Input redirection with a cloud client device

• US 10,135,823 B2
• Filed: 10/18/2013
• Issued: 11/20/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 01/07/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Dell Products LP (Dell Technologies Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Dell Products LP (Dell Technologies Inc.)
• Inventors: Schwebke, Curtis John, Rao, Kiran Ranganatha, Cook, Richard Graham, Coley, Kenneth Craig
• Primary Examiner(s): Sison, June Y
• Application Number:
  US14/058,017
• Publication Number:
  US 20140195595A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,859 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/08 for authentication of entities cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0876 based on the identity of the terminal or configuration, e.g. MAC address, hardware or software configuration or device fingerprint
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/01 Protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/566 Grouping or aggregating service requests, e.g. for unified processing
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/069 using certificates or pre-shared keys
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/005 Discovery of network devices, e.g. terminals

Abstract

In one embodiment, a cloud client device identifies one or more devices within a pre-determined range of the cloud client device operable to communicate with the cloud client device. The cloud client device pairs with one or more of the devices. The cloud client device receives first input from a client device coupled to the cloud client device. The cloud client device translates the first input from a first format to a second format and sends the translated first input to one of the one or more devices. The cloud client device receives second input from one of the one or more devices, translates the second input from a third format to a fourth format, and provides the translated second input to the client device.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

by a cloud client device, identifying one or more devices and one or more sensors on the one or more devices are within a pre-determined communication range of the cloud client device operable to communicate with the cloud client device;

by the cloud client device, determining the one or more devices available for pairing;

by the cloud client device, providing a wireless, remote interface to the one or more devices;

by the cloud client device, authenticating the one or more devices available for pairing, wherein authenticating comprises obtaining at least a security token from the one or more devices available for pairing and sending the security token to a cloud service for authentication, wherein a profile is associated with the cloud client device, wherein the profile is specific to a particular user of the cloud service, wherein the cloud client device is restricted to one or more services from the cloud service based on the profile;

by the cloud client device, receiving configuration data from the cloud service;

by the cloud client device, configuring the cloud client device using the configuration data, wherein the configuration data comprises data associated with a communication protocol;

by the cloud client device, requesting the one or more devices available for pairing to enter a pairing mode;

by the cloud client device, pairing a display coupled to the cloud client device with the one or more devices available for pairing;

by the cloud client device, providing a service of the paired one or more devices available for pairing to the display;

by the cloud client device, receiving a first input from a client device coupled to the cloud client device;

by the cloud client device, translating the first input from a first format to a second format;

by the cloud client device, sending the translated first input to one of the one or more devices available for pairing using the communication protocol;

by the cloud client device, receiving second input from one of the one or more devices available for pairing;

by the cloud client device, translating the second input from a third format to a fourth format; and

by the cloud client device, displaying the translated second input on the display.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the client device is a display comprising one or more of the following:

a television;

a monitor;

or

a projector.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the client device is coupled to the cloud client device via one or more interfaces operable with one or more of the following:

NFC;

BLUETOOTH;

IEEE 802.11;

MHL;

HDMI;

DP;

or

USB.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein identifying one or more devices within a pre-determined range of the cloud client device operable to communicate with the cloud client device comprises conducting a scan of a local network in which the cloud client device operates.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein pairing with one or more of the devices available for pairing comprises:

requesting the identified devices to enter a pairing mode;

scanning the identified devices;

determining which of the identified devices are available for the pairing mode; and

pairing with the available devices.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the first input comprises multi-touch input from a user of the client device coupled to the cloud client device.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the first input comprises gesture input from a user of the client device coupled to the cloud client device.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the first input comprises data from one or more sensors of the client device.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the first format and the second format are the same.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the third format and the fourth format are the same.

11. A cloud client device comprising a non-transitory storage medium storing one or more instructions, that, when executed by a processor of the cloud client device, cause the processor to:

identify one or more devices and one or more sensors on the one or more devices are within a pre-determined communication range of the cloud client device operable to communicate with the cloud client device;

determine the one or more devices available for pairing;

provide a wireless, remote interface to the one or more devices;

authenticate the one or more devices available for pairing, wherein the authentication comprises obtaining at least a security token from the one or more devices available for pairing and sending the security token to a cloud service for authentication;

receive configuration data from the cloud service;

configure the cloud client device using the configuration data, wherein the configuration data comprises data associated with a communication protocol, wherein a profile is associated with the cloud client device, wherein the profile is specific to a particular user of the cloud service, wherein the cloud client device is restricted to one or more services from the cloud service based on the profile;

request the one or more devices available for pairing to enter a pairing mode;

pair a display coupled to the cloud client device with the one or more of the devices available for pairing;

provide a service of the paired one or more devices available for pairing to the display;

receive a first input from a client device coupled to the cloud client device;

translate the first input from a first format to a second format;

send the translated first input to one of the one or more devices available for pairing;

receive second input from one of the one or more devices available for pairing using the communications protocol;

translate the second input from a third format to a fourth format;

provide the translated second input to the client device; and

display the translated second input on the display.

12. The cloud client device of claim 11, wherein the client device is a display comprising one or more of the following:

a television;

a monitor;

or

a projector.

13. The cloud client device of claim 11, wherein the client device is coupled to the cloud client device via one or more interfaces operable with one or more of the following:

NFC;

BLUETOOTH;

IEEE 802.11;

MHL;

HDMI;

DP;

or

USB.

14. The cloud client device of claim 11, wherein identifying one or more devices within a pre-determined range of the cloud client device operable to communicate with the cloud client device comprises conducting a scan of a local network in which the cloud client device operates.

15. The cloud client device of claim 11, wherein pairing with one or more of the devices available for pairing comprises:

requesting the identified devices to enter a pairing mode;

scanning the identified devices;

determining which of the identified devices are available for the pairing mode; and

pairing with the available devices.

16. The cloud client device of claim 11, wherein the first input comprises multi-touch input from a user of the client device coupled to the cloud client device.

17. The cloud client device of claim 11, wherein the first input comprises gesture input from a user of the client device coupled to the cloud client device.

18. The cloud client device of claim 11, wherein the first input comprises data from one or more sensors of the client device.

19. The cloud client device of claim 11, wherein the first format and the second format are the same.

20. The cloud client device of claim 11, wherein the third format and the fourth format are the same.