Method and apparatus for generating or using interaction activity information

• US 8,612,636 B2
• Filed: 08/23/2010
• Issued: 12/17/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 08/21/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Chang, Woo-yong, Park, Se-jun, Moon, Min-jeong, Yu, Seung dong
• Primary Examiner(s): SHIN, CHRISTOPHER B
• Application Number:
  US12/861,484
• Publication Number:
  US 20110047299A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,212 Days
• Field of Search: 710 8- 12, 710 62- 64, 710104-106, 709227-230
• US Class Current: 710/8
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/303 Terminal profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/51 Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services

Abstract

A method of generating interaction activity information including connecting a second apparatus to a first apparatus capable of communicating with each other, receiving first information about a function that is capable of being performed in the first apparatus, from the first apparatus, and generating second information about a function that is used interactively between the first apparatus and the second apparatus, based on the first information.

Claims

1. A method of providing interaction activity information in a touch device, the method comprising:

establishing communication with at least one external apparatus by contacting the at least one external apparatus within a predetermined range;

receiving information about a function performed by the at least one external apparatus; and

determining interactive activity information, based upon the information, about a function that interacts with the at least one external apparatus.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first information comprises metadata about the function performed by the at least one external apparatus.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the information further comprises a controlling signal regarding the function performed by the at least one external apparatus.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein determining the interactive activity information comprises:

selecting a function performed by the touch device from among functions performed by the at least one external apparatus, based on the metadata; and

generating an interaction activity list of functions that interact with the at least one external apparatus, based on the selected function, and a controlling signal corresponding to the selected function.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising requesting the at least one external apparatus for the information,

wherein the information further comprises authorization information about the function performed by the at least one external apparatus.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying the interactive activity information;

determining a signal about a function that is selected in the interactive activity information, based on external selection; and

transmitting an instruction that the at least one external apparatus performs the selected function, to the at least one external apparatus, in response to the determined signal.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

transmitting third information that is capable of being performed in the touch device, to the at least one external apparatus.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the third information comprises at least one of metadata about a function performed by the touch device, a controlling signal of the function performed by the touch device, and authorization information about the function performed by the touch device.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the interactive activity information includes at least one activity item generated by the function performed by the touch device that interacts with the at least one external apparatus.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the activity item is displayed on a screen of the device, and content of the device is transmitted to the at least one external apparatus based on a user'"'"'s touch input to the displayed activity item.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the device is a camera, and content of the camera is stored in the at least one external apparatus by using the interactive activity information.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the device is a mobile phone, and content of the mobile phone is streaming to the at least one external apparatus by using the interactive activity information.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one external apparatus is a printer, and content of the device is printed out by the printer based on the interactive activity information.

9. A device for providing interaction activity information, the device comprising:

an interface unit for establishing communication with at least one external apparatus by contacting the at least one external apparatus within a predetermined range, and receiving information about a function performed by the at least one external apparatus, from the at least one external apparatus; and

a list generating unit for generating interactive activity information, based on the information, about a function that interacts with the external apparatus.

15. The touch device of claim 9, wherein the interactive activity information includes at least one activity item generated by the function performed by the device that interacts with the at least one external apparatus.

16. The device of claim 15, wherein the activity item is displayed on a screen of the device, and content of the device is transmitted to the at least one external apparatus based on a user'"'"'s touch input to the displayed activity item.

17. The device of claim 9, wherein the device is a camera, and content of the camera is stored in the at least one external apparatus by using the interactive activity information.

18. The device of claim 9, wherein the device is a mobile phone, and content of the mobile phone is streaming to the at least one external apparatus by using the interactive activity information.

19. The device of claim 9, wherein the at least one external apparatus is a printer, and content of the device is printed out by the printer based on the interactive activity information.