Patent ID: 9674578
Date: 2017-06-06
CPC Classifications: H04N

Claim:
1. A method of controlling a smart television, the method comprising: displaying, via a display, a virtual user interface for inputting a zip code; transmitting, via a network interface, the input zip code to a server, and receive information about service providers related to the input zip code from the server; displaying, via the display, information corresponding to first service providers which are able to provide a service to a specific electronic device regardless of a region of the input zip code based on the received information; and displaying, via the display, information corresponding to second service providers which are able to provide a service to the specific electronic device in a certain region based on the received information, wherein the information corresponding to the second service providers includes: first information, wherein the first information indicates if a corresponding second service provider among the second service providers is able to provide the service to the specific electronic device in the region of the input zip code, and second information, wherein the second information indicates if a corresponding second service provider among the second service providers is not able to provide the service to the specific electronic device in the region of the input zip code.