Method for sharing screen and electronic device thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10048925-B2
Application number	US-201715463958-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 20, 2017
Priority date	Aug 29, 2013
Publication date	Aug 14, 2018
Grant date	Aug 14, 2018

Abstract

A first electronic device is provided. The first electronic device includes a communication circuitry and at least one processor. The at least one processor is configured to control the communication circuitry to connect with a second electronic device, determine data to transmit to the second electronic device, control the communication circuitry to transmit the data to the second electronic device, and when a signal, indicating that an application is executed from the second electronic device, is received after the data is transmitted, stop transmission of the data.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A first electronic device comprising:
a communication circuitry; and
at least one processor configured to:
control the communication circuitry to connect with a second electronic device,
determine data to be displayed at the second electronic device,
control the communication circuitry to transmit the data to the second electronic device, and
when a signal requesting stop of the transmitting of the data is received, stop transmission of the data,
wherein the data is displayed at the second electronic device, and
wherein the signal is transmitted from the second electronic device when at least part of a region at which the data is displayed is hidden by executing an application.

2. The first electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to control the communication circuitry to connect with the second electronic device using a wireless communication scheme or a wired communication scheme.

3. The first electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the wired communication scheme comprises one of a universal serial bus (USB), an high-definition multimedia interface (HDMI), an mobile high-definition link (MHL), and a display port, and
the wireless communication scheme comprises one of cellular communication and a short distance wireless communication scheme.

4. The first electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to control the communication circuitry to maintain the connection with the second electronic device or release the connection with the second electronic device when the transmission of the data is stopped.

5. The first electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to control the communication circuitry to stop the transmission of the data when an event occurs in the first electronic device.

6. The first electronic device of claim 5 , wherein the event comprises at least one of a touch input, a button input, an electronic pen input, call reception, message reception, and a notification.

7. The first electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to control the communication circuitry to resume the stopped transmission of the data based on state information of the first electronic device or the second electronic device after the transmission of the data is stopped.

8. The first electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to stop encoding of the data to transmit to the second electronic device when the transmission of the data is stopped.

9. A first electronic device comprising:
a communication circuitry; and
at least one processor configured to:
control the communication circuitry to connect with a second electronic device,
determine data to be displayed at the second electronic device,
control the communication circuitry to transmit the data to the second electronic device, and
when a signal, indicating that a user input is not received during a predetermined time, is received from the second electronic device after the data is transmitted, stop transmission of the data,
wherein the data is displayed at the second electronic device.

10. The first electronic device of claim 9 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to control the communication circuitry to connect with the second electronic device using a wireless communication scheme or a wired communication scheme.

11. The first electronic device of claim 9 , wherein the wired communication scheme comprises one of a universal serial bus (USB), an high-definition multimedia interface (HDMI), an mobile high-definition link (MHL), and a display port, and
the wireless communication scheme comprises one of cellular communication and a short distance wireless communication scheme.

12. The first electronic device of claim 9 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to control the communication circuitry to maintain the connection with the second electronic device when the transmission of the data is stopped.

13. The first electronic device of claim 9 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to control the communication circuitry to release the connection with the second electronic device when the transmission of the data is stopped.

14. The first electronic device of claim 9 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to control the communication circuitry to stop the transmission of the data when an event occurs in the first electronic device.

15. The first electronic device of claim 14 , wherein the event comprises at least one of a touch input, a button input, an electronic pen input, call reception, message reception, and a notification.

16. The first electronic device of claim 9 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to control the communication circuitry to resume the stopped transmission of the data based on state information of the first electronic device or the second electronic device after the transmission of the data is stopped.

17. The first electronic device of claim 9 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to stop encoding of the data to transmit to the second electronic device when the transmission of the data is stopped.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd
• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kim Chi-Hwan
• Kim Su-Hyun
• Kim Hyun-Soo
• Cha Soon-Hyun

Classifications

• G09G2360/04

  Display device controller operating with a plurality of display units · CPC title

• G06F3/1454 Primary

  involving copying of the display data of a local workstation or window to a remote workstation or window so that an actual copy of the data is displayed simultaneously on two or more displays, e.g. teledisplay · CPC title

• H04W4/80

  Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication · CPC title

• H04W84/042

  Public Land Mobile systems, e.g. cellular systems · CPC title

• G06F3/1423

  controlling a plurality of local displays, e.g. CRT and flat panel display · CPC title