IP Library Granted Patent US 12,452,476
Granted Patent B2
US 12,452,476 · App. 18/431,858 · Granted Oct 21, 2025

Display apparatus, terminal device and communication connection method

Inventors: Ziming Zhu (Duiven, NL); Chao Shang (Duiven, NL); Wenzhu Chen (Duiven, NL); Chen Sun (Duiven, NL); Yuanyuan Huang (Duiven, NL); Yakai Lu (Duiven, NL); Yating Shao (Duiven, NL); Huijuan Zhang (Duiven, NL); Junyi Huo (Duiven, NL)
Assignee: VIDAA (NETHERLANDS) INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS B.V.
H04N21/41265G06F8/65H04N21/4436
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Patent No.
US 12,452,476
App. No.
18/431,858
Granted
Oct 21, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The disclosure provides a display apparatus and a communication connection method. The display apparatus includes: a display; a communicator, configured to receive information input from the terminal device; and a controller, in connection with the display and communicator and configured to: while the display apparatus is in communication connection with the terminal device, send network information of the display apparatus to the terminal device in response to change of device information of the display apparatus, so that the terminal device generates a request for obtaining device information according to the network information, wherein the request for obtaining the device information is configured to obtain changed device information of the display apparatus; and in response to the request for obtaining the device information sent from the terminal device, send the changed device information to the terminal device, and re-establish the communication connection with the terminal device.

Claims (57)

1. A display apparatus, comprising:

a display;

a communicator, configured to receive information input from a terminal device; and

a controller, in connection with the display and communicator and configured to:

while the display apparatus is in communication connection with the terminal device, in response to change of device information of the display apparatus, send network information of the display apparatus to the terminal device, so that the terminal device generates a request for obtaining device information according to the network information, wherein the request for obtaining device information is configured to obtain changed device information of the display apparatus; and

in response to the request for obtaining device information sent from the terminal device, send the changed device information to the terminal device, and re-establish a communication connection with the terminal device;

wherein the controller is further configured to:

receive a communication connection request sent from the terminal device through a network;

in response to the communication connection request, send the network information of the display apparatus to the terminal device;

receive a first obtaining request sent from the terminal device, wherein the first obtaining request is configured to obtain the device information of the display apparatus; and

send the device information of the display apparatus to the terminal device, and establish the communication connection with the terminal device;

in response to the communication connection request, send a physical address of the display apparatus to the terminal device, so that the terminal device generates the first obtaining request according to the network information and the physical address;

while the display apparatus is in the communication connection with the terminal device, in response to change of the physical address and the network information of the display apparatus, send changed network information and a changed physical address to the terminal device, so that the terminal device generates a second obtaining request according to the changed network information and the changed physical address, wherein the second obtaining request is configured to obtain current device information of the display apparatus; and

in response to the second obtaining request sent from the terminal device, send the current device information of the display apparatus to the terminal device, and re-establish the communication connection with the terminal device.

2. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to: before receiving the first obtaining request sent from the terminal device, in response to the communication connection request, send wake-up information to the terminal device, so that the terminal device generates a wake-up instruction according to the wake-up information, wherein the wake-up information comprises a physical address and a wake-up time of the display apparatus, and the wake-up time is a time for the display apparatus to enter a working state from a standby state; and in response to the wake-up instruction sent from the terminal device, control the display apparatus to enter the working state from the standby state.

3. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to:

in response to detecting the display apparatus having establishing communication connection with a first terminal device, store device information of the first terminal device in a communication connection list of the display apparatus;

in response to the change of the device information of the display apparatus, determine all the terminal devices in the communication connection list; and

send the network information of the display apparatus to all the terminal devices.

4. The display apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the controller is further configured to:

while the display apparatus is in communication connection with one or more terminal devices, in response to the display apparatus not performing information interaction with a second terminal device among the one or more terminal devices within a preset communication connection period, delete the device information of the second terminal device from the communication connection list.

5. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to:

while the display apparatus is in communication connection with the terminal device, receive a first request for obtaining a list of installed applications on the display apparatus sent from the terminal device; and

in response to the first request, send a first list of installed applications to the terminal device, so that the first list is displayed on a display of the terminal device, wherein the first list comprises an application icon of an installed application on the display apparatus, the first request is generated by the terminal device in response to an application management command from a user, the display of the terminal device further displays a second list of applications available for installation on the display apparatus, the second list is returned from a server after receiving a second request for obtaining a list of application which is capable of being installed on the apparatus sent from the terminal device, and the second list comprises an application icon of an application which is capable of being installed on the display apparatus.

6. The display apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the controller is further configured to:

receive a third request for launching a first application in the first list sent from the terminal device; and

in response to the third request, launch the first application on the display apparatus without operation of a remote control.

7. The display apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the controller is further configured to:

receive a fourth request for installing a second application the second list sent from the terminal device; and

in response to the fourth request, obtain source file of the second application and install the second application on the display apparatus without operation of a remote control.

8. A communication connection method for a display apparatus, wherein the method comprises:

while the display apparatus is in communication connection with a terminal device, in response to change of device information of the display apparatus, sending network information of the display apparatus to the terminal device, so that the terminal device generates a request for obtaining device information according to the network information, wherein the request for obtaining device information is configured to obtain changed device information of the display apparatus; and

in response to the request for obtaining device information sent from the terminal device, sending the changed device information to the terminal device, and re-establish a communication connection with the terminal device;

further comprising:

receiving a communication connection request sent from the terminal device through a network;

in response to the communication connection request, sending the network information of the display apparatus to the terminal device;

receiving a first obtaining request sent from the terminal device, wherein the first obtaining request is configured to obtain the device information of the display apparatus; and

sending the device information of the display apparatus to the terminal device, and establish the communication connection with the terminal device

in response to the communication connection request, sending a physical address of the display apparatus to the terminal device, so that the terminal device generates the first obtaining request according to the network information and the physical address;

while the display apparatus is in the communication connection with the terminal device, in response to change of the physical address and the network information of the display apparatus, sending changed network information and a changed physical address to the terminal device, so that the terminal device generates a second obtaining request according to the changed network information and the changed physical address, wherein the second obtaining request is configured to obtain current device information of the display apparatus; and

in response to the second obtaining request sent from the terminal device, sending the current device information of the display apparatus to the terminal device, and re-establish the communication connection with the terminal device.

9. The method according to claim 8 , further comprising: before receiving the first obtaining request sent from the terminal device, in response to the communication connection request, sending wake-up information to the terminal device, so that the terminal device generates a wake-up instruction according to the wake-up information, wherein the wake-up information comprises a physical address and a wake-up time of the display apparatus, and the wake-up time is a time for the display apparatus to enter a working state from a standby state; and in response to the wake-up instruction sent from the terminal device, controlling the display apparatus to enter the working state from the standby state.

10. The method according to claim 8 , further comprising:

in response to detecting the display apparatus having establishing communication connection with a first terminal device, storing device information of the first terminal device in a communication connection list of the display apparatus;

in response to the change of the device information of the display apparatus, determining all the terminal devices in the communication connection list; and

sending the network information of the display apparatus to all the terminal devices.

11. The method according to claim 10 , further comprising:

while the display apparatus is in communication connection with one or more terminal devices, in response to the display apparatus not performing information interaction with a second terminal device among the one or more terminal devices within a preset communication connection period, deleting the device information of the second terminal device from the communication connection list.

12. The method according to claim 8 , further comprising:

while the display apparatus is in communication connection with the terminal device, receiving a first request for obtaining a list of installed applications on the display apparatus sent from the terminal device; and

in response to the first request, sending a first list of installed applications to the terminal device, so that the first list is displayed on a display of the terminal device, wherein the first list comprises an application icon of an installed application on the display apparatus, the first request is generated by the terminal device in response to an application management command from a user, the display of the terminal device further displays a second list of applications available for installation on the display apparatus, the second list is returned from a server after receiving a second request for obtaining a list of application which is capable of being installed on the apparatus sent from the terminal device, and the second list comprises an application icon of an application which is capable of being installed on the display apparatus.

13. The method according to claim 12 , further comprising:

receiving a third request for launching a first application in the first list sent from the terminal device; and

in response to the third request, launching the first application on the display apparatus without operation of a remote control.

14. The method according to claim 12 , further comprising:

receiving a fourth request for installing a second application the second list sent from the terminal device; and

in response to the fourth request, obtaining source file of the second application and installing the second application on the display apparatus without operation of a remote control.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 12, 2024
From: ZHU, ZIMING; SHANG, CHAO; CHEN, WENZHU; SUN, CHEN; HUANG, YUANYUAN; LU, YAKAI; SHAO, YATING; ZHANG, HUIJUAN; HUO, JUNYI
To: VIDAA (NETHERLANDS) INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS B.V.
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