Portable system, portable apparatus, supporting apparatus, and control method thereof

• US 20070213036A1
• Filed: 01/29/2007
• Published: 09/13/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 03/10/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Byun, Ho-jin
• Application Number:
  US11/698,840
• Publication Number:
  US 20070213036A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/414.100
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1632 External expansion units, e.g. docking stations

Abstract

A portable system comprises a portable apparatus which performs a plurality of functions according to predetermined control information; and a supporting apparatus for the portable apparatus, the supporting apparatus comprising: a connecting part which is connectable to the portable apparatus; a storing part which stores the predetermined control information corresponding to the plurality of functions of the portable apparatus; and a controller which stores control information corresponding to a selected function among the plurality of functions in the storing part, and transmits the control information stored in the storing part to the portable apparatus for performing the selected function if the portable apparatus is connected to the connecting part.

Claims

1. A portable system comprising:

a portable apparatus which performs a plurality of functions according to predetermined control information; and

a supporting apparatus comprising;

a connecting part which is connectable to the portable apparatus;

a storing part which stores the predetermined control information corresponding to the plurality of functions of the portable apparatus; and

a controller which stores control information corresponding to a selected function among the plurality of functions in the storing part, and transmits the control information stored in the storing part to the portable apparatus for performing the selected function if the portable apparatus is connected to the connecting part.

2. The portable system according to claim 1, wherein the control information corresponds to the selected function which is selected before the portable apparatus is connected to the connecting part.

3. The portable system according to claim 1, wherein the control information corresponds to the selected function which is selected after the portable apparatus is connected to the connecting part.

4. The portable system according to claim 1, wherein while the portable apparatus performs the selected function, the controller transmits control information corresponding to another selected function among the plurality of functions to the portable apparatus.

5. The portable system according to claim 1, wherein the supporting apparatus further comprises a sound outputting part, and the controller controls the sound outputting part to process sound data transmitted from the portable apparatus.

6. The portable system according to claim 1, wherein the controller determines whether the portable apparatus is turned on or off.

7. The portable system according to claim 6, wherein the controller transmits a control signal corresponding to a turn-on state to the portable apparatus when the portable apparatus is turned off.

8. A portable apparatus comprising:

a connecting part which is connectable to a supporting apparatus;

a function performing part which performs a plurality of functions;

a storing part which stores predetermined control information corresponding to the plurality of functions; and

a controller which stores control information corresponding to a selected function among the plurality of functions in the storing part, and controls the function performing part to perform the selected function corresponding to the control information stored in the storing part if the supporting apparatus is connected to the connecting part.

9. The portable apparatus according to claim 8, wherein while the function performing part performs the selected function, if another function among the plurality of functions is selected, the controller controls the function performing part to perform the other selected function.

10. A method of controlling a supporting apparatus which is connectable to a portable apparatus which performs at least one function among a plurality of functions comprising:

selecting a function among the plurality of functions;

storing control information corresponding to the selected function; and

transmitting the control information to the portable apparatus for performing the selected function if the portable apparatus is connected to the supporting apparatus.

11. The method according to claim 10, wherein the selecting the function among the plurality of functions is performed before the portable apparatus is connected to the supporting apparatus.

12. The method according to claim 10, wherein the selecting the function among the plurality of functions is performed after the portable apparatus is connected to the supporting apparatus.

13. The method according to claim 10, further comprising:

while the portable apparatus performs the selected function, selecting another function among the plurality of functions; and

transmitting control information corresponding to the other selected function to the portable apparatus.

14. The method according to claim 10, further comprising:

outputting a sound based on sound data transmitted from the portable apparatus.

15. The method according to claim 10, further comprising:

determining whether the portable apparatus is turned on or off.

16. The method according to claim 15, further comprising:

transmitting a control signal corresponding to a turn-on state to the portable apparatus if the portable apparatus is turned off.

17. A method of controlling a portable apparatus which performs at least one function among a plurality of functions comprising:

selecting a function among the plurality of functions;

storing control information corresponding to the selected function; and

performing the selected function corresponding to the control information if a supporting apparatus is connected to the portable apparatus.

18. The method according to claim 17, further comprising:

while the selected function is performed, selecting another function among the plurality of functions; and

performing the other selected function.