DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SHARING CONTENT USING THE SAME

• US 20140059231A1
• Filed: 08/22/2013
• Published: 02/27/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/22/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: CHOI, Sun, CHOI, Won-jong
• Granted Patent: US 10,148,587 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/226
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/70 Admission control; Resource allocation
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2746 Sorting, e.g. according to history or frequency of use
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/27475 using interactive graphical means or pictorial representations
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72436 for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72439 for image or video messaging
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72469 for operating the device by selecting functions from two or more displayed items, e.g. menus or icons
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/22 including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector digitizers for touch screens G06F3/041
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/64 file transfer between terminals download of applications H04M1/72406; transfer of messages, e.g. SMS, e-mail or MMS H04M1/7243
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services

Abstract

A method for sharing content of a device is provided. The method includes receiving, by an inputter, an input of a share command of a selected content, recommending at least one service to share the content among a plurality of services that are available in the device and a share target, and sharing, by a controller, the content with the share target selected through the selected service based on a selection input with respect to the at least one recommended service and the share target.

Claims

1. A method for sharing content of a device, the method comprising:

receiving, by an inputter, an input of a share command of a selected content;

recommending at least one service to share the content among a plurality of services that are available in the device and a share target; and

sharing, by a controller, the content with the share target selected through the selected service based on a selection input with respect to the at least one recommended service and the share target.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the recommending of at least one service recommends the at least one service and the share target using context information related to an operation of the device.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising collecting and storing context information related to an interaction, if the device performs the interaction with an external device,

wherein the recommending of at least one service recommends the at least one service and the share target based on the stored context information.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the context information comprises at least one of information on the external device that performs the interaction with the device, time information when the interaction is performed, information on the content that is transmitted and received in the interaction process, information on the service through which the interaction is performed, or information on a position where the interaction is performed.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the recommending of at least one service recommends at least one of the external devices having a history in which the interaction is performed, which has recently performed the interaction with the device, or in which the number of times the external device performs the interaction is equal to or greater than a certain number of times, as the share target.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the recommending of at least one service recommends the at least one service, which has recently been used to perform the interaction with the external device, or in which the number of times the service performs the interaction is equal to or greater than a certain number of times, as the at least one service for sharing the selected content.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the sharing of the content determines a communication method for sharing the content based on information on the selected content.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying the at least one recommended service and a list of the share targets to receive the selection input.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the content comprises content stored in the device, and

wherein the sharing of the content transfers the content or link information related to the content to the selected share target through the selected service.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the content comprises content stored in a server, and

wherein the sharing of the content gives the selected share target authorization to access the content stored in the server.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the recommending of at least one service recommends the at least one service to share the content among the plurality of services that are available in the device and the share target based on situation information at a time when the share command is input.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising determining the situation information based on at least one of a kind of the selected content, the time when the share command is input, or a position of the device.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the recommending of at least one service extracts the at least one service to match the determined situation information and the share target based on information on the at least one service to share the selected content and the share target for the situation information, and recommends the at least one service and the share target extracted.

20. The device of claim 12, wherein the controller is further configured to determine a communication method for sharing the content based on information on the selected content.

26. A non-transitory processor readable medium for storing a computer program of instructions configured to be readable by at least one processor for instructing the at least one processor to execute a computer process for performing the method as recited in claim 1.

14. A device comprising:

an inputter configured to receive an input of a share command of a selected content;

a display configured to display a list for recommending at least one service to share the selected content among a plurality of services that are available in the device and a share target; and

a controller configured to share the content with the share target selected through the selected service based on a selection input with respect to the at least one recommended service and the share target.

15. The device of claim 14, further comprising a memory configured to store context information related to an operation of the device,

wherein the controller is further configured to recommend the at least one service and the share target using the context information.

16. The device of claim 15, further comprising a communicator configured to perform communication with an external device,

wherein the controller is further configured to collect and store context information related to an interaction in the memory, if the device performs the interaction with the external device, and to recommend the at least one service and the share target based on the stored context information.

17. The device of claim 16, wherein the context information comprises at least one of information on the external device that performs the interaction with the device, time information when the interaction is performed, information on the content that is transmitted and received in the interaction process, information on the service through which the interaction is performed, or information on a position where the interaction is performed.

18. The device of claim 17, wherein the controller is further configured to recommend at least one of the external devices having a history in which the interaction is performed, which has recently performed the interaction with the device, or in which the number of times the external device performs the interaction is equal to or greater than a certain number of times, as the share target.

19. The device of claim 17, wherein the controller is further configured to recommend the at least one service, which has recently been used to perform the interaction with the external device, or in which the number of times the service performs the interaction is equal to or greater than a certain number of times, as the at least one service to share the selected content.

21. The device of claim 14, further comprising a communicator configured to perform communication with the external device that is selected as the share target,

wherein the controller is further configured to control the communicator to transfer the content or link information related to the content to the selected share target through the selected service.

22. The device of claim 14, further comprising a communicator configured to perform communication with a server,

wherein the controller is further configured to give the selected share target authorization to access the content stored in the server.

23. The device of claim 14, wherein the controller is further configured to recommend the at least one service to share the content among the plurality of services that are available in the device and the share target based on situation information at a time when the share command is input.

24. The device of claim 23, wherein the controller is further configured to determine the situation information based on at least one of a kind of the selected content, the time when the share command is input, or a position of the device.

25. The device of claim 24, further comprising a memory configured to store the at least one service to share the selected content and the share target,

wherein the controller is further configured to extract the at least one service to match the determined situation information and the share target based on the stored information, and to recommend the at least one service and the share target extracted.