User terminal device, SNS providing server, and contents providing method thereof

• US 9,936,012 B2
• Filed: 10/10/2013
• Issued: 04/03/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 10/10/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Park, Sung-jin
• Primary Examiner(s): Zong, Ruolei
• Application Number:
  US14/434,996
• Publication Number:
  US 20150304413A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,636 Days
• Field of Search: 709204
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/101 Collaborative creation, e.g. joint development of products or services
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/403 Arrangements for multi-party communication, e.g. for conferences data switching systems for conference H04L12/18; arrangements for connecting several subscribers to a common circuit, i.e. affording conference facilities H04M3/56; television conferencing systems H04N7/15
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1095 Replication or mirroring of data, e.g. scheduling or transport for data synchronisation between network nodes

Abstract

A user terminal is provided. The user terminal includes a communicator configured to perform communication with a Social Network Service (SNS) providing server, an application driver configured to drive an SNS providing application to perform communication with another user, and a controller configured to, when a predetermined event occurs while the SNS providing application is operated, control to transmit information regarding reproduction of contents which are reproduced through a content play application so as to share information regarding reproduction of the contents with the other user.

Claims

1. A user terminal device comprising:

a display;

a transceiver configured to transmit and receive data with a social network service (SNS) providing server;

and

at least one processor configured to;

reproduce a content on the display,

in response to an SNS providing application being executed while the content is reproduced on the display, display an SNS application screen with the content on the display,

in response to an SNS message being transmitted to the SNS providing server or an SNS message being received from the SNS providing server, control the display to display the SNS message on the SNS application screen, and

when a predetermined event occurs while the SNS message is displayed on the display, control to transmit information regarding reproduction of the content being reproduced to the SNS providing server and control the display to display a message for sharing the content with another user terminal device on the SNS application screen while the content is reproduced on the display,

wherein the information regarding the reproduction of the content comprises information on a point in time at which a content play command for reproducing the content is input in the user terminal device.

2. The user terminal device of claim 1, wherein the predetermined event includes at least one of input of the content play command or selection of a menu button to share reproduction of the content.

3. The user terminal device of claim 1,

wherein when the content comprises a real-time broadcast, the information regarding the reproduction of the content includes information regarding a broadcast channel which is reproduced in the user terminal device, and

wherein when the content comprises streaming content, the information regarding the reproduction of the content includes a network address capable of receiving streaming of the content and information on a time when the predetermined event occurs.

4. A user terminal device comprising:

a display;

a transceiver configured to transmit and receive data with a social network service (SNS) providing server;

and

at least one processor configured to;

in response to an SNS providing application being executed, display an SNS application screen on the display,

in response to an SNS message being transmitted to the SNS providing server or an SNS message being received from the SNS providing server, control the display to display the SNS message on the SNS application screen,

when a predetermined event occurs while the SNS message is displayed on the display, control the display to display a message for sharing a content being reproduced in another user terminal device,

in response to a user command to select the message for sharing the content being received, receive, from the SNS providing server, information regarding reproduction of a content being reproduced in the other user terminal device, wherein the information comprises information on a point in time at which a content play command for reproducing the content is input in the other user terminal device, and

reproduce the content from a same reproduction time as the content being reproduced in the other user terminal device based on the information regarding the reproduction of the content.

5. The user terminal device of claim 4, further comprising:

a user interface configured to receive a user command,

wherein the predetermined event includes an input of a user command to receive the information regarding the reproduction of the content.

6. The user terminal device of claim 4,

wherein when the content comprises a real-time broadcast, the information regarding the reproduction of the content includes information regarding a broadcast channel which is reproduced in the user terminal device, and

wherein when the content comprises streaming content, the information regarding the reproduction of the content includes a network address capable of receiving streaming of the content and information on a time when the content is reproduced.

7. The user terminal device of claim 6, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

control a content play application according to a control command received from the SNS providing server, and

provide a same broadcast as a real-time broadcast which the other user terminal device has selected based on the information regarding the broadcast channel.

8. The user terminal device of claim 6, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

control a content play application according to a control command received from the SNS providing server, and

provide streaming content at a same reproduction time as streaming content which the other user terminal device has selected based on the network address and the time information.

9. A social network service (SNS) providing server, the server comprising:

a transceiver configured to transmit and receive data with a first and a second user terminal devices; and

at least one processor configured to;

while a SNS providing application is executed in the first and the second user terminal devices, in response to an SNS message being received from the first user terminal device, transmit the SNS message to the second user terminal device and in response to an SNS message being received from the second user terminal device, transmit the SNS message to the first user terminal device,

when a predetermined event occurs while the SNS message is transmitted at least one of the first and the second user terminal devices, receive information regarding reproduction of a content being reproduced in the first user terminal device and transmit a message for sharing the content with the first user terminal device to the second user terminal device, wherein the information comprises information on a point in time at which a content play command for reproducing the content is input in the first user terminal device, and

in response to a user command to select the message for sharing the content being received from the second user terminal device, transmit the information to the second user terminal device so that the second user terminal device reproduces the content from a same reproduction time as the content being reproduced in the first user terminal device based on the information regarding the reproduction of the content.

10. The server of claim 9, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to transmit a control command to control a content play application corresponding to the information regarding the reproduction of the content to the second user terminal device.

11. A method for providing a content in a user terminal device, the method comprising:

reproducing the content on a display of the user terminal device;

in response to a social network service (SNS) providing application being executed while the content is being reproduced on the display, displaying an SNS application screen with the content on the display;

communication with another user terminal device;

in response to an SNS message being transmitted to an SNS providing server or an SNS message being received from the SNS providing server, displaying the SNS message on the SNS application screen; and

transmitting, when a predetermined event occurs while the SNS message is displayed on the display, information regarding reproduction of the content being reproduced to the SNS providing server and displaying a message for sharing the content with another user terminal device on the SNS application screen while the content is being reproduced on the display,

wherein the information regarding the reproduction of the content comprises information on a point in time at which a content play command for reproducing the content is input in the user terminal device.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the predetermined event includes at least one of an input of a content play command or selection of a menu button to share reproduction of the content.

13. The method of claim 11,

wherein, when the content comprises a real-time broadcast, the information regarding the reproduction of the content includes information regarding a broadcast channel which is reproduced in the user terminal device, and

wherein, when the content comprises streaming content, the information regarding the reproduction of the content includes a network address capable of receiving streaming of the content and information on a time when the predetermined event occurs.

14. A method for providing a content in a user terminal device, the method comprising:

in response to a social network service (SNS) providing application being executed, displaying an SNS application screen on a display of the user terminal device;

in response to an SNS message being transmitted to an SNS providing server or an SNS message being received from the SNS providing server, displaying the SNS message on the SNS application screen;

displaying, when a predetermined event occurs while the SNS message is displayed on the display a message for sharing a content being reproduced in another user terminal device;

in response to a user command to select the message for sharing the content being received, receiving, from the SNS providing server,

information regarding reproduction of the content being reproduced in the other user terminal device,

wherein the information comprises information on a point in time at which a content play command for reproducing the content is input in the other user terminal device; and

reproducing the content from a same reproduction time as the content being reproduced in the other user terminal device based on the information regarding the reproduction of the content.

15. A method for providing a content in a social network service (SNS) providing server which performs communication with a first and a second user terminal devices, the method comprising:

while an SNS providing application is executed in the first and the second user terminal devices, in response to an SNS message being received from the first user terminal device, transmitting the SNS message to the second user terminal device and in response to an SNS message being received from the second user terminal device, transmitting the SNS message to the first user terminal device;

when a predetermined event occurs while the SNS message is transmitted to at least one of the first and the second user terminal devices, receiving information regarding reproduction of a content being reproduced in the first user terminal device and transmitting a message for sharing the content with the first user terminal device to the second user terminal device, wherein the information comprises information on a point in time at which a content play command for reproducing the content is input in the first user terminal device; and

in response to a user command to select the message for sharing the content being received from the second user terminal device, transmitting the information to the second user terminal device so that the second user terminal device reproduces the content from a same reproduction time as the content being reproduced.