Method and apparatus for providing GUI

摘要

A GUI providing method and a GUI providing apparatus are provided. According to the GUI providing method, a GUI from among GUIs for an external apparatus connected to a video apparatus is determined and displayed. Accordingly, if there are many GUIs for an apparatus, a GUI most suitable for the current circumstance is automatically determined and provided to a user.

主权项

1. A method for providing a Graphical User Interface (GUI), comprising:
displaying on a remote mobile device a list of external apparatuses connected to a video apparatus; receiving, by the remote mobile device, at least two GUIs for each of the external apparatuses connected to the video apparatus from each of the plurality of external apparatuses, wherein each of the external apparatuses transmit said at least two GUIs of the respective external apparatus directly to the remote mobile device and wherein the at least two GUIs comprise different functionalities of a respective external apparatus and displayable layouts dedicated to said different functionalities of the respective external apparatus; receiving device type information and interface type information of the each of the external apparatuses from the video apparatus; selecting an external apparatus from the list in response to a user input; selecting a GUI of the at least two GUIs of the selected external apparatus based on the received device type information and interface type information of the each of the external apparatuses; and displaying on the remote mobile device the selected GUI to receive a user control input to control in real time an operation of the selected external apparatus with respect to the video apparatus.