Systems and methods for gesture-based sharing of data between separate electronic devices

• US 10,412,131 B2
• Filed: 02/06/2014
• Issued: 09/10/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 03/13/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Revvity Signals Software Incorporated
• Original Assignee: PerkinElmer Informatics, Inc. (Revvity, Inc.)
• Inventors: Smith, Robin, Gupta, Sunil Anant, Stapleton, Michael, Davis, Benjamin James, Hahn, Amy Annette, Shatsoff, Jordan Haneil, Wakefield, Joshua Benjamin, Huang, Biying, Frazier, Sr., Shadrack Cgar, Graham, Brandon William Arther, Tremblay, Beau Guy, Kulkarni, Sonal Shashikant, Oberlin, Daniel, Nelson, Julie E.
• Primary Examiner(s): To, Jennifer N
• Assistant Examiner(s): Spratt, Beau D
• Application Number:
  US14/173,934
• Publication Number:
  US 20140282106A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,042 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/176 Support for shared access to files; File sharing support
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G16C 20/80 Data visualisation
• CPC Class Codes: G16C 20/90 Programming languages; Computing architectures; Database systems; Data warehousing
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/403 Arrangements for multi-party communication, e.g. for conferences data switching systems for conference H04L12/18; arrangements for connecting several subscribers to a common circuit, i.e. affording conference facilities H04M3/56; television conferencing systems H04N7/15
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/22 including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector digitizers for touch screens G06F3/041
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/64 file transfer between terminals download of applications H04M1/72406; transfer of messages, e.g. SMS, e-mail or MMS H04M1/7243
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/21 for social networking applications

Abstract

Described herein are various embodiments of systems, methods, and apparatus that allow a user to share data, such as one or more files from within an application with one or more other (not necessarily co-located) computing devices using a gesture-based sharing function. In a particular example, systems, methods, and apparatus described herein may be used to share graphical representations of chemical structures within a chemical structure rendering application between two or more user devices. By offering a user a quick and visually intuitive option for sharing a file with other user(s) without exiting a current application, the systems, methods, and apparatus described herein provide efficient and engaging tools for sharing work product in real time between two or more users.

Claims

1. A method of sharing files via a network-based sharing service, the method comprising:

receiving, via a network, from a first data share application executing on a first user computing device, a request to identify members available for sharing;

identifying, by a processor of a computing device, one or more members available for sharing, wherein each of the one or more members available for sharing is associated with a respective member computing device executing a data share application in communication with the network-based sharing service;

for each member of at least a portion of the one or more members identified as available for sharing;

receiving, via the network, from the data share application executing on the respective member computing device, a list of eligible file types associated with one or more applications installed on the respective member computing device; and

providing, via the network, to the first data share application, the list of eligible file types;

receiving, via the network from the first data share application, a request for data share, wherein the request comprises at least one file and a member identifier associated with a target user of the one or more members available for sharing;

determining, by the processor, an identification of a second user computing device, wherein

the member identifier associated with the target user is matched to account information stored in a member device database of the network-based sharing service, and

the second user computing device is associated with a computing device identifier stored in the member device database and associated with the account information matched to the member identifier associated with the target user;

issuing, by the processor, via the network, an alert to the target user regarding data availability, wherein the alert is issued through a second data share application installed on the second user computing device;

responsive to the alert, receiving, from the second user computing device, a request for available data; and

responsive to the request for available data,

retrieving, by the processor, the at least one file, and

providing, via the network, the at least one file, wherein the at least one file is provided to the second data share application.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein

the first data share application comprises a sub-application in communication with a software application;

and

identifying the one or more members available for sharing comprises identifying respective ability of each computing device associated with the one or more member identifiers to view a file type associated with the software application.

3. A system for sharing files via a network-based sharing service, the system comprising:

a processor; and

a memory having instructions stored thereon, wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to;

receive, via a network, from a first data share application executing on a first user computing device, a request to identify members available for sharing;

identify one or more members available for sharing, wherein each of the one or more members available for sharing is associated with a respective member computing device executing a data share application in communication with the network-based sharing service;

for each member of at least a portion of the one or more members available for sharing;

receive, via the network, from the data share application executing on the respective member computing device, a list of eligible file types associated with one or more applications installed on the respective member computing device; and

provide, via the network, to the first data share application, the list of eligible file types;

receive, via the network from the first data share application installed on a first user computing device, a request for data share, wherein the request comprises at least one file and at least one member identifier associated with at least one target user of the one or more members available for sharing;

determine an identification of a second user computing device, wherein the second user computing device wherein

a first member identifier is matched to account information stored in a member device database of the network-based sharing service, and

the second user computing device is associated with a computing device identifier stored in the member device database and associated with the account information matched to the first member identifier;

issue, via the network, an alert to the target user regarding data availability, wherein the alert is issued through a second data share application installed on the second user computing device;

responsive to the alert, receive, from the second user computing device, a request for available data; and

responsive to the request for available data,

retrieve the at least one file, and

provide, via the network, the at least one file, wherein the at least one file is provided to the second data share application.