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Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2015

Filed:

Feb. 09, 2012
Applicants:

Uniyoung Kim, Seoul, KR;

Hyungnam Lee, Seoul, KR;

T. S. Bipin, Seoul, KR;

Kiran Patalappa, Seoul, KR;

Inventors:

Uniyoung Kim, Seoul, KR;

Hyungnam Lee, Seoul, KR;

T. S. Bipin, Seoul, KR;

Kiran Patalappa, Seoul, KR;

Assignee:

LG Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/00 (2006.01); H04N 7/16 (2011.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01); H04N 21/4788 (2011.01); H04N 21/462 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/4788 (2013.01); H04N 21/4622 (2013.01);
Abstract

A multi-functional display device having a channel scan interface and a method of controlling the same are disclosed herein. The method may include registering a first individual at the multi-functional display device to create an account that is associated with at least one first social network service (SNS) account for the first individual. A menu may be displayed for selecting among a plurality of channel scan modes for scanning channels of the multi-functional display device, including a channel scan mode for broadcast content and SNS content. For channel scan mode for SNS content, information for at least one second SNS account for a second individual associated with the at least one first SNS account may be retrieved, and a channel number assigned to the at least one second SNS account.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Kim, Uniyoung. (2015). Multi-purpose display device having a channel scan interface and method for controlling the same (U.S. Patent No. 8978071). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8978071

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