Video display device and method of controlling the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9332312-B2
Application number	US-201414553565-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 25, 2014
Priority date	Mar 14, 2014
Publication date	May 3, 2016
Grant date	May 3, 2016

Abstract

A video display device performing wireless communication with a plurality of external devices is provided. The video display device includes a display unit, a memory formed according to driving of an external device and configured to store state information of the external device, a tuner configured to receive advertisement data including a plurality of content items selectively outputtable to the display unit, in real time; and a controller configured to control the display unit to output a content item matched to state information of the external device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A video display device performing wireless communication with a plurality of external devices, the video display device comprising:
a display unit;
a memory storing state information of an external device formed according to driving of the external device and;
a receiving unit transmitting or receiving at least one of the state information and advertisement data selectively outputtable to the display unit; and
a controller controlling the display unit to output at least a portion of the advertisement data matched to the state information of the external device,
wherein:
the state information includes information regarding the external device itself and information related to driving of the external device,
the memory stores information regarding a storage date on which the state information was stored together,
when a difference between the storage date and the current date is longer than a preset reference period, the controller outputs advertisement data matched to the information regarding the external device itself, and
when the difference between the storage date and the current date is shorter than or equal to the preset reference period, the controller controls the display unit to output advertisement data matched to the information related to driving of the external device.

2. The video display device of claim 1 , wherein the state information includes data stored in a storage unit of the external device by a user, and the data includes at least one among text, an image and a voice.

3. The video display device of claim 1 , wherein the advertisement data matched to the information related to the driving of the external device corresponds to information related to a target used to drive the external device and a target driven together with the external device.

4. The video display device of claim 1 , wherein advertisement data includes a plurality of differentiated content items, and
when the display unit is activated, the controller controls the receiving unit to transmit the state information to a preset server and to selectively receive a content item matched to the state information among the plurality of content items.

5. The video display device of claim 1 , wherein the controller controls the receiving unit to receive a plurality of differentiated content items included in advertisement data in real time, and
the controller controls the display unit to output a content item matched to the state information, among the plurality of content items.

6. The video display device of claim 5 , further comprising:
a camera configured to capture an image of an external environment,
wherein the controller analyzes external information of the external environment included in the image and selects the content item matched to the external environment information together with the state information.

7. The video display device of claim 5 , wherein when the content item matched to the state information does not exist, the controller selects a preset basic content item among the plurality of content items.

8. The video display device of claim 1 , wherein the controller controls the display unit to output advertisement data to which additional state information received from a different external device and the state information are matched together.

9. The video display device of claim 6 , wherein the controller controls the display unit to combine screen information corresponding to the selected content item and the image and output the same.

10. The video display device of claim 6 , wherein advertisement data includes a plurality of content items of different versions with respect to a single target, and
when the plurality of content items correspond to screen information in which at least one of a shape, a color, a size, and a usage state is differently displayed, the controller controls the display unit to output screen information related to at least one of a shape, a color, a size, and a usage state of at least one object included in the image.

11. The video display device of claim 1 , wherein additional information indicating a type of the external device is received together with the state information, and
the controller controls the display unit to output screen information including a graphic image of the external device based on the additional information and the matched advertisement data.

12. The video display device of claim 1 , wherein when the display unit is activated based on unique information input by a user, the controller controls the display unit to output advertisement data based on the state information including the unique information.

13. The video display device of claim 1 , wherein the controller controls the display unit to output screen information corresponding to advertisement data, and
the display unit outputs an icon denoting the external device together with the screen information.

14. The video display device of claim 1 , wherein the controller estimates required information corresponding to a target desired by a user based on state information generated according to driving of the external device, and
the controller selects a content item matched to the required information.

15. The video display device of claim 14 , further comprising:
a sensing unit configured to sense current state of the video display device,
wherein the controller estimates the required information by using the current state together with the state information.

16. A method for controlling a video display device, the method comprising:
receiving, via a processor, state information according to driving of an external device;
storing, via a memory, the state information;
receiving, via the processor, advertisement data including a plurality of content items outputtable to a display unit in real time;
selecting, via a controller, a content item matched to the state information of the external device;
outputting, via the controller, screen information corresponding to the selected content item to the display unit; and
when the state information includes information regarding the external device itself and information related to driving of the external device, comparing a difference between a date on which the state information was stored and the current date with a preset reference period,
wherein the selecting of a content item matched to the state information of the external device comprises:
when the difference is longer than the preset reference period, selecting a content item matched to the information regarding the external device itself, and
when the difference is shorter than or equal to the preset reference period, selecting a content item matched to the information related to driving of the external device.

17. The method of claim 16 , further comprising:
sensing the current state of the video display device;
estimating required information corresponding to a target desired by the user based on the current state and the state information of the video display device according to driving of the external device; and
selecting a content item based on the required information.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Choi Jiho
• Jang Saehun
• Kim Hyeonhui
• Kim Jungdo
• Yeo Junhee

Classifications

• H04N21/43615

  Interfacing a Home Network, e.g. for connecting the client to a plurality of peripherals (home Audio Video Interoperability [HAVI] data switching networks H04L12/2805) · CPC title

• H04N21/4532

  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

• H04N21/812

  involving advertisement data (advertising per se G06Q30/02) · CPC title

• H04N21/458 Primary

  Scheduling content for creating a personalised stream, e.g. by combining a locally stored advertisement with an incoming stream; Updating operations, e.g. for OS modules {; time-related management operations (arrangements for replacing or switching information during the broadcast or during the distribution H04H20/10)} · CPC title

• H04N21/4131

  home appliance, e.g. lighting, air conditioning system, metering devices (home automation data switching networks exchanging configuration information on appliance services H04L12/2807) · CPC title