Method of displaying messages in digital home appliances and display control device

Abstract

Provided are a method of displaying messages in a digital home appliance and a display control method therefore. The method includes storing user setting information regarding output of messages and displaying a message based on the stored user setting information, where the user setting information is received from a user.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A method of displaying a message in a digital appliance, comprising: storing user setting information regarding output of at least one message; and displaying the at least one message based on the user setting information, wherein the displaying of the at least one message comprises: determining whether a status of video output from the digital appliance satisfies the user setting information; and displaying the at least one message when it is determined that the status of the output video satisfies the user setting information, wherein the determining of whether the status of the video satisfies the user setting information comprises determining the status of the video based on video type according to an electronic program guide of the video,
 wherein the displaying of the at least one message further comprises: 
 storing the at least one message without displaying the at least one message when it is determined that the status of the output video does not satisfy the user setting information, monitoring the status of the output video and displaying the at least one message which is stored when the status of the video satisfies the user setting information. 
 
     
     
       2. The method according to  claim 1 , wherein the user setting information is received from a user. 
     
     
       3. The method of  claim 1 , wherein the displaying of the message further comprises monitoring the status of the output video and displaying the at least one message related to entering the standby mode when the status of the video satisfies the user setting information. 
     
     
       4. The method of  claim 1 , wherein the displaying of the at least one message related to entering the standby mode is displayed if the status of the video does not satisfy the user setting information further comprises displaying the at least one message in response to a user's request when it is determined that the status of the output video does not satisfy the user setting information. 
     
     
       5. The method of  claim 1 , wherein the electronic program guide is received by the digital appliance. 
     
     
       6. The method of  claim 1 , wherein the determining of whether the status of the video satisfies the user setting information additionally comprises determining the status of the video by the patterns of the video and audio output from the digital appliance. 
     
     
       7. The method of  claim 1 , wherein, if the at least one message is urgent, further comprising displaying the at least one message without reference to the user setting information. 
     
     
       8. The method of  claim 7 , wherein the at least one message comprises at least a message indicating degradation of operation of the digital appliance. 
     
     
       9. The method of  claim 1 , wherein the user setting information comprises at least information regarding a time when the at least one message is to be displayed. 
     
     
       10. An apparatus for controlling displaying of a message in a digital appliance, comprising: a user setting information storage unit which stores user setting information regarding output of the message; and a processor in association with a memory, the memory comprising instructions to:
 message management unit which controlscontrol displaying of the message based on the stored user setting information wherein the message management unit: 
 determinesdetermine whether a status of video output from the digital appliance satisfies the user setting information; and 
 displaysdisplay the message when it is determined that the status of the output video satisfies the user setting information, and 
 store the message in a message storage unit without displaying the message when it is determined that the status of the output video does not satisfy the user setting information, monitor the status of the output video and display the message which is stored when the status of the video satisfies the user setting information, 
 wherein the message management unit processor determines whether the status of the output video satisfies the user setting information by checking the status of the output video based on video type according to an electronic program guide of the video. 
 
     
     
       11. The apparatus of  claim 10 , wherein the user setting information is received from a user. 
     
     
       12. The apparatus of  claim 10 , wherein the message management unit further monitors the status of the output video and controls the stored message to be displayed when the status of the output video satisfies the user setting information. 
     
     
       13. The apparatus of  claim 10 , wherein the electronic program guide is received by the digital appliance. 
     
     
       14. The apparatus of  claim 10 , wherein the message management unit processor determines whether the status of the output video satisfies the user setting information by additionally checking the status of the output video by the patterns of the video and audio output from the digital appliance. 
     
     
       15. The apparatus of  claim 10 , wherein, when the message is urgent, the message management unit processor further controls the message to be displayed without reference to the user setting information. 
     
     
       16. The apparatus of  claim 15 , wherein the message comprises at least a message indicating degradation of operation of the digital appliance. 
     
     
       17. The apparatus of  claim 10 , wherein the user setting information comprises at least one of:
 information regarding a time when the message is to be displayed; 
 information regarding a location on a screen where the message is to be displayed; and 
 information regarding the status of the message that is to be displayed. 
 
     
     
       18. A digital appliance comprising: a decoder which decodes at least one of audio data and video data; and a processor in association with a memory, the memory comprising instructions to:a message management unit which stores store user setting information regarding output of at least one message and controls control displaying of the at least one message based on the stored user setting information; and a controller which controls control operations of the decoder and the message management unit, wherein the message management unit: determines; whether a status of video output from the digital appliance satisfies the user setting information; and displays display the at least one message when it is determined that the status of the output video satisfies the user setting information; and
 store the at least one message in a message storage unit without displaying the at least one message when it is determined that the status of the output video does not satisfy the user setting information, monitors the status of the output video and display the at least one message which is stored when the status of the video satisfies the user setting information, 
 wherein the message management unit processor determines whether the status of the output video satisfies the user setting information by additionally checking the status of the output video based on video type according to an electronic program guide of the video. 
 
     
     
       19. The digital appliance of  claim 18 , wherein the one of audio data and video data is received via a communication network. 
     
     
       20. The digital appliance of  claim 18 , wherein the user setting information is received from a user. 
     
     
       21. The method of  claim 1 , wherein the method further comprising: making the at least one message related to entering enter a standby mode when it is determined that the status of the output video does not satisfy the user setting information. 
     
     
       22. The apparatus of  claim 10 , wherein the message management unit further stores the message in a message storage unit when the status of the output video does not satisfy the user setting information. 
     
     
       23. A method of displaying at least one message in a digital appliance, the method comprising:
 storing user setting information related to displaying the at least one message;   receiving a message from a network;   determining that the received message is to be displayed based on the user setting information; and   displaying the received message while outputting a particular type of video,   wherein the user setting information indicates the particular type of video as a criterion for displaying the received message, so that the received message is displayed when the particular type of video is output, wherein the determining that the received message is to be displayed based on the user setting information comprises determining a type of the output video according to an electronic program guide of the output video, and   wherein the displaying the received message further comprises:   storing the received message without displaying the received message when it is determined that a type of the output video is not the particular type, monitoring the type of the output video and displaying the received message which is stored when the type of the video is the particular type.