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Content control apparatus and method thereof

US8510678B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 9, 2010
Grant dateAug 13, 2013
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Expiry dateMay 22, 2031

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F3/04817
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A content control apparatus and method thereof in which an icon indicating a category of an application program displayed on a representative image of the application program is discussed. A content control apparatus according to embodiments of the present invention may include a controller configured to determine a category of an application program and an image representing the application program, and to determine an icon corresponding to the determined category of the application program; and a display unit including a screen, and configured to simultaneously display the image representing the application program and the icon corresponding to the determined category of the application program on the screen.

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