METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SHARING FUNCTION OF EXTERNAL DEVICE THROUGH COMPLEX NETWORK
A method of sharing a function of a device, the method including detecting at least one device from among a plurality of devices through a first device connected to the plurality of devices through a plurality of networks, wherein the detecting is performed by a second device in the plurality of devices; interworking the second device with a third device in the detected at least one device, through the first device; and using, by the second device, a function of the third device through the first device.
1 . A method of sharing a function of a device, the method comprising:
detecting at least one device from among a plurality of devices through a first device connected to the plurality of devices through a plurality of networks, wherein the detecting is performed by a second device in the plurality of devices;
interworking the second device with a third device in the detected at least one device, through the first device; and
using, by the second device, a function of the third device through the first device.
2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein each device of the at least one device detected by the second device is connected to the first device through a network other than a first network, to which the first and second devices belong, from among the plurality of networks.
3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the function of the third device used by the second device is unable to be directly performed by the second device.
4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein using, by the second device, the function of the third device comprises:
displaying a select menu for a user input on a display unit of the second device; and
further displaying a new select menu for selecting the function of the third device, other than a select menu for an existing function, from among the select menu.
5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of networks comprises a local area network and a long-distance network.
6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein data is exchanged between the second device and the third device through the first device.
7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the detecting comprises:
searching for the at least one device capable of performing a function that the second device requires, from among the plurality of devices connected to the first device, wherein the searching is performed by the second device through the first device; and
selecting the third device to be interworked from among a found at least one device, wherein the selecting is performed by the second device.
8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the detecting comprises:
searching for at least one device capable of performing a function that the second device requires, from among the plurality of devices connected to the first device, wherein the searching is performed by the first device; and
selecting the third device to be interworked from among a found at least one device, wherein the selecting is performed by the second device.
9 . A method of sharing a function of a device, the method comprising:
receiving an interwork request from a second device that detected at least one device through a first device connected to a plurality of devices through a plurality of networks, wherein the receiving is performed by a third device from among the at least one device;
interworking the second device and the third device through the first device; and
performing a predetermined function of the third device according to a usage request of the predetermined function received from the second device, through the first device.
10 . The method of claim 9 , wherein each device of the at least one device detected by the second device is connected to the first device through a network other than a first network, to which the first and second devices belong, from among the plurality of networks.
11 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the predetermined function of the third device that is requested to be used by the second device is unable to be directly performed by the second device.
12 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the plurality of networks comprises a local area network and a long-distance network.
13 . A method of sharing a function of a device, the method comprising:
establishing a plurality of networks of a first device connected to a plurality of devices, wherein the first device is connected to at least one device for each of the plurality of networks; and
detecting at least one device from among the plurality of devices through the first device, wherein the detecting is performed by a second device in the plurality of devices, interworking the second device with a third device in the at least one device, and using, by the second device, a function of the third device.
14 . The method of claim 13 , wherein each of the at least one device detected by the second device is connected to the first device through a network other than a first network, to which the first and second devices belong, from among the plurality of networks.
15 . A device capable of sharing a function of an external device through a plurality of networks, the device comprising:
an external device detection controller for controlling an operation of detecting at least one device from among a plurality of devices, through a first device connected to the plurality of devices comprising a current device through a plurality of networks;
an external device interworking controller for controlling interworking with a third device in the detected at least one device, through the first device; and
an external device function usage controller for controlling usage of a function of the third device through the first device.
16 . A device capable of sharing a function of an external device through a plurality of networks, the device comprising:
a device interworking request processor for receiving an interworking request from a second device that detected at least one device through a first device connected to a plurality of devices including a current device through a plurality of networks, and controlling interworking with the second device; and
an external device function usage request processor for controlling the current device to perform a predetermined function according to a usage request of the predetermined function received from the second device, through the first device.
17 . A relay device for sharing a function of a device through a plurality of networks, the relay device comprising:
a plural networks establishing controller for establishing a plurality of networks connected to a plurality of devices, wherein at least one device is connected to a current device for each of the plurality of networks; and
a device function sharing relay for interworking a second device and a third device when the second device in the plurality of devices detects at least one device including the third device from among the plurality of devices through the current device, and relaying an operation of the second device using a function of the third device.
18 . A computer readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for executing a method of sharing a function of a device, comprising:
a first code segment for detecting at least one device from among a plurality of devices through a first device connected to the plurality of devices through a plurality of networks, wherein the detecting is performed by a second device in the plurality of devices;
a second code segment for interworking the second device with a third device in the detected at least one device, through the first device; and
a third code segment for using, by the second device, a function of the third device through the first device.
19 . A computer readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for executing a method of sharing a function of a device, comprising:
a first code segment for receiving an interwork request from a second device that detected at least one device through a first device connected to a plurality of devices through a plurality of networks, wherein the receiving is performed by a third device from among the at least one device;
a second code segment for interworking the second device and the third device through the first device; and
a third code segment for performing a predetermined function of the third device according to a usage request of the predetermined function received from the second device, through the first device.
20 . A computer readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for executing a method of sharing a function of a device, comprising:
a first code segment for establishing a plurality of networks of a first device connected to a plurality of devices, wherein the first device is connected to at least one device for each of the plurality of networks; and
a second code segment for detecting at least one device from among the plurality of devices through the first device,
wherein the detecting is performed by a second device in the plurality of devices, interworking the second device with a third device in the at least one device, and using, by the second device, a function of the third device.