Patent ID: 9507375
Filing Date: 2016-11-29
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A display apparatus which recognizes a location of an external device and communicates with the external device having a tag reader, the display apparatus comprising: a display unit, implemented as hardware in the display apparatus; a plurality of tags included in the display unit, each of the tags having a different identification (ID); a location information storage unit in which location information of each of the tags is stored; and a communication unit which receives from the external device located exterior to the display apparatus, an ID of a tag recognized by the external device and unique information of the external device and provides the ID of the tag recognized by the external device and the unique information of the external device to a control unit, wherein the control unit compares the ID, which was read and recognized by the external device, with the location information stored in the location information storage unit, when the ID of the tag recognized by the external device is received from the external device; and wherein the control unit determines the location of the external device based on the location information corresponding to the received ID and at least one input sensed by a touch screen panel of the display unit.