Method of sharing content and mobile terminal thereof

• US 9,773,024 B2
• Filed: 08/10/2012
• Issued: 09/26/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 02/24/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Inventors: Lee, Ju-youn, Kim, Dong-woo, Kim, Young-ri, Yoo, Ji-yeon, Cha, Sang-ok
• Primary Examiner(s): Chow, Doon
• Assistant Examiner(s): NICHOLAS, WENDY K
• Application Number:
  US13/571,908
• Publication Number:
  US 20130227455A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,873 Days
• Field of Search: 715863, 715769, 715765, 715716, 345156, 345158
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/54 Browsing; Visualisation therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

A method of sharing data stored in a mobile terminal is provided. The method includes sensing a user'"'"'s gesture requesting a share panel, and causing the share panel including a list of identification information of one or more external devices to appear from a side of a screen and then displaying the share panel at the side of the screen, according to the user'"'"'s gesture requesting the share panel.

Claims

1. A method of sharing data, the method being performed by a mobile terminal and comprising:

executing an application which outputs at least one content or receives the at least one content according to a user input, the at least one content being an internal content that is stored in the mobile terminal or an external content that is received from external sources;

in response to receiving a user input for capturing the internal content displayed on a screen of the mobile terminal, displaying a share panel along with capture data generated by capturing the internal content, the capture data generated by capturing the internal content including an image captured from a screen of the mobile terminal and meta data corresponding to the capture data, the share panel being configured to share the displayed capture data with one or more external devices and including a list of identification information of the one or more external devices;

in response to receiving the user input for capturing the external content displayed on the screen of the mobile terminal, displaying the share panel along with capture data generated by simultaneously capturing at least a first external content that is produced by a first external source and a second external content corresponding to an audio that is produced by a second external source different from the first external source, the simultaneously captured data including an image and meta data corresponding to the first external content and an image and meta data associated with the audio corresponding to the second external content, the share panel being configured to share the displayed capture data with one or more external devices and including a list of identification information of the one or more external devices;

receiving a user input for selecting an external device from among the one or more external devices included in the list of the share panel; and

transmitting the capture data to the selected external device;

wherein the metadata includes information about an application executable with the at least one content, and

wherein the at least one content included in the captured image is displayed on the selected external device by executing the application executable with the at least one content based on the meta data.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

sensing a gesture requesting additional information about the share panel, which is displayed at a side of the screen; and

expanding the share panel toward the inside of the screen and then displaying the share panel, according to the gesture requesting additional information,

wherein the expanded and displayed share panel displays the identification information of the one or more external devices.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

sensing a first gesture of selecting identification information of at least one external device included in the displayed share panel; and

transmitting the capture data to the at least one external device corresponding to the first gesture of selecting the identification information.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the share panel comprises a thumbnail image corresponding to the identification information of the one or more external devices.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising in response to a gesture of flicking made from a predetermined location in an edge region of the screen toward the inside of the screen being sensed, displaying the share panel.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the identification information of the one or more external devices comprises at least one from among user identification information, group identification information, server identification information, and identifiers of the one or more external devices.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the share panel comprises a list of telephone numbers and a list of social networking services (SNSs).

8. The method of claim 3, wherein the transmitting of the capture data to the at least one external device comprises:

selecting an application for transmitting the capture data, based on the identification information of the at least one external device corresponding to the first gesture of selecting the identification information;

executing the selected application; and

transmitting the capture data to the at least one external device corresponding to the first gesture of selecting the identification information by using the selected application.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the displaying of the share panel comprises:

displaying the share panel at a side of the screen concurrently with the application.

10. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

transmitting the capture data to the at least one external device corresponding to the first gesture of selecting the identification information.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the list of identification information of the one or more external devices included in the share panel is arranged based on at least one from among a communication time, a number of times of establishing communication, and a distance between the mobile terminal and the one or more external devices.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the receiving of the user input for selecting the external device comprises sensing a drag-and-drop gesture performed from the capture data to the identification information of the external device in the share panel.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the receiving of the user input for selecting the external device comprises sensing a gesture of tapping the identification information of the external device included in the share panel.

14. The method of claim 3, wherein the transmitting of the capture data comprises:

sensing a user'"'"'s gesture requesting a capture panel;

displaying the capture panel including a list of the capture data at another side of the screen, according to the gesture requesting a capture panel;

sensing a second gesture of selecting at least one piece of the capture data included in the capture panel; and

transmitting the at least one piece of the capture data corresponding to the second gesture of selecting the at least one piece of the capture data to the at least one external device corresponding to the first gesture of selecting the identification information.

15. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

in response to receiving the user input for capturing the screen of the mobile terminal, displaying a capture panel to which the capture data is added along with the share panel and the capture data.

16. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

identifying a first external device of the at least one external device to which the capture data is to be transmitted; and

after the identification of the first external device, recommending second and third external devices of the at least one external device as external devices to which the capture data is to be transmitted to when a user of the mobile terminal has previously and simultaneously transmitted the capture data to the first external device, the second external device and the third external device a certain number of times.

32. A non-transitory computer readable recording medium having recorded thereon a computer program, which, when executed by at least one processor, performs the method of claim 1.

17. A mobile terminal comprising:

a processor configured to;

execute an application which outputs at least one content or receives the at least one content according to a user input, the at least one content being an internal content that is stored in the mobile terminal or an external content that is received from external sources;

a display configured to;

in response to receiving a user input for capturing the internal content displayed on a screen of the mobile terminal, display a share panel along with capture data generated by capturing the internal content, the capture data generated by capturing the internal content including an image captured from a screen of the mobile terminal and meta data corresponding to the capture data, the share panel being configured to share the displayed capture data with one or more external devices and including a list of identification information of the one or more external devices, and

in response to receiving the user input for capturing the external content displayed on the screen of the mobile terminal, display the share panel along with capture data generated by simultaneously capturing at least a first external content that is produced by a first external source and a second external content corresponding to an audio that is produced by a second external source different from the first external source, the simultaneously captured data including an image and meta data corresponding to the first external content and an image and meta data associated with the audio corresponding to the second external content, the share panel being configured to share the displayed capture data with one or more external devices and including a list of identification information of the one or more external devices,

a user interface configured to receive a user input for selecting an external device from among the one or more external devices included in the list of the share panel; and

a transceiver configured to transmit the capture data to the selected external device,

wherein the metadata includes information about an application executable with the at least one content, and

wherein the at least one content included in the captured image is displayed on the selected external device by executing the application executable with the at least one content based on the meta data.

18. The mobile terminal of claim 17,

wherein the processor is further configured to sense a gesture requesting additional information about the share panel, which is displayed at a side of the screen, and

wherein the display is further configured to:

extend the share panel toward the inside of the screen and displays the share panel, and

display the identification information of the one or more external devices in the expanded share panel, according to the gesture requesting the additional information.

19. The mobile terminal of claim 17, wherein, when a first gesture of selecting identification information of at least one external device included in the displayed share panel is sensed, the transceiver is further configured to transmit the capture data to the at least one external device corresponding to the first gesture of selecting the identification information.

20. The mobile terminal of claim 17, wherein the share panel comprises thumbnail images corresponding to the identification information of the one or more external devices.

21. The mobile terminal of claim 17, wherein the display is further configured to, in response to a gesture of flicking made from a predetermined location in an edge region of the screen toward the inside of the screen being sensed, display the share panel.

22. The mobile terminal of claim 17, wherein the identification information of the one or more external devices comprises at least one from among user identification information, group identification information, server identification information, and identifiers of the one or more external devices.

23. The mobile terminal of claim 17, wherein the share panel comprises a list of telephone numbers and a list of social networking services (SNSs).

24. The mobile terminal of claim 19,

wherein the processor is further configured to:

select an application for transmitting the capture data, based on the identification information of the at least one external device corresponding to the first gesture of selecting the identification information, and

execute the selected application, and

wherein the transceiver is further configured to transmit the capture data to the at least one external device corresponding to the first gesture of selecting the identification information by using the selected application.

25. The mobile terminal of claim 19,

wherein the display is further configured to display the share panel at a side of the screen of the executed application.

26. The mobile terminal of claim 25,

wherein the transceiver is further configured to transmit the capture data to the at least one external device corresponding to the first gesture of selecting the identification information.

27. The mobile terminal of claim 17, wherein the processor is further configured to arrange the list of identification information of the one or more external devices included in the share panel, based on at least one from among a communication time, a number of times communication is established, and a distance between the mobile terminal and the one or more external devices.

28. The mobile terminal of claim 17, wherein the user interface is further configured to receive the user input for selecting the external device by sensing a drag-and-drop gesture performed from the capture data to the identification information of the external device in the share panel.

29. The mobile terminal of claim 17, wherein the user interface is further configured to receive the user input for selecting the external device by sensing a gesture of tapping the identification information of the external device included in the share panel.

30. The mobile terminal of claim 19,

wherein the processor is further configured to sense a user'"'"'s gesture requesting a capture panel, and a second gesture of selecting at least one piece of the capture data included in the capture panel,

wherein the display is further configured to display the capture panel including a list of the capture data at another side of the screen, according to the gesture requesting the capture panel, and

wherein the transceiver is further configured to transmit the at least one piece of the capture data corresponding to the second gesture of selecting the at least one piece of the capture data to the at least one external device corresponding to the first gesture of selecting the identification information.

31. The mobile terminal of claim 17, wherein the display is further configured to, in response to receiving the user input for capturing the screen of the mobile terminal, display a capture panel to which the capture data is added along with the share panel and the capture data.