KR101456935B1 - Method and system for sharing seamless partial content on web - Google Patents

Abstract

A method and system for partial content sharing on a browser is disclosed. The partial content sharing method includes: recognizing an object selected by a user from a service page being used by the first device; Selecting an object device capable of executing the object among at least one second device accessible to the first device; And sharing the object with the target device.

Description

[0001] METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SHARING SEPARATE CONTENT ON WEB [0002]

Embodiments of the invention relate to a method and system that can share partial content on a web page.

Various communication networks are combined due to the development of information and communication technology, and various services are being created by utilizing the information infrastructure thus formed.

Recently, a service for effectively managing a large amount of information through a connection between a service system and the Internet and easily sharing information among the users has been commercialized.

Korean Patent Laid-Open No. 10-2009-0007849 (published Jan. 21, 2009) discloses a technique for sharing contents among terminals located in the same service space.

In this specification, a technique for partially sharing contents on a web page is proposed.

A method and system for sharing partial content on a web page between users is provided.

And provides a method and system that can partially share content seamlessly through various devices such as smart phones, tablets, desktops, PCs, and TVs.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a partial content sharing method includes: recognizing an object selected from a user in a service page used by a first device; Selecting an object device capable of executing the object among at least one second device accessible to the first device; And sharing the object with the target device.

According to an aspect of the present invention, the step of recognizing the object may recognize an object of a region selected by the user using a layout of an object constituting the service page.

According to another aspect, the step of recognizing the object may recognize an object of the region selected by the user using a tag classified by a content publisher providing the service page.

According to another aspect, the step of recognizing the object may specify on the service page all objects selectable within the service page such that the user selects the object.

According to another aspect, the step of recognizing the object may specify a selectable object according to the position of the cursor appearing on the service page so that the user selects the object.

According to another aspect of the present invention, the step of recognizing the object may include the step of recognizing the object when the gesture of the type in which the touch of the arbitrary position in the service page is dragged outward or outward of the service page is inputted, May be recognized as an object selected from the user.

According to another aspect, the step of recognizing the object may select the entire area of the service page when the object selected from the user is not a movable object that can be shared.

According to another aspect of the present invention, the step of selecting the target device may select a target device capable of executing the object by checking a capability profile of the second device according to the type of the object.

According to another aspect, the step of selecting the target device includes: recognizing a gesture direction of the user for selecting the object; And selecting, as the target device, a device that best matches the gesture direction based on the position information of the second device.

According to another aspect of the present invention, the step of selecting a device most matching with the gesture direction as the target device may include selecting a device having the shortest vertical distance between the axis of the gesture direction and the position of the second device among the second devices, You can select the target device.

According to another aspect, the partial content sharing method may further include providing a confirmation screen for requesting confirmation to the user about the recognized object and the selected target device, A menu for re-selection of the object, and a menu for reselecting the object device. [0033] In the present invention,

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a partial content sharing system includes: a recognition unit that recognizes an object selected by a user from a service page being used by the first device; And a selection unit selecting at least one second device accessible to the first device and capable of executing the object, wherein the object can be shared with the target device.

A part of an object constituting a page may be selected from a service page being used by a user or a partial area may be selected through a separate block designation and provided to another device so that partial contents can be shared on a service page.

Therefore, it is possible to share objects selected through various devices such as a smart phone, a tablet, a desktop, a PC, and a TV without any interruption by selecting an object to be shared on a web page.

With more intuitive user actions, you can execute shared services for partial content of service pages, and standard web technologies enable services through native web browsers.

1 is a conceptual diagram of a system for sharing some contents on a service page in an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is an exemplary diagram for explaining a service scenario for sharing partial contents in an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is an exemplary diagram for explaining a method of selecting a target device based on location information of the device in the embodiment of the present invention.
4 and 5 illustrate a UI screen for guiding selection of a moving object in a service page in the embodiment of the present invention.
6 is an exemplary diagram for explaining a service scenario for sharing partial contents in an embodiment of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The present embodiments relate to a content sharing method and system that can share some objects in a service page with other devices while using a service through any one of the devices.

1 illustrates a system conceptual diagram for sharing some contents on a service page in an embodiment of the present invention.

For example, referring to FIG. 1, when a user is using the service provided by the content publisher 101 via the smart TV 110, some objects (for example, video, Image, text, URL, etc.) and share the object with a friend through the smartpads 120 of the friend.

A content sharing method and a content sharing system according to the present invention can be implemented in a browser operating on a smart phone, a tablet, a desktop, a PC, a TV, and the like. The content sharing system includes a touch, a mouse, a remote controller, And a user interface (UI) environment.

In the present embodiment, the content publisher provides sharing between partial contents in a manner such as an N-screen service or the like, or it may be provided in a primary device such as Bluetooth, near field communication (NFC), Wi-Fi Partial contents can be directly shared with other devices through the wireless communication method, and can be connected through the N screen service server in the Client-Server structure, which is a general web service driving environment.

The scenario for sharing partial contents is shown in Fig.

(1) When a user finds a content 201 to be shared on the service page 210 while using the service,

(2) The user selects a content 201 to be shared by inputting a predetermined action (for example, "throw away gesture") 202 to the content 201 of the service page 210. At this time, in the contents sharing system, the object selected by the user is extracted from the corresponding service page and a target device list capable of sharing the object is generated.

(3) In the content sharing system, a confirmation screen 220 for selecting a selected content and selecting a sharing target may be loaded and provided on a service page 210 in use by the user. Thus, the user can finally confirm the content selected by the user through the confirmation screen 220 and select a device to which the content is to be shared from the target device list.

In this specification, the term 'moving object' refers to objects included in a document such as a moving image, an image, a text, and a URL, and may refer to all objects that can be recognized on the DOM Paring Engine of the browser, . An 'action' means a user input for selecting a content, and a touch, a mouse, a remote controller, a motion sensor, and various other input methods can be used.

Touch: After selecting an area by touching and pausing, touch and drag the selected area (in any direction, or the intended direction of the device) to the end of the service page or to the outside of the touch input device, Can be input.

Mouse: You can select an area with the mouse and then click and drag in the selected area (in any direction, or in the direction of the intended device) to enter the action at the end of the service page or across the entire screen. Alternatively, an action can be entered by selecting the "Share / Send" menu by clicking the right button of the mouse in the selected area.

Remote control: You can enter an action in the form of selecting the "Sharing / Sending" menu after inputting the button corresponding to "Right click" or choosing the red button which is generally a function key.

In this embodiment, an execution procedure for content sharing consists of 1) automatic partial content selection, 2) target device selection, and 3) confirmation screen loading, Which can be performed by the content sharing system.

Although specific schemes for the contents sharing system are omitted in the present embodiment, a detailed description of the contents sharing system is omitted. However, the contents sharing system includes a recognition unit for performing the 'partial content selection' step, a selection unit for performing the ' And a hardware configuration including an interface unit.

1) 'Partial content selection' step

The content sharing system can perform a role of recognizing and extracting an area according to a user selection, that is, a movable object, in a service page.

For example, the content sharing system can recognize the area selected by the user using the layout of the object in the service page. For example, <area>, <article>, <audio>, <blockquote>, <body>, <canvas>, <div>, <embed>, <footer>, and < tag information including an area selected by the user such as &lt; form &gt;, <header>, <iframe>, <img>, and <video> As another example, if the layout of the object is unclear and a separate arbitrary block designation is required, the content publisher can directly input a separate <div> tag to distinguish the area within the service page. Accordingly, the contents sharing system can recognize the area according to the user's selection by using the <div> tag. For example, when selecting a portion of a text area, an input area that does not use a <from> tag, such as the <input> tag, can be used to recognize the selected area. As another example, in the contents sharing system, if the object is not selected by the user and a span space is selected, the entire page area is selected and a UI for re-selection is provided to share the selected area You can support reselection of objects.

2) 'Select target device' step

The content sharing system may generate a device list from which currently selected (accessible) devices can be executed, and then load a selection screen including the device list on the service page being used by the user have.

For example, the content sharing system may generate a device list by checking the type of object selected by the user and the device capability profile of each device. In other words, the content sharing system can generate a list of devices capable of reproducing the content according to the selection of currently connected devices, such as a moving image, an image, a text, a URL, a mixture (an object including two or more of them) .

At this time, there is no function limitation in the sharing between the users who are connected to the same website in which the presence in the site, that is, the sharing service for the moving object is provided. In addition, the content sharing system can restrict the initially connected device to a shared object when another user accesses multiple devices at the same time.

In this embodiment, the mechanism for registering and confirming the function profile for each device is as follows.

The device function can be divided into a device capability and a browser capability. In this case, the unique functions include UI information such as a keyboard and a touch, a screen layout, and the like. A variety of user agent information such as a browser version, a mobile / PC presence level, and the like.

As another example, the content sharing system can automatically select a device to share a moving object through distance calculation based on the location information of each device among the accessible devices. For example, the contents sharing system can automatically select a device closest to the vertical direction of the user's action (throw away gesture), that is, the device that best matches the direction of the action direction of the user.

Referring to FIG. 3, it is assumed that the basic device 301 can access the smart TV 302, the smart pad 303, and the smartphone 304. When a gesture in a predetermined direction is input to the selected object in the basic device 301, the content sharing system searches the direction axis of the gesture for each of the smart TV 302, the smart pad 303, and the smartphone 304 310, the smartphone 304, which is the device with the shortest perpendicular distance 320, can be automatically selected as the target device.

At this time, the vector value of the direction indicated by the user's touch can be calculated and transmitted to the contents sharing system in the terminal where the action of the user occurs. Also, the contents sharing system can obtain location information of each device at all times or at any time using a currently connectable protocol. A method of locating each device can utilize various techniques known in the art such as a technique of measuring the position of a device based on an indoor Wi-Fi signal from a coordinate value communication with respect to the position.

3) Step 'loading screen'

In the content sharing system, a confirmation screen for selecting the selected content and selecting the sharing target may be loaded and provided on the service page being used by the user.

For example, in the content sharing system, a UI screen can be loaded which allows the user to confirm whether the target device determined to be located at the closest distance from the 'selected target device' to the object selected in the 'partial content selection' have. The confirmation screen displays the object selected by the user and the target device of the closest location, and further includes a device list in which the selected object can be executed among currently accessible devices, a 're-select' menu in which the object can be reselected, A &quot; Change Shared Object &quot;

At this time, if the content finally confirmed through the confirmation screen is not intended by the user, the object can be reselected when the selection is made to an area not supported by the object movement function. If the object selected by the user is an area that is not supported by the object movement function, an error message (for example, 'Not a shareable area, please select again') may be displayed, or the entire service page may be designated as a selection area. have.

The content sharing system can guide the selection of the moving object on the service page that was being used when the user selects the 'Select Again' menu on the confirmation screen. For example, as shown in FIG. 4, all the movable objects 410 that can be selected in the service page are indicated by a dotted box, highlighting, and the like, and the user can be guided to select a desired area. As another example, the content sharing system may inform the selectable moving object according to mouse over. In other words, as shown in FIG. 5, the selected object 510 can be highlighted by magnifying or highlighting the moving object 510 where the mouse cursor 501 is located among the movable objects selectable in the service page.

In addition, when the content sharing system supports sharing among users connected to the same site in addition to sharing among other users, the content sharing system provides list display together with grouping information set in advance through a confirmation screen In-site presence service.

If the service page provided by the content publisher is a page that does not support a web object movable function, the content sharing system supports a throw away gesture (i.e., deactivation of animation) for the page I can not. Also, the contents sharing system can execute sharing immediately without a user confirmation process through a confirmation screen when the object selectable in the service page is unique and only the object device that can be shared is also unique.

Another scenario for sharing partial content is shown in FIG.

(1) When the user finds a content 601 to be shared on the service page 610 while using the service,

(2) If the user selects the " smooth sharing "menu on the service page 610, the user can select a content to be shared by providing a UI such as the object selection screen illustrated in FIGS.

(3) In the content sharing system, the confirmation screen 620 for selecting the selected content and selecting the sharing target may be loaded and provided on the service page 610 being used by the user. Accordingly, the user can confirm the content selected by himself / herself through the confirmation screen 620, and can select a device to which the content is to be shared from the target device list.

Accordingly, in the present embodiment, an object to be shared can be selected on a web page, and the selected object can be shared without interruption through various devices such as a smart phone, a tablet, a desktop, a PC, and a TV.

The apparatus described above may be implemented as a hardware component, a software component, and / or a combination of hardware components and software components. For example, the apparatus and components described in the embodiments may be implemented within a computer system, such as, for example, a processor, a controller, an arithmetic logic unit (ALU), a digital signal processor, a microcomputer, a field programmable array (FPA) A programmable logic unit (PLU), a microprocessor, or any other device capable of executing and responding to instructions. The processing device may execute an operating system (OS) and one or more software applications running on the operating system. The processing device may also access, store, manipulate, process, and generate data in response to execution of the software. For ease of understanding, the processing apparatus may be described as being used singly, but those skilled in the art will recognize that the processing apparatus may have a plurality of processing elements and / As shown in FIG. For example, the processing unit may comprise a plurality of processors or one processor and one controller. Other processing configurations are also possible, such as a parallel processor.

The software may include a computer program, code, instructions, or a combination of one or more of the foregoing, and may be configured to configure the processing device to operate as desired or to process it collectively or collectively Device can be commanded. The software and / or data may be in the form of any type of machine, component, physical device, virtual equipment, computer storage media, or device , Or may be permanently or temporarily embodied in a transmitted signal wave. The software may be distributed over a networked computer system and stored or executed in a distributed manner. The software and data may be stored on one or more computer readable recording media.

The method according to an embodiment may be implemented in the form of a program command that can be executed through various computer means and recorded in a computer-readable medium. The computer-readable medium may include program instructions, data files, data structures, and the like, alone or in combination. The program instructions to be recorded on the medium may be those specially designed and configured for the embodiments or may be available to those skilled in the art of computer software. Examples of computer-readable media include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks and magnetic tape; optical media such as CD-ROMs and DVDs; magnetic media such as floppy disks; Magneto-optical media, and hardware devices specifically configured to store and execute program instructions such as ROM, RAM, flash memory, and the like. Examples of program instructions include machine language code such as those produced by a compiler, as well as high-level language code that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like. The hardware devices described above may be configured to operate as one or more software modules to perform the operations of the embodiments, and vice versa.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments. For example, it is to be understood that the techniques described may be performed in a different order than the described methods, and / or that components of the described systems, structures, devices, circuits, Lt; / RTI &gt; or equivalents, even if it is replaced or replaced.

Therefore, other implementations, other embodiments, and equivalents to the claims are also within the scope of the following claims.

101: Content publishers
110: Smart TV
120: Smart Pad

Claims (15)

Recognizing an object selected by a user from a service page being used by the first device;
Selecting an object device capable of executing the object among at least one second device accessible to the first device;
Providing a confirmation screen on the service page requesting confirmation of the object and the target device to the user; And
And sharing the object with the target device in response to the confirmation request of the user through the confirmation screen
Lt; / RTI &gt;
Wherein the step of selecting the target device comprises:
Selecting a target device capable of executing the object by checking a capability profile of the second device according to the type of the object,
The confirmation screen may include information on the object, a device list capable of executing the object, a menu for re-selecting the object, and a menu for reselecting the target device
The method comprising the steps of: The method according to claim 1,
The step of recognizing the object may comprise:
And recognizing an object of an area selected by the user using a layout of an object constituting the service page
The method comprising the steps of: The method according to claim 1,
The step of recognizing the object may comprise:
Recognizing an object of a region selected by the user using a tag separated by a content publisher providing the service page
The method comprising the steps of: The method according to claim 1,
The step of recognizing the object may comprise:
Specifying on the service page all objects selectable within the service page such that the user selects the object
The method comprising the steps of: The method according to claim 1,
The step of recognizing the object may comprise:
Specifying a selectable object according to the position of the cursor appearing on the service page such that the user selects the object
The method comprising the steps of: The method according to claim 1,
The step of recognizing the object may comprise:
And recognizing the object corresponding to the arbitrary position as the selected object from the user when the gesture in which the touch of the arbitrary position in the service page is dragged out of the frame or out of the service page is input from the user
The method comprising the steps of: The method according to claim 1,
The step of recognizing the object may comprise:
Selecting an entire region of the service page when the object selected by the user is not a shareable movable object
The method comprising the steps of: delete The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the step of selecting the target device comprises:
Recognizing the gesture direction of the user for selecting the object; And
Selecting, as the target device, a device that best matches the gesture direction based on the position information of the second device
/ RTI &gt; 10. The method of claim 9,
Wherein the step of selecting a device that best matches the gesture direction as the target device comprises:
Selecting the device having the shortest vertical distance between the axis of the gesture direction and the position of the second device among the second devices as the target device
The method comprising the steps of: delete A recognition unit for recognizing an object selected by a user from a service page being used by the first device;
A selection unit configured to select a target device capable of executing the object among at least one second device accessible to the first device; And
An interface unit for providing on the service page a confirmation screen for requesting confirmation of the object and the target device to the user;
Lt; / RTI &gt;
Wherein the selection unit comprises:
Selecting a target device capable of executing the object by checking a capability profile of the second device according to the type of the object,
Wherein the confirmation screen includes information about the object, a device list capable of executing the object, a menu for re-selecting the object, and a menu for reselecting the target device,
The object is shared with the target device according to the confirmation request of the user through the confirmation screen
Wherein the partial content sharing system comprises: A computer readable storage medium comprising instructions for controlling a computer system to share content,
The command includes:
Recognizing an object selected by a user from a service page being used by the first device;
Selecting an object device capable of executing the object among at least one second device accessible to the first device;
Providing a confirmation screen on the service page requesting confirmation of the object and the target device to the user; And
And sharing the object with the target device in response to the confirmation request of the user through the confirmation screen
Lt; / RTI &gt;
Wherein the step of selecting the target device comprises:
Selecting a target device capable of executing the object by checking a capability profile of the second device according to the type of the object,
The confirmation screen may include information on the object, a device list capable of executing the object, a menu for re-selecting the object, and a menu for reselecting the target device
Gt; computer-readable &lt; / RTI &gt; delete delete

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