METHOD FOR PUBLISHING INFORMATION

• US 20120023150A1
• Filed: 07/22/2011
• Published: 01/26/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 07/23/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: I O Interconnect Limited
• Original Assignee: I O Interconnect Limited
• Inventors: Kung, Gary
• Application Number:
  US13/188,800
• Publication Number:
  US 20120023150A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/202
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management

Abstract

A method for controlling a host apparatus is provided. The method checks whether or not an external storage device is connected to an asserted connection port, first. When the external storage device is connected to the asserted connection port, a data transmission link is built. Then, the method would checks whether or not an external data having a predetermined format is saved in the external storage. If the external data having the predetermined format is saved in the external storage device, the external data would be read from the external storage device through the data transmission link. In addition, the external data having the predetermined format is transmitted to a social website through the internet for publishing the external data on the social website.

Claims

1. A method for controlling a host apparatus, comprising:

checking whether or not an external storage device is linked to an asserted connection port of the host apparatus;

building a data transmission link with the external storage device, when the external storage device is connected to the asserted connection port

checking whether or not an external data having a predetermined format is saved in the external storage device;

reading the external data having the predetermined format from an external storage device through the data transmission link, when the external storage device has the external data having the predetermined format; and

transmitting the external data set to upload to a social website from the host apparatus via the internet for publishing the external data having the predetermined format on the social website.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the external data having the predetermined format comprises at least one of an AV file, an audio file, and an image file.

3. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

checking whether or not a hot key configured on the host apparatus is pressed; and

performing the step of linking the data transmission link, when the host key is pressed.

4. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

reading an identification data from a data base; and

logging in the social website through the internet according to the identification data, so as to transmit the external data set to upload.

5. A host apparatus, comprising:

a read module, having an asserted connection port for linking to an external storage device;

a link module, configured for linking to the internet;

a control module, coupled to the read module and the link module; and

a storage unit, having an application control program and being coupled to the control module,

wherein when the application control program determines that the external storage device is connected to the asserted connection port, the application control program reads an external data having a predetermined format from the external storage device via the asserted connection port, and makes the control module controlling the link module to upload the external data having the predetermined format to a social website through the internet.

6. The host apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the asserted connection port is a memory card slot for containing at least one memory card.

7. The host apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the memory card is a PCMCIA card, a CF card, a SD card, a mini SD card, a micro SD card, a SDHC card, SDXC card, a T Flash card, a MMC card, a MMCplus card, a HC MMCplus card, a RS-MMC card, a MS card, a SM card, an xD card, a SDXC card, a MS XC card, a Eye-Fi card.

8. The host apparatus according to claim 5, further comprising am operation module having a plurality of operation units.

9. The host apparatus according to claim 8, wherein one of the operation units is a host key.