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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2011
Tae-dong Lee, Yongin-si, KR;
Ki-ho Kim, Seongnam-si, KR;
Tae-dong Lee, Yongin-si, KR;
Ki-ho Kim, Seongnam-si, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
A display apparatus and a method of controlling the same are provided. The display apparatus includes: a signal processing unit which processes an image signal; a display unit which displays an image thereon corresponding to the processed image signal; a communication unit which communicates with a server which stores a plurality of application programs; and a controller which requests information about the plurality of application programs from the server, determines whether the application programs can be properly performed in the display apparatus based on the information received corresponding to the request, and controls the communication unit to receive only at least one application program that can be performed properly among the application programs. Accordingly, a display apparatus is capable of receiving only at least one application program that can be performed in the display apparatus from a server.