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.
Claims20
An electronic device comprising:
- a display;
- a communication circuit;
- at least one processor operatively connected with the display and the communication circuit;
- and
- a memory operatively connected with the at least one processor, wherein the memory is configured to store instructions that, when executed, cause the at least one processor to:
- receive a request for sharing a first content;
- in response to the request for sharing the first content, identify at least one service associated with the first content;
- provide, through the display, a first visual information indicating the identified at least one service;
- identify a state of a connection to a wireless network via the communication circuit;
- in response to identifying that the electronic device is connected to the wireless network, search for at least one other device connected to the wireless network;
- and
- provide, through the display, a second visual information indicating the searched for at least one other device connected to the wireless network, together with the first visual information.
A method for an operation of an electronic device, the method comprising:
- receiving a request for sharing a first content;
- in response to the request for sharing the first content, identifying at least one service associated with the first content;
- providing a first visual information indicating the identified at least one service;
- identifying a state of a connection to a wireless network;
- in response to identifying that the electronic device is connected to the wireless network, searching for at least one other device connected to the wireless network;
- and
- providing a second visual information indicating the searched for at least one other device connected to the wireless network, together with the first visual information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.