SHARED DATA TRANSMITTING METHOD, SERVER, AND SYSTEM

• US 20110047248A1
• Filed: 08/20/2010
• Published: 02/24/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 08/21/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Lee, Jong-rim, Lee, Keum-koo, Sung, Ju-yun, Jeon, Jin-young, Kwahk, Ji-young, Choo, Hee-jeong, Park, Se-jun
• Granted Patent: US 9,686,354 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/219
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1095 Replication or mirroring of data, e.g. scheduling or transport for data synchronisation between network nodes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/51 Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/56 Provisioning of proxy services store-and-forward switching systems in data switching networks H04L12/54
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/565 Conversion or adaptation of application format or content adding application control or application functional data H04L67/561

Abstract

A data transmission method, a server and a data transmission system are provided. The data transmission method includes receiving data, storing data, selecting data based on device information, and transmitting the selected data, resulting in a more convenient sharing and utilization of data.

Claims

1. A method of transmitting data from a server through a network, the method comprising:

receiving and storing data from a first device; and

transmitting the data, selected from the stored data based on second device information to a second device, if the second device connects to the network.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the storing comprises storing data tables mapping devices using the data on the data, and the transmitting comprises transmitting the data mapped to the device, if the device recorded on the data tables is connected.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the transmitting comprises selecting the data based on the second device information before the second device connects to the network, if the second device is preregistered on the server, and transmitting the selected data to the second device after the second device connects to the network.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the second device information comprises records indicating that the second device uses data.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the selected data is processed to be optimized for the implementation of the second device based on the second device information.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the transmitting comprises receiving the second device information when the second device connects to the network, if the second device is unregistered on the server, selecting the data based on the received information and transmitting the data to the second device.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the second device information includes information of the second device authorization, and the transmitting comprises transmitting the data selected by comparing data transmission authorization that the selected data transmission requests with the second device authorization.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein, if a level of the data transmission authorization is equal to or lower level than the second device authorization, the transmitting comprises transmitting the selected data, and if the data transmission authorization has higher level than the second device authorization, the transmitting comprises transmitting requests of transmitting the selected data to the first device and transmitting the selected data based on a response received from the first device.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the data transmitted to the second device is updated on the first device or set by a user through the first device.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising receiving keywords inputted to the first device by user manipulation, wherein the transmitting comprises selecting the data based on the keywords, and transmitting the data to the second device.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the second device is a user terminal set by a user through the first device.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising receiving keywords inputted to the first device by user manipulation, wherein the transmitting comprises selecting the second device based on the keywords, and transmitting the data to the second device.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the transmitting comprises generating metadata of the selected data and transmitting the metadata with the selected data to the second device.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein, if the selected data or the metadata is transmitted, the second device displays at least one of the selected data or the metadata by automatically implementing an application to run the received data or to display the received metadata.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein the transmitting comprises transmitting the selected data to the second device after receiving a transmission request of the stored data from the first device, if the second device connects to the network.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein the second device information includes device information and user information, wherein the device information includes at least one of information on manufacturers, products, Media Access Control addresses, and profiles, and the user information includes at least one of information on access authorization to the server or the network, security, and user preferred data.

17. The method of claim 1, wherein the data is at least one of photos, videos, voices, addresses, telephone numbers, searching results, and webpages stored in at least one of the user terminal devices.

18. The method of claim 1, wherein the second device provides a user with a user interface (UI) to determine whether the selected data is displayed, and implements an application to display the selected data according to user manipulation of the UI.

19. The method of claim 1, wherein the storing comprises integrating and storing data received from a plurality of first devices, if there are at least two first devices, and the transmitting comprises transmitting integrally stored data to the second device, if the second device connects to the network.

20. A method of transmitting data in an ad hoc network, the method comprising:

receiving and storing data from a first device; and

transmitting the data, selected from the stored data based on second device information to a second device, if the second device connects to the network.

21. A server, comprising:

a communication interface which transmits and receives data to and from a first device and a second device through a network;

a storage unit which stores the data received from the first device; and

a control unit which selects data from the stored data based on second device information, if the second device connects to the network, and transmits the selected data to the second device.

22. A data transmitting system, comprising:

a first device which connects to a network and transmits stored data to a server;

a second device which connects to the network and receives data from the server; and

a server which receives and stores the data, selects and processes data from the received and stored data based on second device information received from the second device, and transmits the processed data to the second device if the second device connects to the network.