Patent ID: 9219946
Filing Date: 2015-12-22
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of providing contents information in a display apparatus connectable to a network, the method comprising: requesting a plurality of contents providers to transmit a plurality of contents lists, respectively, wherein the plurality of contents lists correspond to the plurality of contents providers, respectively; receiving the plurality of requested contents lists and location information of contents included in each of the plurality of contents lists from the contents providers, respectively, wherein each of the plurality of contents list is a list of a plurality of contents that can be provided by a corresponding contents provider; and displaying the plurality of received contents lists on a plurality of areas of a screen, respectively, wherein the plurality of contents included in each of the plurality of contents lists are linked based on the location information, and wherein displaying the plurality of received contents lists includes displaying, differently, sizes of the plurality of areas in accordance with an access number, and wherein the access number represents a total number of times that the display apparatus has accessed a content provider, in order to obtain a content from the content provider.