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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.

Patent No.:

US 9204199 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2015

Filed:

Nov. 28, 2012

Image display apparatus and methods for operating the same

Applicant:

Lg Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;

Inventors:

Woojin Jeong, Seoul, KR;

Hoduk Jang, Seoul, KR;

Byungyoon Lee, Seoul, KR;

Yoehan O, Seoul, KR;

Jaeug Lew, Seoul, KR;

Jinho Hyun, Seoul, KR;

Joonghee Han, Seoul, KR;

Assignee:

LG Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;

Attorney:

Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP

Primary Examiner:

Mark D Featherstone

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/482 (2011.01); H04N 21/438 (2011.01); H04N 21/44 (2011.01); H04N 21/2665 (2011.01); H04N 21/654 (2011.01); H04N 21/658 (2011.01); H04N 21/475 (2011.01); H04N 21/234 (2011.01); H04N 21/422 (2011.01); H04N 21/433 (2011.01); H04N 21/472 (2011.01); H04N 21/4722 (2011.01); H04N 21/485 (2011.01); H04N 21/81 (2011.01); H04N 5/50 (2006.01); H04N 21/434 (2011.01); H04N 21/231 (2011.01); H04N 21/258 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/4821 (2013.01); H04N 5/50 (2013.01); H04N 21/231 (2013.01); H04N 21/25841 (2013.01); H04N 21/2665 (2013.01); H04N 21/4345 (2013.01); H04N 21/4383 (2013.01); H04N 21/44008 (2013.01); H04N 21/4823 (2013.01); H04N 21/654 (2013.01); H04N 21/6582 (2013.01); H04N 21/23418 (2013.01); H04N 21/42204 (2013.01); H04N 21/4334 (2013.01); H04N 21/4722 (2013.01); H04N 21/4756 (2013.01); H04N 21/47214 (2013.01); H04N 21/485 (2013.01); H04N 21/8133 (2013.01);
Abstract

An image display apparatus, a server, and methods for operating the same are disclosed. The method for operating an image display apparatus includes displaying a broadcast program list listing a plurality of broadcast programs, receiving, upon selection of one of the plurality of broadcast programs, a broadcast signal of the selected broadcast program, and displaying the received broadcast program. The broadcast program list includes real-time viewer rating information, a thumbnail image, and a name for each of the plurality of broadcast programs.

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