IP Library Granted Patent US 9,607,094
Granted Patent B2
US 9,607,094 · App. 15/041,801 · Granted Mar 28, 2017

Information communication method and information communication apparatus

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Patent No.
US 9,607,094
App. No.
15/041,801
Granted
Mar 28, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, a portable terminal obtains an address for accessing a server from a signage terminal. The portable terminal generates a card for displaying a message in the signage terminal. The portable terminal transmits the card to the server. The signage terminal displays the card received from the server.

Claims (15)

1. A display device comprising a display unit which is connected to a server through a network, wherein the display unit displays information, and the information is controlled by a portable terminal, and

the display unit adds an identification mark for the portable terminal to the information to clarify a correspondence between the information controlled by the portable terminal and the portable terminal.

2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the information is controlled in a communication path between the display unit and the portable terminal.

3. The display device of claim 1 , wherein if plural information including the information is displayed, and also controlled by different portable terminals including the portable terminal, respectively, plural identification marks including the identical mark are displayed for the portable terminals, respectively.

4. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the information to which the identification mark is added is information for a message.

5. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the information to which the identification mark is added is information for sale.

6. The display device of claim 5 , wherein when the portable terminal performs downloading, the information for sale indicates a remaining number of times downloading can be performed.

7. The control method of claim 1 , wherein when the portable terminal performs downloading, the information for sale indicates a remaining number of times downloading can be performed.

8. A control method of a display device including a display unit which is connected to a server through a network,

displaying, on the display unit, information, which is controlled by a portable terminal; and

adding, on the display unit, an identification mark for the portable terminal to the information to clarify a correspondence between the information and the portable terminal.

9. The control method of claim 8 , wherein the information is controlled in a communication path between the display unit and the portable terminal.

10. The control method of claim 8 , wherein if plural information including the information is displayed, and controlled by different portable terminals including the portable terminal, respectively, different identification marks including the identification mark are displayed for the portable terminals, respectively.

11. The control method of claim 8 , wherein the identification mark is added to information for a message.

12. The control method of claim 8 , wherein the information to which the identification mark is added is information for sale.

Assignments (5)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 7, 2020
From: TOSHIBA VISUAL SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
To: HISENSE VISUAL TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 051493/0333 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 26, 2018
From: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
To: TOSHIBA VISUAL SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 046881/0120 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 21, 2016
From: TOSHIBA LIFESTYLE PRODUCTS & SERVICES CORPORATION
To: TOSHIBA VISUAL SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 041208/0890 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 19, 2016
From: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
To: TOSHIBA LIFESTYLE PRODUCTS & SERVICES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 041098/0899 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 11, 2016
From: KAWASATO, HISAO
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
Reel/Frame 037719/0705 →