ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF

• US 20170094442A1
• Filed: 09/30/2016
• Published: 03/30/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Park, Joonwon, Ko, Jaeho, Lee, Hyeeun, Kwon, Hyunjung
• Granted Patent: US 9,936,334 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72406 by software upgrading or downloading
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72427 for supporting games or graphical animations
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/20 Services signaling; Auxiliary data signalling, i.e. transmitting data via a non-traffic channel
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/60 Subscription-based services using application servers or record carriers, e.g. SIM application toolkits

Abstract

Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for providing a content. An electronic device includes a wireless communication module; a display; a memory; and a processor functionally connected to the wireless communication module, the display, and the memory, wherein the processor displays a guide interface for a content, determines a download or execution of the content based on a user input made using the guide interface, receives a demo content from an external device and displays the demo content in response to the execution of the content, and downloads the content from the external device in response to the download of the content. Various embodiments are possible.

Claims

1. An electronic device comprising:

a wireless communication module;

a display;

a memory; and

a processor functionally connected to the wireless communication module, the display, and the memory,

wherein the processor displays a guide interface for a content, determines a download or execution of the content based on a user input made using the guide interface, receives a demo content from an external device and displays the demo content in response to the execution of the content, and downloads the content from the external device in response to the download of the content.

2. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the demo content includes a content streamed by the external device to allow pre-experience of the content before the content is downloaded.

3. The electronic device of claim 2, wherein the guide interface includes detailed content information corresponding to the content and control objects related to content use controls.

4. The electronic device of claim 3, wherein the control objects include a first object for performing user experience of the content, a second object for navigating between different contents within a content list, a third object for the download of the content, a fourth object for like selection of the content, and a fifth object for toggling the control objects.

5. The electronic device of claim 4, wherein, when a user input by the first object is detected, the processor makes a request for a demo content corresponding to the content to the external device and provides the execution of the content by the reception of the demo content streamed from the external device.

6. The electronic device of claim 4, wherein, when a user input by the first object is detected, the processor switches the guide interface to an execution screen of the demo content and processes signal transmission/reception corresponding to the user input through a link with the external device during the execution of the demo content.

7. The electronic device of claim 4, wherein the processor displays a guide interface of a previous content or a next content of the content through a link with the external device when a user input by the second object is detected, downloads the content through the link with the external device when a user input by the third object is detected, and registers the content in a wish list through the link with the external device when a user input by the fourth object is detected.

8. An electronic device comprising:

a wireless communication module;

a memory; and

a processor functionally connected to the wireless communication module and the memory,

wherein the processor streams a demo content to an external device in response to a request for the demo content of the external device, detects whether to stop the demo content during the streaming of the demo content, stops the streaming of the demo content when there is a determination to stop the use of the demo content, and processes a content download, content navigation, or content like registration according to a content request when the content request is detected after the streaming of the demo content is stopped.

9. The electronic device of claim 8, wherein the processor provides a content list of recommended contents to the external device based on history information of a user of the external device for the content use and receives a request for downloading the content or executing the demo content based on the content list.

10. The electronic device of claim 8, wherein, when a request for executing the demo content is received, the processor generates the demo content corresponding to the content based on the content or searches for a pre-configured demo content corresponding to the content, and provides the generated or found demo content to the external device through a streaming service.

11. The electronic device of claim 10, wherein the streaming service includes a cloud-based service for playing the content in real time without downloading the content in the external device.

12. The electronic device of claim 8, wherein the processor determines to stop the use of the demo content according to detection of expiration of a predetermined range of the demo content or reception of a request for ending the demo content of the external device during the streaming of the demo content.

13. A method of operating an electronic device, the method comprising:

displaying a guide interface for a content;

detecting a user input based on the guide interface;

determining a download or an execution of the content based on the user input;

receiving a demo content from an external device and displaying the demo content in response to the execution of the content; and

downloading the content from the external device in response to the download of the content.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the demo content includes a content streamed by the external device to allow pre-experience of the content before the content is downloaded.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the guide interface includes detailed content information corresponding to the content and control objects related to content use controls, and the control objects include a first object for performing user experience of the content, a second object for navigation between different contents within a content list, a third object for the download of the content, a fourth object for like selection of the content, and a fifth object for toggling the control objects.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the displaying of the demo content comprises:

when a user input by the first object is detected, making a request for a demo content corresponding to the content to the external device and executing the content by the reception of the demo content streamed from the external device;

when a user input by the second object is detected, displaying a guide interface of a previous content or a next content of the content through a link with the external device;

when a user input by the third object is detected, downloading the content through the link with the external device; and

when a user input by the fourth object is detected, registering the content in a wish list through the link with the external device.

17. A method of operating an electronic device, the method comprising:

streaming a demo content to an external device in response to a request for the demo content of the external device;

detecting whether to stop the use of the demo content during the streaming of the demo content;

when there is a determination to stop the use of the demo content, stopping the streaming of the demo content; and

when a content request is detected after the streaming of the demo content is stopped, processing a content download, content navigation, or content like registration according to the content request.

18. The method of claim 17, further comprising:

providing a content list of recommended contents to the external device based on history information of a user of the external device for the content use; and

receiving a request for downloading the content or executing the demo content based on the content list.

19. The method of claim 17, further comprising:

when a request for executing the demo content is received, generating the demo content corresponding to the content based on the content or searching for a pre-configured demo content corresponding to the content; and

providing the generated or found demo content to the external device through a streaming service,

wherein the streaming service includes a cloud-based service for playing the content in real time without downloading the content in the external device.

20. The method of claim 17, wherein the detecting of the stopping of the use of the demo content comprises determining to stop the use of the demo content according to detection of expiration of a predetermined range of the demo content or reception of a request for ending the demo content of the external device during the streaming of the demo content.