SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SHARING DATA IN LAN

• US 20090055480A1
• Filed: 08/20/2008
• Published: 02/26/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 08/20/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Han, Young-Seop, Sim, Dae-Hyun, Kim, Jae-Ho, Lee, Jeong-Eun, Choi, Woo-Jun
• Granted Patent: US 7,991,842 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/205
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/104 Peer-to-peer [P2P] networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1063 Discovery through centralising entities
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/288 Distributed intermediate devices, i.e. intermediate devices for interaction with other intermediate devices on the same level
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/5682 Policies or rules for updating, deleting or replacing the stored data

Abstract

Provided is a method for sharing data between at least two terminals over a LAN, in which a first terminal requests for information on whether to hold shared data to a terminal connected to the LAN, receives the information on whether to hold the shared data from the terminal, collects the information on whether to hold the shared data received from the terminal, identifies a total degree of sharing using the collected information on whether to hold the shared data, and determines a method for transmitting the shared data according to the identified total degree of sharing.

Claims

1. A method for sharing data between at least two terminals over a Local Area Network (LAN), comprising the steps of:

requesting for information on whether to hold shared data to a terminal connected to the LAN by a first terminal connected to the LAN;

receiving the information on whether to hold the shared data from the terminal;

collecting the information on whether to hold the shared data received from the terminal and identifying a degree of sharing using the collected information on whether to hold the shared data; and

determining a method for transmitting the shared data according to the identified degree of sharing.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein identifying the degree of sharing comprises:

calculating a total degree of sharing representing a degree of sharing between a total of the terminals connected to the LAN; and

comparing the total degree of sharing with a predetermined reference degree of sharing.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein, in determining the method for transmitting the shared data, if the identified degree of sharing is lower than a predetermined degree of sharing, the shared data is broadcasted to the total of the terminals connected to the LAN.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein, in determining the method for transmitting the shared data, if the identified degree of sharing is greater than or equal to a predetermined degree of sharing, the shared data is individually transmitted to the terminal.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein, in determining the method for transmitting the shared data, if the identified degree of sharing is greater than or equal to a predetermined degree of sharing, the collected information on whether to hold the shared data is unicasted or broadcasted to the terminal connected to the LAN.

6. The method as claimed in claim 5, wherein the degree of sharing is calculated using the collected information on whether to hold the shared data and is a degree obtained by dividing a current holding number of the data of a total of the terminals connected to the LAN for sharing the data by a maximum holding number of the data of the total terminals for sharing the data.

7. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first terminal is an arbitrary terminal among the terminals connected to the LAN.

8. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the LAN is performed by any one of ZIGBEE®

, BLUETOOTH®

, and Ultra Wide Band (UWB) communication.

9. The method as claimed in claim 8, wherein, if the LAN is performed by ZIGBEE®

communication, the first terminal is a coordinator terminal.

10. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the shared data includes at least one of name card data, picture data, and address data.

11. A method for sharing data between at least two terminals over a LAN, comprising the steps of:

receiving a request for information on whether to hold shared data from a first terminal connected to the LAN;

transmitting the information on whether to hold shared data of a terminal to the first terminal according to the request;

receiving the shared data of the terminal connected to the LAN from the first terminal and renewing the shared data held in a memory, wherein the shared data has collected information on whether to hold the shared data of a total of the terminals connected to the LAN;

checking the shared data stored in the memory using the collected information on whether to hold the shared data; and

according to the checked result, transmitting a message for requesting the shared data to another terminal holding the data that the terminal does not hold.

12. The method as claimed in claim 11, wherein transmitting the information on whether to hold the shared data of the terminal to the first terminal according to the request comprises:

analyzing the request and determining a type of the shared data and a content of the shared data for every terminal for sharing the data;

examining whether to hold shared data for every terminal according to the determined type and content of the shared data; and

transmitting the information on whether to hold the shared data of the terminal to the first terminal.

13. The method as claimed in claim 11, wherein, in transmitting the information on whether to hold the shared data, the information on whether to hold the shared data is a value representing information on a telephone number of the terminal.

14. A first terminal, connected to a LAN for sharing data between at least two terminals over a LAN, for requesting for information on whether to hold the shared data to a terminal connected to the LAN, receiving the information on whether to hold the shared data from the terminal, collecting the information on whether to hold the shared data received from the terminal, identifying a-degree of sharing using the collected information on whether to hold the shared data, and determining a method for transmitting the shared data according to the identified degree of sharing.

15. The first terminal as claimed in claim 14, wherein, in determining the method for transmitting the shared data, if the identified degree of sharing is lower than a predetermined degree of sharing, the shared data is broadcasted to a total of the terminals connected to the LAN.

16. The first terminal as claimed in claim 14, wherein, in determining the method for transmitting the shared data, if the identified degree of sharing is greater than or equal to a predetermined degree of sharing, the shared data is individually transmitted to the terminal.

17. The first terminal as claimed in claim 14, wherein, in determining the method for transmitting the shared data, if the identified degree of sharing is greater than or equal to a predetermined degree of sharing, the collected information on whether to hold the shared data is unicasted or broadcasted to the terminal connected to the LAN.

18. The first terminal as claimed in claim 14, wherein the degree of sharing is calculated using the collected information on whether to hold the shared data and is the degree obtained by dividing a current holding number of the data of a total of the terminals connected to the LAN for sharing the data by a maximum holding number of the data of the total terminals for sharing the data.

19. The first terminal as claimed in claim 14, wherein the first terminal is an arbitrary terminal among the terminals connected to the LAN.

20. The first terminal as claimed in claim 14, wherein the LAN is performed by any one of ZIGBEE®

, BLUETOOTH®

, and Ultra Wide Band (UWB) communication.

21. The first terminal as claimed in claim 20, wherein, if the LAN is performed by ZIGBEE®

communication, the first terminal is a coordinator terminal.

22. A terminal for sharing data over a LAN connected to at least two terminals, receiving a request for information on whether to hold shared data of a first terminal connected to the LAN, transmitting information on whether to hold shared data of the terminal to the first terminal according to the request, detecting and storing data that the terminal does not hold among the shared data if receiving information on whether to hold shared data of a total of the terminals connected to the LAN together with shared data, requesting for the data that the terminal does not hold in the shared data to another terminal having the data that the terminal does not hold in the shared data if receiving information on whether to hold shared data of the total terminals, and receiving the data corresponding to the request from the terminal having the data that the terminal does not hold and storing the received data.

23. The terminal as claimed in claim 22, wherein, in transmitting the information on whether to hold the shared data of the terminal to the first terminal according to the request, the terminal analyzes the request and determines a type of shared data and a content of the shared data for every terminal for sharing the data, examines whether to hold the shared data of the terminal according to the determined type and content of the shared data, and transmits the information on whether to hold the shared data of the terminal to the first terminal.

24. The terminal as claimed in claim 22, wherein, in transmitting the information on whether to hold the shared data of the terminal, the information on whether to hold the shared data is a value representing information on a telephone number of the terminal.