KR100858149B1 - Method and apparatus for synchronizing idle screen contents - Google Patents
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1 is a diagram schematically illustrating a configuration of an entire system for a standby screen content sink set in a plurality of terminals according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a flowchart illustrating a method of synchronizing idle screen contents according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a flowchart illustrating a method for setting idle screen contents between terminals in which idle screen contents sinks are made according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a flowchart illustrating a method for releasing idle screen content setting between terminals in which idle screen content sinks are made according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a content sink server according to an embodiment of the present invention.
6 illustrates an example of a standby screen state before and after a standby screen content sync according to an embodiment of the present invention.
7 illustrates an example of a standby screen state before and after a standby screen content sync according to another embodiment of the present invention.
The present invention relates to a method and device for synchronizing idle screen contents between a plurality of terminals, and more particularly, to a technology for setting idle screen contents set in a sink request terminal through a standby screen contents sync method.
Recently, with the development of communication technology and the popularization of the Internet, users of wired and wireless terminals can access the Internet anytime and anywhere to obtain desired information.
However, since an Internet user generally needs to access a plurality of web pages in order to access a web page that provides desired information, there is a problem that not only the time is consumed due to unnecessary connection but also the communication cost is not too small.
In order to solve this problem, recently, an application for providing contents desired by a user on a terminal idle screen has been developed and a service (aka, idle screen service) has been made. The user may be provided with desired information in real time through the contents provided by the idle screen service, and more detailed information may be easily obtained through the idle screen content.
In recent years, although the application service of the above idle screen service has been continuously developed, a technique for synchronizing (interlocking) the idle screen content between a plurality of terminals has not been developed.
In order to solve the conventional problems as described above, the present invention is to propose a method and apparatus for sinking the idle screen content that can set the idle screen content set in the terminal to other terminals.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a method and an apparatus for synchronizing idle screen contents, which can set only a part of idle screen contents set in a terminal according to a content sink option in another terminal.
In addition, another object of the present invention is to provide a method and an apparatus for releasing idle screen content sink between terminals by performing idle screen content sink.
Still other objects of the present invention will be readily understood through the following description of the embodiments.
In order to achieve the object as described above, according to an aspect of the present invention,
A standby screen content sink method performed by a content sink server connected to a sink request terminal and at least one sink target terminal through a communication network, includes: receiving a sink request message for receiving a sink request message including the sink target terminal information; A content information obtaining step of comparing at least one idle screen content setting information between the sink request terminal and the sink target terminal to obtain at least one of idle screen content information set only at the sink request terminal; And setting an idle screen content corresponding to the obtained idle screen content information as an idle screen content of the sink target terminal.
According to another aspect of the present invention, a program of instructions that can be executed by a computer is tangibly implemented to perform a standby screen content sink method, and in a recording medium recording a program that can be read by the computer, the sink A sink request message receiving step of receiving a sink request message including target terminal information; A content information obtaining step of comparing at least one idle screen content setting information between the sink request terminal and the sink target terminal to obtain at least one of idle screen content information set only at the sink request terminal; And a recording medium recording a program for performing a standby screen content setting step of setting the idle screen content corresponding to the obtained idle screen content information as the idle screen content of the sink target terminal.
According to another aspect of the present invention, a content sink server connected to a sink request terminal and one or more sink target terminals via a communication network, the content sink server comprising: a communication unit configured to receive a sink request message including the sink target terminal information; A content information acquisition unit which compares the idle screen content setting information of the sink request terminal and the sink target terminal to obtain one or more of idle screen content information set only for the sink request terminal; And an idle screen content setting unit configured to set idle screen content corresponding to the obtained idle screen content information as idle screen content of the sink target terminal.
As the invention allows for various changes and numerous embodiments, particular embodiments will be illustrated in the drawings and described in detail in the written description. However, this is not intended to limit the present invention to specific embodiments, it should be understood to include all modifications, equivalents, and substitutes included in the spirit and scope of the present invention. In describing the drawings, similar reference numerals are used for similar elements.
Terms such as first, second, A, and B may be used to describe various components, but the components should not be limited by the terms. The terms are used only for the purpose of distinguishing one component from another. For example, without departing from the scope of the present invention, the first component may be referred to as the second component, and similarly, the second component may also be referred to as the first component. The term and / or includes a combination of a plurality of related items or any item of a plurality of related items.
When a component is referred to as being "connected" or "connected" to another component, it may be directly connected to or connected to that other component, but it may be understood that other components may be present in between. Should be. On the other hand, when a component is said to be "directly connected" or "directly connected" to another component, it should be understood that there is no other component in between.
The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular example embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention. Singular expressions include plural expressions unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. In this application, the terms "comprise" or "have" are intended to indicate that there is a feature, number, step, operation, component, part, or combination thereof described in the specification, and one or more other features. It is to be understood that the present invention does not exclude the possibility of the presence or the addition of numbers, steps, operations, components, components, or a combination thereof.
Unless defined otherwise, all terms used herein, including technical or scientific terms, have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art. Terms such as those defined in the commonly used dictionaries should be construed as having meanings consistent with the meanings in the context of the related art and shall not be construed in ideal or excessively formal meanings unless expressly defined in this application. Do not.
Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description of the present invention, the same reference numerals will be used for the same means regardless of the reference numerals in order to facilitate the overall understanding.
1 is a diagram schematically illustrating a configuration of an entire system for a standby screen content sink set in a plurality of terminals according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Referring to FIG. 1, a system for syncing an idle screen content set in a plurality of terminals includes a
According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the
Here, the idle screen content is a kind of small application program (eg, a clock widget, stock information widget, weather information widget, calendar widget, etc.) provided on the desktop in the case of a PC connected to the Internet network. In this case, the user may easily obtain information (eg, weather information, stock information, etc.) provided by the content operator using the idle screen content, and may reduce the number of unnecessary Internet accesses to obtain specific information. In addition, the idle screen content is a mobile communication terminal connected to the
In addition, the sink of the idle screen content refers to setting the idle screen content set in the
In addition, after the synchronization of the idle screen content between the plurality of terminals, if the new idle screen content is set to any one of the plurality of terminals, the same idle screen content may be automatically set to the other terminal is a sink. For example, when the standby screen content is synchronized between the
In general, a screen provided on a monitor to receive a PC user's command is referred to as a desktop. In the case of a mobile communication terminal, for example, a mobile phone, a screen provided on a display of a mobile phone is in standby mode. (Or standby mode), the above names will be collectively referred to as standby screen for clarity of understanding and explanation. However, such a general name should be appropriately interpreted according to the type of the
As shown in FIG. 1, the
The
The
In addition, information (eg, news, stock price information, etc.) provided through the idle screen content may be updated. At this time, the update method may be a PULL or PUSH method. The PULL method refers to a method in which information is updated according to a request of the
In addition, the
Like the sink request terminal, the
The
When the sink request message is received from the
In addition, when the idle screen content is synchronized between a plurality of terminals, the
In addition, as shown in FIG. 1, the
In addition, the
The content server 130 may be a content server 130-1 connected to the
The content server 130 may perform a function of providing idle screen content to the
The content server 130-2 may provide the terminal 100 or 110 with standby screen content that is different from the standby screen content provided by the content server 130-1. In addition, the content server 130-2 may provide the standby screen content received from the content server 130-1 to the
The
2 is a flowchart illustrating a method of synchronizing idle screen contents according to an embodiment of the present invention.
In
In addition, when the sink request message does not include the idle screen content setting information of the
In addition, if the idle screen content setting information of the
In addition, according to another embodiment of the present invention, the sink request message may include idle screen content sink option information. Here, the idle screen content sink option information refers to information that allows only the idle screen content of the idle screen content set in the
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Further, according to another embodiment of the present invention mentioned above, in
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In operation 270, the
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Although not shown in FIG. 2, according to another embodiment of the present disclosure, in
The idle screen content sink method according to the present invention described above may be embodied as computer readable codes on a computer readable recording medium. The computer-readable recording medium includes all kinds of recording devices in which data that can be read by a computer system is stored. Examples of computer-readable recording media include ROM, RAM, CD-ROM, magnetic tape, floppy disk, optical data storage, and the like, and also include those implemented in the form of carrier waves such as transmission over the Internet. The computer readable recording medium can also be distributed over network coupled computer systems so that the computer readable code is stored and executed in a distributed fashion.
3 is a flowchart illustrating an idle screen content setting method between terminals in which an idle screen content sink is performed according to an embodiment of the present invention.
The
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4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of releasing idle screen content setting during a terminal period in which idle screen content sinks are made according to an embodiment of the present invention.
When some of the idle screen contents set in any one of the terminals on which the idle screen contents have been synced are released, the idle screen contents which have been cancelled may be canceled in other terminals on which the sinks are set. For example, assume that a plurality of idle screen contents (eg, a weather information widget, a stock information widget, etc.) are set in the
The
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In FIG. 4, for the convenience of clear understanding and explanation of the invention, the
5 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a content sink server according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Referring to FIG. 5, the
The
Also, the sink request message may include idle screen content sink option information. Here, the idle screen content sink option information refers to information that allows only the idle screen content of the idle screen content set in the
The content
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All components of the
6 illustrates an example of a standby screen state before and after a standby screen content sink according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 7 illustrates a standby screen content before and after a standby screen content sink according to another embodiment of the present invention. This is an example of the screen status.
Hereinafter, in FIG. 6 and FIG. 7, the
Referring to FIG. 6,
As shown in FIG. 6, the clock widget, the stock information widget, and the weather information widget are set in the standby screen content
In addition, although not shown in FIG. 6, when the idle screen content sink is made, a weather information widget set only for the
Referring to FIG. 7, only some of the idle screen content set in the
Preferred embodiments of the present invention described above are disclosed for purposes of illustration, and those skilled in the art will be able to make various modifications, changes, and additions within the spirit and scope of the present invention. Additions should be considered to be within the scope of the following claims.
As described above, the idle screen content sinking method and apparatus according to the present invention has the effect of setting the idle screen content set in the terminal to another terminal.
In addition, the present invention has the effect that only some of the idle screen content set in the terminal according to the content sink option can be set to the other terminal.
In addition, the present invention has the effect that the idle screen content sync is made to release the idle screen content sync between the terminals.
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