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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2012
Uniyoung Kim, Seoul, KR;
Hyungnam Lee, Seoul, KR;
Samavarthy Challagali, Seoul, KR;
Bipin Therat Sethumadhavan, Seoul, KR;
Kiran Patalappa, Seoul, KR;
Uniyoung Kim, Seoul, KR;
Hyungnam Lee, Seoul, KR;
Samavarthy Challagali, Seoul, KR;
Bipin Therat Sethumadhavan, Seoul, KR;
Kiran Patalappa, Seoul, KR;
LG Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Abstract
A multi-functional display device and a method for displaying an electronic programming guide (EPG) in the same are disclosed herein. The multi-functional display device may include a display for displaying broadcast programs or data, a network interface configured to receive event information associated with a social network service (SNS) account for an individual or entity, a storage device configured to store at least one channel number and at least one SNS account information assigned to the at least one channel number, and a controller for controlling the multi-functional display device. The controller may map the event information to one of the at least one channel numbers and may construct an EPG that includes the mapped event information and the corresponding channel number for display on the display.