Display apparatus, server and control method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9288519-B2
Application number	US-201314104108-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 12, 2013
Priority date	Feb 13, 2013
Publication date	Mar 15, 2016
Grant date	Mar 15, 2016

Abstract

A display apparatus includes a display configured to display an image of a broadcasting program; a communication section configured to communicate with a server; a controller configured to control to transmit view information about a broadcasting program viewed by a user to the server, receive information about a broadcasting program recommended corresponding to the view information from the server, and provide schedule information of the recommended broadcasting program in accordance with a time slot in which the recommended broadcasting program is broadcasted.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A display apparatus comprising:
a display configured to display an image of a broadcasting program;
a communication section configured to communicate with a server through a network; and
a controller configured to control the communication section to transmit view information about a broadcasting program viewed by a user to the server, receive information about a recommended broadcasting program corresponding to the view information from the server through the communication section, and control the display to provide schedule information of the recommended broadcasting program in accordance with a time slot in which the recommended broadcasting program is broadcasted,
wherein a particular recommended broadcasting program comprises a series of episodes, and the controller controls the communication section to transmit updated view information to the server in response to two or more of consecutive episodes of the particular recommended broadcasting program not being viewed by the user, and receive new information about the recommended broadcasting program that excludes the particular recommended broadcasting program.

2. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the controller controls to record the recommended broadcasting program when the user does not view the recommended broadcasting program at the time slot in which the recommended broadcasting program is broadcasted.

3. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the controller controls to provide video on demand (VOD) of the recommended broadcasting program when the user does not view the recommended broadcasting program at the time slot in which the recommended broadcasting program is broadcasted.

4. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the view information comprises information about at least one from among a viewed channel, a title of the viewed broadcasting program, and a viewing time.

5. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the recommended broadcasting program corresponds to a view profile of the user including at least one from among a title, a cast, a director, a genre, a synopsis of the viewed broadcasting program, and
wherein the controller controls the display to display a thumbnail image of the recommended broadcasting program.

6. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the controller controls the display to display the schedule information about a plurality of recommended broadcasting program in a form of a graphic user interface (GUI) thereon, and
wherein the GUI comprises a separate shortcut icon that is designated to at least one of a channel and a program, the at least one of the channel and the program being preset among the plurality of recommended broadcasting programs.

7. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a recommended broadcasting program having a higher priority has a higher probability to be viewed by the user,
wherein the controller controls the display to display a first GUI including schedule information about a plurality of first recommended broadcasting programs, the plurality of first recommended broadcasting programs having a first priority, and controls the display to display a second GUI including schedule information about a plurality of second recommended broadcasting programs, the plurality of second recommended broadcasting programs having a second priority different from the first priority, and
wherein the first GUI and the second GUI are separate from each other.

8. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the controller notifies the user about the recommended broadcasting program when another broadcasting program is displayed while the recommended broadcasting program is being broadcasted.

9. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the controller sends the server information about whether to record the recommended broadcasting program.

10. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the controller wakes up from a sleep mode or a power-saving mode when a time period during which the recommended broadcasting program is broadcasted approaches, and records the recommended broadcasting program.

11. A method of controlling a display apparatus, the method comprising:
sending, to a server, view information about a broadcasting program viewed by a user through a network;
receiving information about a recommend broadcasting program corresponding to the view information from the server; and
providing schedule information about the recommended broadcasting program in accordance with a time slot in which the recommended broadcasting program is broadcasted,
wherein a particular recommended broadcasting program comprises a series of episodes, the sending comprises sending updated view information to the server in response to two or more of consecutive episodes of the particular recommended broadcasting program not being viewed by the user, and the receiving comprises receiving new information about the recommended broadcasting program that excludes the particular recommended broadcasting program from the server.

12. The method according to claim 11 , further comprising recording the recommended broadcasting program when the user does not view the recommended broadcasting program at the time slot in which the recommended broadcasting program is broadcasted.

13. The method according to claim 11 , further comprising providing video on demand (VOD) of the recommended broadcasting program when the user does not view the recommended broadcasting program at the time slot in which the recommended broadcasting program is broadcasted.

14. The method according to claim 11 , wherein the view information comprises information about at least one from among a viewed channel, a title of the viewed broadcasting program, and a viewing time.

15. The method according to claim 11 , wherein the recommended broadcasting program corresponds to a view profile of the user including at least one from among a title, a cast, a director, a genre, a synopsis of the viewed broadcasting program, and
wherein the providing the schedule information comprises displaying a thumbnail image of the recommended broadcasting program.

16. The method according to claim 11 , wherein the providing the schedule information comprises displaying the schedule information about a plurality of recommended broadcasting program in a form of a graphic user interface (GUI), and
wherein the GUI comprises a separate shortcut icon that is designated to at least one of a channel and a program, the at least one of the channel and the program being preset among the plurality of recommended broadcasting programs.

17. The method according to claim 11 , wherein a recommended broadcasting program having a higher priority has a higher probability to be viewed by the user,
wherein the controller controls the display to display a first GUI including schedule information about a plurality of first recommended broadcasting programs, the plurality of first recommended broadcasting programs having a first priority, and controls the display to display a second GUI including schedule information about a plurality of second recommended broadcasting programs, the plurality of second recommended broadcasting programs having a second priority different from the first priority, and
wherein the first GUI and the second GUI are separate from each other.

18. The method according to claim 11 , further comprising notifying the user about the recommended broadcasting program, when another broadcasting program is displayed w

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Lee Sang-Kwon
• Koo Sung-Wan
• Kim Sang-Hee
• Kim Jung-A
• Kim Jong-Woo
• Choi Yun-Hee

Classifications

• H04N21/251

  Learning process for intelligent management, e.g. learning user preferences for recommending movies (details of learning user preferences for the retrieval of video data in a video database G06F16/739; computer systems using learning methods G06N3/08) · CPC title

• H04N21/4882

  for displaying messages, e.g. warnings, reminders (arrangements for providing short real-time information to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1895) · CPC title

• H04N21/4147

  PVR [Personal Video Recorder] (H04N5/76 takes precedence {; arrangements for broadcast with accumulation-type receivers H04H20/40}) · CPC title

• H04N5/44543

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04N21/4826

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