Method, apparatus, system, and non-transitory computer readable medium for interworking between applications of devices

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10924519-B2
Application number	US-201715481001-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 6, 2017
Priority date	Apr 11, 2016
Publication date	Feb 16, 2021
Grant date	Feb 16, 2021

Abstract

Provided is a method and system for interworking between applications of devices. An inter-device application interworking method may provide a function capable of processing an action associated with a single communication session through interworking between applications installed on a plurality of electronic devices, respectively, in response to a presence of the plurality of electronic devices of a user identified in association with a single account of the user.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer readable instructions, which when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform a method for application interworking between devices, wherein the application interworking method comprises:
establishing a communication session on a messaging service associated with a first account of a first user of a first electronic device using a first application executed on the first electronic device, the communication session including at least a second account of a second user of a third electronic device, the first account and the second account associated with the messaging service;
generating a user interface for creating a control instruction in a chatroom associated with the communication session, the chatroom including the first account and the second account, the user interface allowing the first account to control a second electronic device associated with the first account;
receiving a user input via the user interface from the first user using the first electronic device, the user input corresponding to an action to be performed by the second electronic device; and
transmitting a control instruction that includes a session identifier of the communication session to the second electronic device associated with the first account corresponding to the user input,
the control instruction causing the second electronic device to start execution of a second application on the second electronic device,
the control instruction further including instructions for the second electronic device that cause the second electronic device to execute the action to be performed by the second electronic device, and transmit results of the executed action to the chatroom using the session identifier, and
the action to be performed by the second electronic device including executing a camera included in the second electronic device, and transmitting an image created using the executed camera via the chatroom to the first electronic device and/or the third electronic device.

2. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein
the first application is a messenger service application corresponding to the messaging service; and
the first application executing on the first electronic device and the second application executing on the second electronic device are different versions of the messenger service application.

3. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the action to be performed by the second electronic device includes:
generating a selection interface for selecting at least one file stored on the second electronic device;
transmitting the generated selection interface to the first electronic device; and
transmitting the at least one selected file to the chatroom, the at least one selected file selected by the first user at the first electronic device.

4. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein
the action to be performed by the second electronic device includes,
transmitting the image created using the executed camera to the first electronic device in association with the session identifier; and
transmitting the image received from the second electronic device in association with the session identifier via the chatroom to the third electronic device connected to the communication session.

5. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the application interworking method further comprises:
receiving a file list of files stored on the second electronic device; and
receiving a selection on at least one file from the received file list, and
wherein the transmitting comprises transmitting a control instruction including at least one file identifier of the selected at least one file.

6. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 5 , wherein the action to be performed by the second electronic device includes transmitting the at least one file corresponding to the at least one file identifier via the chatroom to the first electronic device and/or the third electronic device.

7. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 5 , wherein the action to be performed by the second electronic device includes:
transmitting the at least one file corresponding to the at least one file identifier to the first electronic device through the session identifier; and
transmitting the at least one file received from the second electronic device in association with the session identifier via the chatroom to the third electronic device connected to the communication session.

8. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the action to be performed by the second electronic device is performed in response to registering a notification that the control instruction is received at the second electronic device, and receiving a response from the first user on the notification.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the control instruction is transmitted to the second electronic device through a server configured to route data transmitted for the communication session.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein
in response to a plurality of second electronic devices being associated with the first user, the control instruction is transmitted to each of the plurality of second electronic devices through a server configured to route data transmitted for the communication session; and
in response to execution of the action to be performed by the second electronic device at one of the second electronic devices among the plurality of second electronic devices, information indicating the execution of the action is transmitted to the remaining second electronic devices of the plurality of second electronic devices through the server, and
the execution of the action is cancelled at the remaining second electronic devices.

11. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer readable instructions, which when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform a method for application interworking between devices, wherein the application interworking method comprises:
receiving, at a second electronic device, a control instruction created through a first application executed on a first electronic device, the control instruction including a session identifier of a communication session on a messaging service established using a first account of a first user and a user input corresponding to an action to be performed by the second electronic device, the first electronic device and the second electronic device associated with the first user, the communication session including at least a second account of a second user associated with a third electronic device, the first account and the second account associated with the messaging service; and
in response to the received control instruction, starting execution of a second application on the second electronic device, and execute the action to be performed by the second electronic device, the executing the action to be performed including,
retrieving or creating data corresponding to the control instruction under control of the second application executed on the second electronic device,
transmitting the retrieved or created data via a chatroom associated with the communication session to the first electronic device and/or the third electronic device, and
the action to be performed by the second electronic device including executing a camera included in the second electronic device, and transmitting an image created using the executed camera via the chatroom t

Assignees

• Line Corp

Inventors

• Choi Wonjoon

Classifications

• H04L2012/5609

  Topology · CPC title

• H04L67/10 Primary

  in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network (software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46) · CPC title

• H04L51/08

  Annexed information, e.g. attachments · CPC title

• H04L67/148

  Migration or transfer of sessions · CPC title

• H04L67/63

  Routing a service request depending on the request content or context · CPC title