Patent ID: 8644671
Filing Date: 2014-02-04
Classification: G09G,G11B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A display apparatus comprising: a high definition multimedia interface (HDMI) through which an external device is adapted to be connected; a user interface (UI) generator; and a controller which outputs a command signal for generating a UI to control the external device, if supportable resolution of the display apparatus is different from a current resolution of the external device, and receives a UI data input from the external device through the HDMI when a control signal for generating the UI to control the external device is input, and controls the UI generator to display the UI to control the external device based on the UI data input from the external device, wherein the UI data comprises text, the receiving comprises receiving the text, from the external device, through the HDMI, and the generating comprises generating the UI to control the external device using the text.