Display method, user terminal, and system for transmitting and receiving data using the same

• US 9,236,034 B2
• Filed: 09/13/2010
• Issued: 01/12/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/13/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Choi, Jae-won, Kim, Dong-sung, Lee, Nam-geol, Cho, Jae-won, Lee, Yoong-hee
• Primary Examiner(s): Richer, Joni
• Application Number:
  US12/880,577
• Publication Number:
  US 20110063303A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,947 Days
• Field of Search: 345/173, 345/530, 345/684
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/44 Browsing; Visualisation therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/14 Digital output to display device ; Cooperation and interconnection of the display device with other functional units
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2310/04 Partial updating of the display screen
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2350/00 Solving problems of bandwidth in display systems
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/34 for rolling or scrolling
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2747 Scrolling on a display
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2757 by data transmission, e.g. downloading

Abstract

A display method, and a user terminal and a system for transmitting and receiving data using the same, are disclosed. The display method includes sequentially receiving first data from an external server, and displaying the received first data in the order of receiving the first data; discontinuing to receive un-received data among the first data, receiving the second data from the external server, and displaying the received second data on a screen; and continuing to receive the discontinued data from the external server.

Claims

1. A display method, comprising:

receiving first data from a first content provider through an external server;

displaying the received first data on a screen;

in response to a command for requesting second data being input while the first data is being received, transmitting a request to the first content provider to discontinue receiving the first data;

receiving the second data from a second content provider, different than the first content provider, through the external server in response to the command for requesting the second data;

displaying the second data on the screen; and

transmitting a request to the first content provider to receive the first data continuously from a part which has been discontinued, and displaying the received first data on the screen.

2. The display method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

storing the data received from the external server in the internal memory.

3. The display method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

if a command for requesting third data is input before all of the second data are received, discontinuing to receive un-received data among the second data, receiving the third data from a third content provider through the external server, and displaying the received third data, and

continuing to receive the discontinued data among the first and second data from the first content provider or the second content provider through the external server if the displaying of the third data is completed.

4. The display method as claimed in claim 3, further comprising continuing to receive the discontinued data among the first data and then continuing to receive the discontinued data among the second data.

5. The display method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising substituting temporary data for the discontinued data among the first data, and displaying the temporary data.

6. The display method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first data comprises data, which is displayed on the screen when a command for displaying a list of data is input, and the second data comprises data that is displayed on the screen when a command for scrolling the list of data is input.

7. The display method as claimed in claim 6, wherein the scroll command comprises a manipulation of a user scrubbing the screen, the screen is scrolled according to the degree of scrubbing, and the second data comprises data corresponding to a scrolled portion.

8. The display method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first and second data are received in a limited number, comprising as many data that is displayed on the screen.

9. The display method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first and second data comprise data containing an image that is produced by another user using the external server.

10. The display method as claimed in claim 9, further comprising receiving images contained in the first data and images contained in the second data from the external server, processing the received image according to a predetermined standard, storing the processed image in an internal memory, and displaying the image on the screen.

11. The display method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

if the displaying of the second data is completed, continuing to receive the discontinued first data from the first content provider through the external server.

12. A user terminal which receives and displays data stored in a server, the user terminal comprising:

a network interface unit which requests the server to transmit data, and receives the requested data; and

a controlling unit, which receives first data from a first content provider through the server and displays the data in the order of the data being received, discontinues to receive un-received data among the first data in response to a command for displaying second data being input while the first data is being received, transmits a request to the first content provider to discontinue receiving the first data, receives the second data from a second content provider, different than the first content provider, through the server, displays the second data on a screen, transmits a request to the first content provider to receive the first data continuously from a part which has been discontinued, and displays the received first data on the screen.

13. The user terminal as claimed in claim 12,

wherein the controlling unit receives data that is not stored in the memory from the server, among the first and second data, and displays the received data.

14. The user terminal as claimed in claim 13, wherein the first and second data comprise data containing an image that is produced by another user using the external server.

15. The user terminal as claimed in claim 14, wherein the controlling unit causes images contained in the first data and images contained in the second data to be received from the external server, the received images to be processed according to a predetermined standard, the processed images to be stored in the internal memory, and the images to be displayed on the screen.

16. The user terminal as claimed in claim 12, wherein if a command for displaying third data is input before all of the second data are received, the controlling unit discontinues to receive un-received data among the second data, receives the third data from a third content provider through the server and displays the received third data on the screen;

and if the displaying of the third data is completed the controlling unit continues to receive the discontinued data among the first and second data from the first content provider or the second content provider through the server.

17. The user terminal as claimed in claim 16, wherein the controlling unit substitutes temporary data for the discontinued data among the first data, and displays the temporary data.

18. The user terminal as claimed in claim 12, wherein the controlling unit continues to receive the discontinued data among the first data and then continues to receive the discontinued data among the second data.

19. The user terminal as claimed in claim 12, wherein the first data comprises data that is displayed on the screen when a command for displaying a list of data is input, and the second data comprises data that is displayed on the screen when a command for scrolling the list of data is input.

20. The user terminal as claimed in claim 19, wherein the scroll command comprises a manipulation of a user scrubbing the screen, the screen is scrolled according to the degree of scrubbing, and the second data comprises data corresponding to a scrolled portion.

21. The user terminal as claimed in claim 12, wherein the controlling unit controls the first and second data to be received in a limited number, comprising as many data that is displayed on the screen.

22. The user terminal as claimed in claim 12,

wherein the controlling unit continues to receive the discontinued data from the server if the displaying of the second data is completed.

23. A data transmission system which transmits data stored in a server to a user terminal, the data transmission system comprising:

the server which stores a plurality of data, and transmits requested data to the user terminal; and

the user terminal which receives first data from a first content provider through the server and displays the data in the order of the data being received, discontinues to receive un-received data among the first data in response to a command for displaying second data being input while the first data is being received, transmits a request to the first content provider to discontinue receiving the first data, receives the second data through the server, from a second content provider that is different than the first content provider, displays the second data on a screen, transmits a request to the first content provider to receive the first data continuously from a part which has been discontinued, and displays the received first data on the screen.