TERMINAL HAVING CONTENT INTERWORKING FUNCTION AND METHOD THEREOF

• US 20120066419A1
• Filed: 11/22/2010
• Published: 03/15/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 09/13/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group), Kia Motors Corporation (Kia Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group), Kia Motors Corporation (Kia Corp.)
• Inventors: PARK, Sung Woo, JIN, Geum Dan
• Application Number:
  US12/951,887
• Publication Number:
  US 20120066419A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 710/62
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1454 involving copying of the display data of a local workstation or window to a remote workstation or window so that an actual copy of the data is displayed simultaneously on two or more displays, e.g. teledisplay
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2380/10 Automotive applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces

Abstract

A terminal having a content interworking function and a method thereof are provided, in which a specific content is executed in a first terminal, an execution information of the specific content is transmitted to a second terminal to be displayed through the second terminal, and an event generation signal corresponding to the execution information of the specific content displayed on the second terminal is collected by the first terminal to control an execution operation of the specific content.

Claims

1. A terminal having a content interworking function, the terminal comprising:

an execution module configured to execute a specific content to generate an execution information of the specific content;

a communication module configured to interwork with an external terminal to communicate a data therewith; and

a control module configured to transmit the execution information of the specific content to the external terminal such that the execution information of the specific content is displayed on a display module of the external terminal,

wherein the control module receives from the external terminal an event generation signal indicating a content of an event corresponding to the execution information of the specific content, the event being generated by a key input module of the external terminal.

2. The terminal according to claim 1, wherein the execution information of the specific content includes at least one of a vehicle information data, a vehicle diagnostic data, a multimedia reproduction information, a web page, a navigation program, a telephone calling program, an email program and a game.

3. The terminal according to claim 1, wherein the key input module includes a touch screen installed on the display module, and the content of the corresponding event includes at least one of information of a selection of a specific character, information of a selection of a specific image, a screen scroll signal that is included in the execution information of the specific content displayed on the display module, and an input signal of a specific text that is included in the execution information of the specific content displayed on the display module.

4. The terminal according to claim 1, further comprising a conversion module configured to convert the execution information of the executed specific content in accordance with a specification of the display module of the external terminal.

5. The terminal according to claim 1, wherein the external terminal interworks with the communication module via a separate communication terminal.

6. The terminal according to claim 1, wherein the terminal having the content interworking function is a multimedia terminal of a vehicle and the external terminal is a mobile communication terminal, a computer, or a service providing server.

7. The terminal according to claim 1, wherein the execution module includes,

a decoder configured to decode the specific content;

and

an application program configured to execute the decoded specific content.

8. A method of interworking a content in a terminal, the method comprising:

(a) generating an execution information of a specific content by executing the specific content;

(b) transmitting the execution information of the specific content to an interlinked external terminal to display the execution information of the specific content on a display module of the external terminal; and

(c) controlling an execution operation of the specific content based on an event generation signal received from the external terminal, the event generation signal indicating a content of an event generated through a key input module of the external terminal.

9. The method according to claim 8, wherein the execution information of the specific content includes at least one of a multimedia reproduction information, a web page, a navigation program, and a game.

10. The method according to claim 8, wherein the content of the corresponding event includes at least one of a coordinate value of a specific character being touched, a coordinate value of an image being touched, a screen scroll signal text that is included in the execution information of the specific content displayed on the display module, and an input signal of a specific text that is included in the execution information of the specific content displayed on the display module.

11. The method according to claim 8, wherein the external terminal interworks with a communication module via a separate communication terminal.

12. The method according to claim 8, wherein the terminal is a multimedia terminal of a vehicle and the external terminal is a mobile communication terminal, a computer, or a service providing server.