Terminal provided with networking module and method for receiving and transmitting data using the same

• US 9,401,940 B2
• Filed: 05/09/2014
• Issued: 07/26/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/24/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Lee, Se-Jin
• Primary Examiner(s): Hussain, Tauqir
• Application Number:
  US14/274,388
• Publication Number:
  US 20140250189A1
• Time in Patent Office: 809 Days
• Field of Search: 709/204
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/01 Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer G06F3/16 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/16 Sound input; Sound output speech processing G10L
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/66 Arrangements for connecting between networks having differing types of switching systems, e.g. gateways
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/403 Arrangements for multi-party communication, e.g. for conferences data switching systems for conference H04L12/18; arrangements for connecting several subscribers to a common circuit, i.e. affording conference facilities H04M3/56; television conferencing systems H04N7/15

Abstract

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a method for receiving data includes receiving, via a communication unit of a terminal, at least one of displayable data and soundable data from an external device, wherein the external device includes at least one of a touch-sensitive unit, a first displaying unit and a first speaker, wherein the communication unit connects to the Internet and includes at least one of a cabled communication unit and a wireless communication unit, and wherein the displayable data is displayed on the first displaying unit of the external device, and the soundable data is outputted through the first speaker of the external device, and outputting signals associated with the received at least one of displayable data and soundable data to a connectable output unit, wherein the connectable output unit includes at least one of a second speaker and a second displaying unit.

Claims

1. A system for receiving and transmitting data comprising:

a first terminal; and

a second terminal,

wherein the first terminal comprises;

a first display;

a first speaker;

a communication unit including at least one of a cable communication unit and a wireless communication unit configured to connect to the internet; and

a controller configured to receive, via the communication unit, content including at least one of displayable data and audible data from the second terminal, and

wherein the second terminal comprises;

a memory configured to store the content;

a second display configured to display the displayable data included in the content; and

a second speaker configure to output the audible data included in the content, and

wherein the first terminal and the second terminal are connected to each other in a wireless manner,

wherein, before the first terminal receives the content, the content has been stored in the second terminal and then the second terminal receives a request for transmitting the content such that the content is output via the first display and the first speaker of the first terminal,

wherein the controller is further configured to control the first display and the first speaker to output the content received from the second terminal, and

wherein in response to the request for transmitting the content, the displayable data is output to both of the first display of the first terminal and the second display of the second terminal.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the second terminal receives the request for transmitting the content in state where the at least one of displayable data and audible data is outputted by the second display and the second speaker, respectively.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the controller is further configured to output a signal other than signals to the first display and the first speaker in response to the content not being received from the second terminal.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the first terminal or the second terminal provides an interface for receiving an input to stop the first display and the first speaker from outputting signals.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the input to stop outputting the signals is received from a peripheral input unit.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein a progress is displayed on the second display of the second terminal, is associated with the content being received and output, and is transmitted to the first display.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to display a user interface associated with running an operating system on the first display.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the controller is further configured to output signals associated with the user interface to the first display.

9. The system of claim 7, wherein a drag and drop input to reproduce the received at least one of displayable data and audible data is received on the user interface.

10. The system of claim 7, wherein the user interface provides an environment for setting the Internet.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the environment allows an Internet address to be set.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein the first terminal further comprises a cable connector configured to support a universal serial bus (USB).

13. The system of claim 1, wherein, via the communication unit, a particular input is transmitted to the second terminal upon receiving a particular input from an input device associated with the first terminal.

14. The system of claim 1, wherein in response to the content being received, the received content is temporally stored in a memory of the first terminal.

15. A system for receiving and transmitting data comprising:

a first terminal; and

a second terminal,

wherein the first terminal comprises;

a communication unit including at least one of a cable communication unit and a wireless communication unit configured to connect to the internet; and

a controller configured to receive, via the communication unit, content including at least one of displayable data and audible data from the second terminal, and

wherein the second terminal comprises;

a memory configured to store the content;

a a display configured to display the displayable data included in the content; and

a speaker configured to output the audible data included in the content, and

wherein the first terminal and the second terminal are connected to each other in a wireless manner,

wherein, before the first terminal receives the content, the content has been stored in the second terminal and then the second terminal receives a request for transmitting the content such that the content is output via an output unit,

wherein the controller is further configured to output, to the output unit, the content from the second terminal,

wherein the output unit includes at least one of a speaker and a display, and

wherein in response to receiving the request for transmitting the content, the displayable data is output to both of the display of the output unit and the display of the second terminal.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the display of the output unit displays a progress bar indicating a reception status of the content.

17. The system of claim 15, wherein the first terminal connected with the second terminal in the wireless manner is controlled by a control command received from the second terminal.

18. The system of claim 15, wherein the first terminal and the second terminal are directly connected in a short-range wireless communication manner.

19. The system of claim 15, wherein the second terminal comprises a touch sensitive unit.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein the content transmitted to the first terminal from the second terminal is controlled by a touch input received from the touch sensitive unit of the second terminal.

21. (The system of claim 15, wherein an interfacing program installed in the second terminal provides a user interface to receive a request for selecting the first terminal to receive the content.

22. The system of claim 21, wherein the interfacing program is run using an operating system of the second terminal.

23. The system of claim 21, wherein the interfacing program is halted based on a disconnection between the first terminal and the second terminal connected in the wireless manner.

24. The system of claim 21, wherein the interfacing program runs when the second terminal is directly connected with the first terminal in the wireless manner.

25. The system of claim 21, wherein the content is only transmitted to the first terminal when a user password is input to the user interface that matches a predetermined password.

26. The system of claim 15, wherein the output unit is shared with the second terminal based on the connection between the first terminal and the second terminal, and wherein a user interface to stop sharing the output unit is provided in the second terminal.