Method and apparatus for sharing content

• US 9,788,206 B2
• Filed: 06/01/2016
• Issued: 10/10/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 08/24/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Shin, In-young, Kim, Joon-oo
• Primary Examiner(s): McNally, Michael S
• Application Number:
  US15/170,342
• Publication Number:
  US 20160277931A1
• Time in Patent Office: 496 Days
• Field of Search: 726 2
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/10 Protecting distributed programs or content, e.g. vending or licensing of copyrighted material protection in video systems or pay television H04N7/16 ; Digital rights management [DRM]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/305 by remotely controlling device operation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/44 Program or device authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/08 for authentication of entities cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0861 using biometrical features, e.g. fingerprint, retina-scan cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using biological data H04L9/3231
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/10 for controlling access to devices or network resources
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication

Abstract

A method and apparatus for sharing content by selecting a device with which the content is to be shared and performing authentication by using a device which is being called. The method of sharing content of a first device includes: performing authentication of a remote access service for sharing the content with a second device based on a call connection state between the first device and the second device; remotely accessing the second device according to a result of the authentication; and sharing the content based on the remote access.

Claims

1. A method of sharing content of a first device, the method performed by the first device and comprising:

performing authentication with a second device which is connected with the first device through a telephonic connection;

receiving information about at least one third device connected to the second device from the second device, based on a result of the performed authentication;

accessing the at least one third device based on the received information; and

transmitting the content to the at least one third device based on the access.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

controlling the at least one third device to display the transmitted content.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the performing of the authentication with the second device comprises:

transmitting authentication information that requests the second device to authenticate a remote access service to the second device; and

receiving the result of the performed authentication of the remote access service from the second device.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the performing of the authentication comprises performing the authentication in further consideration of whether a phone number of the second device is stored in the first device.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the performing of the authentication comprises transmitting at least one of a text, voice data, and a gesture input for performing the authentication of a remote access service to the second device.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the performing of the authentication comprises:

transmitting authentication information that requests a server to authenticate a remote access service to the server; and

receiving information about the result of the performed authentication, from the server, while the first device is connected with the second device through the telephonic connection.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the receiving of the information about the at least one third device comprises:

receiving information about devices connected to the second device, from the second device, based on the result of the performed authentication;

displaying a list of the devices which are connected to the second device and are connectable with the first device;

selecting the at least one third device to which the content is to be transmitted in the list; and

receiving network information of the third device, from the second device, based on the result of the performed authentication.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying a list of contents of the first device; and

selecting the content, from the displayed list, to be transmitted.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the transmitting of the content comprises:

displaying a list of contents of the first device;

displaying an object which represents the at least one third device which is connected to the second device and is connectable with the first device; and

transmitting the content based on a drag and drop event from the displayed list of contents to the displayed object.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the content is stored in at least one of the first device, a device connected to a network to which the first device belongs, and a cloud server.

11. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing computer readable instructions which, when executed by at least one processor included in a first device, cause the first device to perform:

authenticating with a second device which is connected with the first device through a telephonic connection;

receiving information about at least one third device connected to the second device from the second device, based on a result of the performed authentication;

accessing the at least one third device based on the received information; and

transmitting the content to the at least one third device based on the access.

12. A first device for sharing content, the first device comprising:

a communication interface; and

a processor configured to;

perform authentication with a second device which is connected with the first device through a telephonic connection;

control the communication interface to receive information about at least one third device connected to the second device, from the second device, based on a result of the performed authentication;

control the communication interface to access the at least one third device based on the received information; and

control the communication interface to transmit the content to the at least one third device based on the access.

13. The first device of claim 12, wherein the processor is configured to control the at least one third device to display the transmitted content.

14. The first device of claim 12, wherein the processor is configured to control the communication interface to transmit authentication information that requests the second device to authenticate a remote access service to the second device, and to receive the result of the authentication of the remote access service from the second device.

15. The first device of claim 12, wherein the processor is configured to perform the authentication in further consideration of whether a phone number of the second device is stored in the first device.

16. The first device of claim 12, wherein the processor is configured to control the communication interface to transmit authentication information that requests a server to authenticate a remote access service to the server and to receive information about the result of the performed authentication from the server, while the first device is connected with the second device through the telephonic connection.

17. The first device of claim 12, further comprising a display,

wherein the processor is configured to control the communication interface to receive information about devices connected to the second device, from the second device, based on the result of the performed authentication,

wherein the display is configured to display a list of the devices which are connected to the second device and are connectable with the first device,

wherein the processor is configured to select the at least one third device to which the content is to be transmitted in the list, and

wherein the processor is configured to control the communication interface to receive network information of the third device, from the second device, based on the result of the performed authentication.

18. The first device of claim 12, further comprising a display,

wherein the display is configured to display a list of contents of the first device, and

wherein the processor is configured to select the content, from the displayed list, to be transmitted.

19. The first device of claim 12, further comprising a display,

wherein the display is configured to display a list of contents of the first device and display an object which represents the third device which is connected to the second device and is connectable with the first device, and

wherein the processor is configured to transmit the content based on a drag and drop event from the displayed list of contents to the displayed object.

20. The first device of claim 12, wherein the content is stored in at least one of the first device, a device connected to a network to which the first device belongs, and a cloud server.