Apparatus and method for informing of available devices in contents sharing network
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsSang-Tae Na, Jin-Wook Lee, Young-Ki Kim, Chul-Seung Kim
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Abstract
A contents sharing network is provided. An operating method of a control device includes determining a current state of possible states in a contents sharing process over a network; and displaying an icon indicating the current state among a plurality of predefined icons. The states are defined as a combination of at least one item of network connection, device discovery, a type of the discovered device, the number of the discovered devices, and existence of an available additional service.
Claims18
An electronic device comprising:
- a display;
- a communication circuit;
- a memory configured to store instructions;
- and
- at least one processor, that upon executing the stored instructions, configured to:
- in response to a request for sharing a content, identify a state of a connection to a wireless network via the communication circuit;
- in response to identifying that the state of the connection is a failure, cause the display to display first visual information indicating the failure;
- in response to identifying that the state of the connection is a success, search for at least one other device connected to the wireless network;
- in response to a result of the search, cause the display to display second visual information indicating the searched for at least one other device connected to the wireless network;
- identify at least one service associated with the content to be shared;
- and
- cause the display to display third visual information indicating a number of the identified at least one service together with the second visual information indicating a type and/or a number of the searched for at least one other device.
A method for an operation of an electronic device, the method comprising:
- in response to a request for sharing a content, identifying a state of a connection to a wireless network via a communication circuit;
- in response to identifying that the state of the connection is a failure displaying first visual information indicating the failure on a display;
- in response to identifying that the state of the connection is a success, searching for at least one other device connected to the wireless network;
- in response to a result of the search, displaying second visual information indicating the searched for at least one other device connected to the wireless network on the display;
- identifying at least one service associated with the content to be shared;
- and
- displaying third visual information indicating the identified a number of the at least one service together with the second visual information indicating a type and/or a number of the searched for at least one other device.
A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon at least one program comprising instructions, which when executed by a computer, performs a method, the method comprising:
- in response to a request for sharing a content, identifying a state of a connection to a wireless network via a communication circuit;
- in response to identifying that the state of the connection is a failure, displaying first visual information indicating the failure on a display;
- in response to identifying that the state of the connection is a success, searching for at least one other device connected to the wireless network;
- in response to a result of the search, displaying second visual information indicating the searched for at least one other device connected to the wireless network on the display;
- identifying at least one service associated with the content to be shared;
- and
- displaying third visual information indicating a number of the at least one service together with the second visual information indicating a type and/or a number of the searched for at least one other device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.