Terminal provided with networking module and method for receiving and transmitting data using the same

• US 8,756,300 B2
• Filed: 05/20/2011
• Issued: 06/17/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/24/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Lee, Se-Jin
• Primary Examiner(s): Hussain, Tauqir
• Application Number:
  US13/112,607
• Publication Number:
  US 20110219306A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,124 Days
• Field of Search: 709/222
• US Class Current: 709/222
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/01 Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer G06F3/16 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/16 Sound input; Sound output speech processing G10L
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/66 Arrangements for connecting between networks having differing types of switching systems, e.g. gateways
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/403 Arrangements for multi-party communication, e.g. for conferences data switching systems for conference H04L12/18; arrangements for connecting several subscribers to a common circuit, i.e. affording conference facilities H04M3/56; television conferencing systems H04N7/15

Abstract

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a method for receiving data includes receiving, via a communication unit of a terminal, at least one of displayable data and soundable data from an external device, wherein the external device includes at least one of a touch-sensitive unit, a first displaying unit and a first speaker, wherein the communication unit connects to the Internet and includes at least one of a cabled communication unit and a wireless communication unit, and wherein the displayable data is displayed on the first displaying unit of the external device, and the soundable data is outputted through the first speaker of the external device, and outputting signals associated with the received at least one of displayable data and soundable data to a connectable output unit, wherein the connectable output unit includes at least one of a second speaker and a second displaying unit.

Claims

1. A method for receiving data, the method performed by a device and comprising:

receiving, via a communication unit of the device, at least one of displayable data and audible data from a counter terminal,

wherein the communication unit includes at least one of a short-range cable communication unit and a short-range wireless communication unit and is configured to connect to an internet,

wherein the device and the counter terminal belong to a same network,

wherein the device further includes a cable connector configured to support a universal serial bus (USB),

wherein the counter terminal includes at least one of a touch pad, a storage unit for storing the at least one of the displayable data and the audible data, a counter terminal displaying unit for displaying the stored displayable data and a counter terminal speaker for outputting the stored audible data, and

wherein, before receiving the at least one of the displayable data and the audible data, the at least one of the displayable data and the audible data has been stored in the counter terminal and then the counter terminal receives a request for transmitting the at least one of the displayable data and the audible data in a state where the at least one of the displayable data and the audible data is outputted by the counter terminal displaying unit and the counter terminal speaker, respectively; and

outputting signals associated with the received at least one of displayable data and audible data to a connectable output unit,

wherein the connectable output unit includes at least one of a speaker and a displaying unit.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

outputting a signal other than the signals to the connectable output unit if the at least one of the displayable data and the audible data is not received from the counter terminal.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the device or the counter terminal provides an interface for receiving an input to stop the connectable output unit from outputting the signals.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the input to stop outputting the signals is received from a peripheral input unit.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein a progress is displayed on the displaying unit of the counter terminal, is associated with the at least one of the displayable data and the audible data that are being received and outputted, and is transmitted to the displaying unit of the connectable output unit.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein a user interface associated with running an operating system is displayed on the displaying unit of the connectable output unit.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

outputting signals associated with the user interface to the displaying unit of the connectable output unit.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein a drag and drop input to reproduce the received at least one of the displayable data and the audible data is received on the user interface.

9. The method of claim 6, wherein the user interface provides an environment for setting the Internet.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the environment allows an internet address to be set.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

recognizing the counter terminal to which the at least one of the displayable data and the audible data is transmitted.

12. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

transmitting, via the communication unit, a particular input to the counter terminal upon receiving the particular input from an input device associated with the device.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein when the at least one of the displayable data and the audible data is received, the received at least one of the displayable data and the audible data is temporally stored in a storage unit of the device.

14. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

detecting a connection between the device and the counter terminal; and

controlling the device and the counter terminal not to enter a power saving mode when the connection is detected.

16. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

changing from a power saving mode to a wakeup mode when the device is in the power saving mode before receiving the at least one of the displayable data and the audible data from the counter terminal.

15. A device, comprising:

a cable connector configured to support a universal serial bus (USB);

a communication unit configured to connect to the internet, the communication unit including at least one of a short-range cable communication unit and a wireless communication unit; and

a controller cooperating with the communication unit and configured to receive, via the communication unit, at least one of displayable data and audible data from a counter terminal, and process the received at least one of the displayable data and the audible data,

wherein the device and the counter terminal belong to a same network,

wherein the counter terminal includes at least one of a touch pad, a storage unit for storing the at least one of the displayable data and the audible data, a counter terminal displaying unit for displaying the stored displayable data and a counter terminal speaker for outputting the stored audible data, respectively, and

wherein, before receiving the at least one of the displayable data and the audible data, the at least one of the displayable data and the audible data has been stored in the counter terminal and then the counter terminal receives a request for transmitting the at least one of the displayable data and the audible data in a state where the at least one of the displayable data and the audible data is outputted by the counter terminal displaying unit and the counter terminal speaker, respectively,

wherein the controller is further configured to output, to a connectable output unit, signals resulting from processing the at least one of the displayable data and the audible data, and

wherein the connectable output unit includes at least one of a second speaker and a second displaying unit.