frequency (RF) signal corresponding to the first content;
based on a multi-view switch request to switch from the single view to a multi-views, displaying a multi-view screen, one screen among the multi-view screen outputting the first content based on an Internet protocol (IP) streaming signal corresponding to the first content, while receiving the radio frequency (RF) signal corresponding to the first content and storing the RF signal in a buffer;
based on a single-view switch request to switch from the multi-views to the single view, identifying reproduction time information of the IP streaming signal at a time point at which the single-view switch request occurs; and
identifying a reproduction position of the RF signal stored in the buffer having reproduction time information corresponding to the identified reproduction time information of the IP streaming signal, and displaying the first content in the single view using the RF signal stored in the buffer from the identified reproduction position.

10. The operating method of claim 9 , wherein the content based on the IP streaming signal displayed through the plurality of screens in the multi-views is associated with the content based on the RF signal displayed in the single view.

11. The operating method of claim 9 , wherein content based on the IP streaming signal displayed through a first screen from among the plurality of screens included in the multi-views is same as the content based on the RF signal displayed in the single view.

12. The operating method of claim 11 , further comprising:
identifying attribute information of the content based on the IP streaming signal displayed through the first screen; and
according to the identified attribute information, outputting, on a region of the first screen, a user interface to receive a user input to allow selecting to switch the content displayed on the first screen from among the plurality of screens included in the multi-views to being displayed the single view.

13. The operating method of claim 12 , further comprising,
based on the user input for selecting to switch to the single view, displaying the content displayed on the first screen from among the plurality of screens included in the multi-views in the single view.

14. The operating method of claim 9 , wherein the reproduction position identified in the stored RF signal indicates a delayed time point compared with a current reproduction position of the RF signal broadcast in real time.

15. The operating method of claim 14 , further comprising:
releasing the buffer storing the RF signal and displaying the content by switching to an RF live view, based on the reproduction position in the stored RF signal being same as the current reproduction position of the RF signal broadcast in real time by increasing a reproducing speed for displaying the content from the identified reproduction position.

16. The operating method of claim 9 , wherein
the content is displayed using RF signal broadcast in real time, in the single view before the multi-view switch occurs, and
the content is displayed using the RF signal stored in the buffer, in the single view according to the single-view switch to switch from the multi-views to the single view.

17. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon one or more programs executable by a processor of an electronic device for realizing an operating method of the electronic device, the operating method comprising:
identifying whether a multi-view switch to switch from a single view in which content is dis

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Choi Kilsoo
• Kim Sehyun
• Lee Jongin
• Park Jiwon

Classifications

• H04N21/64322

  IP · CPC title

• H04N21/472

  End-user interface for requesting content, additional data or services; End-user interface for interacting with content, e.g. for content reservation or setting reminders, for requesting event notification, for manipulating displayed content {(end-user interfaces for retrieving video data from a database G06F16/739; network services for supporting unicast streaming H04L65/612)} · CPC title

• H04N21/4312

  involving specific graphical features, e.g. screen layout, special fonts or colors, blinking icons, highlights or animations · CPC title

• H04N21/2381

  Adapting the multiplex stream to a specific network, e.g. an Internet Protocol [IP] network {(transmission of MPEG streams over ATM H04L12/5601)} · CPC title

• H04N21/2187

  Live feed · CPC title