KR20100129398A - Method for navigating web page and remote controller for navigating web page - Google Patents
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a web page navigation method and a remote controller for web page navigation. The present invention provides a web page navigation service in which a broadcast receiving terminal is linked with a remote controller in a television environment, wherein the web page is divided into a plurality of page blocks including a plurality of contents. Selecting one page block among the plurality of page blocks based on a first control signal input through the remote controller, and selecting the selected one based on a second control signal input through the remote controller. Selecting one content from a plurality of contents included in the page block and accessing a uniform resource locator (URL) address of the selected one content. According to the present invention, there is an advantage that a web page can be easily and quickly navigated in a television environment.
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IPTV (Internet Protocol TV) is a converged communication and broadcasting service that provides broadcasting, video content, and information to a television through an IP network.
To use IPTV, you need a television receiver and a set-top box. A user can use an IPTV by plugging in a set-top box to a television set and turning it on just like turning on the television. Therefore, even a user unfamiliar with a computer can use a remote controller to simply provide a variety of contents and additional services provided through an IP network, such as watching an internet, watching a movie, home shopping, or home banking.
As such, with the advent of IPTV, a user can use a web service on the Internet using a television as well as a computer, but a problem occurs due to a difference between a computer environment and a television environment.
In particular, when navigating a web page through a television, it is necessary to move between a plurality of contents displayed on the web page by using a remote controller. When the amount of the contents displayed on the web page is large, a lot of contents can be moved by using the arrow keys. Inconvenience such as having to move one by one to the location of the desired content.
That is, in the computer environment, even if a link to a large number of contents is included in the web page, it is easy to select one of the contents because the mouse moves freely, but the remote controller is limited in the general television environment. Since only a button is provided, and since there is no moving function of a pointer like a mouse, even if a web page is displayed on a television, it is difficult to select one of the contents.
Disclosure of Invention An object of the present invention is to provide a web page navigation method and a remote controller therefor that facilitate the movement of a desired content when a web page is navigated using a remote controller such as a television environment.
According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention to achieve the above object, in a television environment, a method of providing a web page navigation service in conjunction with a remote controller in a broadcast receiving terminal, the web page includes a plurality of contents Dividing into a plurality of page blocks; Selecting one page block among the plurality of page blocks based on a first control signal input through the remote controller; Selecting one content from among a plurality of contents included in the selected one page block based on a second control signal input through the remote controller; And it provides a web page navigation method comprising the step of providing the selected content.
In addition, according to another embodiment of the present invention, in a television environment, in a method in which a broadcast receiving terminal provides a web page navigation service in cooperation with a remote controller, the web is divided into a plurality of page blocks including a plurality of contents. Receiving a page; Selecting one page block among the plurality of page blocks based on a first control signal input through the remote controller; Selecting one content from among a plurality of contents included in the selected one page block based on a second control signal input through the remote controller; And it provides a web page navigation method comprising the step of providing the selected content.
In addition, according to another embodiment of the present invention, in a television environment, a program of instructions that can be executed by a digital processing apparatus in order to provide a web page navigation service in cooperation with a remote controller is tangibly implemented. Dividing the web page into a plurality of page blocks containing a plurality of contents, the recording medium being readable by a digital processing apparatus; Selecting one page block among the plurality of page blocks based on a first control signal input through the remote controller; Selecting one content from among a plurality of contents included in the selected one page block based on a second control signal input through the remote controller; And a recording medium on which a program for performing the step of providing the selected content is recorded.
Further, according to another embodiment of the present invention, in a television environment, a remote controller for navigating a web page in conjunction with a broadcast receiving terminal, comprising: a keypad; A display unit displaying a mini map corresponding to the web page; A plurality of page blocks including a transmission unit for transmitting a control signal for controlling navigation of the web page, input through at least one of the keypad unit and the display unit, wherein the web page includes a plurality of contents; The control signal is divided into a first control signal for selecting one page block among the plurality of page blocks and a second control signal for selecting one content among a plurality of contents included in the one page block. There is provided a remote controller comprising a.
According to the present invention, web pages can be navigated more easily and quickly in a television environment.
As the invention allows for various changes and numerous embodiments, particular embodiments will be illustrated in the drawings and described in detail in the written description. However, this is not intended to limit the present invention to specific embodiments, it should be understood to include all modifications, equivalents, and substitutes included in the spirit and scope of the present invention. Like reference numerals are used for like elements in describing each drawing.
When a component is referred to as being "connected" or "connected" to another component, it may be directly connected to or connected to that other component, but it may be understood that other components may be present in between. Should be. On the other hand, when a component is said to be "directly connected" or "directly connected" to another component, it should be understood that there is no other component in between.
The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular example embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention. Singular expressions include plural expressions unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. In this application, the terms "comprise" or "have" are intended to indicate that there is a feature, number, step, operation, component, part, or combination thereof described in the specification, and one or more other features. It is to be understood that the present invention does not exclude the possibility of the presence or the addition of numbers, steps, operations, components, components, or a combination thereof.
Unless defined otherwise, all terms used herein, including technical or scientific terms, have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art. Terms such as those defined in the commonly used dictionaries should be construed as having meanings consistent with the meanings in the context of the related art and shall not be construed in ideal or excessively formal meanings unless expressly defined in this application. Do not.
Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In order to facilitate a thorough understanding of the present invention, the same reference numerals are used for the same means regardless of the number of the drawings.
1 is a flowchart illustrating a web page navigation method using a remote controller according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Each step of the web page navigation method using the remote controller described in FIG. 1 may be performed through a set-top box, which is a type of broadcast receiving terminal for displaying a web page through a display device such as a television. Can be. Therefore, hereinafter, for convenience of description, it will be described that each step of the web page navigation method is performed by the set-top box. Detailed configuration of the set top box will be described with reference to FIGS. 10 and 11 below.
First, in step S110, the set-top box displays a web page divided into a plurality of page blocks including a plurality of contents on the display device.
Hereinafter, a concept of a web page divided into a plurality of page blocks will be described with reference to FIG. 2.
2 is a diagram illustrating a web page divided into a plurality of page blocks according to an embodiment of the present invention.
In FIG. 2, only a part of the web page is displayed on the display device, and a part of the web page is not displayed on the display device. However, according to another exemplary embodiment, all of the web page may be displayed on the display device. This may change depending on the specifications of the display device.
The web page displayed on the display device is divided into a plurality of page blocks (
In the present invention, the content included in the page block includes all the videos, images, and links displayed on the web page.
In FIG. 2, for convenience of description, a web page is divided into eight page blocks, but this is only an example, and it is obvious to those skilled in the art that a web page may be divided into various number of page blocks. Do.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, in step S110, the set-top box may receive a web page divided into a plurality of page blocks from a server and display it on the display device. In addition, according to another embodiment of the present invention, in step S110, the set-top box may receive a web page from a server and divide the received web page into a plurality of page blocks.
That is, the operation of dividing the web page into a plurality of page blocks may be performed in the server or may be performed in the set-top box. Hereinafter, for convenience of explanation, it is assumed that the set-top box divides a web page into a plurality of page blocks.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, the set-top box may divide a web page into a plurality of page blocks based on location information and structure information of the plurality of contents.
That is, the set-top box extracts location information (ie, coordinate information on a web page) and structure information (up, down, left, right relationship information of each content) of the content received from the server, and extracts the extracted location information and the structure information. Based on this, at least one content existing in adjacent positions may be grouped and set as one page block.
According to another embodiment of the present invention, the set-top box may divide the web page into a plurality of page blocks based on the category of the content included in the web page.
For example, the set-top box may include content related to 'real-time issue search term' as
In addition, according to an embodiment of the present invention, in step S110, the set-top box may display a first block number corresponding to the plurality of page blocks on the plurality of page blocks.
That is, as shown in FIG. 2, the
Again, a web page navigation method using a remote controller according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 1.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, in step S110, the set-top box may display a mini map corresponding to the web page divided into a plurality of page blocks on the display device. In this case, the mini map includes a plurality of mini blocks respectively corresponding to the plurality of page blocks.
The mini map according to the present invention may be usefully used when only a part of a web page is displayed on the display device.
The mini map may be displayed through a portion of the display device. For example, the set top box may display a mini map on a portion of the lower left side of the display device. The user may select one page block among a plurality of page blocks through the mini map.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, in step S110, the set top box may display a second block number corresponding to the plurality of mini blocks on the mini block. Since the operation of displaying the second block number on the mini block is similar to the operation of displaying the first block number on the page block, the detailed description thereof will be omitted.
Next, in step S120, the set top box selects one page block among the plurality of page blocks based on the first control signal input through the remote controller. The one page block selected here is a page block including content desired by a user.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, the remote controller includes a plurality of direction keys and confirmation keys, and the first control signal is a first selection determination input through the first movement control signal and the confirmation key input through the plurality of direction keys. It may include a signal.
In this case, the set top box may move between the plurality of page blocks based on the first movement control signal, and select one page block based on the first selection determination signal. For example, the plurality of direction keys may include an up key, a down key, a left key, and a right key.
That is, the user can move the page block by using the four direction keys provided in the remote controller and finally select one page block by using the confirmation key.
In this case, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, in step S120, the set-top box may display the current page block among the plurality of page blocks by the user and display the same on the display device.
Hereinafter, an operation of the set top box for selecting one page block will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 3 to 6.
3 to 6 illustrate a process of selecting a seventh page block 270 from among a plurality of page blocks (
3 is an initial screen of a web page divided into a plurality of page blocks. Here, it is assumed that the
As mentioned above, the set-top box may display the current page block to be identified by the user. According to one embodiment of the present invention, the set-top box may be a box-type pointer (shown with reference numerals) as shown in FIG. The
In the following description, it is assumed that a current page block is displayed using a box-type pointer for convenience of description.
Thereafter, the set top box receives the first movement control signal corresponding to the down direction key from the remote controller twice and the first movement control signal corresponding to the right direction key once.
Accordingly, the set-top box moves the box-type pointer from the
In addition, as described above, the set-top box may display a mini-map divided into a plurality of mini-blocks through a display device. According to an embodiment of the present invention, in step S120, the set-top box moves first. The plurality of mini blocks may be moved based on the control signal.
Even in this case, the set-top box may display the mini block (for example, display the current mini block by using a box-type pointer) so that the user can identify it.
Thereafter, the set top box receives the first selection determination signal from the remote controller, and finally selects the
Again, a web page navigation method using a remote controller according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 1.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, the remote controller may include a plurality of numeric keys, and the first control signal may include a block selection signal input through the plurality of numeric keys. In this case, the plurality of page blocks (or a plurality of mini blocks corresponding thereto) may correspond to a plurality of numeric keys or a combination of a plurality of numeric keys. As an example, the plurality of numeric keys may be composed of ten keys from ⓞ to ⑨ keys.
That is, the user may select one page block by pressing a number corresponding to a page block (or a corresponding mini block) to be selected by using the ten number keys provided in the remote controller.
For example, as illustrated in FIG. 2, a web page is divided into eight page blocks, and the
As another example, when a web page is divided into 14 page blocks, and block numbers? To block number? Are assigned to each of the 14 page blocks (or a corresponding mini block), the user may select the block number? If the user wants to select the corresponding page block, the user can select the page block corresponding to the block number 하여 by combining the ① key and the ② key (that is, by pressing the ① key and the ② key in sequence).
According to one embodiment of the present invention, in order to display the selected page block in more detail, in step S120, the set-top box may enlarge and display the selected page block on the display.
In this case, when only a part of the web page is displayed on the display device, if the selected page block is a page block located at the edge of the display device, the entire selected page block is not displayed and the user enlarges the enlarged page block. It cannot be easily checked.
Therefore, according to an embodiment of the present invention, in order to enable the user to easily check the enlarged page block, in step S120, the selected page block is enlarged and the enlarged page block is positioned in the center of the display device. Can be.
Next, in step S130, the set-top box selects one content from among a plurality of contents included in the selected one page block based on the second control signal input through the remote controller.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, the remote controller includes a plurality of direction keys (for example, four direction keys up, down, left, and right) and a confirmation key, and the second control signal includes a second movement control signal input through the plurality of direction keys; It may include a second selection decision signal input through the confirmation key. In this case, the set top box may move between the plurality of contents based on the second movement control signal, and select one content based on the second selection determination signal.
That is, the user may move to a desired position of one of the contents included in the selected page block by using the four direction keys included in the remote controller, and finally select one content by using the confirmation key.
According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, instead of sequentially moving the contents of the selected page block, such as a tap key on the keyboard, according to the direction keys, the user can select the up, down, left, and right directions. Allows for faster navigation of desired content within page blocks.
In this case, according to an embodiment of the present invention, in step S130, the set-top box may display the current content among the plurality of contents by the user to display on the display device. As an example, the set-top box may display current content using a box-type pointer.
Finally, in step S140, the set top box provides one selected content.
Here, the provision of the content may include accessing a URL address set for the selected content or playing the selected content when the selected content is a video or a flash. Hereinafter, step S140 will be described based on accessing the URL of the selected content.
Hereinafter, an operation of the set-top box that selects one content from among a plurality of contents included in the selected page block and accesses the URL address of the selected content will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 7 to 9.
7 to 9 illustrate a process of selecting second content 272 from a plurality of contents included in a plurality of page blocks and accessing the URL address of the selected second content 272 according to an embodiment of the present invention. Figure is a diagram.
7 is an initial screen of a web page when the
According to an embodiment of the present invention, the set-top box may display current content among a plurality of contents by using a box-shaped pointer (shown with reference numeral) as shown in FIG. 7.
Thereafter, the set top box receives a second movement control signal corresponding to the down direction key from the remote controller.
Accordingly, the set-top box moves the box-shaped pointer from the first content 271 to the second content 272 as shown in FIG. 8 based on the received second movement control signal.
Thereafter, the set top box receives the second selection determination signal from the remote controller, and finally selects the second content 272 based on this.
When the second content 272 is selected, as shown in FIG. 9, the set-top box connects to the URL address of the second content 272 to display a web page about the second content 272 on the display device. .
As described above, the web page navigation method according to an embodiment of the present invention divides one web page into a plurality of page blocks including a plurality of contents, and moves desired web pages by page blocks to facilitate desired content. There are advantages to choose from.
In addition, the web page navigation method according to an embodiment of the present invention is implemented in the form of program instructions that can be executed by various computer means may be recorded on a computer readable medium. The computer readable medium may include program instructions, data files, data structures, etc. alone or in combination. Program instructions recorded on the media may be those specially designed and constructed for the purposes of the present invention, or they may be of the kind well-known and available to those having skill in the computer software arts. Examples of computer-readable recording media include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks, and magnetic tape, optical media such as CD-ROMs, DVDs, and magnetic disks, such as floppy disks. Examples of program instructions such as magneto-optical, ROM, RAM, flash memory, etc. may be executed by a computer using an interpreter as well as machine code such as produced by a compiler. Contains high-level language codes. The hardware device described above may be configured to operate as one or more software modules to perform the operations of one embodiment of the present invention, and vice versa.
10 and 11 are block diagrams showing the detailed configuration of the set-
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The controller 130 selects one content from among a plurality of contents included in the web page based on the control signal received through the
For example, the controller may control to access the URL address of the selected content. In this case, the content regarding the content corresponding to the URL address is displayed through a display device installed inside or outside the set top box.
Hereinafter, an operation of controlling the
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12 is a block diagram illustrating a detailed configuration of a
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That is, as mentioned above, the web page displayed through the display apparatus is divided into a plurality of page blocks. The key input input through the
In addition, each of the plurality of page blocks includes a plurality of contents, and a key input input through the
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The user may easily select one page block among a plurality of page blocks by using the mini map displayed through the
In this case, the
In addition, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the
For example, the user may select one page block by touching one mini block to be selected from the mini blocks displayed on the
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Accordingly, the user can check the schematic information on the web page displayed through the display device by using the
As described above, the present invention has been described by specific embodiments such as specific components and the like. For those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains, various modifications and variations are possible. Therefore, the spirit of the present invention should not be limited to the described embodiments, and all of the equivalents or equivalents of the claims as well as the claims to be described later will belong to the scope of the present invention. .
1 is a flowchart illustrating a web page navigation method using a remote controller according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 illustrates a web page divided into a plurality of page blocks according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 to 6 illustrate a process of selecting any one page block among a plurality of page blocks according to an embodiment of the present invention.
7 to 9 are diagrams illustrating a process of selecting any one of a plurality of contents included in a plurality of page blocks and accessing a URL address of the selected contents according to one embodiment of the present invention.
10 and 11 are block diagrams showing a detailed configuration of a set-top box according to an embodiment of the present invention.
12 is a block diagram illustrating a detailed configuration of a remote controller for web page navigation according to an embodiment of the present invention.
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