File information system management system and method

• US 9,787,762 B2
• Filed: 11/03/2014
• Issued: 10/10/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 01/10/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Lee, Seung Hwan
• Primary Examiner(s): BROWN, SHEREE N
• Application Number:
  US14/530,936
• Publication Number:
  US 20150052185A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,072 Days
• Field of Search: 707822
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/182 Distributed file systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/445 Program loading or initiating bootstrapping G06F9/4401; security arrangements for program loading or initiating G06F21/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72415 for remote control of appliances
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/04 including near field communication means, e.g. RFID

Abstract

A method and system is provided for editing a file information system of a host device by using a client device connected to the host device via a Near Field Communication (NFC) channel while maintaining the foreground-running application execution screen of the host device. A method for managing a file information system of a host device by using a client device according to the present invention includes establishing a near field communication channel between the client device and the host device; copying the file information system from the host device to the client device; editing, at the client device, the file information system by means of an application selected in the file information system; and updating the file information system stored in the host device with the edited file information system which is transmitted from the client device to the host device.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

memory to store data;

a display to present a screen corresponding to a first application being executed at the apparatus; and

a control module operatively coupled to the memory and the display, the control module configured to;

transmit first data corresponding to at least one application to an electronic device, while the screen corresponding to the first application is presented via the display;

receive second data, from the electronic device, corresponding to a second application which is selected from the at least one application, by the electronic device, while the screen corresponding to the first application is presented via the display; and

store the second data corresponding to the second application in the memory,

wherein the second data is edited data corresponding to the second application based on the first data, at the electronic device, by executing the second application and displaying content associated with the editing,

wherein the control module is configured to;

convert a first format of the first data to a second format, when a request message for editing data for the at least one application is received,

wherein the first format is to store the data in the memory, the second format is to transmit the data to the electronic device.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the control module is configured to:

update data corresponding to the second application using the second data.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first data comprises at least one of a folder or a file corresponding to the at least one application.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the second data corresponds to at least one of a message, an email, a memo, a contact, a schedule or media content.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the second data is edited via another application being executed at the electronic device.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the control module is configured to:

transmit the first data to the electronic device in response to a request from the electronic device.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the control module is configured to:

lock or unlock the data based at least in part on a signal received from the electronic device.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the control module is configured to:

transmit, based on a determination that the data stored within the memory is changed after the first data is transmitted, the changed data to the electronic device.

9. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the control module is configured to:

receive a polling signal from the electronic device; and

transmit a response signal corresponding to the polling signal to the electronic device.

10. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

a communication module to establish a communication channel with the electronic device,

wherein the communication module comprises at least one of a Bluetooth module, a ZigBee module, an ultra wide band module, or a near field communication module.

11. An electronic device comprising:

a display;

a communication module to establish a communication channel with a host device; and

a control module operatively coupled with the display and the communication module, the control module configured to;

receive first data corresponding to at least one application from the host device, while a first screen corresponding to a first application being executed at the host device is presented via a display of the host device;

present, via the display, a second screen corresponding to a second application, which selected from the at least one application, by executing the second application; and

generate second data, which is edited data corresponding to the second application, based on a user input in relation with the second screen, while the first screen is presented at the host device,

wherein a format of the first data is converted from a first format to a second format, by the host device, when a request message for editing data for the at least one application is received, and

wherein the first format is to store the data in a memory of the host device, the second format is to transmit the data from the host device to the electronic device.

12. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the control module is configured to transmit a data lock signal to the host device to prevent editing at the host device while generating the second data.

13. The electronic device of claim 12, wherein the data lock signal prevents editing of a file information system at the host device, and

the control module is further configured to transmit a file information unlock signal to the host device to allow the file information system to be edited in relation to the second data.

14. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the control module is configured to:

present a user interface associated with the second application via the display.

15. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the second application is associated with at least one of a message, an email, a memo, a contact, a schedule or media content.

16. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the first application and a second application do not have a specified preexisting relationship with each other.

17. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the control module is configured to:

determine whether a specified signal is received from the host device at a specified interval; and

generate an alarm based on a determination that the specified signal is not received.

18. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the first data comprises at least one of a folder or a file corresponding to the at least one application.

19. A machine-readable storage device storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

presenting, at a first electronic device, a screen corresponding to a first application being executed at the first electronic device via a display of the first electronic device;

transmitting first data corresponding to at least one application to a second electronic device while the screen corresponding to the first application is presented via the display;

receiving second data, from the second electronic device, corresponding to a second application which selected from the at least one application by the second electronic device, while the screen corresponding to the first application is presented via the display

storing the second data corresponding to the second application in memory; and

converting a first format of the first data to a second format, when a request message for editing data for the at least one application is received,

wherein the second data is edited data corresponding to the second application, at the second electronic device, by executing the second application and displaying content associated with the editing, and

wherein the first format is to store the data in the memory, the second format is to transmit the data to the electronic device.