Method and apparatus for device-specific communication between application programs

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9720745-B2
Application number	US-201415023817-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 22, 2014
Priority date	Sep 23, 2013
Publication date	Aug 1, 2017
Grant date	Aug 1, 2017

Abstract

A method for providing communication between application programs running via devices connected to a same network is provided. The method includes an operation for connecting a first application program, which is running in a first device via a web socket server in the first device, with a second application program, which is running in a second device, and an operation for transmitting and receiving data between the second application program and the first application program via the web socket server.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for communication between a plurality of applications running on a plurality of devices connected to a same network, the method comprising:
connecting a first application running on a first device to a second application running on a second device through a websocket server in the first device; and
transmitting and receiving data between the first application and the second application through the websocket server,
wherein the connecting of the first application running on the first device to the second application running on the second device comprises receiving a connection request at the websocket server from each of the first application and the second application.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the connecting of the first application running on the first device to the second application running on the second device further comprises:
providing a first connection between the websocket server and the first application using a protocol of the websocket server; and
providing a second connection between the websocket server and the second application using the protocol of the websocket server.

3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:
relaying the first connection and the second connection through the websocket server to establish a communication channel between the first application and the second application.

4. The method of claim 3 ,
wherein the first connection and the second connection are allocated a same channel identifier.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving a disconnection request at the websocket server from each of the first application and the second application; and
disconnecting the first application from the second application.

6. The method of claim 1 ,
wherein the transmitting and receiving of the data between the first application and the second application through the websocket server occurs after a user input by at least one of a user of the first device and a user of the second device input in response to a displayed request for the user input.

7. A first device for communication between a plurality of applications running on a plurality of devices connected to a same network, the first device comprising:
a websocket server configured to:
provide a connection between a first application running on the first device and a second application running on a second device in response to a connection request from each of the first application and the second application, and
transmit and receive data between the first application and the second application through the connection.

8. The first device of claim 7 ,
wherein the websocket server provides a first connection to the first application using a protocol, and a second connection to the second application using the protocol.

9. The first device of claim 8 ,
wherein the websocket server relays the first connection and the second connection to establish a communication channel between the first application and the second application.

10. The first device of claim 9 ,
wherein the first connection and the second connection are allocated a same channel identifier.

11. The first device of claim 7 ,
wherein, if the websocket server receives a disconnection request from each of the first application and the second application, the websocket server disconnects the first application from the second application.

12. The first device of claim 7 ,
wherein the websocket server is configured to transmit and receive the data between the first application and the second application through the connection after a user input by at least one of a user of the first device and a user of the second device input in response to a displayed request for the user input.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ryu Young-Sun

Classifications

• H04L67/10

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

• H04L67/02

  based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP] · CPC title

• G06F9/544

  Buffers; Shared memory; Pipes · CPC title

• G06F9/54 Primary

  Interprogram communication · CPC title

• H04L67/141

  Setup of application sessions (admission control or resource allocation in data switching networks H04L47/70) · CPC title