Content display system for sharing content between display apparatuses

• US 7,783,975 B2
• Filed: 08/15/2005
• Issued: 08/24/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 08/14/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Rhim, Eun-hee, Na, Kwang-yun
• Primary Examiner(s): HUYNH, CONG LAC T
• Application Number:
  US11/203,160
• Publication Number:
  US 20060036671A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,835 Days
• Field of Search: 715/273, 715/864
• US Class Current: 715/273
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/51 Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/75 Indicating network or usage conditions on the user display

Abstract

A content display system for sharing contents between display apparatuses is provided. The content display system for displaying content, includes a first local interface module connected to a storage device storing the content, a first device interface module receiving a message requesting for the content stored in the storage device, a first display apparatus including a first device agent module extracting the requested content from the storage device through the first local interface module and transmitting the extracted content through the first device interface module, a second device agent module generating the message, a second device interface module transmitting the generated message to the first display apparatus and receiving the extracted content, a content processing module converting the received content into content having an output format suitable for display, and a second display apparatus including a display module outputting the converted content.

Claims

1. A content display system for displaying content, comprising:

a first display apparatus and a second display apparatus, wherein

the first display apparatus includes a first local interface module connected to a storage device storing the content,

a first device interface module receiving a message requesting the content stored in the storage device, and

a first device agent module extracting the requested content from the storage device through the first local interface module and transmitting the extracted content through the first device interface module; and

wherein

the second display apparatus includes a second device agent module generating the message,

a second device interface module transmitting the generated message to the first display apparatus and receiving the extracted content,

a content processing module converting the received content into content having an output format suitable for display, and

a display module outputting the converted content, and wherein the first display apparatus and the second display apparatus are connected through a network, and wherein the first display apparatus performs a remote control of outputting the content in the second display apparatus through the network based on a state of the second display apparatus.

2. The content display system of claim 1, wherein the storage device comprises a portable storage device.

3. The content display system of claim 2, wherein the portable storage device comprises a USB memory stick.

4. The content display system of claim 2, wherein the first device agent module requests a server to transmit a particular content among contents stored in the server.

5. The content display system of claim 1, wherein the storage device comprises a storage device mounted in the first display apparatus.

6. The content display system of claim 1, wherein the message comprises a message complying with a pull mode.

7. The content display system of claim 1, wherein the message comprises a message complying with a push mode.

8. The content display system of claim 1, wherein the content processing module operates an application program for reproducing the converted content.

9. The content display system of claim 1, wherein the second display apparatus further comprises a user interface module allowing a user to input a request for the content stored in the storage device, and the second device agent module generates the message in response to the request.

10. A content display apparatus for displaying content, comprising:

a processor;

a local interface module connected to a storage device storing the content;

a device interface module receiving a message requesting the content stored in the storage device under control of the processor; and

a device agent module extracting the requested content from the storage device through the local interface module and transmitting the extracted content through the device interface module,

wherein the device interface module receives the message from a separate display apparatus which is connected to the content display apparatus through a network, and the content display apparatus performs a remote control of displaying the content in the separate display apparatus through the network based on a state of the separate display apparatus.

11. The content display apparatus of claim 10, wherein the storage device comprises a portable storage device.

12. The content display apparatus of claim 11, wherein the portable storage device comprises a USB memory stick.

13. The content display apparatus of claim 11, wherein the device agent module requests a server to transmit a particular content among contents stored in the server.

14. The content display apparatus of claim 10, wherein the storage device comprises a storage device mounted in the content display apparatus.

15. The content display apparatus of claim 10, wherein the message comprises a message complying with a pull mode.

16. The content display apparatus of claim 10, wherein the message comprises a message complying with a push mode.

17. A content display apparatus for displaying content, comprising:

a device agent module generating a message requesting the content stored in a storage device;

a device interface module transmitting the generated message to a separate display apparatus including the storage device and receiving the requested content;

a content processing module converting the content received from the storage device of the separate display apparatus into content having an output format suitable to display; and

a display module outputting the converted content,

wherein the content display apparatus and the separate display apparatus are connected through a network, and the outputting of the content is remotely controlled by the separate display apparatus through the network based on a state of the content display apparatus.

18. The content display apparatus of claim 17, wherein the storage device comprises a portable storage device.

19. The content display apparatus of claim 18, wherein the portable storage device comprises a USB memory stick.

20. The content display apparatus of claim 18, wherein the portable storage device comprises a hard disk.

21. The content display apparatus of claim 17, wherein the storage device comprises a storage device mounted in the content display apparatus.

22. The content display apparatus of claim 17, wherein the message comprises a message complying with a pull mode.

23. The content display apparatus of claim 17, wherein the message comprises a message complying with a push mode.

24. The content display apparatus of claim 17, wherein the content processing module operates an application program for reproducing the converted content.

25. The content display apparatus of claim 17, wherein the content display apparatus further comprises a user interface module allowing a user to input a request for the content stored in the storage device, and the device agent module generates the message in response to the request.