Method for sharing screen and electronic device thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10503459-B2
Application number	US-201514878456-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 8, 2015
Priority date	Oct 10, 2014
Publication date	Dec 10, 2019
Grant date	Dec 10, 2019

Abstract

A device and method for sharing a screen in an electronic device including at least one display are provided. The electronic device includes at least one display that displays information, a communication interface that transmits/receives a signal to/from an external electronic device, and a processor that determines a display method of the external electronic device based on the device capability of the external electronic device, generates screen configuration information corresponding to information displayed on the at least one display based on the display method of the external electronic device, and makes a control to transmit the screen configuration information to the external electronic device through the communication interface.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic device comprising:
at least one display device;
a communication interface; and
at least one processor configured to:
receive, from an external electronic device, a number of display devices of the external electronic device via the communication interface,
generate, based on the number of the display devices of the external electronic device and first screen information for displaying on the at least one display device, second screen information for displaying on at least one of the display devices of the external electronic device and screen selection information indicating a display device for displaying the second screen information among the display devices of the external electronic device, and
control the communication interface to transmit the second screen information and the screen selection information to the external electronic device.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:
in response to identifying that the number of display devices of the external electronic device corresponds to two, generate the second screen information that mirrors the first screen information and configure the screen selection information to display a half of the second screen information on a first display device of the display devices of the external electronic device and a remained half of the second screen information on a second display device of the display devices of the external electronic device.

3. The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:
in response to identifying that the number of display devices of the external electronic device corresponds to two, generate the second screen information that mirrors the first screen information and configure the screen selection information to display the second screen information on a first display device of the display devices of the external electronic device.

4. The electronic device of claim 1 ,
wherein the external electronic device comprises one or more display devices,
wherein the at least one processor is further configured to determine, among the display devices of the external electronic device, a first display device for displaying a first screen and a second display device for displaying a second screen based on the number of display devices of the external electronic device,
wherein at least one of the first screen or the second screen is associated with the first screen information, and
wherein the first screen information comprises information on the first screen associated with the first display device and the second screen associated with the second display device.

5. The electronic device of claim 4 , wherein the first screen corresponds to a foreground application which is displayed via the at least one display device and the second screen corresponds to a background application executed in the electronic device.

6. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to determine at least one of a reproduction method for reproducing an audio signal corresponding to the at least one display device in the external electronic device, or an input information processing method for processing input information in the external electronic device, based on data received from the external electronic device.

7. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the first screen information comprises content information displayed on the at least one display device, area information of the at least one display device on which the content information is displayed, and information on a display device of the external electronic device where the content information is to be displayed.

8. An electronic device comprising:
one or more display devices;
a communication interface; and
at least one processor configured to:
receive, from an external electronic device, a number of display devices of the external electronic device via the communication interface,
receive first screen information from the external electronic device through the communication interface, the first screen information regarding information being displayed via at least one display device of the external electronic device,
generate, based on the number of the display devices of the external electronic device and the first screen information, second screen information comprising information for displaying on at least one of the display devices of the electronic device and screen selection information indicating a display device for displaying the second screen information among the display devices by reconfiguring the first screen information based on the received number of display devices, and
control the display devices to display the second screen information in the display device among the display devices of the electronic device.

9. The electronic device of claim 8 ,
wherein the information further comprises a type of the display devices, a characteristic of the display devices, or a resolution of each of the display devices, and
wherein data received from the external electronic device comprises information on at least one of a number of the at least one display device of the external electronic device, a type of the at least one display device, a characteristic of the at least one display device, or a resolution of each of the at least one display device.

10. The electronic device of claim 9 ,
wherein the second screen information is generated based on at least one of an application executed in the electronic device, a priority of applications executed in the electronic device, an application executed in the external electronic device, or a priority of applications executed in the external electronic device.

11. The electronic device of claim 8 ,
wherein the at least one processor is further configured to determine, among the display devices, a first display device for displaying a first screen and a second display device for displaying a second screen, based on the number of display devices of the electronic device,
wherein at least one of the first screen or the second screen is associated with the first screen information, and
wherein the second screen information comprises information on the first screen associated with the first display device and the second screen associated with the second display device.

12. The electronic device of claim 11 , wherein the first screen corresponds to a foreground application which is displayed via the at least one display device of the external electronic device and the second screen corresponds to a background application executed in the external electronic device.

13. The electronic device of claim 8 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to determine at least one of a reproduction method for reproducing an audio signal corresponding to the at least one display device of the external electronic device in the electronic device, or an input information processing method for processing input information of the external electronic device in the electronic device, based on the number of display devices of the electronic device.

14. The electronic device of claim 8 , wherein the first screen information comprises content information displayed on the at least one display device of the external electronic device and information on a display area within the at least one display device of the external electronic device where the content information is displayed.

15. An operating method of an electronic device including at least one display device, th

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Lim Jun-Hak
• Kang Hyuk
• Yoo Jae-Bong
• Lim Kyung-Soo
• Hong Duk-Ki
• Kim Jeong-Hun
• Kim Min-Gyew

Classifications

• H04N21/4432

  Powering on the client, e.g. bootstrap loading using setup parameters being stored locally or received from the server (resetting in general G06F1/14; program loading or initiating in general G06F9/445; bootstrapping in general G06F9/4401; secure boots of computer platforms G06F21/57) · CPC title

• H04M2250/16

  including more than one display unit · CPC title

• H04N21/43615

  Interfacing a Home Network, e.g. for connecting the client to a plurality of peripherals (home Audio Video Interoperability [HAVI] data switching networks H04L12/2805) · CPC title

• H04N21/43637

  involving a wireless protocol, e.g. Bluetooth®, RF or wireless LAN [IEEE 802.11] (arrangements for wireless networking or broadcasting of information in indoor or near-field type systems H04B10/114) · CPC title

• G06F3/1423

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