Client and server terminals and method for controlling the same

• US 9,219,798 B2
• Filed: 05/08/2012
• Issued: 12/22/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/21/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Woo, Sungho, Park, Kyunglang, Shin, Woohyoung
• Primary Examiner(s): HIGA, BRENDAN Y
• Application Number:
  US13/466,535
• Publication Number:
  US 20120331042A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,323 Days
• Field of Search: 709203-205, 709217-219, 709/225, 707609-611
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/122 using management policies backup systems G06F11/1446; file migration policies for HSM systems G06F16/185
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/178 Techniques for file synchronisation in file systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/01 Protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services

Abstract

Client and server terminals and method for controlling the same are disclosed, by which a use of a terminal is facilitated in further consideration of user'"'"'s convenience. According to at least one of embodiments of the present invention, a specific folder (or all folders) storing files of the server terminal can be recognized as a folder in the corresponding client terminal to facilitate the files of the server terminal to be used by a user of the client terminal more conveniently.

Claims

1. A client device comprising:

a display unit;

a transceiver configured to communicate with a server device having a server memory including a plurality of first photo files;

a memory configured to store a plurality of second photo files; and

a processor configured to;

establish a communication with the server device,

execute a photo viewer application in the client device, and

automatically load a plurality of first indicators of the plurality of first photo files to the executed photo viewer application, such that in response to execution of the photo viewer application, the plurality of first indicators of the plurality of first photo files are automatically displayed together with a plurality of second indicators of the plurality of second photo files on a screen of the executed photo viewer application in the client device,

wherein the plurality of first indicators of the plurality of first photo files are visually identifiable from the plurality of second indicators of the plurality of second photo files on the screen of the executed photo viewer application in the client device,

wherein in response to an addition of another photo file into the server memory of the server device during establishment of the communication, the processor is further configured to automatically display another indicator corresponding to the added photo file together with the plurality of first indicators on the screen of the executed photo viewer application in the client device, and

wherein the processor is further configured to;

in response to selection of one of the first indicators, display a specific photo file corresponding to the selected indicator, and

in response to image-correction of the displayed photo file, transmit information about the image-correction to the server device in real time such that the image-correction is reflected to the specific photo file stored in the server device.

2. The client device of claim 1, wherein the transceiver communicates with the server device by UDP/IP or TCP/IP.

3. The client device of claim 1, wherein if the transceiver establishes the communication, the processor transmits a prescribed identifier to the server device and controls the server device to store the identifier.

4. The client device of claim 3, wherein when the communication is established, the processor controls the transceiver to transmit an access request signal for an access to the server memory to the server device in a manner that the access request signal contains an identifier identical to the transmitted prescribed identifier, and

wherein if the stored identifier is equal to the identifier contained in the access request signal, the processor receives a grant signal for the access request signal from the server device and controls the transceiver to access the server memory according to a file sharing system scheme.

5. The client device of claim 3, wherein the prescribed identifier comprises an IP (internet protocol) address of the client device.

6. The client device of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to obtain a current location of the client device, and

wherein if the current location of the client device lies within a preset location range, the processor is configured to automatically establish the communication between the transceiver and the server device.

7. The client device of claim 1, wherein when the transceiver accesses a previously set specific wireless AP, the processor is configured to automatically establish the communication between the transceiver and the server device via the accessed wireless AP.

8. The client device of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to display the plurality of indicators on a corresponding screen region of the executed photo viewer application displayed on the display unit.

9. The client device of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to:

automatically scan the server memory of the server device in response to establishment of the communication with the server device,

receive a plurality of thumbnails of the plurality of first photo files in the server memory from the server device, and

in response to execution of the photo viewer application in the client device, automatically load the received plurality of thumbnails to the photo viewer application as the plurality of first indicators.

10. The client device of claim 1, wherein when one of the plurality of indicators is selected, the processor is configured to receive a corresponding photo file of the selected indicator from the server device, and display the received photo file in the photo viewer application.

11. The client device of claim 1, wherein when a command for deleting a specific one of the displayed plurality of indicators is inputted, the processor is configured to delete a corresponding photo file of the server device together with the specific indicator, or not delete the corresponding photo file of the server device despite deleting the specific indicator.

12. The client device of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to:

display an access icon including an IP (internet protocol) address information of the server device on the display unit, and

control the transceiver to establish the communication with the server device when the access icon is selected.

13. The client device of claim 12, wherein the access icon further includes at least one of an information on the server memory of the server device and a communication password information for establishing the communication with the server device.

14. The client device of claim 12, wherein, the processor is configured to create the access icon automatically or by a user selection, when the communication with the server device is disengaged.

15. The client device of claim 1, wherein when the another file is added to the server memory, the processor is configured to receive a file addition indication signal from the server device and automatically scan the server memory again in response to the received file addition indication signal.

16. The client device of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to automatically scan the server memory periodically after the communication with the server device is established.

17. The client device of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to access the server memory according to a file sharing system scheme, and

wherein the file sharing system scheme comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of NFS (network file system) scheme, SMB (server message block) scheme and CIFS (common internet file system) scheme.

18. The client device of claim 1, further comprising a mobile terminal.

19. The client device of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to:

continue to display the plurality of the first indicators regardless of disconnection of the communication between the client device and the server device.

20. A method of controlling a client device, the method comprising:

establishing a communication with a server device having a server memory including a plurality of first photo files;

executing a photo viewer application in the client device; and

automatically loading a plurality of first indicators of the plurality of first photo files to the executed photo viewer application, such that in response to execution of the photo viewer application, the plurality of first indicators are automatically displayed together with a plurality of second indicators of a plurality of second photo files stored on a memory of the client device, on a screen of the executed photo viewer application in the client device,

wherein the plurality of first indicators of the plurality of first photo files are visually identifiable from the plurality of second indicators of the plurality of second photo files on the screen of the executed photo viewer application in the client device,

wherein in response to an addition of another photo file into the server memory of the server device during establishment of the communication, another indicator corresponding to the added photo file is automatically displayed together with the plurality of first indicators on the screen of the executed photo viewer application in the client device, and

wherein the method further comprises;

in response to selection of one of the first indicators, displaying a specific photo file corresponding to the selected indicator; and

in response to image-correction of the displayed photo file, transmitting information about the image-correction to the server device in real time such that the image-correction is reflected to the specific photo file stored in the server device.

21. A non-transitory electronic recording medium encoded to enable a client device to execute:

a command for establishing a communication with a server device having a server memory including a plurality of first photo files;

a command for executing a photo viewer application in the client device; and

a command for automatically loading a plurality of first indicators of the plurality of first photo files to the executed photo viewer application, such that in response to execution of the photo viewer application, the plurality of first indicators are automatically displayed together with a plurality of second indicators of a plurality of second photo files stored on a memory of the client device, on a screen of the executed photo viewer application in the client device,

wherein the plurality of first indicators of the plurality of first photo files are visually identifiable from the plurality of second indicators of the plurality of second photo files on the screen of the executed photo viewer application in the client device,

wherein in response to addition of another photo file into the server memory of the server device during establishment of the communication, another indicator corresponding to the added photo file is automatically displayed together with the plurality of first indicators on the screen of the executed photo viewer application in the client device, and

wherein the non-transitory electronic recording medium further enables the client device to execute;

in response to selection of one of the first indicators, a command for displaying a specific photo file corresponding to the selected indicator, and

in response to image-correction of the displayed photo file, a command for transmitting information about the image-correction to the server device in real time such that the image-correction is reflected to the specific photo file stored in the server device.