File information system management system and method

• US 8,903,873 B2
• Filed: 11/18/2011
• Issued: 12/02/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 01/10/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Lee, Seung Hwan
• Primary Examiner(s): BROWN, SHEREE N
• Application Number:
  US13/299,933
• Publication Number:
  US 20120179729A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,110 Days
• Field of Search: 707/822
• US Class Current: 707/822
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/182 Distributed file systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/445 Program loading or initiating bootstrapping G06F9/4401; security arrangements for program loading or initiating G06F21/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• 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 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72415 for remote control of appliances
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/04 including near field communication means, e.g. RFID

Abstract

A method and system is provided for editing a file information system of a host device by using a client device connected to the host device via a Near Field Communication (NFC) channel while maintaining the foreground-running application execution screen of the host device. A method for managing a file information system of a host device by using a client device according to the present invention includes establishing a near field communication channel between the client device and the host device; copying the file information system from the host device to the client device; editing, at the client device, the file information system by means of an application selected in the file information system; and updating the file information system stored in the host device with the edited file information system which is transmitted from the client device to the host device.

Claims

1. A method for managing a file information system of a host device via a client device, comprising:

establishing a near field communication channel between the client device and the host device;

while a foreground-running application screen of the host device is maintained;

copying at least part of the file information system of the host device from the host device to the client device;

selecting, at the client device, an application listed in the file information system;

editing, at the client device, user data associated with the selected application, by executing a matching application stored at the client device and displaying content associated with the editing;

transmitting the edited user data from the client device to the host device; and

updating the file information system of the host device by storing the edited user data in a corresponding file.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the file information system comprises at least one of system folders and application folders, and each folder includes at least one of files and subfolders.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

transmitting, after copying the file information system, a polling signal from the client device to the host device at a predetermined interval; and

generating, at the client device, an alarm when no response signal to the polling signal is received from the host device in response to the polling signal.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

determining, at the client device when a response signal to the polling signal is received from the host device, whether the file information system of the host device is changed; and

copying, when the file information system of the host device is changed, the changed file information system from the host device to the client device.

5. The method of claim 2, wherein editing comprises:

transmitting, when a file information system edit command is input to the client device, a file information system lock signal from the client device to the host device; and

locking, when the file information system lock signal is received, the file information system at the host device.

6. The method of claim 2, wherein editing comprises:

transmitting, when a file information system edit complete command is input to the client device, a file information system unlock signal from the client device to the host device; and

unlocking, when the file information system unlock signal is received, the file information system at the host device.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the editing of the file information system of the host device is performed by the client device while the host device executes a voice communication requiring the host device positioned at a user'"'"'s ear.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising, prior to the editing:

transmitting, from the client device to the host device, a request for the user data associated with the selected application; and

in response to the request, transmitting a file containing the user data from the host device to the client device.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein establishing the near field communication channel comprises performing an authentication process between the client device and the host device.

17. The method of claim 8, wherein the file is a vCard File.

10. A system for managing a file information system of a host device via a client device, comprising:

a host device having a file information system, and configured to transmit the file information system to a client device via the near field communication channel; and

a client device configured to;

(a) copy at least part of the file information system from the host device, (b) select an application listed in the file information system, (c) edit user data by executing a matching application stored at the client device which displays content associated with the editing, and (d) to transmit the edited user data to the host device via the near field communication channel, with (a), (b), (c) and (d) being performed while a foreground-running application of the host device is maintained;

wherein the host device receives the edited user data and updates the file information system by storing the edited user data in a corresponding file.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the file information system comprises at least one of system folders and application folders, and each folder includes at least one of files and subfolders.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the client device transmits a polling signal from the client device to the host device at a predetermined interval, and generates an alarm when no response signal is received from the host device in response to the polling signal.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the client device determines, when a response signal is received from the host device, whether the file information system of the host device is changed and copies, when the file information system of the host device is changed, the changed file information system from the host device.

14. The system of claim 11, wherein the client device transmits, when a file information system edit command is input, a file information system lock signal to the host device to lock the file information system in the host device.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the client device transmits, when a file information system edit complete command is input, a file information system unlock signal to the host device to unlock the file information system in the host device.

16. The system of claim 10, wherein the editing of the file information system of the host device is performed by the client device while the host device executes a voice communication requiring the host device positioned at a user'"'"'s ear.

18. The method of claim 16, wherein the edited data is transmitted from the client device to the host device as part of a vCard File.