Approaches for sharing data between electronic devices

• US 10,061,487 B2
• Filed: 02/23/2015
• Issued: 08/28/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 03/11/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Inventors: Noolu, Rama, Edara, Kiran Kumar
• Primary Examiner(s): Patel, Hemant
• Application Number:
  US14/629,298
• Publication Number:
  US 20150169203A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,282 Days
• Field of Search: 348 1401- 1416, 37920101, 37920201-20701, 379372, 379 37- 52, 37926501-2661, 709201-207, 709217-248
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2201/42 Graphical user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/2094 Proximity
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42263 where the same subscriber uses different terminals, i.e. nomadism
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/541 based on information specified by the calling party
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 7/003 Click to dial services

Abstract

Systems and approaches arc provided to enable multiple user devices to share data between devices. In one scenario, a user may click on or touch a telephone hyperlink from a browser of a desktop computer to initiate a telephone call from the user'"'"'s mobile phone. In another situation, a user may begin various computing tasks from a tablet in the evening, share data associated relating to her work with a business computer, and complete her tasks the next day in the office with little to no minimal disruption to her work flow. In effect, the user may “cut” or “copy” data from a first personal computing device and paste that “data” onto a second computing device.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for sharing data, comprising:

receiving a command to a first device to cause a second device to establish an audio connection with a third device;

analyzing image data generated by the first device to determine that the second device is in proximity to a user;

determining that the second device is capable of establishing the audio connection; and

sending data from the first device to the second device to cause the second device to establish the audio connection.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the command is a voice command.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

providing a listing of a plurality of devices determined to be in proximity to the user and capable of establishing the audio connection with the third device; and

receiving a selection of the second device.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 3, further comprising:

providing the listing as at least one of;

an ordering of each device of the plurality of devices based at least in part upon a respective distance between the user and the device;

the respective distance of each device of the plurality of devices;

or

a respective location of each device of the plurality of devices.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the command is to dial a telephone number.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving at least one user input to the second device prior to establishing the audio connection.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

causing the second device to launch a telephony application to establish the audio connection.

8. A computing device, comprising:

at least one processor; and

memory including instructions that, upon being executed by the processor, cause the computing device to;

receive a command to cause a first device to establish an audio connection with a second device;

analyze image data generated by the second device to determine that the first device is in proximity to an object;

determine that the first device is capable of establishing the audio connection between the first device and the second device; and

send data to the first device to cause the first device to establish the audio connection.

9. The computing device of claim 8, wherein the data comprises a voice command.

10. The computing device of claim 8, wherein the command is to dial a telephone number.

11. The computing device of claim 10, further comprising:

receive at least one user input to the first device prior to establishing the audio connection.

12. The computing device of claim 8, wherein the instructions upon being executed further cause the computing device to:

provide a listing of a plurality of devices determined to be in proximity to the object and capable of establishing the audio connection with the second device; and

receive a selection of the first device.

13. The computing device of claim 12, wherein the instructions upon being executed further cause the computing device to:

providing the listing as at least one of;

an ordering of each device of the plurality of devices based at least in part upon a respective distance between the object and the device;

the respective distance of each device of the plurality of devices;

or

a respective location of each device of the plurality of devices.

14. The computing device of claim 8, wherein the instructions upon being executed further cause the computing device to:

cause the second device to launch a telephony application to establish the audio connection.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for sharing data including instructions that, upon being executed by at least one processor, cause the processor to:

receive a command to a first device to cause a second device to establish an audio connection with a third device;

analyze image data generated by the first device to determine that the second device is in proximity to an object;

determine that the second device is capable of establishing the audio connection; and

send data from the first device to the second device to cause the second device to establish the audio connection.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the command is a voice command.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the command is to dial a telephone number.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the instructions upon being executed further cause the processor to:

receive at least one user input to the second device prior to establishing the audio connection.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the instructions upon being executed further cause the processor to:

provide a listing of a plurality of devices determined to be in proximity to the object and capable of establishing the audio connection with the second device; and

receive a selection of the first device.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 19, wherein the instructions upon being executed further cause the processor to:

providing the listing as at least one of;

an ordering of each device of the plurality of devices based at least in part upon a respective distance between the object and the device;

the respective distance of each device of the plurality of devices;

or

a respective location of each device of the plurality of devices.