Patent ID: 9256345
Filing Date: 2016-02-09
CPC Classification: G06F,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A method for operating an image display apparatus, the method comprising: displaying, on a display of the image display apparatus, a pointer corresponding to an operation of a pointing device; generating an event for displaying an object or receiving an input signal for displaying the object; determining locations of the pointer and the object according to a number of items included in the object; displaying the object to overlap with the pointer on the display based on the determined locations of the pointer and the object; checking priority information corresponding to a plurality of objects to obtain a checking result; controlling the display to move the pointer to one of the plurality of objects based on the checking result being a first predetermined checking result; and controlling the display to maintain the pointer on an original location on the display based on the checking result being a second predetermined checking result, wherein, when the object includes only one item capable of being selected, the pointer is displayed to overlap with either a region of the object capable of receiving a command or an item of the object capable of being selected, and when the object includes at least two items capable of being selected, the pointer is displayed at a center of the object.