Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Hyok-sung Choi

Jong-Hyuk Lee

Sang-kwon Lee

Se-jun Han

Lyun-sik Hyun

Hee-seok Yu

Sung-joo Kim

Seong-kook Shin

Ho-joong Kim

Han-min Bang

Su-hyun Kim

Hee-Yeon Kim

Young-yoon Kim

Du-Il Kim

Jin-yong Ahn

Sung-jin Park

Ho Tae Jin

In-chul Hwang

Young-chul Sohn

Jong-hyuk Lee

Jong-wook Park

Eun-Hee Rhim

Myung-jin Eom

Myoung-soon Choi

Guanhua Zhang

Sang-Kwon Lee

Jung-kyuen Lee

Seung-hun Jeon

Hae-sik Jun

Akhil Chapalamadugu

In-dong Lee

Jeong-Rok Yu

In-Dong Lee

Jung-Kyuen Lee

Han-Min Bang

Seong-Kook Shin

Hee-Seok Yu

Provided is a device including a display, an audio inputter, and a controller. The display displays at least one screen page of an application that is being executed. The audio inputter receives a voice command of a user. The controller performs an operation corresponding to the voice command by using screen page transition information for transition between application screen pages corresponding to the voice command, which is obtained from information about user interface (UI) elements included in the application screen pages of the application. Each of the UI elements performs a predetermined function when selected by the user.

Device and method for performing functions

A broadcast receiver includes a mode determination unit to determine a current operation mode among a plurality of operation modes, a communication interface to transmit the determined current operation mode to a mobile device through interactive communication, and to receive a control command from the mobile device, and a controller to provide a service of the determined current operation mode according to the control command received from the mobile device. Accordingly, a user controls the broadcast receiver through the mobile device according to the operation mode so that user's convenience is improved.

Broadcast receiver, mobile device, service providing method, and broadcast receiver controlling method

A first device requesting a second device to execute a task is provided. The first device includes a communication unit configured to communicate with the second device and a processor configured to transmit content for executing the task to the second device through the communication unit as an event for requesting execution of the task is generated, and receive result data obtained as the second device executes the task through the communication unit.

Device and method of requesting external device to execute task

The present invention provides to a system and method of sharing contents using a messenger program. The system includes a device server which registers Consumer electronic (CE) devices of the same user and CE devices of different users, and generates a messenger account; a messenger server which registers the generated messenger account; and a buddy setting module which sets a buddy relationship among the CE devices of the same user and a buddy relationship among the CE devices of different users, such that contents are shared by the CE devices having the buddy relationship.

System and method of sharing contents using messenger

Provided are a content provision apparatus and method. The content provision apparatus includes a message reception module receiving a service request message from a display apparatus which displays first content; a content extraction module analyzing the received service request message and extracting second content associated with the first content; and a communication module transmitting the extracted second content.

Content provision apparatus and method

Provided is a distributed control method of data by a client connected to a first server and a network and a distributed control apparatus. The distributed control method includes: registering at least one piece of characteristic information of the client in the first server; generating a uniform resource locator (URL) address in a URL format based on the registered at least one piece of characteristic information; and acquiring data stored on the second server, wherein the acquired data is mirrored from data stored on the first server by using the generated URL address.

Distributed control method and apparatus using URL

Method and apparatus for communication between client and service provider using external server, and a method and apparatus for controlling communication between a client and a service provider are provided. The method includes: receiving from the service provider a first authentication token indicating that the service provider has authenticated communication with the client by logging on the service provider; storing, in the external server, authentication information containing the first authentication token and additional information relating to communication with the service provider; receiving, when there is a request to access the service provider, authentication information corresponding to the request from the external server; and communicating with the service provider using the received authentication information. It is possible to alleviate the burden on a user to enter his or her ID and password, and to remove necessity for a user to enter the ID and password after registration has been performed once.

Method and apparatus for communication, and method and apparatus for controlling communication

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Hyok-sung Choi