Patent ID: 11902627
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 19:
20. A television having an Internet browsing function, the television comprising:
a network interface configured to access the Internet;
a display;
a memory;
a user interface configured to receive command signals from a remote controller; and
a controller configured to:
access a first webpage through a web-browser,
store, in the memory, a first URL of the first webpage and a first accessed screen of the first webpage accessed by the television,
access a second webpage through the web-browser,
store, in the memory, a second URL of the second webpage and a second accessed screen of the second webpage accessed by the television,
display a broadcast program in a first area, wherein the broadcast program is received via the network interface, an external device interface or a tuner,
while displaying the broadcast program in the first area, display a thumbnail list in a second area, wherein the thumbnail list includes a first thumbnail generated from the first accessed screen and a second thumbnail generated from the second accessed screen, wherein the second area is within a portion of the first area in which the broadcast program is displayed, and the second area overlaps with the first area,
receive a command signal for selecting the first thumbnail from the remote controller,
display, the first webpage on an entire screen of the display through the web-browser, based on the first URL stored in the memory in response to the command signal for selecting the first thumbnail, and
wherein the second thumbnail corresponds to the second webpage most recently accessed by the television and the first thumbnail corresponds to the first webpage accessed right before the second webpage,
wherein the first thumbnail and the second thumbnail displayed in the second area are generated by executing the same web-browser.