Method of controlling the sharing of videos and electronic device adapted thereto

Abstract

A method of an electronic device for controlling sharing of video and an electronic device adapted to the method are provided. The electronic device includes a display, a communication circuit, a control circuit, and a memory electrically connected to the control circuit, where the memory stores instructions enabling the control circuit to control the communication circuit to transmit a first video to an external device connected to the electronic device, when a video sharing function is executed, display an icon on the display, when transmitting the first video, and control the communication circuit to pause the transmission of the first video and to transmit a second video to the external device, in response to a first input applied to the icon.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An electronic device comprising:
 a display;   a communication circuit;   a control circuit; and   a memory electrically connected to the control circuit,   wherein the memory stores instructions enabling the control circuit to:
 control the communication circuit to transmit a first video to an external device connected to the electronic device, when a video sharing function is executed, 
 display an icon on the display, when transmitting the first video, and 
 control the communication circuit to pause the transmission of the first video and to transmit a second video to the external device, in response to a first input applied to the icon. 
   
     
     
         2 . The electronic device of  claim 1 , wherein the second video comprises a video corresponding to a freeze screen. 
     
     
         3 . The electronic device of  claim 2 , wherein the control circuit controls the communication circuit to transmit the second video to the external device at a preset period. 
     
     
         4 . The electronic device of  claim 1 , wherein the control circuit controls the display to display the first video, when transmitting the second video to the external device. 
     
     
         5 . The electronic device of  claim 4 , wherein the first video is a content video; and
 the control circuit displays, on the display, a control video for controlling output of the first video to the display, when the first video is transmitted to the external device.   
     
     
         6 . The electronic device of  claim 5 , wherein the control circuit controls the display to stop displaying the control video and to display the first video, in response to a second input. 
     
     
         7 . The electronic device of  claim 1 , wherein the control circuit controls the communication circuit to resume the transmission of the first video, in response to a second input applied to the icon. 
     
     
         8 . The electronic device of  claim 7 , wherein the control circuit releases the connection between the communication circuit and the external device, in response to a third input applied to the icon. 
     
     
         9 . The electronic device of  claim 1 , wherein the icon comprises a toggle button for changing the video sharing function from a first mode to a second mode, in response to the first input and from the second mode to the first mode, in response to a second input. 
     
     
         10 . The electronic device of  claim 1 , wherein the icon is displayed on a layer on the display that differs from a layer displaying the first video. 
     
     
         11 . The electronic device of  claim 10 , wherein the first input and the second input are the same type of input. 
     
     
         12 . The electronic device of  claim 1 , wherein the control circuit controls the communication circuit to:
 transmit the first video together with first audio data corresponding to the first video to the external device; and   pause the transmission of the first video and the first audio data, in response to the first input.   
     
     
         13 . The electronic device of  claim 12 , further comprising:
 an audio processing circuit for processing and outputting audio signals,   wherein the control circuit transfers the first audio data to the audio processing circuit, in response to the first input.   
     
     
         14 . A method of an electronic device for controlling video sharing comprising:
 transmitting a first video to an external device, when a video sharing function is executed;   displaying an icon on a display of the electronic device, when transmitting the first video; and   pausing the transmission of the first video and transmitting a second video to the external device, in response to a first input applied to the icon.   
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 14 , wherein the second video comprises a video corresponding to a freeze screen. 
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 15 , wherein transmitting the second video comprises transmitting the second video to the external device at a preset period. 
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 14 , further comprising:
 displaying, on the display of the electronic device, a control video for controlling output of the first video to the display, when the first video is transmitted to the external device,   wherein the first video is a content video.   
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 17 , further comprising:
 stopping the display of the control video, and   displaying, on the display of the electronic device, the first video, in response to a second input.   
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 14 , further comprising resuming the transmission of the first video, in response to a second input applied to the icon. 
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 14 , wherein transmitting the first video to the external device comprises:
 transmitting the first video together with first audio data corresponding to the first video to the external device;   pausing the transmission of the first video and the first audio data, in response to the first input; and   outputting the first audio data via the electronic device.