# US 10,122,773 B2 · Method and apparatus for sharing content

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- Number: US 10,122,773 B2
- Document ID: US10122773B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 14/677,669
- Filed: 2015-04-02
- Published: 2015-07-30
- Granted: 2018-11-06
- Earliest claimed: 2010-07-21
- Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Tae-young Kang; Yeon-hee Lee; Sang-ok Cha
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10122773B2

## CPC

- 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)
- G06F 3/04817: using icons (graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34)
- G06F 3/0482: Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
- G06F 3/04842: Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements (G06F3/0482 takes precedence)
- G06F 16/48: Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
- G06F 16/686: {using information manually generated, e.g. tags, keywords, comments, title or artist information, time, location or usage information, user ratings}
- G06F 16/951: Indexing; Web crawling techniques
- H04L 67/60: Scheduling or organising the servicing of application requests, e.g. requests for application data transmissions using the analysis and optimisation of the required network resources (admission control or resource allocation H04L47/70)
- Y10S 707/9994: Distributed or remote access
- H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M)
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)
- Y10S: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS

## Abstract

A method and an apparatus for sharing content are provided. Information about at least one content is transmitted to an external device. Information about associated content that have been searched for by the external device based on the transmitted information about the at least one content is received from the external device. Content to share with a second user device are selected from among the associated content based on a predetermined condition. Information about the selected content is transmitted to the second user device.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A server for sharing audio contents, the server comprising:
a transceiver; and
a processor configured to:
control the transceiver to receive, from a first device, a first playlist comprising first information relating to a first audio content and a second audio content that are stored in the first device, wherein the first audio content and the second audio content are played by the first device;
control to identify a third audio content and a fourth audio content that are stored in the server and that respectively correspond to the received first information relating to the first audio content and the second audio content that are stored in the first device;
in response to the third audio content and the fourth audio content that are stored in the server and that respectively correspond to the received first information relating to the first audio content and the second audio content that are stored in the first device being identified, control the transceiver to transmit, to a second device, a second playlist comprising second information for accessing the identified third audio content and the identified fourth audio content that are stored in the server, wherein the third audio content and the fourth audio content are downloaded or streamed by the second device from the server;
control the transceiver to receive, from the first device, the first playlist that is updated to comprise third information relating to the first audio content and a fifth audio content that are stored in the first device, wherein the second audio content stored in the first device is removed from the first device and the first playlist, and the fifth audio content is played by the first device;
control to identify the third audio content and a sixth audio content that are stored in the server and that respectively correspond to the received third information relating to the first audio content and the fifth audio content that are stored in the first device;
in response to the third audio content and the sixth audio content that are stored in the server and that respectively correspond to the received third information relating to the first audio content and the fifth audio content that are stored in the first device being identified, control to update the second playlist to comprise fourth information for accessing the identified third audio content and the identified sixth audio content that are stored in the server, and to remove, from the second playlist, the fourth audio content that is stored in the server, wherein the sixth audio content is downloaded or streamed by the second device from the server; and
control the transceiver to transmit, to the second device, the updated second playlist, wherein the first audio content stored in the first device has a first size, and the identified third audio content stored in the server has a second size different from the first size.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The server of claim 1, wherein the identified third audio content stored in the server is of a different format than a format of the first audio content stored in the first device, and has a title of the first audio content stored in the first device.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The server of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to control the transceiver to transmit, to the first device, fifth information indicating that the first audio content stored in the first device matches with the identified third audio content stored in the server.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The server of claim 3, wherein the first device:
receives the fifth information indicating that the first audio content stored in the first device matches with the identified third audio content stored in the server, from the server; and
displays an indicator along with a title of the first audio content stored in the first device, in response to the fifth information indicating that the first audio content stored in the first device matches with the identified third audio content stored in the server being received, wherein the indicator indicates that the identified third audio content matching with the first audio content stored in the first device is stored in the server.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The server of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to control the transceiver to:
receive a selection of the identified third audio content stored in the server, from the second device; and
transmit, to the second device, the identified third audio content stored in the server, in response to the selection of the identified third audio content stored in the server being received.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The server of claim 1, wherein the second information for accessing the identified third audio content stored in the server comprises a link to the identified third audio content stored in the server.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The server of claim 1, wherein the first information relating to the first audio content stored in the first device comprises one from among a title, an artist, an album and a genre of the first audio content stored in the first device.

### Claim 8

A method for sharing audio contents, the method comprising:
receiving, from a first device, a first playlist comprising first information relating to a first audio content and a second audio content that are stored in the first device, wherein the first audio content and the second audio content are played by the first device;
identifying a third audio content and a fourth audio content that are stored in a server and that respectively correspond to the received first information relating to the first audio content and the second audio content that are stored in the first device;
in response to the third audio content and the fourth audio content that are stored in the server and that respectively correspond to the received first information relating to the first audio content and the second audio content that are stored in the first device being identified, transmitting, to a second device, a second playlist comprising second information for accessing the identified third audio content and the identified fourth audio content that are stored in the server, wherein the third audio content and the fourth audio content are downloaded or streamed by the second device from the server;
receiving, from the first device, the first playlist that is updated to comprise third information relating to the first audio content and a fifth audio content that are stored in the first device, wherein the second audio content stored in the first device is removed from the first device and the first playlist, and the fifth audio content is played by the first device;
identifying the third audio content and a sixth audio content that are stored in the server and that respectively correspond to the received third information relating to the first audio content and the fifth audio content that are stored in the first device;
in response to the third audio content and the sixth audio content that are stored in the server and that respectively correspond to the received third information relating to the first audio content and the fifth audio content that are stored in the first device being identified, updating the second playlist to comprise fourth information for accessing the identified third audio content and the identified sixth audio content that are stored in the server, and removing, from the second playlist, the fourth audio content that is stored in the server, wherein the sixth audio content is downloaded or streamed by the second device from the server; and
transmitting, to the second device, the updated second playlist,
wherein the first audio content stored in the first device has a first size, and the identified second audio content stored in the server has a second size different from the first size.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The method of claim 8, wherein the identified third audio content stored in the server is of a different format than a format of the first audio content stored in the first device, and has a title of the first audio content stored in the first device.

### Claim 10 (depends on 8)

The method of claim 8, further comprising transmitting, to the first device, fifth information indicating that the first audio content stored in the first device matches with the identified third audio content stored in the server.

### Claim 11 (depends on 10)

The method of claim 10, wherein the first device:
receives the fifth information indicating that the first audio content stored in the first device matches with the identified third audio content stored in the server, from the server; and
displays an indicator along with a title of the first audio content stored in the first device, in response to the fifth information indicating that the first audio content stored in the first device matches with the identified third audio content stored in the server being received, wherein the indicator indicates that the identified third audio content matching with the first audio content stored in the first device is stored in the server.

### Claim 12 (depends on 8)

The method of claim 8, further comprising:
receiving a selection of the identified third audio content stored in the server, from the second device; and
transmitting, to the second device, the identified third audio content stored in the server, in response to the selection of the identified third audio content stored in the server being received.

### Claim 13 (depends on 8)

The method of claim 8, wherein the second information for accessing the identified third audio content stored in the server comprises a link to the identified third audio content stored in the server.

### Claim 14 (depends on 8)

The method of claim 8, wherein the first information relating to the first audio content stored in the first device comprises one from among a title, an artist, an album and a genre of the first audio content stored in the first device.

### Claim 15

A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising computer readable instructions executable by a computer to perform:
receiving, from a first device, a first playlist comprising first information relating to a first audio content and a second audio content that are stored in the first device, wherein the first audio content and the second audio content are played by the first device;
identifying a third audio content and a fourth audio content that are stored in a server and that respectively correspond to the received first information relating to the first audio content and the second audio content that are stored in the first device;
in response to the third audio content and the fourth audio content that are stored in the server and that respectively correspond to the received first information relating to the first audio content and the second audio content that are stored in the first device being identified, transmitting, to a second device, a second playlist comprising second information for accessing the identified third audio content and the identified fourth audio content that are stored in the server, wherein the third audio content and the fourth audio content are downloaded or streamed by the second device from the server;
receiving, from the first device, the first playlist that is updated to comprise third information relating to the first audio content and a fifth audio content that are stored in the first device, wherein the second audio content stored in the first device is removed from the first device and the first playlist, and the fifth audio content is played by the first device;
identifying the third audio content and a sixth audio content that are stored in the server and that respectively correspond to the received third information relating to the first audio content and the fifth audio content that are stored in the first device;
in response to the third audio content and the sixth audio content that are stored in the server and that respectively correspond to the received third information relating to the first audio content and the fifth audio content that are stored in the first device being identified, updating the second playlist to comprise fourth information for accessing the identified third audio content and the identified sixth audio content that are stored in the server, and removing, from the second playlist, the fourth audio content that is stored in the server, wherein the sixth audio content is downloaded or streamed by the second device from the server; and
transmitting, to the second device, the updated second playlist,
wherein the first audio content stored in the first device has a first size, and the identified second audio content stored in the server has a second size different from the first size.

### Claim 16 (depends on 15)

The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein the identified third audio content stored in the server is of a different format than a format of the first audio content stored in the first device, and has a title of the first audio content stored in the first device.