Method for providing remote control service and image display apparatus thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-8990871-B2
Application number	US-201113283834-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 28, 2011
Priority date	Jan 3, 2011
Publication date	Mar 24, 2015
Grant date	Mar 24, 2015

Abstract

A system for servicing a display device is performed remotely through a network server. The server establishes a connection with the display device, transmits a first signal through the connection to instruct the display device to automatically perform a predetermined function, receives a captured image derived from a screen of the display device after performance of the predetermined function, and transmits a second signal through the connection to control at least one feature of the display device.

First claim

We claim:

1. A television for providing a remote control service, comprising:
a tuner to tune a broadcast signal including audio, video, and PSI data;
a network interface unit to connect the television through an internet;
a user input interface unit to receive control signals from a remote control device;
a display unit to display the video; and
a control unit to cooperate with the tuner, the network interface unit, the user input interface unit and the display unit,
wh…

Assignees

• Son Hyeongho
• Jun Suhee
• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Son Hyeongho
• Jun Suhee

Classifications

• H04N21/4425

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04N21/4227 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04N21/6543

  Electricity · mapped topic