Method and apparatus for collecting feed information in mobile terminal

• US 10,110,547 B2
• Filed: 02/03/2017
• Issued: 10/23/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 04/16/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Hahm, Seongil, Lee, Juyoun
• Primary Examiner(s): Chan, Wing F
• Assistant Examiner(s): Maniwang, Joseph R
• Application Number:
  US15/424,339
• Publication Number:
  US 20170149868A1
• Time in Patent Office: 627 Days
• Field of Search: 709206
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• 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 51/216 Handling conversation history, e.g. grouping of messages in sessions or threads
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/52 for supporting social networking services
• 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: H04L 67/30 Profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 Push-based network services
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72469 for operating the device by selecting functions from two or more displayed items, e.g. menus or icons
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/185 from a mobile camera, e.g. for remote control
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements

Abstract

A method and apparatus for collecting feed information in a mobile terminal are disclosed. The method and apparatus collects information explicitly clipped by a user as well as content items exchanged between users as feed information. The method for collecting feed information in a mobile terminal includes: detecting a share event corresponding to transmission or reception of content through a communication application implemented in the mobile terminal; generating feed information based on the content; and storing the generated feed information.

Claims

1. A method for generating feed information in an electronic device, comprising:

executing an application related to a content;

displaying, in response to the executing the application related to the content, the content on a display;

obtaining, in response to detecting a capturing event while the content is being displayed on the display, a screen image of the content;

identifying metadata for the content;

generating feed information for sharing, based on the identified metadata and the obtained screen image; and

displaying, on the display, a feed list comprising the generated feed information,

wherein when a share event with respect to the content occurs, the method further comprises updating the feed list to include information that relates to the share event and displaying, on the display, the updated feed list.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the metadata includes information describing the content and context information describing a context in which the content is shared.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the information describing the content comprises title information of the content.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying a function selection menu according to user input on the feed list, the function selection menu comprising entries enabling a user to select one of a sharing function, a profile function, and an edit function; and

executing one of the sharing function, the profile function, and the edit function according to user input on the function selection menu.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

displaying, when the sharing function is selected from the function selection menu, an application selection menu providing selectable communication applications;

executing one of the communication applications selected from the application selection menu; and

transmitting feed information selected from the feed list through the executed communication application.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

generating, when a change has occurred in the feed information, new feed information reflecting the change;

updating the feed list based on the generated new feed information; and

displaying the updated feed list.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying the generated feed information through a feed interface.

8. An electronic device comprising:

a memory storing instructions;

a display; and

a processor configured to execute the instructions to;

control to execute an application related to a content;

control to display, in response to executing the application related to the content, the content on the display;

control to obtain, in response to detecting a capturing event while the content is being displayed on the display, a screen image of the content;

control to identify metadata for the content;

control to generate feed information for sharing based on the identified metadata and the obtained screen image; and

control the display to display a feed list comprising the generated feed information,

wherein when a share event with respect to the content occurs, the processor is further configured to control to update date the feed to include information that relates to the share event and to control the display to display the updated feed list.

9. The electronic device of claim 8, wherein the metadata includes information describing the content, and context information describing a context in which the content is shared.

10. The electronic device of claim 9, wherein the information describing the content comprises title information of the content.

11. The electronic device of claim 8, wherein the feed list is composed of entries, each of which includes a type region, a metadata region and an image region displaying the captured screen image.

12. The electronic device of claim 8, wherein the processor is further configured to execute the instructions to:

control the display to display a function selection menu according to user input on the feed list, the function selection menu comprising entries enabling a user to select one of a sharing function, a profile function, and an edit function; and

control to execute one of the sharing function, the profile function, and the edit function according to user input on the function selection menu.

13. The electronic device of claim 12, wherein the processor is further configured to execute the instructions to:

control the display to display, when the sharing function is selected from the function selection menu, an application selection menu providing selectable communication applications;

control to execute one of the communication applications selected from the application selection menu; and

control to transmit feed information selected from the feed list through the executed communication application.

14. The electronic device of claim 13, wherein the processor is further configured to execute the instructions to:

control to generate, when a change has occurred in the feed information, new feed information reflecting the change;

control to update the feed list based on the generated new feed information; and

control the display to display the updated feed list.

15. The electronic device of claim 8, wherein the processor is further configured to execute the instructions to:

control an operation of displaying the generated feed information through a feed interface, and

wherein the feed interface includes a capture view region, a capture panel region and a share panel region.

16. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions executable by an electronic device to cause the electronic device to:

control to execute an application related to a content;

control to display, in response to executing the application related to the content, the content;

control to obtain, in response to detecting a capturing event, a screen image of the content;

control to identify metadata for the content;

control to generate feed information for sharing based on the identified metadata and the obtained screen image; and

control the display to display a feed list comprising the generated feed information,

Wherein when a share event with respect to the content occurs, the instructions include instructions to cause the electronic device to control to update the feed list to include information that relates to the share event and to control the display to display the updated feed list.

17. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein the metadata includes information describing the content and context information describing a context in which the content is shared.

18. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the information describing the content comprises title information of the content.