Electronic apparatus and control method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10313978-B2
Application number	US-201715401415-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 9, 2017
Priority date	Jan 13, 2016
Publication date	Jun 4, 2019
Grant date	Jun 4, 2019

Abstract

An electronic apparatus is provided. The electronic apparatus includes a communicator configured to perform communication with an external apparatus, a user interface configured to receive a user command, and a processor configured to, when an upload command to upload at least one content to the external apparatus is input, compute a time required to upload the at least one content to the external apparatus based on at least one parameter, determine whether an upload condition for uploading the at least one content satisfies a predetermined condition based on the computed time, control a time point for uploading the at least one content based on a result of the determination.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic apparatus comprising:
a communicator;
a user interface; and
a processor configured to:
based on an upload command input by the user interface, compute a time required to upload at least one content to an external apparatus through the communicator based on at least one parameter,
identify whether an upload condition for uploading the at least one content satisfies a predetermined condition based on the computed time and a type of application used for uploading the at least one content,
identify a time point for uploading the at least one content based on the computed time and the type of application used for uploading the at least one content, and
control the time point for uploading the at least one content based on a result of the identification of the time point.

2. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one parameter comprises at least one of a parameter related to an internal environment of the electronic apparatus and a parameter related to a network environment in which the electronic apparatus performs communication with the external apparatus.

3. The electronic apparatus according to claim 2 ,
wherein the parameter related to the internal environment of the electronic apparatus comprises at least one of a size of the at least one content, a residual quantity of the electronic apparatus, a load applied to the processor at a time point at which the upload command is input, and a memory size of the electronic apparatus, and
wherein the parameter related to the network environment comprises at least one of a received signal strength information (RSSI) of the network, an available bandwidth of the network, a cell identifier (ID) of where the electronic apparatus is located, a round trip time (RTT) of the network, at least one transmission control protocol (TCP) path, and information on a destination to which the at least one content is to be uploaded.

4. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the predetermined condition varies depending on an application in which the uploading of the at least one content is performed.

5. The electronic apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein if a RSSI value is sensed below of a predetermined intensity, a time point for uploading the at least one content in a backup application is delayed according to the upload condition, and a time point for uploading the at least one content in a Social Network Service (SNS) application is not delayed regardless of the upload condition.

6. The electronic apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
control the time point by uploading the at least one content to the external apparatus if the upload condition satisfies the predetermined condition, and
delay uploading the at least one content if the upload condition does not satisfy the predetermined condition.

7. The electronic apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein, if a predetermined event occurs in a state where the at least one content is being delayed, the processor is further configured to:
re-compute the time required to upload the at least one content to the external apparatus,
identify whether the upload condition for uploading the at least one content satisfies the predetermined condition based on the recomputed time, and
re-identify whether to upload the at least one content according to a result of the identification of whether the upload condition for uploading the at least one content is satisfied.

8. The electronic apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the predetermined event comprises at least one of an event where an RSSI value is sensed same to or above of a predetermined intensity and an event where a time the uploading of the at least one content is delayed exceeds a predetermined time.

9. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the processor is further configured to control the time point for uploading the at least one content according to a selected mode if a mode select command to select an uploading mode for the at least one content is input, and
wherein the uploading mode includes a first mode which the at least one content is uploaded immediately, and a second mode which the at least one content is uploaded at a later time point.

10. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
identify the time point at which power to be consumed by the uploading of the at least one content is minimized based on at least one of the computed time and the at least one parameter if a predetermined mode for controlling the time point is activated, and
upload the at least one content at the identified time point.

11. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a display,
wherein the processor is further configured to:
predict an amount of power to be consumed while the at least one content is being uploaded based on the computed time, and
control the display to display information indicating the predicted amount of power consumption.

12. A method for controlling an electronic apparatus, the method comprising:
based on receiving an upload command, computing a time required to upload at least one content to an external apparatus based on at least one parameter;
identifying whether an upload condition for uploading the at least one content satisfies a predetermined condition based on the computed time and a type of application used for uploading the at least one content;
identifying a time point for uploading the at least one content based on the computed time and the type of application used for uploading the at least one content; and
controlling the time point for uploading the at least one content based on a result of the identification of the time point.

13. The method according to claim 12 , wherein the at least one parameter comprises at least one of a parameter related to an internal environment of the electronic apparatus and a parameter related to a network environment in which the electronic apparatus performs communication with the external apparatus.

14. The method according to claim 13 ,
wherein the parameter related to the internal environment of the electronic apparatus comprises at least one of a size of the at least one content, a residual quantity of the electronic apparatus, a load applied to the processor at a time point at which the upload command is input, and a memory size of the electronic apparatus, and
wherein the parameter related to the network environment comprises at least one of a received signal strength information (RSSI) of the network, an available bandwidth of the network, a cell identifier (ID) of where the electronic apparatus is located, a round trip time (RTT) of the network, at least one transmission control protocol (TCP) path, and information on a destination to which the at least one content is to be uploaded.

15. The method according to claim 12 ,
wherein the predetermined condition varies depending on an application in which the uploading of the at least one content is performed.

16. The method according to claim 15 , wherein the controlling, if a RSSI value is sensed below of a predetermined intensity, comprises:
a time point for uploading the at least one content in a backup application is delayed according to the upload condition, and
a time point for uploading the at least one content in a Social Network Service (SNS) application is not delayed regardless of the upload condition.

17. The method according to claim 15 , wherein the controlling com

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Panghal Amit
• Sahu Rana Prasad
• Subramaniam Karthikeyan
• Hong Young-Ki
• Lee Jin-Ho

Classifications

• H04W52/0261 Primary

  managing power supply demand, e.g. depending on battery level · CPC title

• Y02D70/144

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic

• Y02D70/21

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic

• Y02D70/162

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic

• Y02D70/00

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic