TERMINAL, SERVER, AND METHOD FOR SYNCHRONIZING APPLICATION

• US 20130054527A1
• Filed: 08/13/2012
• Published: 02/28/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 08/29/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Pantech Co. Ltd. (Pantech Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Pantech Co. Ltd. (Pantech Incorporated)
• Inventors: HWANG, Jeong Joon, Geum, Yun Seop
• Application Number:
  US13/584,636
• Publication Number:
  US 20130054527A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/634
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/27 Replication, distribution or synchronisation of data between databases or within a distributed database system; Distributed database system architectures therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions

Abstract

A terminal, includes: a communication unit to communicate with a synchronization server and a market; a short-range communication unit to communicate with a second terminal; and a controller to control the terminal, wherein the communication unit receives an application from the market, and communicates a request to the synchronization server to synchronize the application with the second communication terminal. A method for synchronizing an application, includes: transmitting, from a first communication terminal, information about an application to a synchronization server; searching for a second communication terminal associated with the first communication terminal; and retrieving a second application from a market based on the information about the application.

Claims

1. A first terminal, comprising:

a communication unit to communicate with a synchronization server and a market;

a short-range communication unit to communicate with a second terminal; and

a controller to control the terminal,

wherein the communication unit receives an application from the market, and communicates a request to the synchronization server to synchronize the application with the second communication terminal.

2. The terminal according to claim 1, wherein the short-range communication unit searches to find the second terminal, and

the controller determines if the second terminal communicates with the synchronization server.

3. The terminal according to claim 2, wherein if the controller determines the second terminal is unable to establish communication with the synchronization server, the short-range communication unit transmits the application to the second terminal.

4. The terminal according to claim 2, wherein if the controller determines the second terminal establishes communication with the synchronization server, the communicating unit transmits to the synchronization server a request to transmit information about the application to the second terminal.

5. The terminal according to claim 2, wherein if the controller determines the second terminal is unable to establish communication with the synchronization server, the communication unit terminal accesses a second market using information of first application to a synchronization server;

identifying a second communication terminal associated with the first communication terminal; and

retrieving a second application from a market based on the information about the first application.

6. The terminal according to claim 5, wherein the communication unit transmits the application to the second terminal.

7. A synchronization server, comprising:

a communication unit to communicate with a first communication terminal and a market;

a database to store information corresponding to communication terminals with applications;

a database search unit to search the database; and

a controller to control the synchronization server,

wherein the communication unit receives a request from the first communication terminal to synchronize the application.

8. The server according to claim 7, wherein the controller determines if a second terminal is of a same group as the first terminal, and transmits the application to the second terminal.

9. The server according to claim 8, wherein the application is retrieved from the market.

10. A method for synchronizing an application, comprising:

transmitting, from a first communication terminal, information about a first application to a synchronization server;

searching for a second communication terminal associated with the first communication terminal; and

retrieving a second application from a market based on the information about the first application.

11. The method according to claim 10, further comprising:

determining if a communication is established between the synchronization server and the second communication terminal.

12. The method according to claim 11, wherein if communication is established, transmitting the second application to the second communication terminal.

13. The method according to claim 11, wherein if communication is not established, transmitting the second application to the first communication terminal.

14. The method according to claim 13, further comprising transmitting the second application from the first communication terminal to the second communication terminal.

15. A method for synchronizing a first application, comprising:

transmitting information about the first application from a first communication terminal to a second communication terminal; and

determining if the second communication terminal establishes communication with a market that sources a second application corresponding to the first application.

16. The method according to claim 15, wherein if the second communication terminal does not establish communication with the market,

acquiring information about the second communication terminal, and

downloading the second application from the market based on the acquired information about the second communication terminal.

17. The method according to claim 16, further comprising transmitting the second application from the first communication terminal to the second communication terminal.

18. A method according to claim 15, if the second communication establishes communication with the market,

downloading the second application from the market to the second communication terminal.