REMOTE USER INTERFACE PROVIDING APPARATUS AND METHOD

• US 20130227423A1
• Filed: 02/26/2013
• Published: 08/29/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 02/29/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: So, Young-Wan, RYU, Young-Sun
• Granted Patent: US 10,020,978 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/738
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/025 for remote control or remote monitoring of applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/75 Indicating network or usage conditions on the user display

Abstract

A remote User Interface (UI) providing apparatus and method are provided. To this end, a remote UI server generates a profile ID of a remote UI client, and the remote UI client requests and provides a UI by using the generated profile ID. The remote UI server provides generation information for UI generation to the remote UI client, and the remote UI client generates a UI suitable for the remote UI client by using the provided generation information. Thus, the amount of data processed in the remote UI client or the remote UI server and overhead between the remote UI client and the remote UI server are reduced, thereby quickly providing an apparatus-suitable UI.

Claims

1. A remote User Interface (UI) providing apparatus comprising:

a browser for receiving, rendering and displaying a UI;

a profile ID processor for storing a profile ID of the remote UI providing apparatus upon receiving the profile ID of the remote UI providing apparatus together with the UI; and

a controller for forwarding a request for a new UI to a remote UI server upon receiving the request for the new UI and controlling the browser to display the received UI.

2. The remote UI providing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the profile ID processor determines whether the stored profile ID is reusable in response to the request for the new UI, and forwards the stored profile ID to the controller if the stored profile ID is reusable.

3. The remote UI providing apparatus of claim 2, wherein the controller forwards the request for the new UI, together with the stored profile ID, to the remote UI server if the stored profile ID is reusable, and forwards the request for the new UI, together with a profile of the remote UI providing apparatus, to the remote UI server if the stored profile ID is not reusable.

4. The remote UI providing apparatus of claim 3, wherein the profile of the remote UI providing apparatus comprises information about a UI profile, a video profile, and an apparatus profile of the remote UI providing apparatus.

5. A User Interface (UI) providing method in a remote UI providing apparatus, the UI providing method comprising:

receiving a profile ID of the remote UI providing apparatus, together with a UI;

rendering and displaying the received UI;

storing the profile ID of the remote UI providing apparatus; and

forwarding a request for a new UI to a remote UI server upon receiving the request for the new UI.

6. The UI providing method of claim 5, wherein forwarding the request for the new UI to the remote UI server comprises:

determining whether the stored profile ID is reusable in response to the request for the new UI;

forwarding the request for the new UI, together with the stored profile ID, to the remote UI server, if the stored profile ID is reusable; and

forwarding the request for the new UI, together with a profile of the remote UI providing apparatus, to the remote UI server, if the stored profile ID is not reusable.

7. The UI providing method of claim 6, wherein the profile of the remote UI providing apparatus comprises information about a UI profile, a video profile, and an apparatus profile of the remote UI providing apparatus.

8. A remote User Interface (UI) providing apparatus comprising:

a browser for receiving a request for a UI and forwarding the UI to a remote UI client;

a profile ID generator for generating a profile ID of the remote UI client, upon receiving a profile of the remote UI client, together with the request for the UI, from the remote UI client; and

a controller for generating the UI in response to the request and forwarding the profile ID, together with the generated UI, to the remote UI client.

9. The remote UI providing apparatus of claim 8, wherein the controller generates the UI for the remote UI client by using the profile of the remote UI client.

10. The remote UI providing apparatus of claim 8, wherein the profile of the remote UI client comprises information about a UI profile, a video profile, and an apparatus profile of the remote UI client.

11. A User Interface (UI) providing method in a remote UI providing apparatus, the UI providing method comprising:

receiving a profile of a remote UI client, together with a request for a UI, from the remote UI client;

generating the UI in response to the request;

generating a profile ID of the remote UI client; and

forwarding the profile ID, together with the generated UI, to the remote UI client.

12. The UI providing method of claim 11, wherein generating the UI comprises generating the UI for the remote UI client by using the profile of the remote UI client.

13. The UI providing method of claim 11, wherein the profile of the remote UI client comprises information about a UI profile, a video profile, and an apparatus profile of the remote UI client.

14. A remote User Interface (UI) providing apparatus comprising:

a browser for rendering and displaying a UI;

a UI generator for generating the UI by using UI generation information, which is received from a remote UI server; and

a controller for forwarding a request for a UI to the remote UI server, and controlling the browser to display the generated UI.

15. The remote UI providing apparatus of claim 14, wherein the UI generation information comprises UI configuration information in which configuration data of a UI, which is applicable to any apparatus, is described, and UI rule information for application of a UI according to a UI profile or an apparatus capability.

16. The remote UI providing apparatus of claim 15, wherein the UI generator identifies a profile of the remote UI providing apparatus, detects a portion of UI generation information corresponding to the identified profile, and generates a UI to which the detected portion of the UI generation information is applied.

17. A User Interface (UI) providing method in a remote UI providing apparatus, the UI providing method comprising:

forwarding a request for a UI to a remote UI server;

receiving UI generation information used for generation of the UI received from the remote UI server;

generating the UI for the remote UI providing apparatus by using the UI generation information; and

displaying the generated UI.

18. The UI providing method of claim 17, wherein the UI generation information comprises UI configuration information in which configuration data of a UI, which is applicable to any apparatus, is described, and UI rule information for application of a UI according to a UI profile or an apparatus capability.

19. The UI providing method of claim 18, wherein generating the UI for the remote UI providing apparatus comprises:

identifying a profile of the remote UI providing apparatus;

detecting a portion of UI generation information corresponding to the identified profile; and

generating a UI to which the detected portion of the UI generation information is applied.