Data sharing control method and data sharing control terminal

• US 9,454,674 B2
• Filed: 09/26/2013
• Issued: 09/27/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/25/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Mun, Min Young, Kim, Sang Joon, Choi, Chang Mok
• Primary Examiner(s): Cervetti, David Garcia
• Application Number:
  US14/037,664
• Publication Number:
  US 20140289872A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,097 Days
• Field of Search: 726/30
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6218 to a system of files or objects, e.g. local or distributed file system or database
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6245 Protecting personal data, e.g. for financial or medical purposes
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724 User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/08 Access security
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/43 using shared identity modules, e.g. SIM sharing
• 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

Provided is a method and apparatus to detect and control flow of data shared in a terminal. A method to control data sharing may include accessing a program that shares a type of data with a terminal, displaying the accessed program on a screen organized by the type of data; and controlling the data to be shared with the accessed program in response to a control signal input on the screen.

Claims

1. A method to control data sharing, comprising:

tracking, using a tracker, a program that shares data with a terminal, by using information about data the program shares obtained from a program manager of the terminal;

displaying, using an output unit, the tracked program on a screen organized according to types of data, and displaying a data-sharing flow on the screen, by displaying a connection between a type of data and the tracked program; and

controlling, using a controller, the data to be shared with the tracked program, in response to a control signal input on the screen and is recognized by a recognizer, by blocking a type of data from being shared with the tracked program in response to the control signal indicating that the tracked program is blocked from accessing that type of data.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the types of data comprise:

sensor information sensed by the terminal,

user information of the terminal,

usage history of the terminal, and

authentication information of the terminal.

3. The method of claim 2,

wherein the sensor information comprises at least one of:

position information of the terminal, and

acceleration information of the terminal;

wherein the user information of the terminal comprises financial information of the user; and

wherein the usage history of the terminal comprises at least one of;

information on a program installed onto or deleted from the terminal,

a call history using the terminal,

a search history using the terminal,

a photo stored in the terminal, and

a usage log of the terminal.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the displaying comprises displaying at least one of:

a production company of the tracked program,

a third party connected to the tracked program, and

an icon indicating the tracked program.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the controlling further comprises:

controlling the data to be shared with the tracked program in response to a control signal input on the screen, by allowing a type of data to be shared with the tracked program, in response to a touch input on an icon indicating that the tracked program is allowed to access that type of data.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

collecting program related information of a program installed in the terminal; and

storing the collected program related information in a database,

wherein the controlling the data to be shared is at least partially based on the program related information in the database.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

re-collecting the program related information of the installed program at time intervals set by the terminal; and

updating the program related information stored in the database, based on the re-collected program related information.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

collecting program related information of a program installed in the terminal; and

storing the collected program related information in a storage medium by filing the collected program related information,

wherein the controlling the data to be shared is at least partially based on the program related information in the storage medium.

9. A terminal configured to control data sharing, comprising:

a tracker configured to track a program that shares data with a terminal, by using information about data the program shares obtained from a program manager of the terminal;

an output unit configured to display the tracked program on a screen organized according to types of data, and configured to display a data-sharing flow on the screen, by displaying a connection between a type of data and the tracked program;

a recognizer configured to recognize a control signal indicating a program that is displayed on the screen; and

a controller configured to control the data sharing with the tracked program, in response to a control signal input on the screen, by blocking a type of data from being shared with the tracked program in response to the control signal indicating that the tracked program is blocked from accessing that type of data.

10. The terminal of claim 9, wherein the output unit is configured to display at least one of:

a production company of the tracked program,

a third party connected to the tracked program, and

an icon indicating the tracked program.

11. The terminal of claim 9, wherein the controller is further configured to control the data sharing with the tracked program, in response to a control signal input on the screen, by allowing a type of data to be shared with the tracked program in response to the control signal indicating the tracked program is allowed to access that type of data.

12. The terminal of claim 9, further comprising:

a collector configured to collect program related information of a program installed in the terminal; and

a storage configured to store the collected program related information in a database,

wherein the controller controls the data sharing based at least partially on the program related information in the database.

13. The terminal of claim 12, further comprising:

a re-collector configured to re-collect the program related information of the installed program, at time intervals set in the terminal; and

an updater configured to update the program related information stored in the database, based on the re-collected program related information.

14. The terminal of claim 9, further comprising:

a collector configured to collect program related information of a program installed in the terminal; and

a file processing unit configured to file the collected program related information,

wherein the controller controls the data sharing based at least partially on the program related information in the file.

15. A method to control data sharing, comprising:

collecting, using a collector, program related information of an application installed in a terminal with data sharing environment settings to be changed, using a crawling technique;

generating, using an output unit, at the terminal, a data sharing controlling page, based on the program related information;

displaying, using the output unit, at the terminal, the data sharing controlling page comprising a data flow for each type of data shared by the application.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

storing the crawled program related information; and

updating a database with information changing the data sharing environment settings based on the stored program related information.

17. A terminal to generate and display a page for controlling data sharing, comprising:

a collector configured to collect program related information about an application installed in the terminal with data sharing environment settings to be changed, using a crawling technique; and

an output unit configured to

generate a data sharing controlling page based on the program related information, and

display the data sharing controlling page comprising a data flow for each type of data shared by the application.

18. The terminal of claim 17, wherein the collector is further configured to:

store the crawled program related information; and

update a database with information changing the data sharing environment settings based on the stored program related information.