US 10,375,553 B2Granted

Apparatus and method for transmitting content in portable terminal

AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

InventorsHyuk Kang, Gi-Beom Kim, Hyeong-Seok Kim, Hyun-Chul Choi, Tae-Hun Lim, Duk-Ki Hong

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Abstract

A method of transmitting contents in a portable terminal is provided. The method includes allowing a portable terminal of a transmitter to be connected to a portable terminal of a receiver by a control communication, allowing the portable terminal of the transmitter to select a type of the data transmission communication with the portable terminal of the receiver through the control communication, allowing the portable terminal of the transmitter to transmit setting data corresponding to the selected type of data transmission communication to the portable terminal of the receiver through the control communication, and allowing the portable terminal of the transmitter to be connected to the portable terminal of the receiver by the control communication and to transmit the content which are requested to be transmitted, to the portable terminal of the receiver.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A method of sharing a multimedia file in an electronic device, the method comprising:

displaying, on a display of the electronic device, a plurality of objects, each of the plurality of objects corresponding to a multimedia file;
receiving a first user input for a selection of an object of the displayed plurality of objects;
while the object is selected, in response to a second user input corresponding to a function for sharing a multimedia file corresponding to the selected object,
receiving, from each of at least one external device searched through a first communication circuit, information related to the at least one external device, and
displaying, on the display of the electronic device, at least one representation corresponding to at least one external device which meets a specified condition from among the searched at least one external device, based at least in part on the information received from each of the at least one external device searched through the first communication circuit;
receiving, via the displayed at least one representation, a third user input for selecting an external device;
and
in response to the third user input, transmitting, to the selected external device through a second communication circuit, the multimedia file corresponding to the selected object,
wherein the specified condition relates to at least one of a manufacturer of each of the searched at least one external device or a communication technique supported by each of the searched at least one external device obtained via the received information.

6 more elements

An electronic device comprising:

a display;
a first communication circuit;
a second communication circuit;
a memory configured to store instructions;
and
at least one processor coupled to the display, the first communication circuit, the second communication circuit and the memory, wherein upon execution of the stored instructions, the at least one processor is configured to:
display, on the display, a plurality of objects, each of the plurality of objects corresponding to a multimedia file,
receive a first user input for a selection of an object of the displayed plurality of objects,
while the object is selected, in response to a second user input corresponding to a function for sharing a multimedia file corresponding to the selected object,
receive, from each of at least one external device searched through the first communication circuit, information related to the at least one external device, and
display, on the display, at least one representation corresponding to at least one external device which meets a specified condition from among the searched at least one external device, based at least in part on the information received from each of the at least one external device searched through the first communication circuit,
receiving, via the displayed at least one representation, a third user input for selecting an external device, and
in response to the third user input, transmit, to the selected external device through the second communication circuit, the multimedia file corresponding to the selected object,
wherein the specified condition relates to at least one of a manufacturer of each of the searched at least one external device or a communication technique supported by each of the searched at least one external device obtained via the received information.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 15/958,551Filed 20 Apr 2018 · continuation
Priority: KR 10-2013-00511857 May 2013
Published: US 2018/0242131 A123 Aug 2018
Granted: 6 Aug 2019
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification10 codes

H04W 4/80
Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor: services using short range communication, e.g. near-field…
H04W 8/005
Network data management: discovery of network devices, e.g. terminals
H04W 12/08
Security arrangements; Authentication; Protecting privacy or anonymity: access security
H04W 52/0258
Using monitoring of local events, e.g. events related to user activity: controlling an operation mode according to history or models of usage…

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Application14/268,754Parent of this continuation · filed 2 May 2014
US 2018/0242131 A1Pre-grant publication · published 23 Aug 2018
US 9,998,897 B2Parent of this continuation
US 2014/0335844 A1Published application
US 10,375,553 B2This patent

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