Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Won-Seok Kwon

Dong-Shin Jung

Se-Hee Han

Joo-Yeol Lee

Seung-Jae Oh

Jin Hong Park

Kyoung-Hoon Yi

Hyoung-Shick Kim

Che-Uk Kim

Jae-Gyu Jung

Ho-Yeon Park

Seong-ho Cho

Seung-jae Oh

Se-hee Han

Joo-yeol Lee

Methods, apparatuses, and systems for processing multi-touch input in a multi-tasking terminal with a touch screen are described. In one method herein, an electronic apparatus displays a first application program on its touch screen while both the first application program and a second application program are being multitasked, detects a flicking of four or more fingers in the displayed first application program on the touch screen; and, in response to detecting of the flicking of four or more fingers, switches the touch screen from the display of the first application program to a display of the second application program.

Method and apparatus for processing multi-touch input at touch screen terminal

A dynamic local function binding apparatus and method are provided. In an application virtualization environment, a terminal may register local services associated with local functions of the terminal, and a remote server may call the serviced local functions to be used while the server is executing an application for the terminal. The local functions may be unique functions of various local devices installed in the terminal. The servicing of the local functions may include creating service descriptions of the functions that are provided by the individual local devices and publishing the service descriptions.

Dynamic local function binding apparatus and method

Provided is a method and system for synchronizing a plurality of content directory service (CDS) devices in a home network environment. The method of synchronizing the plurality of CDS devices of a home network, which includes the plurality of CDS devices and a control point (CP), comprises (a) requesting a first CDS device among the plurality of CDS devices to start synchronization using the CP; (b) performing the synchronization with a second CDS device among the plurality of CDS devices using the first CDS device; (c) selecting a third CDS device from the plurality of CDS devices and requesting the third CDS device to start synchronization with the first CDS device or the second CDS device using the CP; and (d) performing the synchronization with the first CDS device or the second CDS device using the third CDS device.

Method of synchronizing a plurality of content directory device (CDS) devices, CDS device, and system

Provided is a method of synchronizing content directory service (CDS) objects of a universal plug and play (UPnP) media servers. The UPnP media servers manage information on synchronization objects and synchronization policy information, which reduces the role of a control point (CP) in performing synchronization, so that the synchronization speed is increased.

Method and apparatus for synchronizing content directory service objects of universal plug and play media servers

A method and apparatus is provided for more easily selecting a desired one of a plurality of corresponding link entities displayed on a touch screen. The method includes verifying the number of link entities which exist within a touch region of a predetermined size around a touch point, and if the number of the link entities which exist within the touch region of the predetermined size is greater than or equal to a threshold value, displaying a window which enlarges and displays contents displayed on the touch region of the predetermined size by a certain magnification, and then waiting for touch and selection of one of the corresponding link entities enlarged and displayed on the window.

Method and apparatus for selecting link entities in touch screen based web browser environment

A method of processing an action executes an action requested by a control point for controlling a controlled device through a network, stores a result of executing the action as a pending result of the action when a network connection between the controlled device and the control point is terminated, and transmits the stored pending result of the action to the control point when the network connection between the controlled device and the control point is resumed.

Method of processing action, method of controlling controlled device, controlled device, and control point

Provided is are method of relaying communication between a remote user interface (RUI) client and a universal plug and play (UPnP) device in a home network. The method includes: searching for a UPnP action mapped to an RUI element corresponding to an RUI control message received from an RUI client,; generating a simple object access protocol (SOAP) message for calling a found UPnP action; and transmitting the SOAP message to the UPnP device.

Method and apparatus for relaying communication between universal plug and play device and remote user interface client

The present invention provides a method for processing multi-touch input in a touch screen terminal in which application programs in form of subordinate sub-windows are displayed by detecting a movement and the number of touch flickings; and switching between sub-windows opened in the corresponding application program or between the application programs depending on the number of touch flickings.

A digital rights management (DRM) method and apparatus are provided. The DRM method includes generating a rights object request message for requesting a rights object corresponding to content stored in a media player and transmitting the rights object request message; receiving a rights object response message corresponding to the rights object request message from a media server which receives the rights object request message; and obtaining a rights object using the rights object response message.

Digital rights management method and apparatus

A method of reproducing a plurality of scenes can support scene-based seeking while reproducing content in a distributed multimedia system. The method includes: receiving, information about the plurality of scenes from a media server; transmitting, the information about the plurality of scenes to a media renderer and controlling the media renderer to display the plurality of scenes; and selecting, in the UPnP control point, one of the plurality of scenes.

Method of supporting scene-based seeking while reproducing content in distributed multimedia system

Provided are a method and apparatus for generating a mashup graph. The method includes receiving a set of services and collecting application programmable interfaces (APIs) of the services, and generating a mashup graph by using the collected APIs according to information regarding connections between the APIs and weights between the APIs. Thus, a mashup graph having a simple form in which a user's preference can be reflected can be generated, instead of a complicated connection matrix.

Method and apparatus for generating mashup graph, and method and apparatus for recommending mashup service

An apparatus, system and method for executing discovery in a network are provided. The system for executing discovery in a network is configured with a SyncML server and a SyncML client, and includes a SyncML server that transmits a multicast search message to the SyncML client in order to search for a SyncML client that exists in a network, and executes a data synchronization with the found SyncML client, and a SyncML client that transmits a notify-alive message to the SyncML server in order to notify that the SyncML client exists in a network, and executes a synchronization with the SyncML server.

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Suwon-si, South Korea

Won-Seok Kwon