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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2024
Filed:
Feb. 13, 2023
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Inventors:
Sang-Tae Na, Naju-si, KR;
Jin-Wook Lee, Yongin-si, KR;
Young-Ki Kim, Seoul, KR;
Chul-Seung Kim, Seoul, KR;
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 65/403 (2022.01); H04L 67/51 (2022.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04N 21/422 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 65/403 (2013.01); H04L 67/51 (2022.05); H04L 12/282 (2013.01); H04L 12/2812 (2013.01); H04L 2012/2849 (2013.01); H04N 21/42209 (2013.01);
Abstract
A contents sharing network is provided. An operating method of a control device includes determining a current state of possible states in a contents sharing process over a network; and displaying an icon indicating the current state among a plurality of predefined icons. The states are defined as a combination of at least one item of network connection, device discovery, a type of the discovered device, the number of the discovered devices, and existence of an available additional service.