Operation method and system of mobile terminal

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9800708-B2
Application number	US-201615132877-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 19, 2016
Priority date	Feb 13, 2009
Publication date	Oct 24, 2017
Grant date	Oct 24, 2017

Abstract

An operation method and mobile terminal connected to an electronic device. The operation method includes extracting a piece of content displayed on a portion of a display of the electronic device, corresponding to a user selection, from among multiple pieces of content displayed on the display; displaying a function of the mobile terminal corresponding to the extracted piece of content; and delivering, to the mobile terminal, the extracted piece of content and a command of the function of the mobile terminal that will execute the extracted piece of content.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An operation method of an electronic device connected to a mobile terminal, the operation method comprising:
extracting a piece of content displayed on a portion of a display of the electronic device, corresponding to a user selection, from among multiple pieces of content displayed on the display;
displaying a function of the mobile terminal corresponding to the extracted piece of content; and
delivering, to the mobile terminal, the extracted piece of content and a command of the function of the mobile terminal that will execute the extracted piece of content.

2. The operation method of claim 1 ,
wherein extracting a piece of content displayed on the portion of the display of the electronic device comprises:
providing a select indicator capable of selecting content that is displayed on the display of the electronic device as the electronic device executes an arbitrary application; and
extracting the piece of content displayed on the portion of the display where the select indicator is located, in response to an input from a user,
wherein displaying a function of the mobile terminal corresponding to the extracted piece of content comprises:
determining a command of a function of the mobile terminal that will execute the extracted piece of content, in response to the input from the user in interaction with a phone service application; and
wherein delivering the extracted piece of content and the command of the function of the mobile terminal that will execute the extracted piece of content comprises:
delivering, to the mobile terminal through a device agent by the phone service application, the determined command of the function, the extracted piece of content, and additional information of the function.

3. The operation method of claim 2 , wherein determining the command of the function of the mobile terminal that will execute the extracted piece of content, in response to the input from the user in interaction with the phone service application comprises:
extracting the piece of content displayed on the portion of the display where the select indicator is located, in response to the input from the user;
providing at least one function of the mobile terminal, which corresponds to a type of the extracted piece of content, in interaction with the phone service application;
selecting a function of the mobile terminal corresponding to the input from the user from among the at least one function of the mobile terminal; and
determining the selected function of the mobile terminal as a function that will execute the extracted piece of content.

4. The operation method of claim 2 , further comprising, upon receiving a phone event from the mobile terminal, displaying the phone event in interaction with the phone service application and delivering a user response to the mobile terminal.

5. The operation method of claim 2 , further comprising, upon receiving an application command from the mobile terminal, executing an operation corresponding to the application command.

6. The operation method of claim 2 , further comprising synchronizing, by the device agent and a phone agent of the mobile terminal, address book information stored in the mobile terminal with address book information stored in the electronic device during initial connection.

7. The operation method of claim 2 , further comprising:
if the extracted piece of content is a phone number, automatically delivering a call send command and a phone number to the mobile terminal through the device agent.

8. An electronic device connected to a mobile terminal, the electronic device comprising:
a display configured to display content; and
a processor configured to:
extract a piece of content displayed on a portion of the display, corresponding to a user selection, from among multiple pieces of content displayed on the display,
display a function of the mobile terminal corresponding to the extracted piece of content, and
deliver to the mobile terminal the extracted piece of content and a command of the function of the mobile terminal that will execute the extracted piece of content.

9. The electronic device of claim 8 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
provide a select indicator capable of selecting content that is displayed on the display of the electronic device as the electronic device executes an arbitrary application;
extract the piece of content displayed on the portion of the display where the select indicator is located, in response to an input from a user;
determine a command of a function of the mobile terminal that will execute the extracted piece of content, in response to the input from the user in interaction with a phone service application; and
deliver the determined command of the function, the extracted piece of content and additional information by the phone service application of the function to the mobile terminal through a device agent.

10. The electronic device of claim 9 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
extract the piece of content displayed on the portion of the display where the select indicator is located, in response to the input from the user,
provide at least one function of the mobile terminal, which corresponds to a type of the extracted piece of content, in interaction with the phone service application,
select a function of the mobile terminal corresponding to the input from the user from among the at least one function of the mobile terminal, and
determine the selected function of the mobile terminal as a function that will execute the extracted piece of content.

11. The electronic device of claim 10 , wherein upon receiving a phone event from the mobile terminal, the processor is further configured to display the phone event in interaction with the phone service application and to deliver a user response to the mobile terminal.

12. The electronic device of claim 10 , wherein upon receiving an application command from the mobile terminal, the processor is further configured to execute an operation corresponding to the application command.

13. The electronic device of claim 10 , wherein the processor and a phone agent of the mobile terminal synchronize address book information stored in the mobile terminal with address book information stored in the electronic device during initial connection.

14. The electronic device of claim 10 , wherein if the extracted piece of content is a phone number, the processor automatically delivers a call send command and the phone number to the mobile terminal through the device agent.

15. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium that stores a program including a command of an operation method of an electronic device, the non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising:
a first command set that extracts a piece of content displayed on a portion of a display of the electronic device, corresponding to a user selection, from among multiple pieces of content displayed on the display;
a second command set that displays a function of the mobile terminal corresponding to the extracted piece of content; and
a third command set that delivers, to the mobile terminal, the extracted piece of content and a command of the function of the mobile terminal that will execute the extracted piece of content.

16. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15 , further comprising:
a fourth command set that provides a select indicator capable of selecting content that is displayed on the display of the electronic device as the electronic device executes an arbitrary application;
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Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd
• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Lim Hun
• Lee Gene-Moo
• Lee Jin-Wook
• Ryu Je-Hyok
• Park Woo-Jin
• Kim Jin-Hyoung
• Kang Shin-Il

Classifications

• H04M1/72409 Primary

  by interfacing with external accessories (hands-free H04M1/60) · CPC title

• H04M1/2757

  by data transmission, e.g. downloading · CPC title

• H04M1/274516

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04M1/72527 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04M1/72552

  Electricity · mapped topic