Control method and control apparatus for apparatus including short range wireless communication module

• US 10,579,321 B2
• Filed: 01/09/2017
• Issued: 03/03/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 08/24/2012
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kim, Hyun-young, Jung, Hee-won
• Primary Examiner(s): Le, Thanh C
• Application Number:
  US15/401,634
• Publication Number:
  US 20170115949A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,149 Days
• 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: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• 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 67/14 Session management for real-time applications in data packet communications networks H04L65/1066
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/75 Indicating network or usage conditions on the user display
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/567 Multimedia conference systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/026 using orientation information, e.g. compass
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 Connection setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/22 Processing or transfer of terminal data, e.g. status or physical capabilities
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/12 WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks]

Abstract

A control method and control apparatus for determining a relative location of a mobile terminal with respect to a display apparatus by using short range wireless communication. A method of controlling a display apparatus including a plurality of short range wireless communication modules, the method includes: performing short range wireless communication with a mobile terminal through a short range wireless communication module included in the display apparatus; identifying the short range wireless communication module performing the short range wireless communication with the mobile terminal from among the plurality of short range wireless communication modules; determining a relative location of the mobile terminal with respect to the display apparatus according to the result of identifying; and determining a location on a screen of the display apparatus to display data according to the relative location and displaying the data on the screen of the display apparatus according to the determined location.

Claims

1. A method of controlling a mobile terminal, the method comprising:

receiving network information which is used for connecting to a display apparatus via a short range wireless communication;

establishing a communication linkage with the display apparatus via a communication method other than the short range wireless communication by using the network information;

transmitting a graphic user interface (GUI) object for controlling the mobile terminal to the display apparatus via the communication linkage;

receiving at the mobile terminal a control command that is generated through the GUI object displayed on the display apparatus from the display apparatus; and

performing the control command.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

transmitting a result of performing the control command to the display apparatus.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the performing the control command comprises displaying one or more content by performing the control command, and

wherein the transmitting the result comprises transmitting a reproduction screen of the mobile terminal to the display apparatus.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the establishing the communication linkage comprises connecting to the display apparatus by connecting to an access point included in the display apparatus.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the establishing the communication linkage comprises connecting to the display apparatus by using a wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi) direct communication method by using the network information.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the network information includes a list of communication methods performable by the display apparatus.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining the GUI object to be transmitted to the display apparatus according to a state of the mobile terminal.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving identification information of a short range wireless communication module included in the display apparatus via the short range wireless communication from the display apparatus; and

upon receiving the identification information, transmitting information about geomagnetism detected by a geomagnetic sensor included in the mobile terminal to the display apparatus.

9. A mobile terminal communicating with a display apparatus, the mobile terminal comprising:

a receiver configured to receive network information which is used for connecting to a the display apparatus via a short range wireless communication, and receive a control command that is generated through a graphic user interface (GUI) object displayed on the display apparatus from the display apparatus;

a processor configured to establish a communication linkage with the display apparatus via a communication method other than the short range wireless communication by using the network information and perform the control command; and

a transmitter configured to transmit the graphic user interface (GUI) object the mobile terminal to the display apparatus via the communication linkage.

10. The mobile terminal of claim 9, wherein the transmitter is further configured to transmit a result of performing the control command to the display apparatus.

11. The mobile terminal of claim 10, further comprising a display configured to display one or more content by performing the control command,

wherein the transmitter is further configured to transmit a reproduction screen of the mobile terminal to the display apparatus.

12. The mobile terminal of claim 9, wherein the processor is further configured to connect to the display apparatus by connecting to an access point included in the display apparatus.

13. The mobile terminal of claim 9, wherein the processor is further configured to connect to the display apparatus by using a wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi) direct communication method by using the network information.

14. The mobile terminal of claim 9, wherein the network information includes a list of communication methods performable by the display apparatus.

15. The mobile terminal of claim 9, wherein the processor is further configured to determine the GUI object to be transmitted to the display apparatus according to a state of the mobile terminal.

16. The mobile terminal of claim 9, wherein the receiver is further configured to receive identification information of a short range wireless communication module included in the display apparatus via the short range wireless communication from the display apparatus, and

wherein the transmitter is further configured to, upon receiving the identification information, transmit information about geomagnetism detected by a geomagnetic sensor included in the mobile terminal to the display apparatus.