Patent ID: 9329746
Filing Date: 2016-05-03
CPC Classification: G06F,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A network TV device comprising: a module for playing and searching at least one of contents provided from a contents provider and displaying lists, wherein the module is installed in the network TV device during manufacturing or is downloadable from the contents provider; the network TV device equipped with a broadcast receiver that receives a broadcasting signal; a display of the network TV device configured to display at least one of icons which respectively represents a content provider and a user icon for providing the contents that the network TV device has accessed through the content provider server corresponding to the content provider, wherein the display has plurality of scroll bars disposed at the left and right sides of user icons, such that additional user icons are displayed when a user selects an input on the scroll bar of the network TV device; a network interface configured to receive the contents from the content provider server through a network, wherein the content provider server includes at least one of packet filter (PF) server, electronic content guide service provider, EPG service provider and a portal server operator; and a controller configured to receive a first request for selecting the displayed user icon from a remote controller, control the display to display a service screen in response to the first request, wherein the service screen includes at least one of items which respectively represents a type of content, receive a second request from the remote controller for selecting one item from among the at least one of items which represents a type of content, control the display to display information on at least one of contents corresponding to the selected item in response to the second request, wherein the at least one of contents are uploaded to the content provider server by the network TV device, and the information on the at least one of contents includes a thumbnail image corresponding to the content and an access information for accessing the content in a form of customized menu screen for a particular user other than the thumbnail on prescribed regions of the display screen on the network TV device, wherein the controller allows the user to access user specific content uploaded or downloaded to and from the content provider server on the network using the thumbnail to manage and play the user specific content, receive a third request for selecting the thumbnail image from the remote controller, and control the network interface to receive the content corresponding to the selected thumbnail image from the content provider server in response to the third request.