Media sharing with visualized positioning layout in real time

• US 10,551,933 B2
• Filed: 11/02/2017
• Issued: 02/04/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 11/02/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Fan, Si Bin, Liu, Su, Wang, Yuan Yuan, Xu, Cheng
• Primary Examiner(s): Shen, Qun
• Application Number:
  US15/801,446
• Publication Number:
  US 20190129507A1
• Time in Patent Office: 824 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 5/0289 of multiple transceivers, e.g. in ad hoc networks
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1694 the I/O peripheral being a single or a set of motion sensors for pointer control or gesture input obtained by sensing movements of the portable computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1698 the I/O peripheral being a sending/receiving arrangement to establish a cordless communication link, e.g. radio or infrared link, integrated cellular phone details of antennas disposed inside a computer H01Q1/2266
• 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: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/72 for local intradevice communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72457 according to geographic location
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/64 file transfer between terminals

Abstract

Disclosed embodiments provide techniques for intelligent media sharing with visualized positioning layout in real time. A floor plan is retrieved corresponding to the physical location of a sender electronic device. A zone boundary corresponding to the physical location of the sender electronic device is determined. A list of potential recipient electronic devices within the zone boundary is generated. A floor plan view is rendered on the sender electronic device. A graphical representation of the potential recipient electronic devices on the floor plan view is rendered, overlaid in a semi-transparent manner with a media selection interface on the sender electronic device. A selection is received for one or more media items using the media selection interface. A send request is received for one or more potential recipients, resulting in sending the one or more media items to at least one potential recipient in response to receiving a user interface request action.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for media sharing, comprising:

determining a physical location of a sender electronic device;

retrieving a floor plan corresponding to the physical location of the sender electronic device;

determining a zone boundary corresponding to the physical location of the sender electronic device;

generating a list of potential recipient electronic devices within the zone boundary, wherein the potential recipient electronic devices are smartphones;

rendering a floor plan view on the sender electronic device;

rendering a graphical representation of the potential recipient electronic devices on the floor plan view;

rendering a media selection interface on the sender electronic device, wherein the media selection interface displays a plurality of media items selectable for sending to at least one potential recipient;

receiving a selection for at least media item of the plurality of media items from the media selection interface; and

sending the one or more media items to the at least one potential recipient electronic device in response to detecting a swipe motion on the floorplan view toward the at least one potential recipient electronic device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein rendering a graphical representation of the potential recipient electronic devices comprises rendering a text label.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein rendering a graphical representation of the potential recipient electronic devices comprises rendering an avatar.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein rendering a graphical representation of the potential recipient electronic devices comprises rendering a photograph.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein generating a list of potential recipient electronic devices within the zone boundary comprises:

detecting presence of a plurality of recipient electronic devices via a received signal strength indication;

determining a position of each detected electronic device; and

including the detected electronic device in the list of potential recipient electronic devices if the position of the detected electronic device is deemed to be within the zone boundary.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising, rendering the floor plan such that the floor plan is semi-transparently rendered over the media selection interface.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising establishing an ad hoc network between the sender electronic device and each electronic device from the list of potential recipient electronic devices.

8. An electronic communication device comprising:

a processor;

a memory coupled to the processor, the memory containing instructions, that when executed by the processor, perform the steps of;

determining a physical location of a sender electronic device;

retrieving a floor plan corresponding to the physical location of the sender electronic device;

determining a zone boundary corresponding to the physical location of the sender electronic device;

generating a list of potential recipient electronic devices within the zone boundary, wherein the potential recipient electronic devices are smartphones;

rendering a floor plan view on the sender electronic device;

rendering a media selection interface on the sender electronic device, wherein the media selection interface displays a plurality of media items selectable for sending to at least one potential recipient;

receiving a selection for at least media item of the plurality of media items from the media selection interface; and

sending the one or more media items to the at least one potential recipient electronic device in response to detecting a swipe motion on the floorplan view toward the at least one potential recipient electronic device;

electronic device in response to receiving a user interface request action.

9. The device of claim 8, wherein the memory further comprises instructions, that when executed by the processor, perform the step of rendering a text label corresponding to at least one of the plurality of potential recipient electronic devices.

10. The device of claim 8, wherein the memory further comprises instructions, that when executed by the processor, perform the step of rendering an avatar corresponding to at least one of the plurality of potential recipient electronic devices.

11. The device of claim 8, wherein the memory further comprises instructions, that when executed by the processor, perform the step of rendering a photograph corresponding to at least one of the plurality of potential recipient electronic devices.

12. The device of claim 8, wherein the memory further comprises instructions, that when executed by the processor, perform the steps of:

detecting presence of a plurality of recipient electronic devices via a received signal strength indication;

determining a position of each detected electronic device; and

including the detected electronic device in the list of potential recipient electronic devices if the position of the detected electronic device is deemed to be within the zone boundary.

13. The device of claim 8, wherein the memory further comprises instructions, that when executed by the processor, perform the step of rendering the floor plan such that the floor plan is semi-transparently rendered over the media selection interface.

14. The device of claim 8, wherein the memory further comprises instructions, that when executed by the processor, perform the step of establishing an ad hoc network between the sender electronic device and each electronic device from the list of potential recipient electronic devices.

15. A computer program product for media sharing, for an electronic computing device comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a processor to cause the electronic computing device to:

determine a physical location of a sender electronic device;

retrieve a floor plan corresponding to the physical location of the sender electronic device;

determine a zone boundary corresponding to the physical location of the sender electronic device;

generate a list of potential recipient electronic devices within the zone boundary, wherein the potential recipient electronic devices are smartphones;

render a floor plan view on the sender electronic device;

render a graphical representation of the potential recipient electronic devices on the floor plan view;

render a media selection interface on the sender electronic device, wherein the media selection interface displays a plurality of media items selectable for sending to at least one potential recipient;

receive a selection for at least media item of the plurality of media items from the media selection interface; and

send the one or more media items to the at least one potential recipient electronic device in response to detecting a swipe motion on the floorplan view toward the at least one potential recipient electronic device.

16. The computer program product of claim 15, further comprising program instructions executable by a processor to cause the electronic computing device to render a text label corresponding to at least one of the plurality of potential recipient electronic devices.

17. The computer program product of claim 15, further comprising program instructions executable by a processor to cause the electronic computing device to render an avatar corresponding to at least one of the plurality of potential recipient electronic devices.

18. The computer program product of claim 15, further comprising program instructions executable by a processor to cause the electronic computing device to render a photograph corresponding to at least one of the plurality of potential recipient electronic devices.

19. The computer program product of claim 15, further comprising program instructions executable by a processor to cause the electronic computing device to render the floor plan such that the floor plan is semi-transparently rendered over the media selection interface.

20. The computer program product of claim 15, further comprising program instructions executable by a processor to cause the electronic computing device to establish an ad hoc network between the sender electronic device and each electronic device from the list of potential recipient electronic devices.