Pressure sensitive input device and integrated mobile media device assembly

• US 10,142,828 B1
• Filed: 06/24/2011
• Issued: 11/27/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 06/24/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Open Invention Network LLC
• Original Assignee: Open Invention Network LLC
• Inventors: Williams, Daniel J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Miah, Liton
• Application Number:
  US13/167,848
• Time in Patent Office: 2,713 Days
• Field of Search: 455405, 455406, 4554141, 4554561, 455566
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/024 Guidance services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/005 Discovery of network devices, e.g. terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/18 Processing of user or subscriber data, e.g. subscribed services, user preferences or user profiles; Transfer of user or subscriber data

Abstract

Disclosed are an apparatus and method of communicating between a mobile device and a host computing device. One example method of operation may include sensing a wireless communication signal at the host computing device, establishing a wireless connection between the mobile device and the host computing device via the wireless communication signal, and migrating at least one application from the mobile device to the host computing device. The ongoing communication between the mobile device and the host computing device enables applications to be executed on one device and accessed via the other device, providing a user with the capability to operate more than one device at a time.

Claims

1. A method of communicating between a mobile device and a host computing device, the method comprising:

sensing a wireless communication signal at the host computing device;

establishing a wireless connection between the mobile device and the host computing device via the wireless communication signal;

migrating control for at least one application and corresponding functions of the at least one application from the host computing device to the mobile device, wherein the migrating of the control comprises moving functionality of the at least one application and the corresponding functions from an input of the host computing device to being controlled through a touch screen of the mobile device; and

transferring and running a data file on the mobile device or the host computing device based on a default optimization configuration when the user accesses the data file, the default optimization configuration based on a data rate that the mobile device established during a previous connection.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the wireless connection comprises a secure connection.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the mobile device comprises at least one of a cellular phone, a smart phone and a handheld computing device.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one application comprises a plurality of standard applications designated by a user to be migrated prior to migrating the at least one application from the mobile device to the host computing device.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

executing at least one command on the mobile device; and

displaying at least one response to the at least command on the host computing device.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

sending or receiving a call from the mobile device;

redirecting call data from the call to the host computing device; and

providing a user interface for a user to conduct the call via the host computing device.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

sending or receiving at least one of text, video and images via the mobile device; and

redirecting the at least one of the text, video and images to a display of the host computing device.

8. A mobile apparatus configured to communicate with a host computing device, the mobile apparatus comprising:

a sensor configured to sense a wireless communication signal from the host computing device;

a transmitter configured to establish a wireless connection with the host computing device in response to the wireless communication signal;

a touch screen configured to receive input from a user; and

a processor configured to migrate control for at least one application and corresponding functions of the at least one application from the host computing device to the mobile apparatus, wherein the migrating of the control comprises moving functionality of the at least one application and the corresponding functions from an input of the host computing device to being controlled through the touch screen of the mobile apparatus, wherein

the processor is configured to transfer and run a data file on the mobile apparatus or the host computing device based on a default optimization configuration when the user accesses the data file, the default optimization configuration based on a data rate that the mobile apparatus established during a previous connection.

9. The mobile apparatus of claim 8, wherein the wireless connection comprises a secure connection.

10. The mobile apparatus of claim 8, wherein the mobile apparatus comprises at least one of a cellular phone, a smart phone and a handheld computing device.

11. The mobile apparatus of claim 8, wherein the at least one application comprises a plurality of standard applications designated by a user to be migrated prior to migrating the at least one application to the host computing device.

12. The mobile apparatus of claim 8, wherein the processor is further configured to execute at least one command and transmit a response to the command to a display of the host computing device.

13. The mobile apparatus of claim 8, wherein the transmitter is further configured to send or receive a call, and the processor is further configured to redirect call data from the call to the host computing device.

14. The mobile apparatus of claim 8, wherein the transmitter is further configured to send or receive at least one of text, video and images via the mobile device, and the processor is further configured to redirect the at least one of the text, video and images to a display of the host computing device.

15. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium configured to store instructions that, when executed, cause a processor to facilitate communication between a mobile device and a host computing device, the processor further configured to:

sense a wireless communication signal at the host computing device;

establish a wireless connection between the mobile device and the host computing device via the wireless communication signal;

migrate control for at least one application and corresponding functions of the at least one application from the host computing device to the mobile device, wherein the migrating of the control comprises moving functionality of the at least one application and the corresponding functions from an input of the host computing device to being controlled through a touch screen of the mobile device;

use the mobile device as a host source for an environment of an application when the application is a non-streaming application; and

use whichever of the mobile device and the host computing device has a connection with a greatest data rate and stability higher data rate as a host Internet source for the environment of the application when the application is a streaming application, wherein

a default optimization configuration of the mobile device is based on a data rate that the mobile apparatus established during a previous connection.

16. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the wireless connection comprises a secure connection.

17. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the mobile device comprises at least one of a cellular phone, a smart phone and a handheld computing device.

18. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the at least one application comprises a plurality of standard applications designated by a user to be migrated prior to migrating the at least one application from the mobile device to the host computing device.

19. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15, the processor further configured to:

execute at least one command on the mobile device; and

display at least one response to the at least command on the host computing device.

20. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15, the processor further configured to:

send or receive a call from the mobile device;

redirect call data from the call to the host computing device; and

provide a user interface for a user to conduct the call via the host computing device.