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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2013
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Woojun Choi, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Juseung Lee, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Soonhyun Cha, Seoul, KR;
Sunmin Hwang, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Yeongtong-gu, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Abstract
A device and a method operative therein for sharing content with at least one second device. A messaging application is executed in which a contact list is displayed. A selection is detected, from among contacts displayed on the contact list, of only a portion of the contacts to receive shared content. Presence information is published to all of the contacts on the contact list. An indication of contents available for sharing is included in the presence information published to only the selected portion of the contacts. The device may be a control device in a local area network, and the shared content may be retrievable from a peripheral device controlled by the control device, where information on the peripheral device is included in the presence information.