Electronic apparatus, system and synchronization method

• US 10,432,715 B2
• Filed: 04/02/2015
• Issued: 10/01/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 09/10/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Toshiba Client Solutions CO., Ltd. (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Toshiba Client Solutions CO., Ltd. (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Ohashi, Jun, Sougen, Akiyoshi
• Primary Examiner(s): Eskandarnia, Arvin
• Assistant Examiner(s): Ling, Chhian (Amy)
• Application Number:
  US14/677,048
• Publication Number:
  US 20160072882A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,643 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1123 Discriminating type of movement, e.g. walking or running A61B5/1116, A61B5/112 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6802 Sensor mounted on worn items
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/40 relating to mechanical, radiation or invasive therapies, e.g. surgery, laser therapy, dialysis or acupuncture
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/60 relating to nutrition control, e.g. diets
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1095 Replication or mirroring of data, e.g. scheduling or transport for data synchronisation between network nodes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• 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

Abstract

According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a registration module, a transmission processor, and a reception processor. The registration module registers second data in a first file in a non-volatile storage device. The transmission processor transmits third data which is at least part of the first file to a server. The third data includes data registered in the first file after the data is previously transmitted to the server. The server includes a second file for registering all data transmitted from at least one second electronic apparatus, which corresponds to a user, including the electronic apparatus. The reception processor does not receive the fourth data from the server when only the electronic apparatus corresponds to the user.

Claims

1. An electronic apparatus assigned with a first apparatus identifier, the electronic apparatus being able to be connected to a wearable sensing device, the electronic apparatus comprising:

a non-volatile storage device comprising a data file that stores data sensed by the wearable sensing device; and

a processor that communicates with a server while performing synchronization of a backup file stored in the server and the data file, the server comprising a storage that stores the backup file of a first data file stored in the non-volatile storage device in the electronic apparatus and of a second data file stored in a second electronic apparatus assigned with a second apparatus identifier, a user identifier being assigned to at least one of the electronic apparatus or the second electronic apparatus, and the storage stores an apparatus file storing correspondence between the user identifier and at least one of the first apparatus identifier or the second apparatus identifier, wherein

the processor requests the server to transmit the at least one of the first apparatus identifier or the second apparatus identifier corresponding to the user identifier of a user of the wearable sensing device,

when the processor receives the first apparatus identifier and the second apparatus identifier corresponding to the user identifier, the processor synchronizes the data file stored in the non-volatile storage device and the backup file stored in the storage of the server by;

requesting the server transmit update data stored in the backup file which was updated by the second electronic apparatus after a last synchronization by the electronic apparatus,

receiving the update data transmitted from the server, and

updating the data file in the non-volatile storage device based on the update data.

2. The electronic apparatus of claim 1, wherein when the processor receives the first apparatus identifier and does not receive the second apparatus identifier, the processor does not request the server to transmit the update data.

3. The electronic apparatus of claim 2, wherein when the processor receives the first apparatus identifier and does not receive the second apparatus identifier, the processor transmits third data which was updated by the processor after the last synchronization.

4. The electronic apparatus of claim 1, wherein the apparatus file further stores correspondence between the first apparatus identifier and last synchronization time information of the first electronic apparatus and correspondence between the second apparatus identifier and last synchronization time information of the second first electronic apparatus.

5. The electronic apparatus of claim 4, wherein the server is configured to transmit the update data to the first electronic apparatus based on the last synchronization time information of the second electronic apparatus.

6. The electronic apparatus of claim 1, wherein the data sensed by the wearable sensing device comprises data indicative of action of the user or data indicative of activity amount of the user.

7. A system comprising:

a first electronic apparatus assigned with a first apparatus identifier;

a second electronic apparatus assigned with a second apparatus identifier; and

a server, wherein

a user identifier is assigned to at least one of the first electronic apparatus or the second electronic apparatus,

each of the first electronic apparatus and the second electronic apparatus is able to be connected to a wearable sensing device,

each of the first electronic apparatus and the second electronic apparatus comprises;

a non-volatile storage device comprising a data file that stores data sensed by the wearable sensing device; and

a processor that communicates with the server while performing synchronization of a backup file stored in the server and the data file, the server comprises;

a storage that stores the backup file of a first data file stored in the non-volatile storage device in the first electronic apparatus and of a second data file stored in the non-volatile storage device in the second electronic apparatus and an apparatus file that stores correspondence between the user identifier and at least one of the first apparatus identifier or the second apparatus identifier,

the processor of the first electronic apparatus requests the server to transmit the at least one of the first apparatus identifier or the second apparatus identifier corresponding to the user identifier of a user of the wearable sensing device,

the server transmits the at least one of the first apparatus identifier or the second apparatus identifier corresponding to the user identifier to the first electronic apparatus,

when the processor of the first electronic apparatus receives the first apparatus identifier and the second apparatus identifier corresponding to the user identifier, the processor of the first electronic apparatus synchronizes the data file stored in the non-volatile storage device and the backup file stored in the storage of the server by;

requesting the server transmit update data stored in the backup file which was updated by the second electronic apparatus after a last synchronization by the first electronic apparatus,

receiving the update data from the server, and

updating the data file in the non-volatile storage device of the first electronic apparatus based on the update data.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein when the processor of the first electronic apparatus receives the first apparatus identifier and does not receive the second apparatus identifier, the processor of the first electronic apparatus does not request the server to transmit the update data.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein when the processor receives the first apparatus identifier and does not receive the second apparatus identifier, the processor is further configured to transmit third data which was updated by the processor after the last synchronization.

10. The system of claim 7, wherein the apparatus file stores correspondence between the first apparatus identifier and last synchronization time information of the first electronic apparatus and correspondence between the second apparatus identifier and last synchronization time information of the second first electronic apparatus.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the server transmits the update data to the first electronic apparatus based on the last synchronization time information of the second electronic apparatus.

12. The system of claim 7, wherein the data sensed by the wearable sensing device comprises data indicative of action of the user or data indicative of activity amount of the user.

13. A synchronization method of a system comprising:

a first electronic apparatus assigned with a first apparatus identifier;

a second electronic apparatus assigned with a second apparatus identifier, a user identifier being assigned to the first electronic apparatus and the second electronic apparatus; and

a server, wherein

a user identifier is assigned to at least one of the first electronic apparatus or the second electronic apparatus,

each of the first electronic apparatus and the second electronic apparatus is able to be connected to a wearable sensing device,

each of the first electronic apparatus and the second electronic apparatus comprises;

a non-volatile storage device comprising a data file that stores data sensed by the wearable sensing device; and

a processor that communicates with the server while performing synchronization of a backup file stored in the server and the data file, and the server comprises;

a storage that stores the backup file of a first data file stored in the non-volatile storage device in the first electronic apparatus and of a second data file stored in the non-volatile storage device in the second electronic apparatus and an apparatus file that stores correspondence between the user identifier and at least one of the first apparatus identifier or the second apparatus identifier, the method comprising;

requesting, by the processor of the first electronic apparatus, the server to transmit the at least one of the first apparatus identifier or the second apparatus identifier corresponding to the user identifier of a user of the wearable sensing device;

transmitting, by the server, the at least one of the first apparatus identifier or the second apparatus identifier corresponding to the user identifier to the first electronic apparatus;

when the processor of the first electronic apparatus receives the first apparatus identifier and the second apparatus identifier corresponding to the user identifier, the processor of the first electronic apparatus synchronizes the data file stored in the non-volatile storage device and the backup file stored in the storage of the server by;

requesting the server to transmit update data stored in the backup file which was updated by the second electronic apparatus after a last synchronization by the first electronic apparatus;

receiving the update data from the server, and

updating the data file in the non-volatile storage device of the first electronic apparatus based on the update data.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein when the processor receives the first apparatus identifier and does not receive the second apparatus identifier, the processor does is configured not request the server to transmit the update data apparatus identifier corresponding to the user identifier.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein when the processor receives the first apparatus identifier and does not receive the second apparatus identifier, the processor is further configured to transmit third data which was updated by the processor after the last synchronization.

16. The method of claim 13, wherein the apparatus file further stores correspondence between the first apparatus identifier and last synchronization time information of the first electronic apparatus and correspondence between the second apparatus identifier and last synchronization time information of the second first electronic apparatus.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the server is configured to transmit the update data to the first electronic apparatus based on the last synchronization time information of the second electronic apparatus.

18. The method of claim 13, wherein the data sensed by the wearable sensing device comprises data indicative of action of the user or data indicative of activity amount of the user.