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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2024

Filed:

Jan. 27, 2023
Applicant:

Lg Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;

Inventors:

Seokjin Shim, Seoul, KR;

Kiyun Kim, Seoul, KR;

Kaeun Lee, Seoul, KR;

Assignee:

LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul, KR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/43 (2011.01); H04N 21/422 (2011.01); H04N 21/431 (2011.01); H04N 21/45 (2011.01); H04N 21/4788 (2011.01); H04N 21/482 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/43074 (2020.08); H04N 21/42204 (2013.01); H04N 21/4316 (2013.01); H04N 21/4532 (2013.01); H04N 21/4788 (2013.01); H04N 21/482 (2013.01);
Abstract

An image display apparatus can include a display; an image receiver to receive a broadcast signal; a signal processing device to output an image signal based on the broadcast signal; and an interface to exchange data with a mobile terminal or a server Also, the signal processing device is configured to display a plurality of broadcast channel thumbnails, and in response to receiving a selection of one of the plurality of broadcast channel thumbnails, obtain a broadcast image corresponding to the selected broadcast channel thumbnail from the image receiver, receive chatting conversation content corresponding to the broadcast image from the server, and overlay the chatting conversation content on the broadcast image. Also, the signal processing device is configured to in response to receiving input conversation content based on a signal from a remote controller, display the input conversation content together with the broadcast image and the chatting conversation content.


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