Task handoff method and related device

• US 10,229,259 B2
• Filed: 08/12/2016
• Issued: 03/12/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 08/21/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Wang, Chan, Wu, Huangwei, Huang, Xi
• Primary Examiner(s): Bayou, Yonas A
• Application Number:
  US15/235,865
• Publication Number:
  US 20170053110A1
• Time in Patent Office: 942 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/32 using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voiceprints
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/4856 resumption being on a different machine, e.g. task migration, virtual machine migration G06F9/5088 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0861 using biometrical features, e.g. fingerprint, retina-scan cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using biological data H04L9/3231
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/10 for controlling access to devices or network resources
• 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

Abstract

A method includes: displaying, by a second device, prompt information, where the prompt information is used to inform a user that a task executed on a first device may be handed off to the second device for execution; receiving, by the second device, a first operation of the user, and collecting a fingerprint used when the user performs the first operation, where the first operation is used to request execution of the task on the second device; acquiring, by the second device, first fingerprint information and second fingerprint information by using the first device; calculating, by the second device according to the fingerprint used when the user performs the first operation and the first fingerprint information, third fingerprint information; and executing, by the second device, the task when the third fingerprint information matches the second fingerprint information.

Claims

1. A task handoff method, comprising:

displaying, by a second device, prompt information, wherein the prompt information is used to inform a user that a task executed on a first device may be handed off to the second device for execution;

receiving, by the second device, a first operation of the user, and collecting a fingerprint input when the user performs the first operation, wherein the first operation is used to request execution of the task on the second device;

acquiring, by the second device, first fingerprint information and second fingerprint information by using the first device;

calculating, by the second device according to the fingerprint used when the user performs the first operation and the first fingerprint information, third fingerprint information; and

executing, by the second device, the task when the third fingerprint information matches the second fingerprint information, wherein the first fingerprint information is a sketch of a registered fingerprint of the user, and the second fingerprint information is a hash value of the registered fingerprint of the user; and

the calculating, by the second device according to the fingerprint used when the user performs the first operation and the first fingerprint information, third fingerprint information comprises;

restoring, by the second device, a fingerprint template according to the fingerprint used when the user performs the first operation and the sketch of the registered fingerprint of the user; and

calculating, by the second device, a hash value of the fingerprint template.

2. The task handoff method according to claim 1, wherein the acquiring, by the second device, first fingerprint information and second fingerprint information by using the first device comprises:

requesting, by the second device from the first device, the sketch and the hash value of the registered fingerprint of the user; and

receiving, by the second device, the sketch and the hash that are of the registered fingerprint of the user and that are sent by the first device.

3. The task handoff method according to claim 1, wherein the acquiring, by the second device, first fingerprint information and second fingerprint information by using the first device comprises:

acquiring, by the second device, the sketch and the hash that are of the registered fingerprint of the user and that are synchronized from a cloud server, wherein the cloud server is associated with a login account of the first device, and a login account of the second device and the login account of the first device are the same.

4. A task handoff method, comprising:

pre-storing, by a first device, fingerprint information of a registered fingerprint of a user, and associating the fingerprint information of the registered fingerprint of the user with a task handoff function;

when the user triggers the task handoff function, collecting, by the first device, a fingerprint input by the user;

when the fingerprint input by the user matches the fingerprint information of the registered fingerprint of the user, acquiring, by the first device, information about multiple adjacent devices, so that the user can select, from the multiple adjacent devices, a second device for performing task handoff, wherein a login account of the first device and a login account of the second device are different, and the information about the multiple adjacent devices comprises respective login accounts of the multiple adjacent devices;

displaying, by the second device, prompt information, wherein the prompt information is used to inform a user that a task executed on the first device may be handed off to the second device for execution;

receiving, by the second device, a first operation performed by the user on the prompt information, and collecting a fingerprint used when the user performs the first operation, wherein the first operation is used to request execution of the task on the second device;

requesting, by the second device from the first device, a sketch and a hash of a registered fingerprint of the user;

receiving, by the second device, the sketch and the hash that are of the registered fingerprint of the user sent by the first device;

restoring, by the second device, a fingerprint template according to the fingerprint input when the user performs the first operation and the sketch of the registered fingerprint of the user;

calculating, by the second device, a hash of the fingerprint template; and

executing, by the second device, the task when the hash of the fingerprint template matches the hash of the registered fingerprint of the user.

5. The task handoff method according to claim 4, wherein the acquiring, by the first device, information about multiple adjacent devices, so that the user can select, from the multiple adjacent devices, a second device for performing task handoff comprises:

acquiring, by the first device, identifiers of the multiple adjacent devices by using Bluetooth or Wireless Fidelity WI-Fl;

uploading, by the first device, the identifiers of the multiple adjacent devices to a cloud server, and requesting, from the cloud server, login accounts of devices corresponding to the identifiers, wherein the cloud server is associated with the login account of the first device;

acquiring, by the first device, the login accounts sent by the cloud server, so that the user can select, from the multiple adjacent devices, the second device according to the login accounts; and

establishing, by the first device, a connection to the second device by using the cloud server, and performing task handoff with the second device.

6. The task handoff method according to claim 4, wherein the acquiring, by the first device, information about multiple adjacent devices, so that the user can select, from the multiple adjacent devices, a second device for performing task handoff comprises:

requesting, by the first device from a cloud server, a login account of an online device, wherein the cloud server is associated with the login account of the first device, and the login account of the online device is stored in family sharing of the cloud server;

acquiring, by the first device, the login account sent by the cloud server, so that the user can select, from the online device, the second device according to the login account; and

establishing, by the first device, a connection to the second device by using the cloud server, and performing task handoff with the second device.

7. An apparatus, comprising:

a memory to store instructions; and

a processor to execute the instructions to configure the apparatus to execute operations comprising;

displaying, by a second device, prompt information, wherein the prompt information is used to inform a user that a task executed on a first device may be handed off to the second device for execution;

receiving, by the second device, a first operation of the user, and collecting a fingerprint input when the user performs the first operation, wherein the first operation is used to request execution of the task on the second device;

acquiring, by the second device, first fingerprint information and second fingerprint information by using the first device;

calculating, by the second device according to the fingerprint used when the user performs the first operation and the first fingerprint information, third fingerprint information; and

executing, by the second device, the task when the third fingerprint information matches the second fingerprint information, wherein the first fingerprint information is a sketch of a registered fingerprint of the user, and the second fingerprint information is a hash value of the registered fingerprint of the user; and

the calculating, by the second device according to the fingerprint used when the user performs the first operation and the first fingerprint information, third fingerprint information comprises;

restoring, by the second device, a fingerprint template according to the fingerprint used when the user performs the first operation and the sketch of the registered fingerprint of the user; and

calculating, by the second device, a hash value of the fingerprint template.

8. The apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the acquiring, by the second device, first fingerprint information and second fingerprint information by using the first device comprises:

requesting, by the second device from the first device, the sketch and the hash value of the registered fingerprint of the user; and

receiving, by the second device, the sketch and the hash that are of the registered fingerprint of the user and that are sent by the first device.

9. The apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the acquiring, by the second device, first fingerprint information and second fingerprint information by using the first device comprises:

acquiring, by the second device, the sketch and the hash that are of the registered fingerprint of the user and that are synchronized from a cloud server, wherein the cloud server is associated with a login account of the first device, and a login account of the second device and the login account of the first device are the same.