Apparatus, method, and medium for providing user interface for file transmission

• US 20080143685A1
• Filed: 09/13/2007
• Published: 06/19/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 12/13/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Chang, Wook, Park, Joon-ah, Lee, Hyun-jeong
• Granted Patent: US 8,111,244 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/40 of multimedia data, e.g. slideshows comprising image and additional audio data retrieval of still image data G06F16/50; retrieval of audio data G06F16/60; retrieval of video data G06F16/70
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/048 Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0486 Drag-and-drop
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]

Abstract

Provided are an apparatus, method, and medium for providing a user interface for file transmission. The apparatus includes a motion perception (recognition) module perceiving (recognizing) a motion input to the user interface and identifying a position of the perceived (recognized) motion; a motion execution module executing a motion corresponding to the perceived motion and the identified position of the perceived motion and modifying components of the user interface according to the executed motion; and a communication module transmitting a file to a transmission target based on the perceived motion and the identified position of the perceived motion. The components of the user interface include a file list region where a file to be transmitted is selected and the selected file is moved; a transmission target region where a transmission target to which the selected file is to be transmitted and the selected transmission target is moved; and an execution region to which the selected file and the selected transmission target are moved and in which the selected file is transmitted to the selected transmission target.

Claims

1. An apparatus for providing a user interface for file transmission, the apparatus comprising:

a motion recognition module to recognize a motion input to the user interface and to identity a position of the recognized motion;

a motion execution module to execute a motion corresponding to the recognized motion and the identified position of the recognized motion and modifying components of the user interface according to the executed motion; and

a communication module to transmit a file to a transmission target based on the recognized motion and the identified position of the recognized motion,

wherein the components of the user interface comprise;

a file list region from which a file to be transmitted is selected;

a transmission target region from which a transmission target is selected; and

an execution region to which the selected file and the selected transmission target are moved and in which the selected file is transmitted to the selected transmission target.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the input motion comprises a touch, a drag, and a scroll on a touch screen using an object.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the input motion comprises a click, a drag, and a scroll in a personal computer (PC) using a mouse.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a file transmission history region in which a history of the transmitted file and the transmission target of the transmitted file are displayed.

5. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein a user determines whether to display the file transmission history region.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein a corresponding file group of the file to be transmitted is displayed in the file list region.

7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein, when the displayed file group is selected, files included in the displayed file group are displayed in the file list region.

8. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein one or more files are selected in the file list region with one or more of touch, drag, and scroll motions in the file list region.

9. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein a corresponding transmission target group of the transmission target is displayed in the transmission target region.

10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein, when the displayed transmission target group is selected, transmission targets included in the displayed transmission target group are displayed in the transmission target region.

11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein one or more transmission targets are selected in the transmission target region with one or more of the touch, drag, and scroll motions in the transmission target region.

12. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the file moved from the file list region to the execution region is managed in a group in the execution region.

13. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the transmission target moved from the transmission target region to the execution region is managed in a group in the execution region.

14. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein, if the file moved from the file list region to the execution region is dragged to the transmission target moved from the transmission target region to the execution region, the file is transmitted to the transmission target in the execution region.

15. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein an object moved into the execution region is put on standby for transmission, and an object moved out of the execution region is removed from the execution region.

16. A method for transmitting a file comprising:

selecting a file according to a motion input to a user interface and a position of the input motion and moving the selected file to a first region;

selecting a transmission target according to a motion input to the user interface and a position of the input motion and moving the selected transmission target to the first region; and

transmitting the file to the transmission target.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising a file transmission history display operation in which displaying a history of the transmitted file and the transmission target of the transmitted file.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein a user determines whether to display a file transmission history region.

19. The method of claim 16, wherein the selecting of the file further comprises displaying a corresponding file group of the file to be transmitted.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein, when the displayed file group is selected, files included in the displayed file group are displayed.

21. The method of claim 20, wherein the selecting of the file further comprises selecting one or more files with one or more of touch, drag, and scroll motions.

22. The method of claim 16, wherein the selecting of the transmission target further comprises displaying a corresponding transmission target group of the transmission target.

23. The method of claim 22, wherein, when the displayed transmission target group is selected, transmission targets included in the displayed transmission target group are displayed.

24. The method of claim 23, wherein the selecting of the transmission target further comprises selecting one or more transmission targets with one or more of the touch, drag, and scroll motions.

25. The method of claim 16, wherein the movement of the selected file is managed in a group in the execution operation.

26. The method of claim 16, wherein movement of the transmission target is managed in a group in the execution operation.

27. The method of claim 16, wherein, if the moved file is dragged to the transmission target, the file is transmitted to the transmission target in the execution operation.

28. At least one computer readable medium storing computer readable instructions that control at least one processor to implement the method of claim 16.

29. An apparatus for providing a user interface for file transmission, the apparatus comprising:

a motion recognition module to recognize a motion input to the user interface and to identity a position of the recognized motion;

a motion execution module to execute a motion corresponding to the recognized motion and the identified position of the recognized motion and modifying components of the user interface according to the executed motion; and

a communication module to transmit a file to a transmission target based on the recognized motion and the identified position of the recognized motion,

wherein the components of the user interface comprise;

a file list region from which a plurality of files to be transmitted are selected;

a transmission target region from which at least one transmission target is selected; and

an execution region to which the selected files and the at least one selected transmission target are moved and in which the selected files are transmitted to the at least one selected transmission target.

30. A method for transmitting a file comprising:

selecting a plurality of files according to a motion input to a user interface and a position of the input motion and moving the selected files to a first region;

selecting at least one transmission target according to a motion input to the user interface and a position of the input motion and moving the at least one selected transmission target to the first region; and

transmitting the selected files to the at least one transmission target.

31. At least one computer readable medium storing computer readable instructions that control at least one processor to implement the method of claim 30.