APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INSTALLING DIGITAL PRODUCT

• US 20130103527A1
• Filed: 10/19/2012
• Published: 04/25/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 10/21/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Cho, Chi-Hyun, Lee, Jin-Wook, Kim, Jeong-In
• Application Number:
  US13/655,997
• Publication Number:
  US 20130103527A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/26.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]

Abstract

A method and apparatus of a device for remotely installing a digital product. The method includes purchasing, at a first device accessing a server, at least one digital product stored to the server. The method also includes requesting the server to transmit the purchased digital product to at least one second device.

Claims

1. An operating method of a first device for purchasing a digital product, comprising:

purchasing at least one digital product stored to a server; and

requesting the server to transmit the purchased digital product to at least one second device.

2. The operating method of claim 1, further comprising:

requesting the server to authenticate Media Access Control (MAC) addresses and user information of the first device and the second device; and

acquiring an access right from the server.

3. The operating method of claim 1, further comprising:

after the server authenticates the MAC addresses and the user information of the first device and the second device, attempting, at the first and second devices, to access the server;

receiving a MAC address request from the server and transmitting the MAC address to the server; and

acquiring the access right from the server.

4. The operating method of claim 1, further comprising:

searching for and selecting a user of the at least one second device to install the purchased digital product;

receiving information of the at least one second device from the server; and

selecting the at least one second device to install the purchased digital product.

5. The operating method of claim 4, wherein the searching for and selecting of the at least one second device user comprises:

searching for and selecting the second device user in at least one of a phone book list and a social network of the first device.

6. The operating method of claim 4, wherein the second device information comprises at least one of:

hardware specifications, a version, a platform, and a type of the second device.

7. The operating method of claim 1, wherein the purchasing, at the first device accessing the server, of the at least one digital product stored to the server comprises:

receiving digital product lists stored to the server and another server, from the server; and

purchasing at least one digital product stored to the other server.

8. An operating method of a server for selling a digital product, comprising:

selling at least one of a plurality of digital products stored to the server, to a first device; and

transmitting the digital product to a second device.

9. The operating method of claim 8, further comprising:

receiving the digital product from at least one seller; and

automatically classifying and storing information of the digital product.

10. The operating method of claim 9, wherein the automatic classifying and storing of the digital product information comprises:

classifying and storing the digital product by automatically examining hardware specifications, a version, a platform type, and a device type suitable for the digital product.

11. The operating method of claim 8, further comprising:

receiving Media Access Control (MAC) addresses and user information of the first device and the second device, from the first and second devices;

storing the received MAC addresses and user information; and

granting an access right to the first device and the second device.

12. The operating method of claim 11, further comprising:

receiving an access request from the first and second devices;

requesting the MAC address to the first and second devices and receiving the MAC addresses from the first and second devices; and

when the received MAC addresses are device information pre-stored to the server, granting the access right to the first device and the second device.

13. The operating method of claim 8, further comprising:

when the first device selects at least one second device to install the purchased digital product, determining whether information of the first device and the second device is pre-stored to the server; and

when the information of the first device and the second device is pre-stored to the server, transmitting information of the at least one second device to the first device.

14. The operating method of claim 13, wherein the transmitting of the at least one second device information to the first device comprises:

determining whether at least one of a phone book list and a social network of the first and second devices mutually comprises the first and second device users; and

when the first and second device users are mutually pre-stored to the first and second devices, transmitting the at least one second device information to the first device.

15. The operating method of claim 13, wherein the second device information relates to hardware specifications, a version, a platform, and a type of the second device.

16. The operating method of claim 8, wherein the transmitting of the digital product to the second device comprises:

inquiring of the second device about whether to transmit the digital product to the second device; and

when receiving a message indicating the digital product reception from the second device, transmitting the digital product to the second device.

17. The operating method of claim 8, wherein the selling of at least one of the digital products stored to the server, to the first device comprises:

transmitting digital product lists stored to the server and another server, to the first device accessing the server; and

when the first device purchases at least one digital product stored to the other server, receiving the at least one digital product purchased by the first device, from the other server.

18. An operating method of a second device for installing a digital product, comprising:

receiving a digital product purchased by a first device, from a server; and

receiving and storing the digital product.

19. The operating method of claim 18, further comprising:

receiving from the server a message relating to whether to receive the digital product purchased by the first device; and

transmitting a message agreeing to the reception to the server.

20. An apparatus of a first device for purchasing a digital product, comprising:

a purchase part configured to access a server and purchase at least one digital product stored to the server; and

a communication part configured to requesting the server to transmit the purchased digital product to at least one second device.

21. The apparatus of claim 20, wherein the communication part is configured to request the server to authenticate Media Access Control (MAC) addresses and user information of the first device and the second device, and acquire an access right from the server.

22. The apparatus of claim 20, wherein:

after the server authenticates the MAC addresses and the user information of the first device and the second device, the first and second devices attempt to access the server, and

the communication part receives a MAC address request from the server, transmits the MAC address to the server, and acquires an access right from the server.

23. The apparatus of claim 20, further comprising:

a selection part configured to search for and select a user of the at least one second device to install the purchased digital product, and select the at least one second device to install the purchased digital product,

wherein the communication part is configured to receive information of the at least one second device from the server.

24. The apparatus of claim 23, wherein the selection part is configured to search for and select the second device user in at least one of a phone book list and a social network of the first device.

25. The apparatus of claim 23, wherein the second device information comprises at least one of:

hardware specifications, a version, a platform, and a type of the second device.

26. The apparatus of claim 20, wherein the communication part is configured to receive digital product lists stored to the server and another server, from the server, and

the purchase part is configured to purchase at least one digital product stored to the other server.

27. An apparatus of a server for selling a digital product, comprising:

a selling part configured to sell at least one of a plurality of digital products stored to the server, to a first device; and

a communication part configured to transmit the digital product to a second device.

28. The apparatus of claim 27, wherein the communication part receives the digital product from at least one seller, the apparatus further comprising:

a classification part configured to automatically classify information of the digital product; and

a database configured to automatically store the digital product information classified by the classification part.

29. The apparatus of claim 28, wherein the classification part and the database are configured to classify and store the digital product by automatically examining hardware specifications, a version, a platform type, and a device type suitable for the digital product.

30. The apparatus of claim 27, wherein the communication part is configured to receive Media Access Control (MAC) addresses and user information of the first device and the second device, from the first and second devices, and grant an access right to the first second and the second device, the apparatus further comprising:

a database configured to store the MAC addresses and the user information received at the communication part.

31. The apparatus of claim 30, wherein the communication part is configured to receive an access request from the first and second devices, request the MAC address to the first and second devices, receive the MAC addresses from the first and second devices, and grant the access right to the first second and the second device when the received MAC addresses are device information pre-stored to the server.

32. The apparatus of claim 27, further comprising:

a determination part configured to, when the first device selects at least one second device to install the purchased digital product, determine whether the first device and the second device are pre-stored to the server,

wherein, when the first device and the second device are pre-stored to the server, the communication part is configured to transmit information of the at least one second device to the first device.

33. The apparatus of claim 27, wherein the determination part is configured to determine whether at least one of a phone book list and a social network of the first and second devices mutually comprises first and second device users, and

when the first and second device users are mutually pre-stored to the first and second devices, the communication part is configured to transmit the at least one second device information to the first device.

34. The apparatus of claim 27, wherein the second device information comprises at least one of:

hardware specifications, a version, a platform, and a type of the second device.

35. The apparatus of claim 27, wherein the communication part is configured to inquire of the second device about whether to transmit the digital product to the second device, and transmit the digital product to the second device when receiving a message indicating the digital product reception from the second device.

36. The apparatus of claim 27, wherein, when the first device accessing the server purchases at least one digital product stored to another server, the communication part receives the at least one digital product purchased by the first device, from the other server, and transmits the received at least one digital product to the second device.