SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING USAGE HISTORY OF APPLICATIONS EXECUTED BETWEEN DEVICES

• US 20130083059A1
• Filed: 09/27/2012
• Published: 04/04/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 09/29/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: HWANG, Changhwan, Bahn, Sahnghee
• Granted Patent: US 9,588,865 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/629
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/323 Visualisation of programs or trace data
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3409 for performance assessment
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3466 Performance evaluation by tracing or monitoring

Abstract

A system and method displaying usage histories of applications by devices on a network are provided. The method includes storing usage histories of applications that a first device has executed with a plurality of other devices through a network connection; setting, in the first device, at least one of a first mode and a second mode for displaying at least a part of the usage histories; displaying, if the first device is set in the first mode, usage histories of the executed applications arranged by device, with respect to the plurality of other devices; and displaying, if the first device is set in the second mode, usage histories of the plurality of other devices arranged by application, with respect to the executed applications.

Claims

1. A method for displaying usage histories of applications executed by devices on a network, the method comprising:

storing usage histories of applications that a first device has executed with a plurality of other devices through a network connection;

setting, in the first device, at least one of a first mode and a second mode for displaying at least a part of the usage histories;

displaying, if the first device is set in the first mode, usage histories of the executed applications arranged by device, with respect to the plurality of other devices; and

displaying, if the first device is set in the second mode, usage histories of the plurality of other devices arranged by application, with respect to the executed applications.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying at least one of the usage histories of the executed applications arranged by device and the usage histories of the plurality of other devices arranged by application on respective regions into which a screen area of the first device is divided.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

setting the number of regions; and

displaying at least one of the usage histories of the executed applications arranged by device and the usage histories of the plurality of other devices arranged by application, within the set number of regions.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

setting an inquiry period to display at least one of the usage histories of the executed applications arranged by device and usage histories of the plurality of other devices arranged by application; and

displaying at least one of usage histories of the executed applications arranged by device and usage histories of the plurality of other devices arranged by application, used for the set inquiry period.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

setting a number of usage histories to be displayed; and

displaying at least one of the usage histories of the executed applications arranged by device and the usage histories of the plurality of other devices arranged by application, within the set number of usage histories.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

selecting one of the plurality of other devices; and

displaying detailed usage histories of at least one application executed between the first device and the selected device.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

selecting one of the applications executed between the first device and the plurality of other devices; and

displaying detailed usage histories of at least one device connected to the first device, with respect to the selected application.

8. A method for displaying usage histories of applications executed by devices on a network, the method comprising:

storing usage histories of applications that the first device has executed with a plurality of other devices through a network connection;

displaying usage histories of the executed applications arranged by device, with respect to the plurality of other devices;

selecting one of the plurality of other devices; and

displaying detailed usage histories of at least one application executed between the first device and the selected device.

9. A method for displaying usage histories of applications executed by devices on a network, the method comprising:

storing usage histories of applications that a first device executed with a plurality of other devices through a network connection;

displaying usage histories of the plurality of other devices arranged by application, with respect to the respective executed applications;

selecting an application from the displayed usage histories of devices; and

displaying detailed usage histories of at least one device connected to the first device, with respect to the selected application.

10. A method for displaying usage histories of applications executed by devices on a network, the method comprising:

storing usage histories of applications that a first device executed with a plurality of other devices through a network connection; and

displaying at least one of usage histories of the executed applications arranged by device, with respect to the plurality of other devices and usage histories of the plurality of devices arranged by application, with respect to the executed applications.

11. A system for displaying usage histories of applications executed by devices on a network, the system comprising:

a storage unit for storing the usage histories of applications that a first device has executed with a plurality of other devices over a network connection;

a controller for setting one of a first mode and a second mode for displaying at least part of the usage histories on the first device and for providing, in the first mode, the usage histories of the executed applications arranged by device, with respect to the plurality of other devices, and providing, in the second mode, the usage histories of the plurality of other devices arranged by application, with respect to the executed applications; and

a display unit for displaying at least one of the usage histories of the executed applications arranged by device and the usage histories of the plurality of other devices arranged by application.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the display unit displays at least one of the usage histories of the executed applications arranged by device and the usage histories of the plurality of other devices arranged by application on the divided regions, respectively.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the controller sets a number of the regions and displays at least one of usage histories of the executed applications arranged by device or usage histories of the plurality of other devices arranged by application, within the set number.

14. The system of claim 11, wherein the controller sets an inquiry period and controls display of at least one of the usage histories of the executed applications arranged by device and the usage histories of the plurality of other devices arranged by application, used for the set inquiry period.

15. The system of claim 11, wherein the controller sets a number of usage histories to be displayed and controls display of at least one of the histories of applications arranged by device and the usage histories of devices arranged by application, within the set number.

16. The system of claim 11, wherein:

the controller selects one of the plurality of other devices; and

the display unit displays detailed usage histories of at least one application executed between the first device and the selected device.

17. A system for displaying usage histories of applications executed by devices on a network, the system comprising:

a storage unit for storing usage histories of applications that the first device has executed with a plurality of other devices through a network connection;

a controller for providing usage histories of the executed applications arranged by device, with respect to the plurality of other devices and detailed usage histories at least one application executed between the first device and one device selected from the plurality of other devices; and

a display unit for displaying the detailed usage histories.

18. A system for displaying usage histories of applications executed by devices on a network, the system comprising:

a storage unit for storing usage histories of applications that a first device has executed with a plurality of other devices through a network connection;

a controller for providing usage histories of the plurality of other devices arranged by application, with respect to the executed applications, and detailed usage histories of at least one device connected to the first device, with respect to one application selected from the executed applications; and

a display unit for displaying the detailed usage histories.

19. A system for displaying usage histories of applications executed by devices on a network, the system comprising:

a storage unit for storing usage histories of applications that the first device executed with a plurality of other devices through a network connection;

a controller for providing at least one of usage histories of the executed applications arranged by device, with respect to the plurality of other devices and usage histories of the plurality of other devices arranged by application, with respect to the executed applications; and

a display unit for displaying the provided usage histories.

20. A computer-readable recording medium on which is recorded a program for displaying usage history of application executed by devices on a network, the program comprising:

storing usage histories of applications that a first device executed with a plurality of other devices through a network connection; and

displaying at least one of usage histories of the executed applications arranged by device, with respect to the plurality of other devices and usage histories of the plurality of other devices arranged by application, with respect to the executed applications.