COMPUTING DEVICE AND DISPLAYING METHOD AT THE COMPUTING DEVICE

• US 20120023410A1
• Filed: 10/04/2010
• Published: 01/26/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 07/20/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: ROTH, Erik, Park, Jinyung, Lee, Jaehwa, Kim, Stanley, Ku, Jiyeong, Chung, Wookjin, Han, Soyoung, Hwang, Heeyoung
• Application Number:
  US12/897,148
• Publication Number:
  US 20120023410A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/737
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

The present invention provides a computing device that supports cloud service. The computing device of present invention includes a communication module configured to communicate with an external cloud database. The computing device also includes a display screen configured to display a cloud navigation area containing a cloud icon. The computing device also includes a processor configured to control to detect a user command of displaying cloud contents, the user command being detected by recognizing the cloud icon selected. The processor further configured to control the communication module to receive cloud contents from the external cloud database and to control the cloud navigation area to be enlarged within the display screen and the received cloud contents to be displayed within the enlarged cloud navigation area.

Claims

1. A computing device, comprising:

a communication module configured to communicate with an external cloud database;

a display screen configured to display a cloud navigation area containing a cloud icon; and

a processor configured to control to detect a user command of displaying cloud contents, the user command being detected by recognizing the cloud icon selected, the processor configured to control the communication module to receive cloud contents from the external cloud database, and the processor further configured to control the cloud navigation area to be enlarged within the display screen and the received cloud contents to be displayed within the enlarged cloud navigation area.

2. The computing device of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to further control the received cloud contents to be categorized by based on a characteristic of the cloud contents and control the categorized cloud contents to be displayed within the enlarged cloud navigation area.

3. The computing device of claim 1, wherein the computing device further comprises:

a storage configured to temporarily store the received cloud contents from the external cloud database.

4. The computing device of claim 2, wherein the computing device further comprises:

a storage configured to temporarily store the categorized cloud contents.

9. The computing device of claim 1, wherein the communication module is configured to receive cloud contents from the external cloud database during a normal state;

and

the display screen is configured to display images during the normal state, wherein the display screen displays the cloud navigation area containing the cloud icon and at least one recent saved file among the received cloud contents.

10. The computing device of claim 1, wherein the computing device further comprising:

a memory configured to store one or more programs, wherein the one or more programs are to be executed by the processor, the one or more programs including instructions for;

detecting the user command for displaying cloud contents, the user command being detected by recognizing the cloud icon selected;

communicating with the external cloud database and receiving cloud contents from the external cloud database; and

enlarging the cloud navigation area within display screen for displaying the received cloud contents.

5. A displaying method at a computing device having a display screen configured to display a cloud navigation area containing a cloud icon, comprising:

detecting a user command for displaying cloud contents, the user command being detected by recognizing the cloud icon selected;

communicating with an external cloud database and receiving cloud contents from the external cloud database; and

enlarging the cloud navigation area within display screen for displaying the received cloud contents.

6. The method of claim 5, the method further comprising:

categorizing the received cloud contents based on a characteristic of the cloud contents.

7. The method of claim 5, the method further comprising:

temporarily storing the received cloud contents in a storage.

8. The method of claim 6, the method further comprising:

temporarily storing the categorized cloud contents in a storage.

11. A file storing method at a computing device having a display screen configured to display a main display area and a cloud navigation area, comprising:

detecting a user command for moving a file from the computing device to an external cloud database, the user command being detected by recognizing user'"'"'s file drag gesture from the main display area to the cloud navigation area;

determining whether the file will be remained in the computing device after moving process is performed; and

transmitting the file dragged to the cloud navigation area to the external cloud database, with or without remaining the file in the computing device based on a result of the determining step.

12. The method of claim 11, the method further comprising:

transmitting additional information to identify a saving location of the file in the cloud database.

13. The method of claim 11, the method further comprising:

transmitting additional information to identify a characteristic of the file.

14. The method of claim 11, the method further comprising:

transmitting additional information to identify a characteristic of the computing device.

15. The method of claim 11, the method further comprising:

performing user authentication process if the computing device is under non-cloud-ready state.

16. The method of claim 11, wherein

if the computing device is under a cloud-ready state, user authentication process is omitted.

17. (canceled)