Digital signage apparatus and method using the same

39 Pages·2015·2.49 MB·English

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(12) United States Patent (10) Patent N0.: US 8,948,566 B2
Lee et a]. (45) Date of Patent: Feb. 3, 2015
(54) DIGITAL SIGNAGE APPARATUS AND (52) US. Cl.
METHOD USING THE SAME CPC ........... .. H04N 5/775 (2013.01); H04M 3/48 78
_ _ (2013.01); H04M 2203/2072 (2013.01)
(75) Inventors: Jae“ Lee, Seoul §KR); Yunl‘leng Mh‘m’ USPC ......................................... .. 386/219; 386/200
Seoul (KR); YunJung KlIIl, _ . .
Gyeonggi_DO (KR); Hyunsun Ly“, (58) Field of Classi?cation Search
Seoul (KR); Hyojung Lee, Seoul (KR); None
Hyejin Choi’ Yongin_Si (KR); Hyeeun See application ?le for complete search history.
Noh, Seoul (KR)
(56) References Cited
(73) Asslgnee: LG Electronics Inc., Seoul (KR) Us PATENT DOCUMENTS
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U.S.C. 15403) by 0 days. 2007/0011050 A1 l/2007 Klopf et a1.
2008/0097824 A1 4/2008 Julien et a1.
(21) App1_ NO; 13/521,633 2009/0198823 A1 8/2009 Bannister et a1.
2009/0241145 A1 * 9/2009 Sharma ......................... .. 725/43
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(2), (4) Date: Jul. 11, 2012 KR 10-2009-0085507 A 8/2009
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(87) PCT Pub. No.: W02011/087204
Date: JulI 21, Primary Examiner i C Vaughn, Jr.
Assistant Examiner * Elleen Adams
(65) Prior Publication Data (74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm * Birch, Stewart, Kolasch &
US 2013/0136412 A1 May 30, 2013 Bmh’ LLP
(30) Foreign Application Priority Data (57) ABSTRACT
Disclosed is a digital signage apparatus of alloWing the user to
Jan. 12, 2010 (KR) ...................... .. 10-2010-0002859 intuitively and easily manage content information, and a con
Jan. 13,2010 (KR) . . . . . . . . . .. 10-2010-0003252 trol method thereof. For this purpose, the digital signage
Jan. 14, 2010 (KR) ...................... .. 10-2010-0003596 apparatus may include a display unit con?gured to display
content ?les, and a controller con?gured to display a ?rst
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