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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2013
Lg Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Uniyoung Kim, Seoul, KR;
Choonkeun Youn, Seoul, KR;
Hyeran Jang, Seoul, KR;
Kunsik Lee, Seoul, KR;
Byunghun Lee, Seoul, KR;
LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul, KR;
Abstract
A method for operating an image display apparatus includes displaying a timeline indicating past, current and future time regions based on a current time, displaying first information about a past broadcast program in the past time region, displaying second information about a current broadcast program in the current time region, displaying third information about a future broadcast program in the future time region. Items included in the first information may be displayed in a list type format and items included in the second information and the third information may be displayed in a thumbnail type format. Therefore, since visually differentiated content is displayed along the timeline, it is possible to support various functions and to increase user convenience.