DATA SHARING CONTROL METHOD AND DATA SHARING CONTROL TERMINAL

• US 20140289872A1
• Filed: 09/26/2013
• Published: 09/25/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/25/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: MUN, Min Young, KIM, Sang Joon, CHOI, Chang Mok
• Granted Patent: US 9,454,674 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/30
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6218 to a system of files or objects, e.g. local or distributed file system or database
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6245 Protecting personal data, e.g. for financial or medical purposes
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724 User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/08 Access security
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/43 using shared identity modules, e.g. SIM sharing
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services

Abstract

Provided is a method and apparatus to detect and control flow of data shared in a terminal. A method to control data sharing may include accessing a program that shares a type of data with a terminal, displaying the accessed program on a screen organized by the type of data; and controlling the data to be shared with the accessed program in response to a control signal input on the screen.

Claims

1. A method to control data sharing, comprising:

accessing a program that shares data with a terminal;

displaying the accessed program on a screen organized by a type of data; and

controlling the data to be shared with the accessed program in response to a control signal input on the screen.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the type of data comprises sensor information sensed by the terminal, user information of the terminal, usage history of the terminal, and authentication information of the terminal.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein

the sensor information comprises at least one of position information of the terminal and acceleration information of the terminal,

the user information of the terminal comprises financial information of the user, and

the usage history of the terminal comprises at least one of information on a program installed onto or deleted from the terminal, call history using the terminal, search history using the terminal, a photo stored in the terminal, and a usage log of the terminal.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the displaying comprises displaying at least one of a production company of the accessed program, a third party connected to the accessed program, and an icon indicating the accessed program.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the displaying comprises displaying a data sharing flow on the screen by connecting the data to the accessed program that shares that type of the data.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the controlling comprises blocking a type of data from being shared with an accessed program in response to a touch input of an icon indicating the accessed program that is displayed on the screen is blocked from accessing that type of data.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the controlling comprises allowing a type of data to be shared with an accessed program in response to a touch input of an icon indicating the accessed program that is displayed on the screen is allowed to access that type of data.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

collecting program related information of a program installed in the terminal; and

storing the collected program related information in a database,

wherein the controlling the data to be shared is at least partially based on the program related information in the database.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

re-collecting the program related information of the installed program at time intervals set by the terminal; and

updating the program related information stored in the database, based on the re-collected program related information.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

collecting program related information of at least one program installed in the terminal; and

storing the collected program related information in a storage medium by filing the collected program related information,

wherein the controlling the data to be shared is at least partially based on the program related information in the storage medium.

11. A terminal to control data sharing, comprising:

an tracker configured to access a program that shares data with a terminal;

an output unit configured to display the accessed program on a screen organized by the type of data; and

a controller configured to control the data sharing with the accessed program in response to a control signal input on the screen.

12. The terminal of claim 11, wherein the output unit is configured to display at least one of a production company of the accessed program, a third party connected to the accessed program, and an icon indicating the accessed program.

13. The terminal of claim 11, wherein the output unit is configured to display a data sharing flow on the screen by connecting the data to the accessed program that shares that type of the data.

14. The terminal of claim 11, wherein the controller comprises:

a recognizer configured to recognize a touch input of an icon indicating a program that is displayed on the screen; and

a blocker configured to block the data from being shared with the program on which the touch input occurs, in response to a touch event matching the recognized touch input.

15. The terminal of claim 11, further comprising:

a collector configured to collect program related information of the program installed in the terminal; and

a storage configured to store the collected program related information in a database,

wherein the controller controls the data sharing based at least partially on the program related information in the database.

16. The terminal of claim 15, further comprising:

a re-collector configured to re-collect the program related information of the installed program at time intervals set in the terminal; and

an updater configured to update the program related information stored in the database, based on the re-collected program related information.

17. The terminal of claim 11, further comprising:

a collector configured to collect program related information of the program installed in the terminal; and

a file processing unit configured to file the collected program related information,

wherein the controller controls the data sharing based at least partially on the program related information in the file.

18. A method to control data sharing, comprising:

collecting application and settings information, at a terminal of an application with data sharing environment settings to be changed;

generating, at the terminal, a data sharing controlling page based on the application information and the settings information;

displaying, at the terminal, the data sharing controlling page comprising a data flow of a type of data shared by the application.

19. The method of claim 18, further comprising:

crawling information about a creator of the application and the data accessible by the application.

20. The method of claim 19, further comprising:

storing the crawled information; and

updating a database with information changing the data sharing environment settings.

21. A terminal to generate and display a page for controlling data sharing, comprising:

a collector configured to collect application settings information about an application with data sharing environment settings to be changed; and

an output unit configured to

generate a data sharing controlling page based on the stored application information and the settings information, and

display the data sharing controlling page comprising a data flow of a type of data shared by the application.

22. The terminal of claim 21, wherein the collector is configured to crawl information about a creator of the application and the data accessible by the application.

23. The terminal of claim 22, wherein the collector is further configured to:

store the crawled information; and

update a database with information changing the data sharing environment settings.