Content display system for sharing content between display apparatuses

• US 20060036671A1
• Filed: 08/15/2005
• Published: 02/16/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 08/14/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Rhim, Eun-hee, Na, Kwang-yun
• Granted Patent: US 7,783,975 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/202
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/51 Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/75 Indicating network or usage conditions on the user display

Abstract

A content display system for sharing contents between display apparatuses is provided. The content display system for displaying content, includes a first local interface module connected to a storage device storing the content, a first device interface module receiving a message requesting for the content stored in the storage device, a first display apparatus including a first device agent module extracting the requested content from the storage device through the first local interface module and transmitting the extracted content through the first device interface module, a second device agent module generating the message, a second device interface module transmitting the generated message to the first display apparatus and receiving the extracted content, a content processing module converting the received content into content having an output format suitable for display, and a second display apparatus including a display module outputting the converted content.

Claims

1. A content display system for displaying content, comprising:

a first local interface module connected to a storage device storing the content;

a first device interface module receiving a message requesting the content stored in the storage device;

a first display apparatus including a first device agent module extracting the requested content from the storage device through the first local interface module and transmitting the extracted content through the first device interface module;

a second device agent module generating the message;

a second device interface module transmitting the generated message to the first display apparatus and receiving the extracted content;

a content processing module converting the received content into content having an output format suitable for display; and

a second display apparatus including a display module outputting the converted content.

2. The content display system of claim 1, wherein the storage device comprises a portable storage device.

3. The content display system of claim 2, wherein the portable storage device comprises a USB memory stick.

4. The content display system of claim 2, wherein the portable storage device comprises the first device agent module and wherein the first device agent module requests a server to transmit a particular content among contents stored in the server.

5. The content display system of claim 1, wherein the storage device comprises a storage device mounted in the first display apparatus.

6. The content display system of claim 1, wherein the message comprises a message complying with a pull mode.

7. The content display system of claim 1, wherein the message comprises a message complying with a push mode.

8. The content display system of claim 1, wherein the content processing module operates an application program for reproducing the converted content.

9. The content display system of claim 1, wherein the second display apparatus further comprises a user interface module allowing a user to input a request for the content stored in the storage device, and the second device agent module generates the message in response to the request.

10. A content display system for displaying content, comprising:

a local interface module connected to a storage device storing the content;

a device interface module receiving a message requesting the content stored in the storage device; and

a device agent module extracting the requested content from the storage device through the local interface module and transmitting the extracted content through the device interface module.

11. The content display system of claim 10, wherein the storage device comprises a portable storage device.

12. The content display system of claim 11, wherein the portable storage device comprises a USB memory stick.

13. The content display system of claim 11, wherein the portable storage device comprises the device agent module and wherein the device agent module requests a server to transmit a particular content among contents stored in the server.

14. The content display system of claim 10, wherein the storage device comprises a storage device mounted in the first display apparatus.

15. The content display system of claim 10, wherein the message comprises a message complying with a pull mode.

16. The content display system of claim 10, wherein the message comprises a message complying with a push mode.

17. A content display system for displaying content, comprising:

a first device agent module of a first display apparatus generating a message requesting the content stored in a storage device;

a device interface module transmitting the generated message to a second display apparatus including the storage device and receiving the requested content;

a content processing module converting the received content into content having an output format suitable to display; and

a display module outputting the converted content.

18. The content display system of claim 17, wherein the storage device comprises a portable storage device.

19. The content display system of claim 18, wherein the portable storage device comprises a USB memory stick.

20. The content display system of claim 18, wherein the portable storage device comprises a hard disk.

21. The content display system of claim 17, wherein the storage device comprises a storage device mounted in the first display apparatus.

22. The content display system of claim 17, wherein the message comprises a message complying with a pull mode.

23. The content display system of claim 17, wherein the message comprises a message complying with a push mode.

24. The content display system of claim 17, wherein the content processing module operates an application program for reproducing the converted content.

25. The content display system of claim 17, wherein the second display apparatus further comprises a user interface module allowing a user to input a request for the content stored in the storage device, and a second device agent module of the second display apparatus generates the message in response to the request.