METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SHARING CONTENTS OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE

• US 20150067534A1
• Filed: 09/02/2014
• Published: 03/05/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/02/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: CHOI, Bokun, KANG, Doosuk, YOON, Piljoo
• Granted Patent: US 9,977,571 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/752
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/176 Support for shared access to files; File sharing support
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0486 Drag-and-drop
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/04 Real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/7243 with interactive means for internal management of messages
• 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

Abstract

A method of and apparatus for sharing contents of an electronic device are provided. The method includes displaying contents; if a touch input for sharing the contents is generated, displaying an application list including applications and an execution item for each application which displays a number of contents previously shared with an application; if an execution item of an application in the application list is selected, sharing the contents with an application, and updating and displaying the execution item.

Claims

1. A method of sharing contents of an electronic device, the method comprising:

displaying contents;

if a touch input for sharing the contents is generated, displaying an application list comprising applications and an execution item for each application which displays a number of contents previously shared with the application; and

if an execution item of an application in the application list is selected, sharing the contents with the application, and incrementing and displaying the execution item.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein displaying the application list comprises, if a gesture is detected in the application, displaying all contents shared with the application,

wherein the contents are processed by at least one of deleting and editing.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising processing a plurality of shared contents via an application.

4. The method of claim, 3, wherein processing a plurality of shared contents comprises processing the plurality of shared contents individually or collectively according to a location where a gesture is detected.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein processing a plurality of shared contents comprises,

if an execution item is selected, the plurality of shared contents are collectively processed via the application, and

if an application is selected, contents recently configured to be shared among the plurality of shared contents are processed via the application.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the application comprises a transmission application, and the transmission application comprises an E-mail application, a Multimedia Messaging System (MMS), a Social Networking Service (SNS), a messenger or a device-to-device communication application.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein, if the application is the E-mail application, the plurality of shared contents are added to at least one area of a body text area or an attached file area to be processed.

8. A method of sharing contents of an electronic device, the method comprising:

displaying contents;

detecting a touch input for sharing the contents;

storing the displayed contents to a share buffer, in response to the touch input;

if an input to share is detected, displaying contents and applications of the share buffer;

sharing the contents of the share buffer with the application; and

if the application is executed, processing the shared contents.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein sharing the contents comprises sharing the contents by a drag and drop gesture.

10. An apparatus for sharing contents of an electronic device, the apparatus comprising:

a touch screen that displays contents and detects a touch input for sharing the contents; and

a controller configured to cause contents to be displayed on the touch screen, an application list to be displayed on the touch screen with an execution item associated with each application which indicates a number of contents shared which can be shared if a touch input for sharing the contents is detected, and to share the contents with an application and increment and display the execution item if an execution item of an application is selected from the application list.

11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the controller is configured to cause the number of shared contents in the application list to be displayed on the touch screen.

12. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein, if a gesture is detected in an application, the controller is configured to cause all of the contents in the application to be displayed, and enables processing of the contents using at least one of deleting or editing.

13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the controller is configured to process the multiple-shared contents via an application.

14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the controller is configured to process a plurality of shared contents individually or collectively according to a location in the application list where a gesture is detected.

15. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein, the controller is configured to collectively process the multiple-shared contents via the application if an execution item is selected, and to process contents recently configured to be shared among the plurality of shared contents via the application if an application is selected.

16. An apparatus for sharing contents of an electronic device, the apparatus comprising:

a touch screen that displays contents and detects a touch input for sharing the contents; and

a controller configured to cause the contents to be displayed on the touch screen, to store the displayed contents to a share buffer in response to the touch input if the touch input for sharing the contents is detected, to display, on the touch screen, contents and applications of the share buffer if an input for sharing is detected, and to share the contents of the share buffer with an application via a drag-and-drop gesture to process the shared contents via the application.