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US 2024/0179197 A1Published application
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;
- a processor;
- and
- memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the electronic device 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 and a state of a connection to a wireless network;
- in response to identifying that the state of the connection is a failure, provide, through the display, a first visual information indicating the identified at least one service and a second visual information indicating the failure;
- in response to identifying that the state of the connection is a success, search for at least one external device connected to the wireless network;
- and
- provide, through the display, a third visual information indicating the searched for at least one external device, together with the first visual information.
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A 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 and a state of a connection to a wireless network;
- in response to identifying the state of the connection is a failure, providing a first visual information indicating the identified at least one service and a second visual information indicating the failure;
- in response to identifying that the state of the connection is a success, searching for at least one external device connected to the wireless network;
- and
- providing a third visual information indicating the searched for at least one external device, together with the first visual information.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.