Application execution method and apparatus

• US 10,033,773 B2
• Filed: 12/05/2013
• Issued: 07/24/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 12/10/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kim, Yongjin, Chang, Kyungah
• Primary Examiner(s): Srivastava, Vivek
• Assistant Examiner(s): Barker, Todd L
• Application Number:
  US14/097,673
• Publication Number:
  US 20140164632A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,692 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03545 Pens or stylus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/485 Task life-cycle, e.g. stopping, restarting, resuming execution G06F9/4881 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/403 Arrangements for multi-party communication, e.g. for conferences data switching systems for conference H04L12/18; arrangements for connecting several subscribers to a common circuit, i.e. affording conference facilities H04M3/56; television conferencing systems H04N7/15
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1095 Replication or mirroring of data, e.g. scheduling or transport for data synchronisation between network nodes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/564 Enhancement of application control based on intercepted application data

Abstract

A method and an apparatus for executing an application are provided. The application execution method of the present disclosure includes connecting a first external device, receiving, from the first external device, connection information for use in connecting to a second external device, connecting to the second external device using the connection information, and transmitting, when a transfer command is received, application execution state information to the second external device. The application execution method of the present disclosure is capable of allowing the user to execute the application conveniently.

Claims

1. A method for executing an application, the method comprising:

receiving, at a terminal through a first external device, connection information associated with a second external device and a list of applications which are capable of being executed in the second external device;

displaying the list of applications, which are capable of being executed in the second external device, on a display of the terminal;

receiving a selection of one of the applications in the list from a user;

transmitting, by the terminal, a request for receiving application execution state information of the selected application of the second external device to the second external device;

receiving the application execution state information from the second external device;

displaying an application execution screen on the display of the terminal based on the received application execution state information;

transmitting, when an input for controlling the application execution screen is detected, a request signal corresponding to the input to the second external device; and

redisplaying, on the basis of receiving a changed application execution screen according to the request signal from the second external device, the changed application execution screen.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the transmitting of the request comprises:

transmitting the request about coordinates of a touch made to the application and memory related to execution of the application to the second external device.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, by the terminal, an updated application list from the second external device.

4. The method of claim 3,

wherein the receiving of the application execution screen comprises receiving, when an application is selected from the updated application list, information on the application execution state of the selected application from the second external device;

and

wherein the displaying of an application execution screen comprises resuming execution of the selected application using the application execution state information.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the receiving of the information on the application execution state of the selected application comprises:

receiving coordinates of a touch made to the application and memory related to the execution of the application from the second external device.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the list of applications includes at least one of a web browser, a motion picture playback application, a game application, or a network service application.

14. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed, cause at least one processor to perform the method of claim 1.

7. A terminal for executing an application, the terminal comprising:

at least one processor configured to;

receive, at the terminal through a first external device, connection information associated with a second external device and a list of applications which are capable of being executed in the second external device,

display the list of applications, which are capable of being executed in the second external device, on a display of a terminal,

receive a selection of one of the applications in the list from a user,

transmit, by the terminal, a request for receiving application execution state information of the selected application of the second external device to the second external device,

receive the application execution state information from the second external device,

display, by the terminal, an application execution screen based on the received application execution state information,

transmit, when an input for controlling an application execution screen is detected, a request signal corresponding to the input to the second external device, and

redisplay, on the basis of receiving a changed application execution screen according to the request signal from the second external device, the changed application execution screen.

8. The terminal of claim 7, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to transmit the request about coordinates of a touch made to the application and memory related to execution of the application to the second external device.

9. The terminal of claim 7, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to receive an updated list from the second external device.

10. The terminal of claim 7, wherein the updated list of applications includes at least one of a web browser, a motion picture playback application, a game application, and a network service application.

11. The terminal of claim 7, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to receive coordinates of a touch made to the application and memory related to the execution of the application from the second external device.

12. The terminal of claim 7, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to resume execution of the selected application using the application execution state information.

13. The terminal of claim 7, wherein a resolution of the received changed application execution screen is based on the resolution provided by the terminal.