Patent ID: 8978071
Filing Date: 2015-03-10
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of assigning human channels in a multi-functional display device comprising: receiving human address information from a user, the human address information including identification information of the user including at least one of a name, an e-mail address, or a social network service (SNS) account information of the user; displaying a menu for selecting among a plurality of channels for scanning available channels of the multi-functional display device; assigning channel numbers to human address information according to the received human address information, wherein the assigned channel numbers to human address information are assigned to pre-assigned broadcast channel numbers upon a request from the user; generating a channel map, the channel map including channel numbers corresponding to broadcast programs and channel numbers corresponding to assigned human channels; capturing images and user motions from a camera unit included in the multi-functional display device, the user motions including facial emotions of the user; displaying the channel map; retrieving a social network address associated with the channel number from the channel map; receiving a content associated with the social network address; receiving a first registration request from a first multi-functional display device that includes a first social network address and an address of the first multi-functional display device; receiving a second registration request signal from a second multi-functional display device that includes a second social network address and an address of the second multi-functional display device; receiving a connection request from the first multi-functional display device to connect to the second multi-functional display device, the connection request including the second social network address; and transmitting a first response that includes the address of the second multi-functional display device to the first multi-functional display device, in response to the received connection request, and transmitting a second response that includes the address of the first multi-functional display device to the second multi-functional display device, wherein the first multi-functional display device transmits at least one of captured images, user motions or facial emotions of the user to a user of the second multi-functional device associated with the assigned human channels using SNS account information.