Display device and its operating method

Abstract

According to an embodiment, a display device and an operating method thereof are disclosed. The disclosed display device receives, from the server device via a communication interface, first execution result content obtained by executing a content application based on an input signal from a controller coupled to the server device to provide the input signal, controls a display to display the first execution result content, receives, from the server device via the communication interface, a first input signal from the controller indicating a default value that is transmitted to the server device by the controller, displays a user interface screen for controlling the display device upon receiving the first input signal indicating the default value, receives a second input signal from the controller while displaying the user interface screen, and controls operation of the display device based on the second input signal.

Claims

1. In a display device, Communication interface, The display and Memory to store at least one instruction, A processor that performs the at least one instruction stored in the memory, The processor, by performing the at least one instruction, If the first input signal provided directly from the controller does not correspond to a default value, the first execution result content obtained by performing a content application based on the input signal is received from the server device via the communication interface. Control the display to show the first execution result content, When the first input signal corresponds to the default value, the first input signal provided directly from the controller to the server device is received from the server device via the communication interface. Based on the first input signal corresponding to the default value received from the server device, a user interface screen for controlling the display device is displayed. While the user interface screen is displayed, a second input signal from the controller is received via the communication interface. Based on the second input signal, the user interface screen is controlled. A display device that controls the operation of the display device based on the control of the user interface screen.

2. The processor, by performing the at least one instruction, The display device according to claim 1, wherein the second input signal from the controller is received via the server device through the communication interface, or the second input signal from the controller is received directly from the controller via the communication interface.

3. The processor, by performing the at least one instruction, Based on the second input signal indicating the termination of the display of the user interface screen, the display device is controlled to terminate the display of the user interface screen. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the communication interface is controlled to transmit a signal to the server device indicating that the display device is operating in content playback control mode based on the termination of the display of the user interface screen.

4. The processor, by performing the at least one instruction, The display device according to claim 3, wherein, after transmitting the signal indicating that the display device is operating in content playback control mode, it receives from the server device via the communication interface a second execution result content obtained by performing the content application in response to a third input signal from the controller received thereafter.

5. The processor, by performing the at least one instruction, Identify whether the type of the content application is the default type, The display device according to claim 1, wherein the communication interface is controlled to transmit to the server device a list of one or more input signals indicating the default value, based on the type of the content application which is the default type.

6. The processor, by performing the at least one instruction, Identify whether the type of the content application is the default type, The display device according to claim 1, which transmits to the controller, via the communication interface, information and commands to the server device that enable the controller to be directly connected to the server device, based on the type of the content application which is the default type.

7. In the server device, Communication interface, Memory to store at least one instruction, A processor that performs the at least one instruction stored in the memory, The processor, by performing the at least one instruction, The communication interface is controlled to transmit the first execution result content obtained by performing a content application to a display device. The communication interface is controlled to receive a first input signal from the controller. Identify whether the first input signal indicates a default value, When the first input signal is identified as indicating the default value, the communication interface is controlled to transmit the first input signal to the display device so that the display device can output a user interface screen. A server device that, upon identifying that the first input signal does not indicate the default value, controls the communication interface to transmit the second execution result content obtained by performing the content application to the display device based on the first input signal.

8. The processor, by performing the at least one instruction, The server device according to claim 7, wherein the communication interface is controlled to transmit a second input signal received from the controller to the display device while the display device is operating in a menu mode that outputs the user interface screen.

9. The processor, by performing the at least one instruction, While the display device is operating in menu mode, the communication interface is controlled to receive a signal from the display device indicating that the display device is switching to content playback control mode. Upon receiving the aforementioned signal, the display device recognizes that it is operating in the content playback control mode. The server device according to claim 7, wherein, based on the recognition, the communication interface is controlled to transmit the third execution result content obtained by performing the content application to the display device using the input signal received from the controller.

10. The processor, by performing the at least one instruction, The server device according to claim 7, which receives and stores a list from the display device that includes at least one input signal indicating the default value.

11. In the operation method of a display device, If the first input signal directly provided from the controller does not correspond to a default value, the operation of receiving the first execution result content obtained by performing a content application based on the first input signal from the server device, The operation of displaying the first execution result content, When the first input signal corresponds to the default value, the first input signal provided directly from the controller to the server device is received from the server device, Based on the first input signal corresponding to the default value received from the server device, the operation of displaying a user interface screen for controlling the display device, While the user interface screen is displayed, the operation of receiving a second input signal from the controller is performed. Based on the second input signal, the user interface screen is controlled, A method for operating a display device, including an operation to control the display device based on the control of the user interface screen.

12. The method of operating the display device according to claim 11, further comprising the operation of receiving the second input signal from the controller via the server device, or receiving the second input signal from the controller directly from the controller.

13. An operation to control the display of the user interface screen to be terminated based on the second input signal indicating that the display of the user interface screen is to be terminated, The method for operating a display device according to claim 11, further comprising: transmitting a signal to the server device indicating that the display device is operating in content playback control mode based on the termination of the user interface screen.

14. The method of operating a display device according to claim 13, wherein, in response to a third input signal from the controller received after the display device has transmitted the signal indicating that it is operating in content playback control mode, the second execution result content obtained by performing the content application is received from the server device via a communication interface.

15. Identify whether the type of the content application is a default type, A method for operating a display device according to claim 11, wherein the communication interface is controlled to transmit to the server device a list of one or more input signals indicating the default value, based on the type of the content application which is the default type.

16. Identify whether the type of the content application is a default type, A method for operating a display device according to claim 11, wherein, based on the type of content application which is the default type, information and commands to the server device are transmitted to the controller via a communication interface to enable the controller to be directly connected to the server device.

17. In the operation method of the server device, The operation involves transmitting the first execution result content obtained by performing a content application to a display device, The operation of receiving the first input signal from the controller, An operation to identify whether the first input signal indicates a default value, The operation of transmitting the first input signal to the display device so that the display device can output a user interface screen, upon identification that the first input signal indicates the default value, A method for operating a server device, which includes the operation of transmitting a second execution result content obtained by performing the content application using the first input signal to the display device, when the first input signal is identified as not indicating the default value.

18. To realize a method of operating a display device, a computer-readable recording medium on which at least one program executed by the processor of the display device is recorded, wherein the method of operating the display device is: If the first input signal directly provided from the controller does not correspond to a default value, the operation of receiving the first execution result content obtained by performing a content application based on the first input signal from the server device, The operation of displaying the first execution result content on the display device, When the first input signal corresponds to the default value, the first input signal provided directly from the controller to the server device is received from the server device, Based on the first input signal corresponding to the default value received from the server device, the operation of displaying a user interface screen for controlling the display device, While the user interface screen is displayed, the operation of receiving a second input signal from the controller is performed. Based on the second input signal, the user interface screen is controlled, A computer-readable recording medium, including an operation to control the display device based on the control of the user interface screen.

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