METHOD OF SHARING DATA AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF

• US 20160191621A1
• Filed: 12/23/2015
• Published: 06/30/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/24/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: OH, Chang-Kook, CHOI, Woo-Jin
• Application Number:
  US14/757,975
• Publication Number:
  US 20160191621A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1454 involving copying of the display data of a local workstation or window to a remote workstation or window so that an actual copy of the data is displayed simultaneously on two or more displays, e.g. teledisplay
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2360/18 Use of a frame buffer in a display terminal, inclusive of the display panel
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/022 Centralised management of display operation, e.g. in a server instead of locally
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/16 Use of wireless transmission of display information
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/14 Display of multiple viewports
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1095 Replication or mirroring of data, e.g. scheduling or transport for data synchronisation between network nodes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/75 Indicating network or usage conditions on the user display

Abstract

A method and apparatus are provided for sharing data of an application. A method of an electronic device includes determining an application list of a partner electronic device; displaying the application list of the partner electronic device; receiving a selection of an application for sharing data from the application list; and transmitting, to the partner electronic device, application selection information and shared data information, based on the selected application.

Claims

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

determining an application list of a partner electronic device;

displaying the application list of the partner electronic device;

receiving a selection of an application for sharing data from the application list; and

transmitting, to the partner electronic device, application selection information and shared data information, based on the selected application.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the application list comprises:

transmitting, to the partner electronic device, a request signal requesting the application list from the partner electronic device through a communication connection with the partner electronic device; and

receiving the application list from the partner electronic device in response to the request signal.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving screen sharing data from the partner electronic device;

displaying an execution screen of the selected application, based on the screen sharing data;

detecting shared data of the selected application, based on the execution screen of the application; and

transmitting the shared data of the selected application to the partner electronic device.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein displaying the execution screen comprises displaying the execution screen of the selected application in a different display area than a display area of an execution screen of at least one other application.

5. A method of an electronic device, the method comprising:

transmitting an application list to a partner electronic device;

receiving, from the partner electronic device, application selection information and shared data information; and

executing an application based on the application selection information and the shared data information.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

receiving, from the partner electronic device, a request signal requesting the application list; and

generating the application list in response to the request signal.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein generating the application list comprises:

selecting at least one application that is sharable with the partner electronic device, from among applications installed in the electronic device; and

generating the application list using the selected at least one application.

8. The method of claim 5, wherein executing the application comprises displaying an execution screen of the application.

9. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

transmitting, to the partner electronic device, screen sharing data corresponding to the application;

receiving shared data of the application from the partner electronic device; and

displaying an application execution screen corresponding to the shared data of the application.

10. An electronic device comprising:

a communication interface configured to establish a communication connection with a partner electronic device;

a display; and

a processor configured to;

determine an application list of the partner electronic device;

control the display to display the application list of the partner electronic device;

receive a selection of an application for sharing data from the application list; and

transmit, to the partner electronic device, application selection information and shared data information, through the communication interface, based on the selected application.

11. The device of claim 10, wherein the processor is further configured to transmit, to the partner electronic device, a request signal requesting the application list, through the communication interface, and receive the application list from the partner electronic device, in response to the request signal.

12. The electronic device of claim 10, wherein the shared data information includes execution data of the selected application.

13. The electronic device of claim 10, wherein the processor is further configured to:

receive screen sharing data from the partner electronic device through the communication interface;

control the display to display an execution screen of the selected application, based on the screen sharing data;

detecting shared data of the selected application, based on the execution screen of the application; and

transmitting the shared data of the selected application to the partner electronic device through the communication interface.

14. The electronic device of claim 13, wherein the display displays the execution screen of the selected application in a different display area than a display area of an execution screen of at least one other application.

15. The electronic device of claim 13, wherein the processor is further configured to control the display to display the execution screen of the selected application based on the screen sharing data that includes a structure of the execution screen and information for an object included in the execution screen.

16. An electronic device comprising:

a communication interface configured to establish a communication connection with a partner electronic device; and

a processor configured to;

transmit an application list to the partner electronic device through the communication interface,

receive application selection information and shared data information from the partner electronic device, and

execute an application based on the application selection information and the shared data information.

17. The electronic device of claim 16, the processor is further configured to generate the application list in response to a request signal requesting the application list, which is received from the partner electronic device, and transmit the application list to the partner electronic device through the communication interface.

18. The electronic device of claim 17, wherein the processor is further configured to select at least one application that is sharable with the partner electronic device from among applications installed in the electronic device, and generate the application list using a list of the selected the at least one application.

19. The electronic device of claim 16, further comprising a display that displays an execution screen of the application.

20. The electronic device of claim 16, wherein the processor is further configured to:

transmit, to the partner electronic device, screen sharing data corresponding to the application, through the communication interface;

receive shared data of the application from the partner electronic device; and

control a display to display an application execution screen corresponding to the shared data of the application.