Electronic device and content display method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11216147-B2
Application number	US-201916975524-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 15, 2019
Priority date	Mar 15, 2018
Publication date	Jan 4, 2022
Grant date	Jan 4, 2022

Abstract

According to various embodiments of the disclosure, an electronic device may include a display, a communication circuit transmitting and receiving data with an external server, a memory storing data received through the communication circuit, and a processor controlling the display, the communication circuit, and the memory. The processor may be configured to receive a first portion of content capable of being displayed through the display, and index information of the content from the external server, to display at least part of the first portion in a first region of the display, to display a user interface for content movement based on the index information, in a second region of the display, to make a request for a second portion of the content corresponding to the user input to the external server when a specified user input occurs in the user interface, and to display at least part of the second portion in the first region of the display.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An electronic device comprising:
a display;
a communication circuit configured to transmit and receive data with an external server;
a memory configured to store data received through the communication circuit; and
a processor configured to control the display, the communication circuit, and the memory,
wherein the processor is further configured to:
receive a first portion of content capable of being displayed through the display, and index information of the content from the external server,
display at least part of the first portion in a first region of the display,
display a user interface for content movement based on the index information, in a second region of the display, the user interface comprising a reception region and a non-reception region, the reception region indexing the content stored on the electronic device and the non-reception region differently colored from the reception region and indexing the content not stored on the electronic device,
when a specified user input occurs in the non-reception region of the user interface, make a request for a second portion of the content corresponding to the user input to the external server, and
display at least part of the second portion in the first region of the display.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the index information comprises metadata for the entire content stored in the external server.

3. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the index information comprises metadata for the first portion and metadata for another portion that is continuous to the first portion.

4. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
receive additional index information that is continuous to the index information together with the second portion.

5. The electronic device of claim 4 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
change the user interface based on the index information and the additional index information.

6. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
display a data receiving region corresponding to the first portion in the user interface.

7. The electronic device of claim 6 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
when receiving additional index information continuous to the index information together with the second portion, shrink the data receiving region based on the index information and the additional index information.

8. The electronic device of claim 6 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
determine a user selection point in the content based on the user input, and
when the user selection point is out of the data receiving region, make a request for the second portion corresponding to the user selection point to the external server.

9. The electronic device of claim 8 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
when the user selection point is out of the data receiving region, display user guide words or an index corresponding to the user selection point in the first region.

10. The electronic device of claim 8 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
when the user selection point is within the data receiving region, display another portion of the first portion stored in the memory in the first region.

11. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
display a data receiving region corresponding to the second portion, in the user interface.

12. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the content is data arranged depending on at least one of a time, price, or score.

13. The electronic device of claim 1 ,
wherein the user interface is a scroll bar comprising a scroll box, and
wherein the specified user input is an input starting movement of the scroll box and terminating the movement.

14. The electronic device of claim 13 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
divide the scroll bar into a plurality of sections based on the index information.

15. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
display an index notification indicator on the first region of the display while waiting to receive the second portion from the external server based on the request for the second portion from the external server.

16. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the reception region and the non-reception region are free of an index notification indicator.

17. A content displaying method performed in an electronic device, the method comprising:
receiving a first portion of content capable of being displayed through a display, and index information of the content from an external server;
displaying at least part of the first portion in a first region of the display and displaying a user interface for content movement based on the index information in a second region of the display, the user interface comprising a reception region and a non-reception region, the reception region indexing the content stored on the electronic device and the non-reception region differently colored from the reception region and indexing the content not stored on the electronic device;
determining whether a specified user input occurs in the non-reception region of the user interface;
when the specified user input occurs in the user interface, making a request for a second portion of the content corresponding to the user input to the external server;
receiving the second portion from the external server; and
displaying at least part of the second portion in the first region of the display.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Park Soyoung
• Lee Sangil
• Oh Younghak

Classifications

• H04L51/224

  providing notification on incoming messages, e.g. pushed notifications of received messages · CPC title

• H04L51/52

  for supporting social networking services · CPC title

• G06F3/0481 Primary

  based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance · CPC title

• G06F16/2228

  Indexing structures · CPC title

• G06F3/0485

  Scrolling or panning · CPC title