PRIVATE SOCIAL NETWORKING PLATFORM FOR REAL-TIME CONTENT SHARING

• US 20160309532A1
• Filed: 04/20/2015
• Published: 10/20/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 04/20/2015
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hisense Electric Co., Ltd. (Qingdao Huatong State-Owned Capital Operation (Group) Co., Ltd.), Hisense International Company Limited (Qingdao Huatong State-Owned Capital Operation (Group) Co., Ltd.), Hisense USA Corporation (Qingdao Huatong State-Owned Capital Operation (Group) Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Hisense Electric Co., Ltd. (Qingdao Huatong State-Owned Capital Operation (Group) Co., Ltd.), Hisense International Company Limited (Qingdao Huatong State-Owned Capital Operation (Group) Co., Ltd.), Hisense USA Corporation (Qingdao Huatong State-Owned Capital Operation (Group) Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: YU, Ke, Shang, Xiuyuan
• Application Number:
  US14/691,106
• Publication Number:
  US 20160309532A1
• 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: H04W 12/02 Protecting privacy or anonymity, e.g. protecting personally identifiable information [PII]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/21 for social networking applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/15 Setup of multiple wireless link connections

Abstract

A TV system for real-time sharing content may comprise a TV device and a plurality of mobile terminals. The TV device may establish a wireless connection with each of a plurality of mobile terminals, wherein the plurality of mobile terminals comprises a first mobile terminal as a master mobile terminal to control the device, and a sharing mobile terminal to share a target document stored in the sharing mobile terminal. The TV device may obtain from the sharing mobile terminal an access authorization associated with the target document; and when receiving an instruction from the master mobile terminal to display the target document, display an audio/visual content of the target document on a screen of the TV.

Claims

1. A TV device, comprising:

a processor-readable storage medium, comprising a set of instructions for sharing documents on a TV; and

a processor in communication with the storage medium, wherein when executing the set of instructions the processor is directed to;

establish a wireless connection with each of a plurality of mobile terminals, wherein the plurality of mobile terminals comprises a first mobile terminal that acts as a master mobile terminal to control the device and a sharing mobile terminal containing a target document stored in the sharing mobile terminal;

obtain from the sharing mobile terminal an access authorization associated with the target document; and

after receiving an instruction from the master mobile terminal to display the target document according to the access authorization, display an audio/visual portion of the target document on a screen of the TV.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein the storage medium comprises a transitory storage medium;

and

the processor is further directed to;

before receiving the instruction to display the target document access and download the target document only to the transitory storage medium according to the access authorization; and

when receiving an instruction from the master mobile terminal to display the target document, open the target document in the device.

3. The device of claim 2, wherein the processor is further directed to,

when the target document is smaller than a predetermined size, download the target document before receiving the instruction from the master mobile terminal to display the target document;

and

when the target document is larger than the predetermined size, download the target document only when receiving the instruction from the master mobile terminal to display the target document.

4. The device of claim 2, wherein the processor is further directed to:

receive a termination instruction from the master mobile terminal;

terminate the wireless connections with the plurality of mobile terminals; and

erase the target document from the transitory storage medium.

5. The device of claim 1, wherein the storage medium comprises a transitory storage medium;

and

when receiving an instruction from the master mobile terminal to display the target document, the processor is further directed to;

instruct the sharing mobile terminal to open the target document, and

receive the audio visual portion of the opened target document from the sharing mobile terminal.

6. The device of claim 1, wherein the processor is further directed to:

receive from the sharing mobile terminal a download authorization associated with the target document; and

when receiving a download request from a mobile terminal in the plurality of mobile terminals, send the target document to the mobile terminal.

7. The device of claim 1, wherein when receiving an instruction from the first mobile terminal to pass its master status to another mobile terminal in the plurality of mobile terminals, the processor is further directed to:

assign the first mobile terminal a servant status same as the another mobile terminal; and

assign the another servant mobile terminal as a master mobile terminal to control the device.

8. The device of claim 1, further comprising a wireless communication circuit to establish the wireless connects with the plurality of mobile terminals via a direct wireless connection or a network.

9. The device of claim 1, further comprising the TV.

10. A method for sharing information on a TV, comprising

establishing, by a TV device, a wireless connection with each of a plurality of mobile terminals, wherein the plurality of mobile terminals comprises a first mobile terminal that acts as a master mobile terminal to control the device and a sharing mobile terminal that comprises a target document stored in the sharing mobile terminal, wherein the target document comprises audio/visual content;

obtaining, by the TV device, from the sharing mobile terminal an access authorization associated with the target document; and

after receiving an instruction from the master mobile terminal to display the target document, displaying, by the TV device, the audio/visual content of the target document on a screen of the TV according to the access authorization.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the TV device comprises a transitory storage medium;

and

the method further comprising;

before receiving the instruction to display the target document, accessing and downloading, by the TV device, the target document only to the transitory storage medium according to the access authorization; and

when receiving an instruction from the master mobile terminal to display the target document, opening, by the TV device, the target document in the device.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

when the target document is smaller than a predetermined size, downloading, by the TV device, the target document before receiving the instruction from the master mobile terminal to display the target document; and

when the target document is larger than the predetermined size, downloading, by the TV device, the target document only when receiving the instruction from the master mobile terminal to display the target document.

13. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

receiving, by the TV device, a termination instruction from the master mobile terminal;

terminating, by the TV device, the wireless connections with the plurality of mobile terminals; and

erasing, by the TV device, the target document from the transitory storage medium.

14. The method of claim 10, wherein the TV device comprises a transitory storage medium;

and

the method further comprises, when the TV device receives an instruction from the master mobile terminal to display the target document;

instructing, by the TV device, the sharing mobile terminal to open the target document, and

receiving, by the TV device, the audio/visual content of the opened target document from the sharing mobile terminal.

15. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

receiving, by the TV device, from the sharing mobile terminal a download authorization associated with the target document; and

when receiving a download request from a mobile terminal in the plurality of mobile terminals, sending, by the TV device, the target document to the mobile terminal.

16. The method of claim 10, further comprising, when receiving an instruction from the first mobile terminal to pass its master status to another mobile terminal in the plurality of mobile terminals:

assigning, by the TV device, the first mobile terminal a servant status same as the another mobile terminal; and

assigning, by the TV device, the another servant mobile terminal as a master mobile terminal to control the device.

17. The method of claim 10, wherein each the wireless connections with the plurality of mobile terminals is established via direct wireless connection or a network connection.

18. The method of claim 10, wherein the TV device comprises the TV.

19. A mobile terminal, comprising:

a processor-readable storage medium, comprising a set of instructions for sharing information on a TV; and

a processor in communication with the storage medium, wherein when executing the set of instructions the processor is directed to;

establish a wireless connection with a TV;

instruct the TV to access a target document stored in a target mobile terminal connected to the TV; and

instruct the TV to display an audio/visual content of the target document on a screen of the TV.

20. The mobile terminal of claim 19, wherein the processor is further direct to:

authorize the TV to access a shared document stored in the mobile terminal; and

when receiving an instruction to display the shared document from the TV, open the shared document and send an audio/visual content of the shared document to the TV.