WO2017069436A1

WO2017069436A1 - Electronic device and controlling method therefor

Info

Publication number: WO2017069436A1
Application number: PCT/KR2016/011173
Authority: WO
Inventors: 이상정; 손영철; 김철주; 이윤경
Original assignee: 삼성전자 주식회사
Priority date: 2015-10-23
Filing date: 2016-10-06
Publication date: 2017-04-27
Also published as: KR20170047560A

Abstract

An electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device comprises: a display; an input unit for receiving input of a user command; a memory for storing information associated with a device that a user possesses; and a processor for determining whether installation of an application executable in a multi-device is allowed on the basis of the information associated with the device that the user possesses, when an installation command associated with the application is input through the input unit, and controlling the display to display a result obtained by determining whether the installation is allowed.

Description

Electronic device and its control method

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an electronic device and a control method thereof, and more particularly, to an electronic device capable of installing an application that can be driven by a multi-device and a control method thereof.

Recently, with the development of digital technology, the number of smart devices owned by one user keeps increasing. Accordingly, there is an increasing need for an application that can be run on multiple devices that cooperate with a plurality of smart devices to provide an optimal UX to the user.

However, in the related art, it is determined whether the application can be installed or executed by considering only the resource of a device on which the application is installed. In the case of an application that can be driven by a multi-device, resources of other devices are not considered.

Therefore, there is a problem that it is determined that it is not installable even when providing a resource necessary for executing an application in a device connected to a device used by a user and a network connected device.

That is, in the case of an application that can be driven in a multi-device, the application may be executed using at least one device connected to a network. When determining whether to install and run the application, resource information of another networked device is used. There was a problem not to consider.

An object of the present invention is to provide an electronic device and a control method thereof capable of determining whether to install an application that can be driven in a multi-device based on information about a device held by a user.

According to an aspect of the present disclosure, an electronic device includes a display, an input unit for receiving a user command, a memory for storing information about a device held by a user, and a multi-device through the input unit. When an installation command for a driveable application is input, the processor determines whether the application can be installed based on information about a device held by the user, and controls the display to display the determined result of the installation. It includes.

Here, the information on the device held by the user includes resource information of the device held by the user, and the processor is configured to perform the application based on resource information of the device held by the user. It can be determined whether the installation of the.

Here, the resource information of the device held by the user is power state information, and the processor determines that the application can be installed when the power of the device to which the application uses the resource is all on, and the application is installed. When the power of at least one of the devices that will use the resource is turned off, it may be determined that the application cannot be installed.

The resource information of the device held by the user is hardware information, and the processor determines that the application can be installed when the device possessed by the device has a hardware configuration required to drive the application. If the device held by the user does not have at least one of the hardware configurations required to drive the application, it may be determined that the application cannot be installed.

The processor may generate a UI element of the application when an installation command for an application that is driven by the multi-device is input through the input unit, and change the UI element to another UI element when the application is installable. Can be.

The processor may determine whether the application is executable or not based on resource information of a device held by the user when an execution command for an application that can be driven in the multi device is input through the input unit. The display can be controlled to display the prepared executable result.

Here, when there are a plurality of devices owned by the user, the processor determines a device to execute the application based on hardware information of the device held by the user, and executes the application on the determined device. Can be.

The processor may display a list of devices held by the user when there are a plurality of devices owned by the user, and when at least one device is selected from the user, the at least one selected device. You can run

The processor may generate a UI element of the application when the execution command for an application that is driven by the multi-device is input through the input unit, and change the UI element to another UI element when the application is executable. have.

On the other hand, the server according to an embodiment of the present invention, the multi-device based on the communication unit that can communicate with the external device, the memory for storing information about the device held by the user and the information about the device held by the user And a processor configured to determine whether to install an application that can be driven and to control the communication unit to recommend the application to an external device which is determined to be installable among a plurality of external devices.

Meanwhile, in the control method of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, when an installation command for an application that can be driven in a multi-device is input from a user, the control method of the electronic device is based on information about a device held by a pre-stored user. And determining the installability and displaying the determined installability result.

Here, the information about the device held by the user includes resource information of the device held by the user, and the determining of the device may include determining whether the application is based on the resource information of the device held by the user. It can be determined whether it can be installed.

Here, the resource information of the device held by the user is power state information, and the determining may include determining that the application can be installed when the power of the device that the application uses the resource is all on. When the power of at least one device among the devices for which the application uses the resource is turned off, it may be determined that the application cannot be installed.

The resource information of the device possessed by the user is hardware information, and the determining may include installing the application if the device possessed by the user has a hardware configuration required to drive the application. If it is determined that the at least one of the hardware configuration required to drive the application is not provided in the device possessed by the user, it may be determined that the application cannot be installed.

The determining may include generating a UI element of the application when an installation command for an application that can be driven by the multi-device is input, and when the application is installable, change the UI element to another UI element. .

The determining may include determining whether the application is executable or not based on resource information of a device held by the user when an execution command for an application that can be driven in the multi device is input, and executing the determined execution. The display can be controlled to display the availability result.

Here, in the determining, when there are a plurality of devices owned by the user, a device to execute the application is determined based on hardware information of the device held by the user, and the determined device determines the device. You can run

The determining may include displaying a list of devices held by the user when there are a plurality of devices owned by the user, and when at least one device is selected from the user, the at least one selected device. The application can be executed.

The determining may include generating a UI element of the application when an execution command for an application that can be driven by the multi-device is input through the input unit, and when the application is executable, convert the UI element into another UI element. You can change it.

According to various embodiments of the present disclosure as described above, by determining whether the application can be installed on the basis of the information on the device held by the user, it is possible to effectively install the application that can be driven in the multi-device.

1 is a schematic diagram showing the configuration of an application recommendation system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

3A and 3B are block diagrams illustrating detailed configurations of the electronic device illustrated in FIG. 2.

4 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a server according to an exemplary embodiment.

5 is a diagram for describing a method of using information on a device held by a user according to an exemplary embodiment.

6 is a diagram for describing a method of recommending an application that can be driven in a multi-device, according to an exemplary embodiment.

7A and 7B are diagrams for describing a method of executing an application that can be driven in a multi-device, according to an exemplary embodiment.

8 to 10 are flowcharts illustrating a method of installing and executing an application that can be driven in a multi device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

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Hereinafter, various embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

As shown in FIG. 1, an application recommendation system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes an electronic device 100 and a server 200.

The electronic device 100 is a device capable of installing an application that can be driven by multiple devices. For example, the electronic device 100 may be a digital TV, a smartphone, a tablet PC, or the like.

The server 200 is a device for providing an application to the electronic device 100, and may recommend an application that can be driven by multiple devices to the electronic device 100.

In particular, the server 200 may determine whether to install an application that can be driven by the multi-device based on the information about the device held by the user, and recommend the application to the electronic device 100. In detail, the server 200 receives and stores information about a device held by the user from an external device, and determines the electronic device 100 in which an application may be installed based on the information on the device held by the user. Can be. Here, the information on the device possessed by the user may be resource information of the device currently possessed by the user. The resource information of the device possessed by the user may be hardware information of the device possessed by the user or information about the current power state of the device possessed by the user. However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and the resource information of the device possessed by the user may be various information such as product information about the device possessed by the user.

When an installation command for an application that can be driven by the multi-device is input, the electronic device 100 may determine whether the application may be installed based on information about the device that the user possesses. In detail, the electronic device 100 may receive information about a device held by the user from the user and store the received information about the device held by the user in the storage unit or receive and store information about the device held by the user from an external device. Here, the information on the device possessed by the user may be resource information of the device possessed by the user.

In addition, when an installation command for an application that can be driven by the multi-device is input, the electronic device 100 generates a UI element of the application, and when it is determined that the application is installable, the electronic device 100 changes the UI element of the generated application into another UI element. You can change it. Here, the other UI element may be a UI element in which a mark indicating that a color is changed or can be installed in an existing UI element is displayed. However, the present invention is not limited thereto and may be various UI elements in which the existing UI elements are changed so that the user can recognize that the application can be installed.

In addition, when an execution command for an application that can be driven by the multi-device is input, the electronic device 100 may determine whether the application may be executed based on resource information of the device held by the user.

In particular, when there are a plurality of devices owned by the user, the electronic device 100 may determine a device to execute an application based on hardware information of the device held by the user, or display a list of devices owned by the user. The application can be executed on the device selected by the user. Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

As shown in FIG. 2, the electronic device 100 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a communication unit 110, a display 120, an input unit 130, a memory 140, and a processor 150.

The communication unit 110 performs communication with an external device. Here, the communication unit 110 through various communication methods such as BT (BlueTooth), WI-FI (Wireless Fidelity), Zigbee, IR (Infrared), Serial Interface, Universal Serial Bus (USB), Near Field Communication (NFC), etc. Communicate with external devices.

In particular, the communication unit 110 may receive information about a device held by the user from an external device. In detail, the communication unit 110 may receive a list of devices owned by a user, resource information of devices held by the user, and the like from an external device.

The display 120 may provide various content screens. Here, the content may include various contents such as an image, a video, text, music, an application execution screen including various contents, a graphical user interface (GUI) screen, and the like.

In particular, the display 120 may display an installable result and an executable result of an application that can be driven by the multi-device, and may provide a screen including UI elements of the application.

Meanwhile, the display 120 may be implemented as various types of displays such as a liquid crystal display, an organic light-emitting diode, a liquid crystal on silicon (LCoS), and a digital light processing (DLP). have.

The input unit 130 may receive a user command from the user. In detail, the input unit 130 may receive an installation command and an execution command for an application that can be driven in a multi device from a user, or may receive a list of devices that the user has. In addition, when there are a plurality of devices owned by the user, the input unit 130 may receive selection of at least one device to execute an application.

The input unit 130 may be implemented as a device such as a mouse, a keyboard, a remote controller, or the like, or may be implemented as a touch screen capable of simultaneously performing the functions of the display 120 described above.

The memory 140 stores information about a device held by the user. In detail, when the information about the device held by the user is received from the external device through the communication unit 110, the memory 140 may store the received information. In addition, the memory 140 may store the input information when the information about the device held by the user is input from the user through the input unit 130.

The memory 140 may store various information received through the communication unit 110. The memory 140 may be implemented as a storage medium and an external storage medium in the electronic device 100, for example, a removable disk including a USB memory, a web server through a network, and the like.

The processor 150 may determine whether to install an application that can be driven by the multi-device, based on the information about the device that the user has. Here, the application that can be driven in the multi device means an application that executes a function using at least one of hardware provided in a plurality of devices connected through a network. For example, in a video call application using a camera and a speaker, the application may be executed using a speaker separate from the camera attached to the TV.

In detail, when an installation command for an application that can be driven by the multi-device is input through the input unit 130, the processor 150 may store information about a device that the user holds in the memory 140. It is possible to determine whether the application can be installed based on power state information, hardware information, and the like of the device. For example, if the user's device is a TV and a smartphone, and the application that can be run on multiple devices uses a camera and a display, the smartphone includes a camera and the TV and a smartphone include a display. It can be determined that it can be installed. In the above example, when the smartphone is powered off among the devices held by the user, the camera may not be used, and thus it may be determined that the application is not installed.

In addition, when an installation command for an application that can be driven by the multi-device is input, the processor 150 may generate a UI element of the application and change the generated UI element to another UI element when the application is installable. The processor 150 may change the generated UI element to another UI element when the application is not installable.

In detail, the processor 150 may generate a UI element of the application based on the application information received through the communication unit 110, and may change the UI element to another UI element if it is determined that the application is installable. Here, the other UI element may be a UI element displaying a mark indicating that the color of the generated UI element may be changed or installed. However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and may be various types of UI elements that allow the user to recognize that the application can be installed. In addition, even when it is determined that the application is not installable, the processor 150 may change the UI element of the application to another UI element so that the user may recognize that the application is not installed. Here, the other UI element may be a UI element displaying a mark indicating that the color of the generated UI element is not changed or installed. In addition, the UI element when the installation is not possible may be a UI element different from the UI element when the installation is possible.

In addition, when an execution command for an application that can be driven by the multi-device is input through the input unit 130, the processor 150 may execute the application based on information about a device held by the user stored in the memory 140. Can be determined. In this case, the processor 150 determines whether there are a plurality of devices owned by the user, and, when there are a plurality of devices owned by the user, determines the device to execute an application based on hardware information of the device possessed by the user. can do. In detail, the processor 150 may determine a device to execute the application according to a predetermined priority among a plurality of hardware of the device possessed by the user to be used to execute the application. For example, when the camera of the tablet and the smartphone are set to preferentially use the camera of the tablet, the processor 150 may execute the application using the camera of the tablet when an execution command of the application using the camera is input.

In addition, when there are a plurality of devices owned by the user, the processor 150 displays a list of devices owned by the user on the display 120, and executes an application on the selected device when at least one device is selected from the user. Can be. For example, if the smart TV and the smartphone among the devices that the user has a speaker, the processor 150 is input to the execution command of the application using the speaker, the smart TV and the smartphone is displayed on the display 120 The included list can be displayed. In this case, when the user selects the smart TV, the processor 150 may execute an application by using the speaker of the smart TV. The various embodiments described above are merely exemplary embodiments for describing the present invention, but are not limited thereto.

In addition, when an execution command for an application that can be driven by the multi-device is input, the processor 150 may generate a UI element of the application and change the generated UI element to another UI element when the application is executable. The processor 150 may change the generated UI element to another UI element when the application is not executable.

In detail, the processor 150 may generate a UI element of the application based on the application information received through the communication unit 110, and may change the UI element to another UI element if it is determined that the application is executable. Here, the other UI element may be a UI element displaying a mark indicating that the color of the generated UI element is changed or executable. However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and may be various types of UI elements that allow the user to recognize that the corresponding application is executable. In addition, even when it is determined that the application is not executable, the processor 150 may change the UI element of the application to another UI element so that the user may recognize that the application is not executable. Here, the other UI element may be a UI element displaying a mark indicating that the color of the generated UI element is not changed or executed. In addition, the UI element when the execution is impossible may be a UI element different from the UI element when the execution is possible.

FIG. 3A is a block diagram illustrating a specific configuration of the electronic device shown in FIG. 2. According to FIG. 3A, the electronic device 100 ′ includes a communication unit 110, a display 120, an input unit 130, a memory 140, a processor 150, a video processor 160, and an audio processor 170. do. Detailed description of parts overlapping with those shown in FIG. 2 among the elements illustrated in FIG. 3A will be omitted.

The processor 150 generally controls the operation of the electronic device 100 ′.

In detail, the processor 150 may access the RAM 151, the ROM 152, the graphics processor 153, the main CPU 154, the first to n interfaces 155-1 to 155-n, and the bus 156. Include.

The RAM 151, the ROM 152, the graphics processor 153, the main CPU 154, the first to nth interfaces 155-1 to 155-n, and the like may be connected to each other through the bus 156.

The first to n interfaces 155-1 to 155-n are connected to the aforementioned various components. One of the interfaces may be a network interface connected to an external device via a network.

The main CPU 154 accesses the memory 140 and performs booting using an operating system stored in the memory 140. In addition, various operations are performed using various programs, contents, data, and the like stored in the memory 140.

The ROM 152 stores a command set for system booting. When the turn-on command is input and the power is supplied, the main CPU 154 copies the O / S stored in the memory 140 to the RAM 151 according to the command stored in the ROM 152, and executes the O / S. Boot up. When booting is completed, the main CPU 154 copies various application programs stored in the memory 140 to the RAM 151 and executes the application programs copied to the RAM 151 to perform various operations.

The graphic processor 153 generates a screen including various objects such as an icon, an image, and a text, for example, a screen including an UI element of an application using a calculator (not shown) and a renderer (not shown). . An operation unit (not shown) calculates attribute values such as coordinate values, shapes, sizes, colors, and the like in which each object is to be displayed according to the layout of the screen based on the received control command. The renderer generates a screen having various layouts including objects based on the attribute value calculated by the calculator. The screen generated by the renderer (not shown) is displayed in the user interface area of the display 120.

Meanwhile, the above-described operation of the processor 150 may be performed by a program stored in the memory 140 as shown in FIG. 3B.

The memory 140 stores various data such as an operating system (O / S) software module for driving the electronic device 100 'and various multimedia contents.

In particular, as shown in FIG. 3B, the memory 140 includes a communication module 141, an application installation module 142, and an application execution module required to determine whether the application is installed and executable according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. 143 and the UI element generation module 144 may be stored.

The processor 150 may receive information about a device held by a user from an external device using the communication module 141.

In addition, the processor 150 may determine whether the application can be installed according to the device held by the user using the application installation module 142. For example, the processor 150 may determine whether the user has a device including hardware necessary for executing an application based on hardware information of the device held by the user received using the communication module 141. Accordingly, it is possible to determine whether the application can be installed.

In addition, the processor 150 may determine whether the application is executable according to the device held by the user using the application execution module 143. For example, the processor 150 based on power state information of a device possessed by a user received using the communication module 141, determines whether the power of a device including hardware required for executing an application is turned on. In this case, it is possible to determine whether the application can be executed.

In addition, the electronic device 100 ′ may include not only the video processor 160 that performs video data processing, the audio processor 170 that processes audio data, and the various audio data processed by the audio processor 170. The apparatus may further include a speaker for outputting various notification sounds or voice messages, a camera for capturing a still image or a video under a user's control, and a microphone for receiving a user voice or other sound and converting the same into audio data.

According to FIG. 4, the server 200 includes a communication unit 210, a memory 220, and a processor 230.

The communication unit 210 performs communication with the electronic device 100, and since a detailed configuration is similar to that of the communication unit 210 of the electronic device 100, a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

The processor 230 may determine whether to install an application that can be driven by the multi-device, based on the information about the device held by the user, and recommend the application to the external device determined to be installed.

For example, in the case of an application using a camera, the processor 230 may recommend the corresponding application only to an external device that includes a device including a camera in a device list held by the user. In this case, the processor 230 may determine whether to recommend the application based on resource information of the device held by the user.

Meanwhile, the above-described operation of the processor 230 may be performed by a program stored in the memory 220.

That is, the memory 220 may store various data such as an operating system (O / S) software for driving the server 200 and an application installation algorithm for determining whether to install an application that can be driven by multiple devices. .

As shown in FIG. 5, the electronic device 100 receives information about the devices 100-1, 100-2, and 100-3 owned by the user, and the device 100-possessed by the received user. It is possible to determine whether to install an application that can be driven by the multi-device based on the information about 1, 100-2, and 100-3. Here, the information about the devices 100-1, 100-2, and 100-3 owned by the user may be resource information about the devices 100-1, 100-2, 100-3 owned by the user. The electronic device 100 may determine whether an application can be installed using resource information about the devices 100-1, 100-2, and 100-3 that the user has.

For example, when the electronic device 100 determines whether the application using the terrestrial receiver can be installed, even if the terrestrial receiver is not included in the electronic device 100, the device 100-1, which is held by the user 100-1, may be installed. Since the TV 100-1 including the terrestrial receiver is included in the 100-2 and 100-3, the electronic device 100 may determine that the application can be installed. That is, since the application that can be driven by the multi-device can be executed by a plurality of devices connected through a network, the application that uses the terrestrial receiver in the electronic device 100 can be executed using the terrestrial receiver of the TV 100-1 held by the user. Can be.

In addition, the electronic device 100 may determine whether an application that can be driven by the multi-device may be executed based on information about the devices 100-1, 100-2, and 100-3 that the user has.

For example, when the electronic device 100 determines whether the application using the terrestrial receiver is executable, the TV including the terrestrial receiver among the devices 100-1, 100-2, and 100-3 owned by the user may be used. If the power state of the device 100-1 is turned off, the electronic device 100 may determine that the application is not executable.

According to various embodiments of the present disclosure as described above, whether the application may be installed or executed in the electronic device 100 based on information about the devices 100-1, 100-2, and 100-3 owned by the user. Since it is determined whether or not, it is possible to effectively install or run the application that can be driven in the multi-device.

Referring to FIG. 6, the server 200 receives information on the devices 100-1, 100-2, and 100-3 owned by the user, and the device 100-1, which is received by the received user. Based on the information about 100-2 and 100-3, it may be determined whether the application which can be driven by the multi-device can be installed. In addition, the server 200 receives the remote resource information from the external device 300, in consideration of both the information and the remote resource information for the device (100-1, 100-2, 100-3) that the user has It may be determined whether the application can be installed. Here, the remote resource information is connected to the devices (100-1, 100-2, 100-3) possessed by the user from the devices (100-1, 100-2, 100-3) possessed by the user It may be resource information of an available external device.

The server 200 determines whether the application can be installed on the basis of the information about the devices 100-1, 100-2, and 100-3 and the remote resource information that the user has, and can install the application. The application can be recommended at 100).

For example, in the case of an application using a printer, since the device 100-1, 100-2, and 100-3 owned by the user does not have a device including a printer, the server 200 is connected to the electronic device 100. It can be determined that the application cannot be installed. However, among the devices 100-1, 100-2, and 100-3 owned by the user, the smartphone 100-3 is connected to an external printer by wireless communication to drive the printer in the smartphone 100-3. In this case, the server 200 may determine that an application may be installed in the electronic device 100. That is, the server 200 determines that the application can be installed in consideration of remote resource information even when a device including a printer does not exist among the devices 100-1, 100-2, and 100-3 owned by the user. The application may be recommended to the electronic device 100.

FIG. 7A is a diagram for describing a case of executing an application using lighting in the electronic device 100 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

As shown in FIG. 7A, the electronic device 100 may determine whether to install an application using lighting based on information about the devices 100-4 and 100-5 possessed by the user. That is, even when the electronic device 100 does not have lighting, since the lighting is included in the devices 100-4 and 100-5 owned by the user, it may be determined that an application using the lighting can be installed. .

In addition, the electronic device 100 may determine whether an application using lighting is executable based on information about the devices 100-4 and 100-5 possessed by the user. For example, when the power of the devices 100-4 and 100-5 owned by the user including the lighting is turned off, the electronic device 100 determines that the application using the lighting is impossible to execute. The device 100 may display a UI element indicating that the application using the lighting is not executable.

7B is a diagram for describing a case of executing an application for performing a video call in the electronic device 100 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

As shown in FIG. 7B, the electronic device 100 may execute an application for performing a video call based on information about the devices 100-1, 100-6, and 100-7 owned by the user. Can be determined. The electronic device 100 may determine whether the application can be executed in consideration of the power states of the devices 100-1, 100-6, and 100-7 owned by the user, and determine the hardware that performs the function of the application. When there are a plurality of devices to be included, a device that performs a function of an application or a user's selection may be selected. For example, when executing an application for making a video call, the user may use each function (camera, display, speaker) required for the video call on the device 100-1, 100-6, 100-7 that the user has. Each device can be selected to perform In addition, when an application that performs a video call is executed, the electronic device 100 may automatically control each function of the application to be performed by the device 100-1, 100-6, 100-7 owned by the user. .

According to the control method of the electronic device illustrated in FIG. 8, first, a user command is input (S810). Here, the user command may be an installation command of an application that can be driven in the multi device or an execution command of an application that can be driven in the multi device.

Next, it is determined whether the application can be installed (S820). In detail, when an installation command for an application that can be driven by the multi-device is input from the user, it may be determined whether the application can be installed based on the information about the device that is stored by the pre-stored user.

Subsequently, the result of determining whether the determined application can be installed is displayed (S830).

In operation S820, it may be determined whether the application can be installed based on resource information of the device that is stored by the user.

Further, in step S820, based on the power state information of the device held by the user, the application determines that the application can be installed when the power of the device to use the resource is all on, and the device is to use the resource. When the power of at least one device is off, it may be determined that the application cannot be installed.

In operation S820, when the device having the hardware configuration required to drive the application is provided on the basis of the hardware information of the device held by the user, the application is determined to be installable, and the application may be installed. If at least one of the hardware configurations required for driving is not provided in the device possessed by the user, it may be determined that the application cannot be installed.

According to the control method of the electronic device illustrated in FIG. 9, first, an installation command of an application is input (S910).

Next, a UI element of an application is generated (S920).

Subsequently, it is determined whether the application can be installed based on the information on the device held by the user (S930).

If it is determined in step S930 that the application can be installed in the electronic device (S930: Y), the generated UI element is changed to another UI element (S940).

In addition, if it is determined in step S930 that the application is not installed on the electronic device (S930: N), the generated UI element is not changed.

However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and if it is determined in step S930 that the application is not installed on the electronic device, the generated UI element may be changed to another UI element.

According to the control method of the electronic device illustrated in FIG. 10, first, an execution command of an application is input (S1010).

Next, it is determined whether the application can be executed (S1020). In more detail, it is possible to determine whether the application can be executed based on hardware information, power state information, etc. of a device possessed by the user.

Subsequently, the result of the execution of the determined application is displayed (S1030).

In operation S1020, when there are a plurality of devices owned by the user, a device to execute an application may be determined based on hardware information of the device held by the user, and the application may be executed on the determined device.

In operation S1020, when a plurality of devices are held by the user, a list of devices held by the user is displayed, and when at least one device is selected from the user, the application may be executed on the selected device.

As described above, according to various embodiments of the present disclosure, it is possible to effectively install an application that can be driven in multiple devices by determining whether the application can be installed on the basis of information on the device held by the user.

Meanwhile, the above-described methods according to various embodiments of the present disclosure may be implemented by only upgrading software on an existing electronic device.

In addition, a non-transitory computer readable medium may be provided in which a program for sequentially performing a control method according to the present invention is stored.

For example, the step of receiving a user command, if the installation command for the application that can be run on the multi-device from the user, determining whether the application can be installed on the basis of the information about the device held by the user previously stored; A non-transitory computer readable medium may be provided in which a program for performing the step of displaying the determined installability result is stored.

The non-transitory readable medium refers to a medium that stores data semi-permanently and is readable by a device, not a medium storing data for a short time such as a register, a cache, a memory, and the like. Specifically, the various applications or programs described above may be stored and provided in a non-transitory readable medium such as a CD, a DVD, a hard disk, a Blu-ray disk, a USB, a memory card, a ROM, or the like.

In addition, although the preferred embodiment of the present invention has been shown and described above, the present invention is not limited to the above-described specific embodiment, the technical field to which the invention belongs without departing from the spirit of the invention claimed in the claims. Of course, various modifications can be made by those skilled in the art, and these modifications should not be individually understood from the technical spirit or the prospect of the present invention.

Claims

In an electronic device,

display;

An input unit for receiving a user command;

A memory for storing information about a device held by the user; And

When an installation command for an application that can be driven by multiple devices is input through the input unit, it is determined whether the application can be installed on the basis of information about the device held by the user, and the result of the determined installation is displayed. And a processor to control the display to control the display.
The method of claim 1,

Information about the device possessed by the user,

Resource information of a device held by the user;

The processor,

The electronic device determines whether the application can be installed based on resource information of the device held by the user.
The method of claim 2,

Resource information of the device held by the user is power state information,

The processor,

If the application is all of the power of the device to use the resource, the application is determined to be installed, and if the power of at least one device of the device that the application is to use the resource is off, it is impossible to install the application. Electronic device.
The method of claim 2,

Resource information of the device possessed by the user is hardware information,

The processor,

If the device possessed by the user has the hardware configuration required to drive the application, the user determines that the application can be installed, and the user possesses at least one of the hardware configurations required to run the application. The electronic device determines that the application cannot be installed when the device is not provided.
The method of claim 1,

The processor,

When an installation command for an application that can be driven by the multi-device is input through the input unit, the UI element of the application is generated, and when the application is installable, the electronic device is changed to another UI element.
The method of claim 1,

The processor,

When an execution command for an application that can be driven by the multi device is input through the input unit, it is determined whether the application can be executed based on resource information of the device held by the user, and the determined execution result is determined. And control the display to display.
The method of claim 6,

The processor,

And determining a device to execute the application on the basis of hardware information of the device held by the user and executing the application on the determined device, when the device is held by the user.
The method of claim 6,

The processor,

If the user has a plurality of devices, the electronic device for displaying a list of devices held by the user, and if at least one device is selected from the user, to execute the application on the at least one selected device .
The method of claim 6,

The processor,

And generating an UI element of the application when the execution command for an application that is driven by the multi-device is input through the input unit, and when the application is executable, changes the UI element to another UI element.
A communication unit capable of communicating with an external device;

A memory for storing information about a device held by the user; And

The communication unit may be configured to determine whether to install an application that can be driven by the multi-device based on information about the device held by the user, and to recommend the application to an external device that is determined to be installed among a plurality of external devices. The processor comprising; a server for controlling.
In the control method of an electronic device,

Determining whether the application can be installed based on information about a device held by the user, when an installation command for an application that can be driven by the multi-device is input from a user; And

And displaying the determined installability result.
The method of claim 11,

Information about the device possessed by the user,

Resource information of a device held by the user;

The determining step,

And determining whether the application can be installed based on resource information of the device held by the user.
The method of claim 12,

Resource information of the device held by the user is power state information,

The determining step,

If the application is all of the power of the device to use the resource, the application is determined to be installed, and if the power of at least one device of the device that the application is to use the resource is off, it is impossible to install the application. Judgment, control method.
The method of claim 12,

Resource information of the device possessed by the user is hardware information,

The determining step,

If the device possessed by the user has the hardware configuration required to drive the application, the user determines that the application can be installed, and the user possesses at least one of the hardware configurations required to run the application. If it is not provided in the device, it is determined that the application can not be installed, the control method.
The method of claim 11,

The determining step,

And when an installation command for an application that can be driven by the multi-device is input, generates a UI element of the application, and when the application is installable, changes the UI element to another UI element.