Electronic device and method for using captured image in electronic device

Abstract

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a display configured to display an application execution screen and a controller configured to, when a screen image of the application execution screen is captured, obtain execution path information for executing a state of the captured screen image, and to store the captured screen image and the execution path information.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An electronic device comprising:
 a display configured to display an application execution screen; and   a controller configured to, when a screen image of the application execution screen is captured, obtain execution path information for executing a state of the captured screen image, and to store the captured screen image and the execution path information.   
     
     
         2 . The electronic device of  claim 1 , wherein the execution path information comprises metadata. 
     
     
         3 . The electronic device of  claim 2 , wherein the metadata comprises at least one of a title corresponding to the application execution screen, a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) for restoring the application execution screen, a text corresponding to the application execution screen, a content file corresponding to the application execution screen, drawing memo information corresponding to the application execution screen, handwriting recognition result information corresponding to the application execution screen, and clip location information corresponding to the application execution screen. 
     
     
         4 . The electronic device of  claim 3 ,
 wherein the metadata further comprises deep link information, and   wherein the deep link information comprises information for directly accessing resources used on the application execution screen.   
     
     
         5 . The electronic device of  claim 4 , wherein the deep link information further comprises information for accessing a sub page in a main page on the application execution screen. 
     
     
         6 . The electronic device of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a communication unit configured to transmit the captured screen image and the execution path information to share the captured screen image and the execution path information.   
     
     
         7 . The electronic device of  claim 1 , wherein the captured screen image comprises one of an entire image of the captured screen and a partial image of the captured screen. 
     
     
         8 . The electronic device of  claim 7 , wherein the partial image of the captured screen comprises at least one of an image of an object included in the captured screen, and an image included in a closed circle by a user's drawing input on the captured screen. 
     
     
         9 . The electronic device of  claim 1 , wherein the captured screen image and the execution path information are stored as data in a predetermined format. 
     
     
         10 . The electronic device of  claim 9 , wherein the data in the predetermined format is data in one of a scrapbook file (SCC) format and a format comprised of an image and a text. 
     
     
         11 . The electronic device of  claim 1 , wherein the application comprises at least one of a web browser application, a multimedia content playback application, and a clip application. 
     
     
         12 . A method for using a captured screen in an electronic device, the method comprising:
 capturing a screen image of an application execution screen;   obtaining execution path information for executing a state of the captured screen image; and   storing the captured screen image and the execution path information.   
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 12 , wherein the execution path information comprises metadata. 
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 13 , wherein the metadata comprises at least one of a title corresponding to the application execution screen, a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) for restoring the application execution screen, a text corresponding to the application execution screen, a content file corresponding to the application execution screen, drawing memo information corresponding to the application execution screen, handwriting recognition result information corresponding to the application execution screen, and clip location information corresponding to the application execution screen. 
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 14 ,
 wherein the metadata further comprises deep link information, and   wherein the deep link information comprises information for directly accessing resources used on the application execution screen.   
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 15 , wherein the deep link information further comprises information for accessing a sub page in a main page on the application execution screen. 
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 12 , further comprising transmitting the captured screen image and the execution path information to share the captured screen image and the execution path information. 
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 17 , wherein the transmitting of the captured screen image and the execution path information comprises:
 selecting a data format of data including the captured screen image and the execution path information;   selecting a transmission scheme of the data including the captured screen image and the execution path information; and   transmitting the data including the captured screen image and the execution path information according to the selected data format and the selected transmission scheme.   
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 18 , wherein the transmission scheme is one of an email transmission scheme, a message transmission scheme, a chat message transmission, and a WIFI Direct transmission scheme. 
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 12 , wherein the captured screen image comprises one of an entire image of the captured screen and a partial image of the captured screen. 
     
     
         21 . The method of  claim 18 , wherein the data format is one of a scrapbook file (SCC) data format and a format data comprised of an image and a text. 
     
     
         22 . A non-transitory storage medium storing a program for using a captured screen image, the program executed in a controller of an electronic device comprising a command to perform a method, the method comprising:
 capturing a screen image of an application execution screen;   obtaining execution path information for executing a state of the captured screen image;   storing the captured screen image and the execution path information; and   transmitting the captured screen image and the execution path information to share the captured screen image and the execution path information.   
     
     
         23 . A data sharing server comprising:
 a storage unit configured to store data including a captured screen image and execution path information corresponding to the captured screen image, the data being uploaded from a first electronic device; and   a controller configured to, when the data is uploaded, transmit the stored data to a second electronic device that accesses the data sharing server with the same account as that of the first electronic device.   
     
     
         24 . A data sharing server comprising:
 a storage unit configured to store data including a captured screen image and execution path information corresponding to the captured screen image, the data being uploaded from a first electronic device; and   a controller configured to transmit a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) of uploaded data to the first electronic device when the data is uploaded, and to transmit the uploaded data to a second electronic device upon receiving a data request made based on the URL of the uploaded data from the second electronic device that has received the URL of the uploaded data from the first electronic device.