System and method of sharing contents using messenger

• US 20080098076A1
• Filed: 04/10/2007
• Published: 04/24/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 10/24/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Lee, Sang-Kwon, Choi, Hyok-sung
• Application Number:
  US11/783,452
• Publication Number:
  US 20080098076A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/04 Real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/10 Multimedia information

Abstract

The present invention provides to a system and method of sharing contents using a messenger program, The system includes a device server which registers Consumer electronic (CE) devices of the same user and CE devices of different users, and generates a messenger account; a messenger server which registers the generated messenger account; and a buddy setting module which sets a buddy relationship among the CE devices of the same user and a buddy relationship among the CE devices of different users, such that contents are shared by the CE devices having the buddy relationship.

Claims

1. A system for sharing contents using a messenger program, the system comprising:

an account generation module which registers a consumer electronic (CE) device on the basis of device information transmitted from the CE device to generate a messenger account;

a buddy setting module which sets a buddy relationship using a messenger client on the basis of the messenger account registered in a messenger server;

a storage module which stores the device information, the messenger account, and the buddy relationship; and

a communication module which provides the messenger account registered in the messenger server to the CE device.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the messenger account comprises at least one of a messenger ID, a password, and user information generated on the basis of a serial number of the CE device.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the buddy relationship comprises a buddy relationship among CE devices of one user and a buddy relationship among CE devices of different users.

4. A system for sharing contents using a messenger program, the system comprising:

a storage module which stores device information to be provided to a device server, and a messenger account generated on the basis of the device information and registered in a messenger server;

a display module which displays a content list and a buddy list, in which a buddy relationship is set, using the messenger account; and

a control module which provides the contents in response to the contents being requested using the list displayed on the display module.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the messenger account comprises at least one of a messenger ID, a password, and user information generated on the basis of a serial number of the CE device.

6. The system of claim 4, wherein the buddy relationship comprises a buddy relationship among CE devices of one user and a buddy relationship among CE devices of different users.

7. A system for sharing contents using a messenger program, the system comprising:

a server module which registers a messenger account according to a messenger account registration request generated in a device server; and

a communication module which provides an acceptance or a rejection of a buddy relationship request in response to a buddy relationship being requested on the basis of the registered messenger account.

8. A method of registering a CE device using a device server, the method comprising:

receiving device information of a CE device connected to a device server;

registering the CE device on the basis of the device information to generate a messenger account;

requesting registration of the generated messenger account in a messenger server using a messenger client of the device server; and

providing the messenger account to be registered according to the request to the CE device.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the device server is connected to the CE device through at least one communication network among code division multiple access (CDMA), wideband code division multiple access (W-CDMA), wireless broadband (Wibro), and power line communication (PLC).

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the messenger account comprises at least one of a messenger ID, a password, and, user information on the basis of a serial number provided from the CE device.

11. A method of sharing contents using a messenger program, the method comprising:

selecting a buddy relationship setting method according to a request for a buddy relationship among CE devices;

searching a messenger account corresponding to the selected buddy relationship setting method;

requesting a buddy relationship among the CE devices including the messenger account on the basis of the search result; and

sharing contents among CE devices having the buddy relationship according to the requested buddy relationship.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the CE device provides device information requested by a device server for device registration and receives a messenger account again when the messenger account generated on the basis of the device information is registered in a messenger server.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the device server sets the buddy relationship among the CE devices including the messenger account using a messenger client.

14. The method of claim 11, wherein the buddy relationship comprises a buddy relationship among CE devices of one user and a buddy relationship among CE devices of different users using the message account.

15. The method of claim 11, wherein the contents sharing is performed by transmitting contents selected by a user on the basis of a content list and a buddy list of the CE devices having the buddy relationship.

16. The method of claim 11, further comprising registering a CE device by providing device information of the CE device to a device server;

generating the messenger account in the device server on the basis of the device information; and

registering the generated messenger account in the messenger server.