Electronic device and content sharing method

• US 9,479,936 B2
• Filed: 08/14/2013
• Issued: 10/25/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 08/24/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Cho, Chi-Hyun, Jung, Youn-gun
• Primary Examiner(s): PYZOCHA, MICHAEL J
• Application Number:
  US13/966,757
• Publication Number:
  US 20140059707A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,168 Days
• Field of Search: 726/29
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72448 with means for adapting the functionality of the device according to specific conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/06 including a wireless LAN interface
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/64 file transfer between terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/24 Monitoring of processes or resources, e.g. monitoring of server load, available bandwidth, upstream requests monitoring of server performance or load G06F11/34; arrangements for observation, testing or troubleshooting for broadcast or for distribution combined with broadcast H04H20/12
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4126 The peripheral being portable, e.g. PDAs or mobile phones
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41407 embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43637 involving a wireless protocol, e.g. Bluetooth, RF or wireless LAN [IEEE 802.11] arrangements for wireless networking or broadcasting of information in indoor or near-field type systems H04B10/114
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4667 Processing of monitored end-user data, e.g. trend analysis based on the log file of viewer selections
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4788 communicating with other users, e.g. chatting arrangements for providing for computer conferences, e.g. chat rooms, to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1813; distributed application using peer-to-peer [P2P] networks H04L67/104
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/633 Control signals issued by server directed to the network components or client management of faults, events, alarms in data networks H04L41/06
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/08 Access security

Abstract

A method of sharing content for an electronic device is provided. The electronic device is capable of changing contents that are to be shared when a network changes. The content sharing method includes storing a list of contents shared between the electronic device and another electronic device via a network formed using an access point, such that the contents match the access point, and setting contents included in a list of contents stored to match the access point as contents to be shared in response to the electronic device being connected to the network via the access point.

Claims

1. A method of sharing content for an electronic device, including at least one processor, the method comprising:

storing, using at least one of said at least one processor, a first list of at least one content shared between the electronic device and another device via a network formed using a first access point and a second list of at least one content shared between the electronic device and another device via a network formed using a second access point;

detecting signals transmitted from a plurality of access points comprising the first access point and the second access point;

connecting to a network via a single access point of the plurality of access points; and

setting, using at least one of said at least one processor, the at least one content included in the first list, as contents to be shared, in response to the electronic device being connected to the first access point or setting the at least one content included in the second list, as content to be shared, in response to the electronic device being connected to the second access point,

wherein in response to the single access point being selected among the plurality of access points, the setting corresponding to the selected single access point is initiated,

wherein the setting further comprises setting, as content to be shared, content that is not included in the first list but shares at least one piece of meta data with the contents included in the first list in response to the electronic device being connected to the first access point.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the setting further comprises setting, as content to be shared, content that is not included in the second list but shares at least one piece of meta data with the contents included in the second list, in response to the electronic device being connected to the second access point.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

checking, using at least one of said at least one processor, a received signal strength indication (RSSI) of the first access point, in response to the electronic device being connected to the first access point, and second access point, in response to the electronic device being connected to the second access point; and

canceling, using at least one of said at least one processor, the setting when the RSSI is less than or equal to a predetermined value.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining, using at least one of said at least one processor, whether the electronic device is connected to the network which includes the first access point and the second access point; and

outputting, using at least one of said at least one processor, an alarm which indicates the connection to the network including the first access point and the second access point.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the outputting of the alarm comprises displaying the first access point and the second access point in a list.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the setting further comprises setting the at least one content as the contents to be shared, based on times, to authorize the at least one content on the first list to be shared using the first access point when the electronic device is connected to the first access point at the times.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the storing further comprises storing the at least one content in the first list and the at least one content in the second list in association with the other device that shares the contents with the electronic device, and

the setting further comprises setting contents associated with the other device, as the contents to be shared, in response to a device being connected to a network formed using an access point to which the other device is connected.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the setting further comprises setting the contents to be shared in units of types of content.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the storing further comprises storing the first list and the second list in a separate server, and

the setting further comprises:

receiving, using at least one of said at least one processor, from the server the first list, in response to the electronic device being connected to the first access point and the second list, in response to the electronic device being connected to the second access point; and

setting, using at least one of said at least one processor, contents included in the received list as the contents to be shared.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one content in the first list, in response to the electronic device being connected to the first access point, and the at least one content in the second list, in response to the electronic device being connected to the first access point, comprise at least one content transmitted from the electronic device to a cloud server, via the first access point, in response to the electronic device being connected to the first access point, and the second access point, in response to the electronic device being connected to the second access point.

11. An electronic device, including at least one processor, capable of sharing contents with another device, the electronic device comprising:

a storage configured to store a first list of at least one content shared between the electronic device and another device via a network formed using a first access point and a second list of at least one content shared between the electronic device and another device via a network formed using a second access point; and

a processor configured to set the at least one content included in the first list, as contents to be shared, in response to the electronic device being connected to the first access point or setting the at least one content included in the second list, as content to be shared, in response to the electronic device being connected to the second access point,

wherein the electronic device is connected to a single access point of a plurality of access points comprising the first access point and the second access point in response to detecting signals transmitted from the plurality of access points, and

wherein in response to the single access point being selected among the plurality of access points, the setting corresponding to the selected single access point is initiated,

wherein the processor is further configured to set, as content to be shared, content that is not included in the first list but shares at least one piece of meta data with the contents included in the first list in response to the electronic device being connected to the first access point.

12. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the processor is further configured to set, as content to be shared, content that is not included in the second list but shares at least one piece of meta data with the contents included in the second list, in response to the electronic device being connected to the second access point.

13. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the processor is further configured to check a received signal strength indication (RSSI) of the first access point, in response to the electronic device being connected to the first access point, and second access point, in response to the electronic device being connected to the second access point, and cancel the setting in response to the RSSI being less than or equal to a predetermined value.

14. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the processor is further configured to output an alarm which indicates that the electronic device is connected to a network including the first access point and the second access point in response to a determination that the electronic device is connected to the network including the first access point and the second access point.

15. The electronic device of claim 14, wherein the processor outputs to a screen of the electronic device the first access point and the second access point in a list.

16. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the processor is further configured to set the at least one content as the contents to be shared, based on times, to authorize the at least one content on the first list to be shared using the first access point when the electronic device is connected to the first access point at the times.

17. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the storage is further configured to store the at least one content in the first list and the at least one content in the second list in association with the other device that shares the contents with the electronic device, and

the processor is further configured to set contents associated with the other device, as the contents to be shared, in response to a device being connected to a network formed using an access point to which the other device is connected.

18. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the processor is further configured to set the contents to be shared in units of types of content.

19. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the storage is further configured to store the first list and the second list in a separate server, and

the processor is further configured to receive the first list, in response to the electronic device being connected to the first access point and the second list, in response to the electronic device being connected to the second access point, and set contents included in the received list as the contents to be shared.

20. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the at least one content in the first list, in response to the electronic device being connected to the first access point, and the at least one content in the second list, in response to the electronic device being connected to the first access point, comprise at least one content transmitted from the electronic device to a cloud server, via the first access point, in response to the electronic device being connected to the first access point, and the second access point, in response to the electronic device being connected to the second access point.

21. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having recorded thereon a program, wherein the program, when executed by a processor of a computer, causes the computer to:

store, using at least one of said at least one processor, first list of at least one content shared between the electronic device and another device via a network formed using a first access point and a second list of at least one content shared between the electronic device and another device via a network formed using a second access point;

detect signals transmitted from a plurality of access points comprising the first access point and the second access point;

connect, using at least one of said at least one processor, to a network via a single access point of the plurality of access points;

set, using at least one of said at least one processor, the at least one content included in the first list, as contents to be shared, in response to the electronic device being connected to the first access point or setting the at least one content included in the second list, as content to be shared, in response to the electronic device being connected to the second access point; and

set as content to be shared, content that is not included in the first list but shares at least one piece of meta data with the contents included in the first list in response to the electronic device being connected to the first access point,

wherein in response to the single access point being selected among the plurality of access points, the setting corresponding to the selected single access point is initiated.