Method and apparatus for downloading a file

• US 10,581,951 B2
• Filed: 12/29/2015
• Issued: 03/03/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 02/17/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Lee, Sangjeong, Chang, Kyung-ah
• Primary Examiner(s): Tokuta, Shean
• Application Number:
  US14/982,281
• Publication Number:
  US 20160241630A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,526 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0806 for initial configuration or provisioning, e.g. plug-and-play
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0836 to enhance reliability, e.g. reduce downtime
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1097 for distributed storage of data in networks, e.g. transport arrangements for network file system [NFS], storage area networks [SAN] or network attached storage [NAS]

Abstract

A method of downloading a file to a device includes receiving a request to download one of one or more files stored in a cloud server, confirming whether the requested file is stored in registered devices which are connected through a network, determining priorities of the cloud server and the registered devices which store the requested file, and downloading the requested file from the cloud server and the registered devices which store the requested file, based on the priorities.

Claims

1. A method of downloading a file, performed by a first device, comprising:

receiving, from a user, a first user input for downloading one of one or more files stored in the cloud server;

identifying, by a processor of the first device, the file stored in the cloud server according to the received first user input;

identifying, according to the received first user input, at least one second device which stores the file according to a previously received second user input for downloading the file from the cloud server, the at least one second device and the first device being registered to have a same user account;

based on not identifying the at least one second device which stores the file, downloading the file from the cloud server;

based on identifying the at least one second device which stores the file, obtaining, by the processor, download times, which are expected to be taken to download the file from each of the cloud server and the at least one second device;

displaying a list of storage locations of the file with the download time to be taken to download the file, the storage locations including identification information of the cloud server and identification information of the at least one second device;

receiving, from the user, a third user input for selecting one of the cloud server and the at least one second device from the list; and

downloading the file from the selected device, wherein the download time to be taken to download the file is displayed when the file is stored in at least two of the at least one second devices or the cloud server.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the identification information is icons representing the storage locations.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the identification information is words representing the storage locations.

7. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon computer-readable codes as a program for executing the method of claim 1.

4. A first device configured to download a file, the first device comprising:

a memory storing one or more instructions;

a display; and

a processor configured to execute the one or more instructions;

receive, from a user, a first user input for downloading one of one or more files stored in a cloud server;

identify the files stored in the cloud server according to the received first user input;

identify, according to the received first user input, at least one second device which stores the file according to a previously received second user input for downloading the files from the cloud server, the at least one second device and the first device being registered to have a same user account,

based on not identifying the at least one second device which stores the file, download the file from the cloud server;

based on identifying the at least one second device which stores the file, obtain download times which are expected to be taken to download the files from each of the cloud server and the at least one second device, and

control the display to display a list of storage locations of the file and the download time to be taken to download the file, the storage locations including identification information of the cloud server and identification information of the at least one second device;

receive, from the user, a third user input for selecting one of the cloud server and the at least one second device from the list; and

download the determined file from the selected device,

wherein the processor is configured to;

control the display to display the download time to be taken to download the file when the file is stored in at least two of the at least one second device or the cloud server.

5. The device of claim 4, wherein the identification information is icons representing the storage locations.

6. The device of claim 4, wherein the identification information is words representing the storage locations.