Cloud server, client terminal, device, and method of operating cloud server and client terminal
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsEok-soo SHIM, Byung-woan KIM, Kyoung-heun SHIN, Kyung-ah CHANG
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Abstract
A cloud computing system that allows a client terminal to make use of different types of devices using a cloud computing service of a cloud server, is provided. The cloud server retrieves a virtual device driver for a device using retrieval information received from the client terminal and installs the virtual device driver so that the client terminal may control the device. Although the client terminal does not support an information format which is supported by the device, the computing service allows information to be used by the client terminal.
Claims20
A cloud server, comprising:
- a communication unit configured to receive from a client terminal a request for a computing service that allows the client terminal to use a device that executes information including services executed by the cloud server, which are desired by the client terminal;
- a virtual device driver manager configured to retrieve a virtual device driver for the device based on the computing service request;
- and
- a computing service provider configured to use the virtual device driver to provide the computing service to the client terminal.
A client terminal, comprising:
- a controller configured to:
- acquire retrieval information for a cloud server that provides a computing service that allows a client terminal to use a device that executes information desired by the client terminal;
- and
- retrieve a virtual device driver for the device which converts the information needed by the client terminal into a format that is capable of being processed by the device;
- and
- a communication unit configured to transmit the retrieval information to the cloud server.
A device, comprising:
- a communication unit configured to receive information to be executed by the device from at least one of a client terminal and a cloud server configured to provide a computing service that allows the client terminal to use the device that executes information desired by the client terminal;
- and
- an execution unit configured to:
- convert the information into a format that is capable of being processed by the device;
- and
- execute the converted information.
A method of operating a cloud server, the method comprising:
- receiving, from a client terminal, a request for a computing service that allows the client terminal to use a device that executes information desired by the client terminal;
- retrieving a virtual device driver for the device according to the computing service request;
- and
- using the virtual device driver to provide the computing service to the client terminal so that the client terminal may make use of the device.
A method of operating a client terminal, the method comprising:
- acquiring retrieval information for a cloud server that provides a computing service allowing the client terminal to use a device that executes information desired by the client terminal;
- retrieving a virtual device driver for the device which converts the information desired by the client terminal into a format that is capable of being processed by the device;
- and
- transmitting the retrieval information to the cloud server.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.