METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING A MEMO FUNCTION BASED ON A CLOUD SERVICE AND AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE SUPPORTING THE SAME

• US 20140033056A1
• Filed: 07/24/2013
• Published: 01/30/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 07/24/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: KIM, Jinyong, SHIN, Youngsun
• Application Number:
  US13/949,491
• Publication Number:
  US 20140033056A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/738
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management

Abstract

A method and system perform a memo function based on a cloud service and an electronic device supports the memo function. A user may enter and edit a memo on a thumbnail view screen and share the memo with other users. The method includes displaying a thumbnail view screen representing content items stored in a cloud server providing cloud services as thumbnails; detecting memo input on the thumbnail view screen; and storing an input memo in association with the thumbnail view screen.

Claims

1. A method for providing a memo function based on a cloud service, comprising:

displaying a thumbnail view screen representing content items as thumbnails which are stored in a cloud server providing cloud services;

detecting a memo input on the thumbnail view screen; and

storing the input memo in association with the thumbnail view screen.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein detecting the memo input comprises at least one of:

outputting a textbox on the thumbnail view screen and entering information in the textbox through character input; and

entering information on the thumbnail view screen through handwriting input.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein displaying the thumbnail view screen comprises displaying a first layer containing thumbnails and a second layer containing the input memo in an overlapping manner.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising, when the memo function is activated, generating an animation effect in which the first layer and second layer are completely overlapped after a preset duration.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein storing the input memo comprises one of:

storing the input memo in a storage space different from a storage space in which thumbnails representing content items are stored; and

storing the input memo in the same storage space in which thumbnails representing content items are stored.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein storing the input memo in a different storage space further comprises storing coordinate information of the memo computed with reference to the center of a canvas area displaying thumbnails of content items as the origin.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein storing an input memo comprises pairing the input memo with at least one thumbnail.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein pairing the input memo with at least one thumbnail comprises at least one of:

automatically pairing the input memo with a thumbnail closest thereto on the thumbnail view screen; and

pairing the input memo with at least one thumbnail selected by a user.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein storing the input memo further comprises setting a sharing option and an edit right for the input memo.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving a notification message indicating a new memo registration when the input memo is written on the thumbnail view screen.

11. A system for providing a memo function based on a cloud service, comprising:

a cloud server storing content items and providing cloud services; and

at least one electronic device connecting to the cloud server, displaying a thumbnail view screen, displaying thumbnails of content items stored in the cloud server, and storing, upon detection of a memo input on the thumbnail view screen, the input memo in association with the thumbnail view screen.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the electronic device creates the input memo on the thumbnail view screen by outputting a textbox on the thumbnail view screen and entering information in the textbox through character input or by entering information on the thumbnail view screen through handwriting input using a touch input device.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the electronic device displays thumbnails on a first layer and displays the input memo on a second layer overlapping with the first layer, with the first and second layers constituting the thumbnail view screen.

14. The system of claim 11, wherein, when the input memo is input, the electronic device sends the cloud server memo information together with information on a sharing option and edit right for the memo.

15. The system of claim 11, wherein, when the input memo is input, the cloud server sends a notification message indicating a new memo registration to another electronic device.

16. The system of claim 11, wherein the electronic device pairs the input memo with at least one thumbnail and sends pairing information to the cloud server.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein in the event that the input memo is paired with a selected thumbnail, when one of the paired memo and thumbnail is moved or resized, the electronic device moves or resizes the other correspondingly.

18. The system of claim 11, wherein the cloud server stores content items and memos in different storage spaces or stores content items and memos together in the same storage space.

19. An electronic device supporting a memo function based on a cloud service, comprising:

a wireless communication unit to access a cloud server providing cloud services;

a display unit displaying a thumbnail view screen and displaying thumbnails of content items which are stored in the cloud server;

an input unit to enter a memo on the thumbnail view screen; and

a control unit controlling storage of the input memo in association with the thumbnail view screen.

20. The electronic device of claim 19, wherein, when the memo is input, the control unit controls an operation to send memo information together with information on a sharing option and edit right for the input memo to the cloud server, so that the input memo is shared by another electronic device.