METHOD OF ENABLING SYNCHRONIZATION BETWEEN DEVICES, USER DEVICE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM THEREOF

• US 20120089748A1
• Filed: 10/12/2011
• Published: 04/12/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 10/12/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Jung, Ji-Woon, Jang, Won-Chang, Shim, Hyo-Sun, Kim, Dae-Hyun, Park, Sun-Min
• Application Number:
  US13/272,014
• Publication Number:
  US 20120089748A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/246
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1095 Replication or mirroring of data, e.g. scheduling or transport for data synchronisation between network nodes

Abstract

A method, user device, and computer-readable storage medium enable synchronization between devices. The method includes connecting a second device to a first device, requesting the first device to transform data to be received by the second device and disconnecting the second device to the first device, re-connecting the second device to the first device in response to the occurrence of a first event set at the second device, and receiving the transformed data from the firs device.

Claims

1. A method of enabling synchronization between devices, the method comprising:

connecting a second device to a first device;

requesting the first device to transform data to be received by the second device and disconnecting the second device from the first device;

re-connecting the second device to the first device in response to an occurrence of a first event set at the second device; and

receiving the transformed data from the first device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first event is a time at which transforming of data is finished in the first device.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein connecting the second device to the first device is performed at periods set at the second device.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein connecting the second device to the first device is performed in response to an occurrence of a second event set at the second device.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the second event occurs based on at least one of a start of a specific operation of the second device, an end of the specific operation of the second device, and a specific time.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein connecting the second device to the first device includes transmitting an auto-boot signal for automatically booting the first device from the second device to the first device.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the transformed data comprises automatically shutting down, by the second device, power of the first device when the receiving of the transformed data is finished.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the data is a target for synchronization between the first and second devices.

9. A storage medium having embodied thereon a computer program configured to execute the method of claim 1.

10. A method of enabling synchronization between devices, the method comprising:

connecting a second device to a first device;

requesting the first device to transform data to be received by the second device and disconnecting the second device from the first device;

re-connecting the second device to the first device when a connection request signal is received from the first device; and

receiving the transformed data from the first device.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the connection request signal received from the first device is based on a time point at which transforming of the data is finished by the first device.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein receiving the transformed data comprises automatically shutting down, by the second device, power of the first device when the receiving of the transformed data is finished.

13. A user device comprising:

a network interface unit configured to interface with a network;

a processor configured to request a second device connected to the user device through the network interface unit to transform data to be received from the second device, disconnect between the user device and the second device, re-connect the user device to the second device through the network interface unit when a first event occurs, and receive the transformed data from the second device;

a storage unit configured to store information regarding the first event and the received transformed data; and

a user interface unit configured to receive the information regarding the first event.

14. The user device of claim 13, wherein the first event is a time point at which transforming of the data is finished in the second device.

15. The user device of claim 13, wherein the storage unit further stores period information regarding periods at which the second device and the user device are connected, and the processor connects the second device and the user device based on the period information.

16. The user device of claim 13, wherein the storage unit further stores information regarding a second event, and the processor connects the second device and the user device in response to the occurrence of the second event.

17. The user device of claim 16, wherein the second event occurs based on at least one of a start of a specific operation of the second device, an end of the specific operation of the second device, and a specific time.

18. The user device of claim 13, wherein when the processor connects the second device and the user device, the processor transmits an auto-boot signal related with the second device through the network interface unit to the second device.

19. The user device of claim 13, wherein when the transformed data is received, the processor transmits an auto power-off request signal of the second device through the network interface unit to the second device.

20. The user device of claim 13, wherein the data is a target for synchronization between the second device and the user device.