SYSTEM AND METHOD OF SHARING CONTENTS USING MESSENGER

• US 20090248792A1
• Filed: 06/11/2009
• Published: 10/01/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 10/24/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Choi, Hyok-sung, LEE, Sang-kwon
• Granted Patent: US 9,106,448 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/202
• 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

1-3. -3. (canceled)

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. The system of claim 4, wherein the messenger server comprises:

a server module which registers a messenger account according to a messenger account registration request generated in the 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.

8-16. -16. (canceled)