TERMINAL FOR CONTENTS SHARING, AN OPERATING METHOD THEREOF, AND A VEHICLE INFORMATION PROVIDING TERMINAL

• US 20160183063A1
• Filed: 11/05/2015
• Published: 06/23/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/19/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Infobank Corp.
• Original Assignee: Infobank Corp.
• Inventors: KANG, Hong Suk, AH, Ji Hoon, HONG, Jong Cheol
• Granted Patent: US 9,668,111 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/36 Input/output arrangements for on-board computers
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/008 communicating information to a remotely located station transmission systems for measured values G08C
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/06 in graphical form
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/06 Selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS]; Services to user groups; One-way selective calling services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/005 Moving wireless networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/12 WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/04 adapted for relaying to or from another terminal or user

Abstract

Provided is a terminal of providing a vehicle interface to a vehicle information providing terminal, the terminal including: a terminal information collection unit configured to collect terminal information of the other terminal capable of transceiving contents data; a wireless communication unit configured to receive a reproduction request of the contents data transmitted from the other terminal; a contents interface generator configured to generate a contents interface provided through the vehicle interface based on the terminal information and the contents data reproduction request; and a contents data relay unit configured to reproduce the contents data received from the other terminal through the contents interface to control the reproduced contents data to be provided to the vehicle information providing terminal.

Claims

1. A vehicle information providing terminal providing vehicle information comprising:

an interface unit connected with a terminal providing an contents interface;

an output unit configured to receive and output the contents interface provided to the interface unit and provide a selection list through the contents interface when a contents data request signal is received from the terminal; and

a user input unit configured to receive a selection input for selecting a second terminal capable of downloading the content data in the selection list,

wherein the interface unit transfers the selection input to a terminal receiving the contents data request signal in order to transmit the contents data between the terminal receiving the contents data request signal and the second terminal.

2. The vehicle information providing terminal of claim 1, wherein the user input unit receives a selection input for selecting the second terminal in the selection list by using any one method of touch, voice recognition, and motion recognition.

3. The vehicle information providing terminal of claim 1, wherein the user input unit receives a selection input of a reproduction position selection area and a reproduction method selection area when the second terminal completes downloading the contents data.

4. The vehicle information providing terminal of claim 1, further comprising:

a vehicle information detection unit configured to detect at least one of a driving velocity of the vehicle, driving recording information, a driving state of the vehicle, and surrounding situation information of the vehicle to provide the detected information to the output unit.

5. A terminal of providing a vehicle interface to a vehicle information providing terminal, the terminal comprising:

a terminal information collection unit configured to collect terminal information of the other terminal capable of transceiving contents data;

a wireless communication unit configured to receive a reproduction request of the contents data transmitted from the other terminal;

a contents interface generator configured to generate a contents interface provided through the vehicle interface based on the terminal information and the contents data reproduction request; and

a contents data relay unit configured to reproduce the contents data received from the other terminal through the contents interface to control the reproduced contents data to be provided to the vehicle information providing terminal.

6. The terminal of claim 5, wherein:

the contents interface generator further includes;

a driving state determination unit generating driving state information; and

a UI determination unit determining a UI providing method of the contents interface based on the driving state information.

7. The terminal of claim 6, wherein the UI determination unit determines the UI providing method of the contents interface to any one method of touch, voice recognition, and motion recognition and limits a partial function of the contents interface according to the driving state information.

8. The terminal of claim 5, wherein the terminal information collection unit retrieves the other terminal capable of downloading the contents data and collects network speed information of at least one other terminal which is retrieved.

9. The terminal of claim 5, wherein the contents data relay unit receives the contents data transmitted by the other terminal through the wireless communication unit to transfer the received contents data to the vehicle information providing terminal and transfers a selection input signal received from the vehicle information providing terminal to the other terminal.

10. A terminal positioned in a vehicle, the terminal comprising:

a user input unit;

a wireless communication unit configured to communicate with a first terminal providing a contents interface to a vehicle information providing terminal of the vehicle and receive data transmitted from a base station; and

a terminal information providing unit configured to provide terminal information to the first terminal in response to a request signal of whether contents received from the first terminal are transmittable,

wherein the wireless communication unit transmits a contents data providing request to the first terminal according to a user input through the user input unit and transmits the contents data to the first terminal in response to an acceptance signal from the first terminal to output the transmitted contents data from the contents interface of the vehicle information providing terminal.

11. The terminal of claim 10, wherein:

the terminal information providing unit transfers the terminal information through a short range communication module included in the wireless communication unit, and

the terminal information includes at least one of information on the contents data downloadable from the outside and terminal identification information.

12. The terminal of claim 10, wherein the wireless communication unit receives the contents data from the base station to provide the received contents data to the first terminal, when the first terminal accepts the contents data reproduction.

13. A method of operating a vehicle information providing terminal and a terminal connected to the vehicle information providing terminal, the method comprising:

generating, by a first terminal, a contents interface to provide the generated contents interface to the vehicle information providing terminal;

outputting, by the vehicle information providing terminal, the contents interface;

transmitting, by a second terminal, a download reproduction request signal of the contents data to the first terminal;

transmitting, by the first terminal, a list of contents data downloadable terminals positioned in the vehicle to the vehicle information providing terminal;

outputting, by the vehicle information providing terminal, the terminal list;

setting a contents download ratio in the terminal list through the vehicle information providing terminal;

dividing and receiving, by the contents data downloadable terminals positioned in the vehicle, the contents according to each rate set in the terminal list to transmit the divided and received contents to the first terminal; and

outputting the contents data reproduced in the first terminal through the vehicle information providing terminal.