Method and apparatus for auto installing applications into different terminals

• US 9,626,178 B2
• Filed: 04/08/2016
• Issued: 04/18/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 11/17/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Sung, Youl-woong, Kim, Jong-baek, Kim, Il-joo, Sohn, Young-chul, Shin, Soo-min, Jin, Ho
• Primary Examiner(s): Khatri, Anil
• Application Number:
  US15/094,659
• Publication Number:
  US 20160224334A1
• Time in Patent Office: 375 Days
• Field of Search: 717168-177, 709203
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/61 Installation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/62 Uninstallation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/65 Updates security arrangements therefor G06F21/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416

Abstract

An apparatus and method of automatically installing an application in different terminals by storing terminal information of a user and allowing the user to install an application when the user installs an application in at least two terminals, and in which an installation process may be automatically conducted is provided. Information related to an application installed in a first terminal is received from the first terminal; and a second terminal is requested to install another application corresponding to the application, in the second terminal, by using the received information related to the application.

Claims

1. A method of facilitating application installation in a second electronic device of a user, the method comprising:

receiving information about applications installed in a first electronic device from a server, the information about applications installed in the first electronic device being based on a user information of a user;

identifying an application that is not installed in the second electronic device, from the information about applications installed in the first electronic device;

installing the identified application in the second electronic device, based on an installation approval of a user;

sending information related to the installing of the identified application in the second electronic device, to the server to update information about applications installed in the second electronic device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the installing the identified application in the second electronic device comprises installing an application corresponding to the identified application, based on an installation environment of the second electronic device.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the identified application installed in the second electronic device operates together with the identified application installed in the first electronic device.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, from the server, update information related to an update of an application installed in the first electronic device;

identifying an application which is not updated in the second electronic device; and

updating the identified application which is not updated in the second electronic device, based on the received update information.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

identifying an application which is not included in the information about applications installed in the first electronic device, from among at least one application installed in the second electronic device;

removing from the second electronic device the identified application which is not included in the information about applications installed in the first electronic device, based on a removal approval of the user; and

sending information related to the removing to the server to update the information about applications installed in the second electronic device.

6. A non-transitory computer readable recording medium having embodied thereon a program for executing the method of claim 1.

7. A method of automatically storing contents in a second electronic device of a user, the method comprising:

receiving information about contents stored in the first electronic device from the server, the information about contents stored in the first electronic device being based on a user information of a user;

identifying contents that are not stored in a second electronic device, from the information about contents stored in the first electronic device;

storing the identified contents in the second electronic device, based on a storage approval of the user; and

sending information related to the storing the identified contents in the second electronic device, to the server to update information about contents stored in the second electronic device.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the storing the identified contents in the second electronic device comprises:

converting the identified contents based on an environment of the second electronic device; and

storing the converted contents in the second electronic device.

9. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

receiving, from the server, update information related to an update of contents stored the first electronic device;

identifying contents which are not updated in the second electronic device; and

updating the identified contents which are not updated in the second electronic device, based on the received update information.

10. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

identifying contents which are not included in the information about contents stored in the first electronic device, from among at least one piece of contents stored in the second electronic device;

removing from the second electronic device the identified contents which are not included in the information about contents stored in the first electronic device, based on a removal approval of the user; and

sending information related to the removing to the server to update the information about contents stored in the second electronic device.

11. A second electronic device comprising:

a communicator which is configured to receive information about applications installed in the first electronic device from the server, the information about applications installed in the first electronic device being based on a user information of a user; and

a controller which is configured to identify an application that is not installed in the second electronic device, from the information about applications installed in the first electronic device, and install the identified application in the second electronic device, based on an installation approval of the user,

wherein the communicator is further configured to send information related to an installation of the identified application in the second electronic device, to the server to update information about applications installed in the second electronic device.

12. The second electronic device of claim 11, wherein the controller is further configured to install an application corresponding to the identified application, based on an installation environment of the second electronic device.

13. The second electronic device of claim 11, wherein the identified application installed in the second electronic device operates together with the identified application installed in the first electronic device.

14. The second electronic device of claim 11, wherein the communicator is further configured to receive, from the server, update information related to an update of an application installed the first electronic device, and

the controller is further configured to identify an application which is not updated in the second electronic device and update the identified application which is not updated in the second electronic device, based on the received update information.

15. The second electronic device of claim 11, wherein the controller is further configured to identify an application which is not included in the information about applications installed in the first electronic device, from among at least one application installed in the second electronic device, and remove from the second electronic device the identified application which is not included in the information about applications installed in the first electronic device, based on a removal approval of the user, and

the communicator is further configured to send information related to a removal of the identified application which is not included in the information about applications installed in the first electronic device, to the server to update the information about applications installed in the second electronic device.

16. A second electronic device comprising:

a communicator which is configured to receive information about contents stored in the first electronic device from the server, the information about contents stored in the first electronic device being based on a user information of a user;

a controller which is configured to identify contents that are not stored in a second electronic device, from the information about contents stored in a first electronic device, and store the identified contents in the second electronic device, based on a storage approval of the user,

wherein the communicator is further configured to send information related to a storage of the identified contents in the second electronic device, to the server to update information about contents stored in the second electronic device.

17. The second electronic device of claim 16, wherein the controller is further configured to convert the identified contents based on an environment of the second electronic device and stores the converted contents in the second electronic device.

18. The second electronic device of claim 16, wherein the communicator is further configured to receive, from the server, update information related to an update of contents stored the first electronic device, and

the controller is further configured to identify contents which are not updated in the second electronic device and update the identified contents which are not updated in the second electronic device, based on the received update information.

19. The second electronic device of claim 16, wherein the controller is further configured to identify contents which are not included in the information about contents stored in the first electronic device, from among at least one contents stored in the second electronic device, and remove from the second electronic device the identified contents which are not included in the information about contents stored in the first electronic device, based on a removal approval of the user, and

the communicator is further configured to send information related to a removal of the identified contents which are not included in the information about contents stored in the first electronic device, to the server to update the information about contents stored in the second electronic device.