METHOD FOR MANAGING CONTENT IN A PLURALITY OF DEVICES USING A DISPLAY APPARATUS

• US 20120185790A1
• Filed: 12/12/2011
• Published: 07/19/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 01/14/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: BAE, Joo-yoon, Choi, Ji-hoon
• Application Number:
  US13/323,188
• Publication Number:
  US 20120185790A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/769
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/34 Browsing; Visualisation therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/048 Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04812 Interaction techniques based on cursor appearance or behaviour, e.g. being affected by the presence of displayed objects
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0486 Drag-and-drop
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724 User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones

Abstract

A content managing method using a display apparatus includes, if a plurality of external apparatuses are connected to the display apparatus, displaying a plurality of UIs including an icon of respective external apparatuses in an image form corresponding to a shape of respective external apparatuses, and if a user operation is performed on a plurality of UIs, moving content between the plurality of external apparatuses according to the user operation.

Claims

1. A method for managing content using a display apparatus, the method comprising:

if a plurality of external apparatuses are connected to the display apparatus, displaying a plurality of UIs including an icon of respective external apparatuses in an image form corresponding to a shape of respective external apparatuses; and

if a user operation is performed on the plurality of UIs, moving content between the plurality of external apparatuses according to the user operation.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the user operation includes a drag and drop operation to select an icon included in a first UI from among the plurality of UIs and to move the selected icon to a second UI from among the plurality of UIs.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein moving the content comprises:

if an icon is selected in a first UI from among the plurality of UIs and moved to a second UI from among the plurality of UIs, moving content corresponding to the selected icon from a first external apparatus corresponding to the first UI to a second external apparatus corresponding to the second UI.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein moving the content comprises:

if an icon is selected in a first UI from among the plurality of UIs, displaying thumbnail images of content included in the icon selected in the first UI; and

if at least one of the thumbnail images is selected and moved to a second UI from among the plurality of UIs, moving at least one content corresponding to the selected at least one thumbnail image from a first external apparatus corresponding to the first UI to a second external apparatus corresponding to the second UI.

5. The method as claimed in claim 4, further comprising:

displaying a thumbnail image corresponding to at least one content moved to the second external apparatus on the second external apparatus.

6. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

if an icon included in a first UI from among the plurality of UIs is selected according to a user operation, storing content corresponding to the selected icon.

7. The method as claimed in claim 6, wherein moving the content comprises:

if an icon is selected in a first UI from among the plurality of UIs and moved to a second UI from among the plurality of UIs, moving the stored content to a second external apparatus corresponding to the second UI.

8. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

if content included in an icon on a first UI from among the plurality of UIs is edited, storing the edited content in a first external apparatus corresponding to the first UI.

9. The method as claimed in claim 8, further comprising:

displaying a message notifying a user that the content on the first external apparatus is edited.

10. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

if one external apparatus is connected to the display apparatus, displaying a first UI including an icon of the external apparatus in an image form corresponding to a shape of the external apparatus and displaying a second UI including an icon of the display apparatus in an image form corresponding to a shape of the display apparatus; and

if a user operation is performed on the first and the second UIs, moving content between the external apparatus and the display apparatus according to the user operation.

11. A display apparatus, comprising:

a communication interface unit which is connected to at least one external apparatus and transmits and receives content;

a display unit which, if a plurality of external apparatuses are connected to the interface, displaying a plurality of UIs including icons of respective external apparatuses in an image form corresponding to shapes of respective external apparatuses;

an input unit which receives a user operation; and

a control unit which, if a user operation regarding the plurality of UIs is input, controls to move content between the plurality of external apparatuses according to the user operation.

12. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 11, wherein the user operation includes an operation to select an icon included in a first UI from among the plurality of UIs and drag and drop the selected icon to a second UI from among the plurality of UIs.

13. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 11, wherein the control unit, if an icon is selected is selected in a first UI from among the plurality of UIs and moved to a second UI from among the plurality of UIs, controls to move content corresponding to the selected icon from a first external apparatus corresponding to the first UI to a second external apparatus corresponding to the second UI.

14. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 11, wherein the control unit, if an icon is selected in a first UI from among the plurality of UIs, controls to display thumbnail images of content included in the icon selected in the first UI on the display unit, and if at least one of the thumbnail images is selected and moved to a second UI from among the plurality of UIs, controls to move at least one content corresponding to the selected at least one thumbnail image from a first external apparatus corresponding to the first UI to a second external apparatus corresponding to the second UI.

15. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 14, wherein the control unit controls to display a thumbnail image corresponding to the at least one content moved to the second external apparatus on the second external apparatus.

16. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 11, further comprising:

a storage unit which stores content received from at least one external apparatus connected to the interface,

wherein the control unit, if an icon included in a first UI from among the plurality of UIs is selected according to a user operation, stores content corresponding to the selected icon in the storage unit.

17. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 16, wherein the control unit, if an icon is selected in a first UI from among the plurality of UIs and moved to a second UI from among the plurality of UIs, controls to move content stored in the storage unit to a second external apparatus corresponding to the second UI.

18. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 11, wherein the control unit, if the content included in an icon in a first UI from among the plurality of UIs is edited, controls to store the edited content in a first external apparatus corresponding to the first UI.

19. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 18, wherein the control unit controls to display a message notifying a user that content editing is performed on the first external apparatus.

20. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 11, wherein the display unit, if one external apparatus is connected to the display apparatus, displays a first UI including an icon of the external apparatus in an image form corresponding to a shape of the external apparatus and displays a second UI including an icon of the display apparatus in an image form corresponding to a shape of the display apparatus,

wherein the control unit, if a user operation is performed on the first and the second UIs, controls to move content between the external apparatus and the display apparatus according to the user operation.