Patent ID: 8752116

Claim:
A method of updating firmware on a network television (TV), comprising: receiving firmware update information according to content providers from a network operator, wherein the firmware update information includes information on updates of a plurality of dedicated firmware items that respectively correspond to the content providers; displaying, on the network TV, the firmware update information according to the content providers; receiving a user input for selecting a plurality of update target firmware items to update from among the plurality of dedicated firmware items; performing the update of the selected update target firmware items; and displaying an update progress screen during the update of the selected update target firmware items, wherein the update progress screen includes: a plurality of progress rates that respectively represent how much the selected update target firmware items are updated, and a plurality of graphic user interface (GUI) elements that respectively correspond to the selected update target firmware items, wherein a stop function for stopping an update of a first selected update target firmware item that is being updated is provided to a GUI element corresponding to the first selected update target firmware item, wherein a cancel function for canceling an update of a second selected update target firmware item that is not yet updated is provided to a GUI element corresponding to the second selected update target firmware item.