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US 11,310,181 · App. 16/710,913 · Granted Apr 19, 2022

User terminal apparatus, server, and control method thereof

Inventors: Gun Park (Suwon-si, KR); Won-suck Lee (Seongnam-si, KR); Ae-young Lee (Seongnam-si, KR); Jung-kih Hong (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
H04L51/14H04L51/32H04L51/04
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,310,181
App. No.
16/710,913
Filed
Dec 11, 2019
Granted
Apr 19, 2022
Kind
B2
Art Unit
2451
USPC
709/206
Abstract

A user terminal and a control method thereof are provided. The user terminal includes a communicator configured to communicate with a server; a display configured to display a message screen including a plurality of messages exchanged between the user terminal and the server; and a processor configured to control the display to display the plurality of messages on the message screen in an individually selectable manner, and based on at least one message of the plurality of messages being selected on the message screen and at least one share target, with which to share the at least some of the plurality of messages, being selected, control the communicator to transmit, to the server, information regarding the at least one message of the plurality of messages and the at least one share target.

Claims (33)

1. A user terminal comprising:

a communication interface;

a display;

a processor configured to:

control the display to display a screen of a social media service including a first user group and a second user group of the social media service, and a plurality of contents transmitted to a server by the communication interface, wherein the plurality of contents is shared with the first user group of the social media service through the social media service,

control the display to display a setting menu including a plurality of share options, based on the second user group being selected,

based on at least one share option of the plurality of share options being set, control the communication interface to transmit, to the server, information regarding the at least one share option, and

based on at least one content among the plurality of contents and the second user group, with which to share at least one of the plurality of contents through the social media service, being selected, control the communication interface to transmit, to the server, information regarding the selected at least one content and the second user group, and upon receiving a share approval of the first user group, cause the server to generate a landing page that contains the at least one content, to be shared with the second user group through the same social media service,

wherein the plurality of share options include at least one of a first option for setting a share time limit of the at least one content and a second option for setting an access count limit of the at least one content.

2. The user terminal as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

based on the at least one content being selected, transmit a share approval request to a device that belongs to a user of the first user group and uploaded the at least one content on the screen of the social media service to share with the first user group, and

based on the share approval request being accepted from the device, control the communication interface to transmit, to the server, the information regarding the selected at least one content and the second user group.

3. The user terminal as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

based on the at least one content being selected, control the display to display a menu including an option to inquire whether the at least one content is to be shared in a form of a link, and

based on the option being selected, control the communication interface to transmit, to the server, information on the information regarding the selected at least one content including the option.

4. The user terminal of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

control the display to display, on the screen of the social media service, the first user group, the second user group, and the plurality of contents that are shared with the first user group, at a same time; and

receive a user input of selecting the at least one content of the plurality of contents, through the screen of the social media service.

5. The user terminal of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

control the display to display, a vote screen to obtain the share approval from the first user group; and

determine that the share approval is obtained based on a predetermined percentage of affirmative votes being received from the first user group.

6. A controlling method of a user terminal, the controlling method comprising:

displaying a screen of a social media service including a first user group and a second user group of the social media service, and a plurality of contents transmitted to a server, wherein the plurality of contents is shared with the first user group of the social media service through the social media service,

displaying a setting menu including a plurality of share options, based on the second user group being selected,

based on at least one share option of the plurality of share options being set, transmitting, to the server, information regarding the at least one share option, and

based on at least one content among the plurality of contents and the second user group, with which to share at least one of the plurality of contents through the social media service, being selected, transmitting, to the server, information regarding the selected at least one content and the second user group, and upon receiving a share approval of the first user group, causing the server to generate a landing page that contains the at least one content, to be shared with the second user group through the same social media service,

wherein the plurality of share options include at least one of a first option for setting a share time limit of the at least one content, a second option for setting an access count limit of the at least one content, and a third option which is a uniform resource locator (URL) address of the at least one content.

7. The controlling method as claimed in claim 6 , further comprising:

based on the at least one content being selected, transmitting a share approval request to a device which upload the at least one content on the screen of the social media service, and

based on the share approval request being accepted from the device, transmitting, to the server, the information regarding the selected at least one content and the second user group.

8. The controlling method as claimed in claim 6 , further comprising:

based on the at least one content being selected, displaying a menu including an option to inquire whether the at least one content is to be shared in a form of a link, and

based on the option being selected, transmitting, to the server, information on the information regarding the selected at least one content including the option.

Priority Claims (2)
KR 10-2015-0129730 · Sep 14, 2015 · national
KR 10-2016-0058264 · May 12, 2016 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 15154383 · May 13, 2016
Provisional Application 62162136 · May 15, 2015
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