US 12,450,282 B2
Display device
Seunghyun Heo, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul (KR)
Filed by LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Aug. 14, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/804,867.
Application 18/804,867 is a continuation of application No. 17/597,162, granted, now 12,093,309, previously published as PCT/KR2019/007876, filed on Jun. 28, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0403355 A1, Dec. 5, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 16/58 (2019.01); G06F 16/532 (2019.01); G06F 16/535 (2019.01); G06F 16/583 (2019.01); G06F 16/955 (2019.01)
CPC G06F 16/5846 (2019.01) [G06F 16/532 (2019.01); G06F 16/535 (2019.01); G06F 16/9558 (2019.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display device for performing a search, the display device comprising:
a display configured to retrieve and display content;
a user input interface configured to receive a control signal of a pointer displayed on the content; and
a controller including a control circuitry configured to:
determine a search target based on a text displayed in an area in which the pointer is positioned,
wherein the text displayed in the area in which the pointer is positioned comprises each of:
text that is a search target and that comprises a corresponding hyperlink, and
text that is not the search target and that does not comprise any hyperlink,
wherein, based on hyperlink presence or absence in the text displayed in the area in which the pointer is positioned, the controller distinguishes between the text that is the search target and the text that is not the search target,
after determining the search target, control the display to display at least one search area icon associated with the search target,
receiving a selection for a search range associated with the at least one search area icon, the search range being a parameter for searching the search target,
control the display to display a search result of the search target within the selected search range corresponding to the displayed at least search area icon, and
not perform any search operation for any text that does not correspond to the search target.