Method and system for presenting content

• US 9,696,958 B2
• Filed: 08/28/2014
• Issued: 07/04/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 08/30/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Choi, Keunha, Kim, Jimin, Heo, Jin, Kim, Hyunsoo, Cha, Soonhyun, Kim, Hyunmun
• Primary Examiner(s): ABDULSELAM, ABBAS I
• Application Number:
  US14/471,411
• Publication Number:
  US 20150061971A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,041 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1446 display composed of modules, e.g. video walls
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1454 involving copying of the display data of a local workstation or window to a remote workstation or window so that an actual copy of the data is displayed simultaneously on two or more displays, e.g. teledisplay
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2320/08 Arrangements within a display terminal for setting, manually or automatically, display parameters of the display terminal
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2356/00 Detection of the display position w.r.t. other display screens
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/025 LAN communication management
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/16 Use of wireless transmission of display information
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/12 Synchronisation between the display unit and other units, e.g. other display units, video-disc players

Abstract

A system and method for presenting content through a plurality of electronic devices are provided. The method includes presenting content through a plurality of electronic devices comprising at least a first electronic device and a second electronic device, wherein the presenting of the content comprises displaying a first portion of the content through the first electronic device and displaying a second portion of the content through the second electronic device, identifying an input for at least one of the plurality of electronic devices while the content is being displayed, setting the plurality of electronic devices as a first group comprising the first electronic device and a second group comprising the second electronic device, based on at least the input, and independently presenting the content through the first group and the second group, based on the setting.

Claims

1. A method of presenting content with an electronic device that is in communication with a second electronic device, the method comprising:

presenting, by the electronic device, a first portion of the content;

at least one of;

receiving, by the electronic device, information regarding an input while the first portion of the content is being presented, and

detecting, by the electronic device, the input while the first portion of the content is being presented; and

in response to at least one of receiving information regarding the input and detecting the input, configuring, by the electronic device, a first group including one or more electronic devices.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining, by the electronic device, respective portions of the content to be presented by corresponding electronic devices of the one or more electronic devices belonging to the first group.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

by the electronic device, transmitting to at least one of the one or more electronic devices belonging to the first group at least of;

information regarding at least one of an operating mode and

control information for content presentation respectively corresponding to the at least one of the one or more electronic devices belonging to the first group.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining, by the electronic device, a relative positioning of the one or more electronic devices in the first group.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the determining of the relative positioning of the one or more electronic devices in the first group comprises:

determining, by the electronic device, the relative positioning of at least one of the electronic devices in the first group according to the input.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining, by the electronic device, synchronization information for synchronizing respective content to be presented by the one or more electronic devices belonging to the first group.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

transmitting, by the electronic device, the respective synchronization information to at least one of the electronic devices belonging to the first group.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein the synchronization information includes information for synchronizing presentation of respective content at each of the one or more electronic devices belonging to the first group.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the electronic device belongs to the first group, and

wherein the electronic device displays data that is different than synchronized content being presented by other electronic devices of the first group according to the synchronization information.

10. The method of claim 6, wherein the synchronization information includes at least one of time stamp information of the electronic device related to a present display point of the content and a present information of the electronic device.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

in response to at least one of receiving information regarding the input and detecting the input, configuring, by the electronic device, a second group including one or more electronic devices,

wherein the electronic device is belonging to the first group, and

wherein the second electronic device belonging to the second group.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

determining, by the electronic device, synchronization information for synchronizing presentation of content across the one or more electronic devices belonging to the first group and the one or more electronic devices belonging to the second group.

13. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

at least one of;

receiving, by the electronic device, information regarding an input for forming a third group, and

detecting, by the electronic device, the input for forming the third group; and

configuring, by the electronic device, the third group to include at least one of electronic device from at least one of the first group and the second group.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

in response to at least one of receiving information regarding the input and detecting the input, transmitting, by the electronic device, control information to the at least one electronic device belonging to the third group to present the content independent from the presentation of content by at least one of the first group and the second group.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the input for forming the third group includes a gesture, a touch, a voice of a user, a distance between at least two electronic devices satisfying a threshold distance.

16. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

dividing, by the electronic device, the content into portions corresponding to the one or more electronic devices belonging to at least of the first group and the second group;

generating, by the electronic device, respective control information corresponding to the electronic devices belonging to at least one of the first group and the second group; and

transmitting, by the electronic device, the respective control information to the corresponding electronic devices belonging to at least one of the first group and the second group.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the dividing of the content into portions corresponding to the one or more electronic devices belonging to the first group and the second group comprises:

dividing, by the electronic device, the content based on at least one of a size of displays connected to the electronic devices belonging to at least one of the first group and the second group, a number of electronic devices belonging to at least one of the first group and the second group, and a resolution of the content.

18. An electronic device that is in communication with a second electronic device, the electronic device comprising:

a memory configured to store information on a plurality of electronic devices including the electronic device and the second electronic device; and

one or more processors configured to;

present a first portion of a content;

at least one of;

receive information regarding an input while the first portion of the content is being presented, and

detect the input while the first portion of the content is being presented; and

configure a first group including one or more electronic devices in response to at least one of receiving information regarding the input and detecting the input.

19. The electronic device of claim 18, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to determine respective portions of the content to be presented by corresponding electronic devices of the one or more electronic devices belonging to the first group.

20. The electronic device of claim 19, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to transmit to at least one of the one or more electronic devices belonging to the first group at least one of:

information regarding at least one of an operating mode and

control information for content presentation respectively corresponding to the at least one of the electronic devices belonging to the first group.

21. The electronic device of claim 18, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to determine a relative positioning of the one or more electronic devices in the first group.

22. The electronic device of claim 21, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to determine a relative positioning of at least one of the electronic devices in the first group according to the input.

23. The electronic device of claim 18, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to determine synchronization information for synchronizing respective content to be presented by the one or more electronic devices belonging to the first group.

24. The electronic device of claim 23, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to transmit the respective synchronization information to at least one of the electronic devices belonging to the first group.

25. The electronic device of claim 23, wherein the synchronization information includes information for synchronizing presentation of respective content at each of the one or more electronic devices belonging to the first group.

26. The electronic device of claim 25, wherein the electronic device belongs to the first group, and

wherein the one or more processors is further configured to display data that is different than synchronized content being presented by other electronic devices of the first group according to the synchronization information.

27. The electronic device of claim 23, wherein the synchronization information includes at least one of time stamp information of the electronic device related to a present display point of the content and a present information of the electronic device.

28. The electronic device of claim 18, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to configure a second group including one or more electronic devices in response to at least one of receiving information regarding the input and detecting the input,

wherein the electronic device is belonging to the first group, and

wherein the second electronic device is belonging to the second group.

29. The electronic device of claim 28, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to determine synchronization information for synchronizing presentation of content across the one or more electronic devices belonging to the first group and the one or more electronic devices belonging to the second group.

30. The electronic device of claim 28, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

at least one of;

receive information regarding an input for forming a third group, and

detect the input for forming the third group; and

configure the third group to include at least one of electronic device from at least one of the first group and the second group.

31. The electronic device of claim 30, wherein the one or more processors are configured to transmit control information to the at least one electronic device belonging to the third group to present the content independent from the presentation of content by at least one of the first group and the second group in response to at least one of receiving information regarding the input and detecting the input.

32. The electronic device of claim 30, wherein the input for forming the third group includes a gesture, a touch, a voice of a user, a distance between at least two electronic devices satisfying a threshold distance.

33. The electronic device of claim 28, wherein the one or more processors are configured to divide the content into portions corresponding to the one or more electronic devices belonging to at least one of the first group and the second group, generate respective control information corresponding to the electronic devices of belonging to at least one of the first group and the second group, and transmit the respective control information to the corresponding electronic devices belonging to at least one of the first group and the second group.

34. The electronic device of claim 33, wherein the one or more processors is configured to divide the content into portions corresponding to the one or more electronic devices belonging to the first group and the second group by dividing the content based on at least one of a size of displays connected to the electronic devices belonging to at least one of the first group and the second group, a number of electronic devices belonging to at least one of the first group and the second group, and a resolution of the content.

35. A method of presenting content with an electronic device, the method comprising:

establishing, by the electronic device, a connection with a second electronic device;

detecting, by the electronic device, an input for configuring a presentation of content across one or more of the electronic device and the second electronic device while a first portion of the content is being presented by at least one of the electronic device and the second electronic device;

transmitting, by the electronic device, information regarding the input to the second electronic device; and

receiving, by the electronic device, information regarding at least one of an operating mode for the electronic device and control information for content presentation by the electronic device, from the second electronic device.

36. The method of claim 35, further comprising:

receiving, by the electronic device, at least one of content and a content link, from the second electronic device.

37. The method of claim 35, further comprising:

presenting, by the electronic device, the content according to at least one of the information regarding at least one of an operating mode for the electronic device and the control information.

38. The method of claim 37, wherein the presenting of the content comprises:

presenting, by the electronic device, the content simultaneous with at least one of the second electronic device and one or more electronic devices belonging to a first group.

39. The method of claim 35, further comprising:

receiving, by the electronic device, synchronization information for presentation of the content from the second electronic device.

40. The method of claim 39, wherein the synchronization information includes information for synchronizing presentation of respective content at each of one or more electronic devices belonging to a first group.

41. The method of claim 39, wherein the synchronization information includes information includes at least one of time stamp information of the electronic device related to a present display point of the content and a present information of the electronic device.

42. The method of claim 35, wherein the electronic device belongs to a first group of one or more electronic devices, and

wherein the electronic device displays data that is different than synchronized content being presented by other electronic devices of the first group according to the synchronization information.

43. The method of claim 35, further comprising:

detecting, by the electronic device, an input for forming a third group; and

transmitting, by the electronic device, information regarding the input for forming the third group to the second electronic device.

44. The method of claim 43, further comprising:

receiving, by the electronic device, information regarding at least one of an operating mode for the electronic device and control information for content presentation by the electronic device generated in response to the input for forming the third group, from the second electronic device.

45. The method of claim 43, wherein the input for forming a third group comprises a gesture, a touch, a voice of a user, a distance between at least two electronic devices satisfying a threshold distance.

46. The method of claim 35, further comprising:

establishing a connection with a third electronic device;

generating, by the electronic device, synchronization information for synchronizing presentation of respective content across the electronic device and the third electronic device; and

transmitting, by the electronic device, the synchronization information to the third electronic device.

47. The method of claim 46, further comprising:

presenting, by the electronic device, content simultaneously with presentation of respective content by the third electronic device.

48. The method of claim 47, wherein the electronic device presents the content independent of a presentation of respective content presented by the second electronic device.

49. An electronic device, the electronic device comprising:

a memory configured to store information on a plurality of electronic devices including the electronic device and the second electronic device; and

one or more processors configured to;

establish a connection with a second electronic device;

detect an input for configuring a presentation of content across one or more of the electronic device and the second electronic device while a first portion of the content is being presented by at least one of the electronic device and the second electronic device;

transmit information regarding the input to the second electronic device; and

receive information regarding at least one of an operating mode for the electronic device and control information for content presentation by the electronic device, from the second electronic device.

50. The electronic device of claim 49, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to receive at least one of the content and a content link, from the second electronic device.

51. The electronic device of claim 49, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to present the content according to at least one of the information regarding at least one of an operating mode for the electronic device and the control information.

52. The electronic device of claim 51, wherein the one or more processors are configured to present the content according to at least one of the information regarding at least one of an operating mode for the electronic device and the control information by present the content simultaneous with at least one of the second electronic device and one or more electronic devices belonging to a first group.

53. The electronic device of claim 49, wherein the one or more processors are configured to receive synchronization information for presentation of the content from the second electronic device.

54. The electronic device of claim 53, wherein the synchronization information includes information for synchronizing presentation of respective content at each of one or more electronic devices belonging to a first group.

55. The electronic device of claim 53, wherein the synchronization information includes information includes at least one of time stamp information of the electronic device related to a present display point of the content and a present information of the electronic device.

56. The electronic device of claim 49, wherein the electronic device belongs to a first group of one or more electronic devices, and

wherein the one or more processors are configured to display data that is different than synchronized content being presented by other electronic devices of the first group according to the synchronization information.

57. The electronic device of claim 49, wherein the one or more processors are configured to detect an input for forming a third group, and transmit information regarding the input for forming the third group.

58. The electronic device of claim 57, wherein the one or more processors are configured to receive information regarding at least one of an operating mode for the electronic device and control information for content presentation by the electronic device generated in response to the input for forming the third group, from the second electronic device.

59. The electronic device of claim 57, wherein the input for forming a third group comprises a gesture, a touch, a voice of a user, a distance between at least two electronic devices satisfying a threshold distance.

60. The electronic device of claim 49, wherein the one or more processors are configured to establish a connection with a third electronic device, generate synchronization information for synchronizing presentation of respective content across the electronic device and the third electronic device, and transmit the synchronization information to the third electronic device.

61. The electronic device of claim 60, wherein the one or more processors are configured to present content simultaneously with presentation of respective content by the third electronic device.

62. The electronic device of claim 61, wherein the one or more processors are configured to present the content independent of a presentation of respective content presented by the second electronic device.