Electronic device and method of processing information in electronic device

• US 10,445,045 B2
• Filed: 01/14/2016
• Issued: 10/15/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 01/14/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Choi, Min-Suk, Kim, Jung-Yong, Min, Boo-Gun, Shin, Jae-Sick, Lee, Dae-Ho, Shin, Eun-Ok, Jo, Hyun-A
• Primary Examiner(s): Trapanese, William C
• Application Number:
  US14/995,589
• Publication Number:
  US 20160202943A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,370 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1423 controlling a plurality of local displays, e.g. CRT and flat panel display
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1438 using more than one graphics controller
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1454 involving copying of the display data of a local workstation or window to a remote workstation or window so that an actual copy of the data is displayed simultaneously on two or more displays, e.g. teledisplay
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/167 Audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/145 related to small screens
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2360/06 Use of more than one graphics processor to process data before displaying to one or more screens
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/022 Centralised management of display operation, e.g. in a server instead of locally
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/16 Use of wireless transmission of display information
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/14 Display of multiple viewports
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/363 Graphics controllers
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces

Abstract

A first electronic device may include: a display unit that displays an execution screen of an application executed in the first electronic device; and a processor configured to receive an input for transmitting contents related to one or more objects selected within the execution screen of the application to a second electronic device and to transmit the contents related to the one or more selected objects to the second electronic device in response to the input. The contents related to the one or more selected objects may be displayed in the second electronic device without being displayed on the execution screen of the first electronic device.

Claims

1. A first electronic device comprising:

a display;

a communication interface comprising interface circuitry; and

a processor operatively coupled to the display and the communication interface, wherein the processor is configured to;

control the display to display, on an execution screen of a first application displayed on the display, objects of the first application executed in the first electronic device;

in response to receiving an input for selection of one of the objects of the first application, identify at least one second electronic device, which can perform communication with the first electronic device and which is located within a communication proximity of the first electronic device;

control the display to display, on the execution screen, information related to the at least one second electronic device without overlapping with the objects of the first application;

control the display to display, on the execution screen, a plurality of different selectable functions related to the selected object, the selectable functions at least partially overlapping at least some of the objects on the execution screen;

when one of the plurality of different selectable functions for the object is selected, obtain content related to the selected object using a second application executed according to the selected function; and

control the communication interface to transmit the obtained content to the at least one second electronic device for displaying the obtained content on the at least one second electronic device, so that the obtained content is to be displayed on the at least one second electronic device without displaying the obtained content on the first electronic device.

2. The first electronic device of claim 1, wherein, the processor is configured to transmit updated content to the second electronic device when the content related to the selected object is updated.

3. The first electronic device of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to search for the content related to the selected object based on source information on the selected object.

4. The first electronic device of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to request the contents related to the selected object from a server based on source information of the selected object and to receive the content from the server based on the request.

5. The first electronic device of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to transmit source information of the selected object and identification information of the second electronic device to a server,

wherein the content related to the selected object is obtained, by the server, based on the source information and the identification information, and the obtained content is transmitted from the server to the second electronic device.

6. The first electronic device of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to interwork with another application related to the selected object based on source information of the selected object and to obtain the contents related to the selected object through the another application.

7. The first electronic device of claim 1, wherein, the processor is configured to obtain the content related to the selected object when one or more gestures are input to the first electronic device.

8. The first electronic device of claim 1, wherein, when at least one object is selected within a previous execution screen of the first application and one or more gestures are input on the execution screen, the processor is configured to:

obtain another content related to the at least one object selected within the previous execution screen; and

transmit the obtained another content to the second electronic device without displaying the another content on the execution screen.

9. A method of processing information by a first electronic device, the method comprising:

executing a first application in the first electronic device;

controlling the display of the first electronic device to display, on an execution screen of the first application displayed on the display, objects of the first application executed in the first electronic device;

in response to receiving an input for selection of one of the objects of the first application, identifying at least one second electronic device, which can perform communication with the first electronic device and which is located within a communication proximity of the first electronic device;

controlling the display to display, on the execution screen, information related to the at least one second electronic device without overlapping with the objects of the first application;

controlling the display to display, on the execution screen, a plurality of different selectable functions related to the selected object, the selectable functions at least partially overlapping at least some of the objects on the execution screen;

when one of the plurality of different selectable functions for the selected object is selected, obtaining content related to the selected object for using a second application executed according to the selected function; and

transmitting the obtained content to the at least one second electronic device for displaying the obtained content on the at least one second electronic device, so that the obtained content is to be displayed on the at least one second electronic device without displaying the obtained content on the display of the first electronic device.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising, transmitting updated content to the second electronic device when the content related to the selected object is updated.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the obtaining content related to the selected object comprises searching the contents related to the selected object, based on source information on the at least one object.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein the obtaining content related to the selected object comprises:

requesting the contents related to the selected object from a server based on source information on the selected object; and

receiving the contents related to the selected object from the server based on the request.

13. The method of claim 9, wherein obtaining content related to the selected object comprises:

transmitting source information of the selected object and identification information of the second electronic device to a server

wherein the content related to the selected object is obtained, by the server, based on the source information and the identification information, and the obtained content is transmitted from the server to the second electronic device.

14. The method of claim 9, wherein the obtaining content related to the selected object comprises:

interworking with another application related to the selected object based on source information of the selected at least one object; and

obtaining the contents related to the selected object through the other application.

15. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

receiving one or more gestures input on the execution screen after at least one object is selected within a previous execution screen of the application;

obtaining another content related to the at least one object selected within the previous execution screen; and

transmitting the obtained another content to the second electronic device without displaying the another content on the execution screen of the first electronic device.