Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Benny Wong

Xu Cao

Shigong Liu

Bartley H Calder

Peter Chang King

Bing Xia

Ruifeng Xu

Aamer Khani

Eui-Suk Chung

Sathyanarayanan Nagarajan Iyer

Sohui Won

An apparatus and method for user identity control are provided. The apparatus includes a communication unit, a storage unit including a unique ID and a plurality of sections, each section including different identity information, and a controller for, in response to a transaction request, transmitting a request for identity information to an authorization server via the communication unit, and for, in response to authorization information received from the authorization server, transmitting identity information to a third party to complete the transaction according to the received authorization information.

Apparatus and method for reverse authorization

An apparatus and method for synchronizing the display of content in a real-time collaboration system are provided. The method includes transmitting, from a master device to each of a plurality of other devices, a list of thumbnails and content corresponding to each thumbnail, for each of the plurality of other devices, displaying the list of thumbnails in a format appropriate for that device, without taking into account a display format of other devices in the plurality of other devices, transmitting, from the master device to each of the plurality of other devices, a content ID corresponding to content having a current focus, and for each of the plurality of devices, scrolling through the list of thumbnails to display the thumbnail corresponding to the received content ID.

Method for syncronized real-time sharing the display of ordered lists of content

A system and method for controlling content playback are provided. The system includes a playback device configured to display content on a display, at least one detector configured to monitor a playback area, and a controller configured to identify at least one point of interest on the content, and to operatively control the playback device according to a user input.

Apparatus, system, and method for controlling content playback

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