Apparatus and Method for Displaying Preference for Contents in Electronic Device

• US 20160085433A1
• Filed: 09/23/2015
• Published: 03/24/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/23/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: LEE, Ja-Kyoung, CHOI, Yoon-Jung, LEE, Won-Jae, KIM, Kyoung-Ae, KIM, Hee-Jung
• Application Number:
  US14/862,827
• Publication Number:
  US 20160085433A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0483 Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04855 Interaction with scrollbars

Abstract

A method of operating an electronic device includes receiving preference information about each of a plurality of sub-contents constituting contents, from a second electronic device, and displaying a preference for each of the plurality of sub-contents based on the preference information.

Claims

1. A first electronic device comprising:

a communication unit configured to receive preference information about each of a plurality of sub-contents constituting contents from a second electronic device; and

a display unit configured to display the preference information for each of the plurality of sub-contents.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein the display unit is configured to display a color matching with the preference information for each of the plurality of sub-contents.

3. The device of claim 2, wherein the display unit is configured to display a position of each of the plurality of sub-contents on a User Interface (UI) for searching the contents, and display a preference information matching with the position of each of the plurality of sub-contents on the UI.

4. The device of claim 2, wherein the display unit is configured to align and display items of the respective plurality of sub-contents whose preference information are displayed.

5. The device of claim 4, wherein the display unit is configured to align and display the items in at least one of a thumbnail form and a list form.

6. The device of claim 1, wherein the contents are contents of a digital magazine, and the plurality of sub-contents are a plurality of pages constituting the digital magazine.

7. The device of claim 1, wherein the contents includes at least one of a video and a sound file, and the plurality of sub-contents are an arbitrarily divided plurality of sections constituting the at least one of a video and a sound file.

8. The device of claim 1, wherein the communication unit is configured to transmit viewing information about each of the plurality of sub-contents, to the second electronic device.

9. A second electronic device comprising:

a reception unit configured to receive viewing information about each of a plurality of sub-contents constituting contents, from at least one first electronic device; and

a transmission unit configured to transmit preference information about each of the plurality of sub-contents, to the at least one first electronic device.

10. The device of claim 9, further comprising a control unit is configured to generate the preference information based on the viewing information.

11. A method of operating a first electronic device, comprising:

receiving preference information about each of a plurality of sub-contents constituting contents, from a second electronic device; and

displaying the preference information for each of the plurality of sub-contents.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the displaying of the preference information comprises displaying a color matching with the preference information for each of the plurality of sub-contents.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the displaying of the preference information further comprises:

displaying a position of each of the plurality of sub-contents on a User Interface (UI) for searching the contents; and

displaying a preference information matching with the position of each of the plurality of sub-contents on the UI.

14. The method of claim 11, wherein the displaying of the preference information aligns and displays items of the respective plurality of sub-contents whose preferences information are displayed.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the displaying of the preference information aligns and displays the items in at least one of a thumbnail form and a list form.

16. The method of claim 11, wherein the contents are contents of a digital magazine, and the plurality of sub-contents are a plurality of pages constituting the digital magazine.

17. The method of claim 11, wherein the contents are at least one of a video and a sound file, and the plurality of sub-contents are an arbitrarily divided plurality of sections constituting the at least one of a video and a sound file.

18. The method of claim 11, further comprising transmitting viewing information about each of the plurality of sub-contents, to the second electronic device.

19. A method of operating a second electronic device, comprising:

receiving viewing information about each of a plurality of sub-contents constituting contents, from at least one first electronic device; and

transmitting preference information about each of the plurality of sub-contents, to the at least one first electronic device.

20. The method of claim 19, further comprising generating the preference information based on the viewing information.