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

• US 9,529,497 B2
• Filed: 12/26/2013
• Issued: 12/27/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/13/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Lee, Hyun-jeong, Park, Joon-ah, Chang, Wook
• Primary Examiner(s): Lee, Jr., Kenneth B
• Application Number:
  US14/140,816
• Publication Number:
  US 20140108957A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,097 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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

Disclosed 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 may include a file list region, a transmission target region, and an execution region.

Claims

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

a display; and

a processor configured to display the user interface on the display,

wherein the user interface comprises;

a file list region receiving an input of a first selection command for a target file serving as a transmission target from a user;

a transmission target region receiving an input of a second selection command for a receiving party of the target file; and

an execution region receiving an input of a transmission command for transmitting the target file to the receiving party,

wherein the first selection command, the second selection command and the transmission command are generated according to results of tracking a location on the user interface selected by the user, and

wherein tracking the location includes moving the target file from the file list region to the execution region and moving the receiving party from the transmission target region to the execution region.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein in the file list region, a group of the target file is displayed according to the first selection command.

3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein in the file list region, when the displayed group is selected, files included in the displayed group are displayed.

4. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the first selection command is inputted by one or more motions of touch, drag, and scroll motions in the file list region, and at least one file is selected through the first selection command.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein in the transmission target region, a group of the receiving party is displayed according to the second selection command.

6. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein in the transmission target region, when the displayed group is selected, receiving parties included in the displayed group are displayed.

7. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the second selection command is inputted by one or more motions of touch, drag, and scroll motions in the transmission target region, and at least one receiving party is selected through the second selection command.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein in the execution region, the target file selected according to the first selection command of the file list region is managed in a group.

9. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein in the execution region, the receiving party selected according to the second selection command of the transmission target region is managed in a group.

10. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a file transmission history region displaying a history of the transmitted target file and the receiving party.

11. A method for providing a user interface, comprising:

receiving an input of a first selection command for a target file serving as a transmission target from a user;

receiving an input of a second selection command for a receiving party of the target file; and

receiving an input of a transmission command for transmitting the target file to the receiving party,

wherein the first selection command, the second selection command and the transmission command are generated according to results of tracking a location on the user interface selected by the user, and

wherein tracking the location includes moving the target file from a file list region to an execution region and moving the receiving party from a transmission target region to the execution region.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein a group of the target file is displayed according to the first selection command.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein when the displayed group is selected, files included in the displayed group are displayed.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the first selection command is inputted by one or more motions of touch, drag, and scroll motions, and at least one file is selected through the first selection command.

15. The method of claim 11, wherein a group of the receiving party is displayed according to the second selection command.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein when the displayed group is selected, receiving parties included in the displayed group are displayed.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the second selection command is inputted by one or more motions of touch, drag, and scroll motions, and at least one receiving party is selected through the second selection command.

18. The method of claim 11, further comprising displaying a history of the transmitted target file and the receiving party.

19. The method of claim 11, wherein in the execution region, the receiving party selected according to the second selection command of the transmission target region is managed in a group.