Terminal for contents sharing, an operating method thereof, and a vehicle information providing terminal

A terminal of providing a vehicle interface to a vehicle information providing terminal, the terminal comprising:

• a terminal information collection unit configured to collect terminal information of the other terminal capable of transceiving contents data;
• a wireless communication unit configured to receive a reproduction request of the contents data transmitted from the other terminal;
• a contents interface generator configured to generate a contents interface provided through the vehicle interface based on the terminal information and the contents data reproduction request;
• and
• a contents data relay unit configured to reproduce the contents data received from the other terminal through the contents interface to control the reproduced contents data to be provided to the vehicle information providing terminal.

A terminal positioned in a vehicle, the terminal comprising:

• a user input unit;
• a wireless communication unit configured to communicate with a first terminal providing a contents interface to a vehicle information providing terminal of the vehicle and receive data transmitted from a base station;
• and
• a terminal information providing unit configured to provide terminal information to the first terminal in response to a request signal of whether contents received from the first terminal are transmittable,
• wherein the wireless communication unit transmits a contents data providing request to the first terminal according to a user input through the user input unit and transmits the contents data to the first terminal in response to an acceptance signal from the first terminal to output the transmitted contents data from the contents interface of the vehicle information providing terminal.

A method of operating a vehicle information providing terminal and a terminal connected to the vehicle information providing terminal, the method comprising:

• generating, by a first terminal, a contents interface to provide the generated contents interface to the vehicle information providing terminal;
• outputting, by the vehicle information providing terminal, the contents interface;
• transmitting, by a second terminal, a download reproduction request signal of the contents data to the first terminal;
• transmitting, by the first terminal, a list of contents data downloadable terminals positioned in the vehicle to the vehicle information providing terminal;
• outputting, by the vehicle information providing terminal, the terminal list;
• setting a contents download ratio in the terminal list through the vehicle information providing terminal;
• dividing and receiving, by the contents data downloadable terminals positioned in the vehicle, the contents according to each rate set in the terminal list to transmit the divided and received contents to the first terminal;
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• outputting the contents data reproduced in the first terminal through the vehicle information providing terminal.