File sending method and terminal, and file receiving method and terminal

• US 10,701,545 B2
• Filed: 09/09/2016
• Issued: 06/30/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 09/09/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Beijing Kunshi Intellectual Property Management Company Limited (Beijing Cornerstone Zhiben Intellectual Property Co. Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Jiang, Zhongyin, Li, Dawei, Chen, Kunfang, Tao, Xingliang, Chen, Jiasheng
• Primary Examiner(s): Jackson, Blane J
• Application Number:
  US16/332,180
• Publication Number:
  US 20190268749A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,390 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/48 Transceivers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/18 Multiprotocol handlers, e.g. single devices capable of handling multiple protocols
• 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 48/10 using broadcasted information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/14 Direct-mode setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/15 Setup of multiple wireless link connections
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/005 Discovery of network devices, e.g. terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/06 adapted for operation in multiple networks or having at least two operational modes, e.g. multi-mode terminals

Abstract

A file sending method, a file receiving method, and related terminals, where a first terminal is configured to scan on a BLUETOOTH low energy (BLE) broadcast channel to obtain a broadcast packet from at least one second terminal, determine at least one discoverable second terminal based on the broadcast packet, determine a target terminal that is configured to receive a file and that is in the at least one discoverable second terminal, send a coupling request to the target terminal, establish a BLE coupling between the first terminal and the target terminal, and send WI-FI direct coupling parameters to the target terminal using a BLE data channel of the BLE coupling. The WI-FI direct is established between the first terminal and the target terminal.

Claims

1. A file sending method, implemented by a first terminal, the method comprising:

performing, by the first terminal, scanning on a BLUETOOTH low energy (BLE) broadcast channel to obtain a broadcast packet from at least one second terminal, wherein the broadcast packet comprises an account identifier associated with a file sending application of the at least one second terminal;

determining, by the first terminal, at least one discoverable second terminal based on the broadcast packet;

determining, by the first terminal, a target terminal configured to receive a file in the at least one discoverable second terminal;

sending, by the first terminal, a coupling request to the target terminal;

establishing, by the first terminal, a BLE coupling between the first terminal and the target terminal;

sending, by the first terminal, WI-FI direct coupling parameters to the target terminal using a BLE data channel of the BLE coupling, wherein the WI-FI direct coupling parameters comprise WI-FI direct handshake information, an Internet Protocol (IP) address assigned by the first terminal to the target terminal, and a designated communication channel;

receiving, by the first terminal, a WI-FI direct establishment request from the target terminal;

performing, by the first terminal, a handshake with the target terminal to establish WI-FI direct after the WI-FI direct establishment request is received, wherein the WI-FI direct establishment request is received after the target terminal performs parameter configuration of the target terminal based on the WI-FI direct coupling parameters, wherein the first terminal is a WI-FI direct group owner (GO), and wherein the target terminal is a WI-FI direct group client (GC); and

sending, by the first terminal, the file to the target terminal using the WI-FI direct established between the first terminal and the target terminal.

2. The file sending method of claim 1, wherein after establishing the BLE coupling between the first terminal and the target terminal, the file sending method further comprises:

obtaining, by the first terminal, information indicating whether a WI-FI direct interface of the target terminal is occupied; and

either popping up, on a display screen of the first terminal, a reminder message indicating that the file cannot be successfully sent temporarily, wherein the information indicates that the WI-FI direct interface of the target terminal is occupied;

or

sending, by the first terminal, the WI-FI direct coupling parameters to the target terminal using the BLE data channel of the BLE coupling, wherein the information indicates that the WI-FI direct interface of the target terminal is not occupied.

3. The file sending method of claim 1, wherein after establishing the WI-FI direct between the first terminal and the target terminal, the file sending method further comprises:

obtaining, by the first terminal, an account avatar of the target terminal; and

storing, by the first terminal, the account avatar and a correspondence between the target terminal and the account avatar.

4. The file sending method of claim 3, wherein before determining the target terminal, the file sending method further comprises displaying, by the first terminal, an account avatar of the at least one discoverable second terminal, and wherein the account avatar of the at least one discoverable second terminal is stored in the first terminal.

5. The file sending method of claim 1, wherein determining the at least one discoverable second terminal comprises:

parsing, by the first terminal, the broadcast packet; and

determining, by the first terminal, a second terminal sending the broadcast packet as the at least one discoverable second terminal, wherein a parsing result of the broadcast packet does not comprise information indicating that authentication needs to be performed on a terminal receiving the broadcast packet.

6. The file sending method of claim 1, wherein determining the at least one discoverable second terminal comprises:

parsing, by the first terminal, the broadcast packet;

sending, by the first terminal, an authentication request to a second terminal sending the broadcast packet, and obtaining an authentication result of performing authentication on the authentication request by the second terminal, wherein a parsing result of the broadcast packet comprises information indicating that the authentication needs to be performed on a terminal receiving the broadcast packet; and

determining, by the first terminal, the second terminal sending the broadcast packet as the at least one discoverable second terminal, wherein the authentication result indicates that the authentication succeeds.

7. The file sending method of claim 1, wherein before performing the scanning on the BLE broadcast channel, the file sending method further comprises:

obtaining, by the first terminal, a touch track on a display screen of the first terminal;

performing, by the first terminal, triggering to generate a first instruction, wherein the touch track is a touch track sliding from a bottom of the display screen of the first terminal to a middle;

displaying, by the first terminal, a shared application program preview screen comprising a designated application program on the display screen of the first terminal based on the first instruction;

obtaining, by the first terminal, a touch instruction for the designated application program; and

starting, by the first terminal, the designated application program.

8. The file sending method of claim 1, further comprising selecting the file sending application from a plurality of application programs before performing scanning on the BLE broadcast channel.

9. The file sending method of claim 1, wherein the account identifier comprises an account number or an account nickname.

10. The file sending method of claim 1, wherein determining the at least one discoverable second terminal comprises parsing, by the first terminal, the broadcast packet to acquire the account identifier associated with the file sending application of the at least one second terminal, wherein the file sending method further comprises displaying, by the first terminal, preview information of the at least one discoverable second terminal in a preview area of a candidate receiving terminal, wherein the preview information comprises the account identifier, and wherein determining the target terminal comprises:

receiving, by the first terminal, an instruction of the account identifier in the preview information received from a user; and

determining, by the first terminal, the target terminal, wherein the target terminal is a second terminal corresponding to the account identifier received from the user.

11. A file receiving method, implemented by a target terminal, the method comprising:

setting, by the target terminal, a BLUETOOTH low energy (BLE) broadcast channel to be in a discoverable mode;

sending, by the target terminal, a broadcast packet on the BLE broadcast channel, wherein the broadcast packet comprises an account identifier associated with a file sending application of the target terminal;

receiving, by the target terminal, a coupling request to establish a BLE coupling from a first terminal;

establishing the BLE coupling between the target terminal and the first terminal;

obtaining, by the target terminal using a BLE data channel of the BLE coupling, WI-FI direct coupling parameters from the first terminal, wherein the WI-FI direct coupling parameters comprise WI-FI direct handshake information, an Internet Protocol (IP) address assigned by the first terminal to the target terminal, and a designated communication channel;

sending, by the target terminal, a WI-FI direct establishment request to the first terminal, and performing a handshake with the first terminal to establish WI-FI direct after the target terminal performs parameter configuration of the target terminal based on the WI-FI direct coupling parameters, wherein the handshake is initiated after the first terminal receives the WI-FI direct establishment request, wherein the first terminal is a WI-FI direct group owner (GO), and wherein the target terminal is a WI-FI direct group client (GC); and

receiving, by the target terminal using the WI-FI direct, a file from the first terminal.

12. The file receiving method of claim 11, wherein after establishing the BLE coupling between the target terminal and the first terminal, the file receiving method further comprises:

determining, by the target terminal, whether a WI-FI direct interface of the target terminal is occupied; and

sending, by the target terminal to the first terminal, information indicating whether the WI-FI direct interface of the target terminal is occupied.

13. The file receiving method of claim 11, wherein after establishing the WI-FI direct between the target terminal and the first terminal, the file receiving method further comprises sending, by the target terminal, an account avatar of the target terminal to the first terminal.

14. The file receiving method of claim 11, wherein the broadcast packet comprises information indicating that authentication needs to be performed on a terminal receiving the broadcast packet, and wherein before receiving the coupling request, the file receiving method further comprises:

receiving, by the target terminal, an authentication request from the first terminal;

performing, by the target terminal, the authentication on the authentication request; and

sending, by the target terminal, an authentication result to the first terminal.

15. A file sending terminal, comprising:

a communications bus;

a wireless coupling circuit coupled to the communications bus and comprising;

a BLUETOOTH low energy (BLE) circuit configured to enable and perform a BLE function; and

a WI-FI direct circuit configured to enable and perform a WI-FI direct function;

an input apparatus coupled to the communications bus and configured to obtain an operation instruction of a user;

a memory coupled to the communications bus and configured to store at least one program comprising instructions; and

a processor coupled to the communications bus, wherein the at least one program causes the processor to be configured to;

obtain, using the input apparatus, instructions of enabling the BLE function and the WI-FI direct function from the user;

enable the BLE function and the WI-FI direct function;

control the BLE circuit to perform scanning on a BLE broadcast channel to obtain a broadcast packet from at least one second terminal, wherein the broadcast packet comprises an account identifier associated with a file sending application of the at least one second terminal;

determine at least one discoverable second terminal based on the broadcast packet;

obtain a target terminal configured to receive a file and selected by the user from the at least one discoverable second terminal using the input apparatus;

control the BLE circuit to send a coupling request to the target terminal;

establish a BLE coupling between the file sending terminal and the target terminal;

control the BLE circuit to send WI-FI direct coupling parameters to the target terminal using a BLE data channel of the BLE coupling, wherein the WI-FI direct coupling parameters comprise WI-FI direct handshake information, an Internet Protocol (IP) address assigned by the file sending terminal to the target terminal, and a designated communication channel;

receive a WI-FI direct establishment request from the target terminal;

perform handshake with the target terminal to establish WI-FI direct after receiving the WI-FI direct establishment request, wherein the WI-FI direct establishment request is received after the target terminal performs parameter configuration of the target terminal based on the WI-FI direct coupling parameters, wherein the file sending terminal is a WI-FI direct group owner (GO), and wherein the target terminal is a WI-FI direct group client (GC); and

control the WI-FI direct circuit to send the file to the target terminal using the WI-FI direct established between the file sending terminal and the target terminal.

16. The file sending terminal of claim 15, wherein after establishing the BLE coupling between the file sending terminal and the target terminal, the at least one program further causes the processor to be configured to:

obtain information indicating whether a WI-FI direct interface of the target terminal is occupied; and

either;

pop up, on a display screen of the file sending terminal, a reminder message indicating that the file cannot be successfully sent temporarily, wherein the information indicates that the WI-FI direct interface of the target terminal is occupied;

or

send the WI-FI direct coupling parameters to the target terminal using the BLE data channel of the BLE coupling, wherein the information indicates that the WI-FI direct interface of the target terminal is not occupied.

17. A terminal device, comprising:

a display screen configured to;

display an application conversation interface;

display an input method interface; and

display conversation information on the application conversation interface;

a memory coupled to the display screen and configured to store an instruction; and

a processor coupled to the display screen and the memory, wherein the instruction causes the processor to be configured to;

perform scanning on a BLUETOOTH low energy (BLE) broadcast channel to obtain a broadcast packet from at least one terminal, wherein the broadcast packet comprises an account identifier associated with a file sending application of the at least one terminal;

determine at least one discoverable terminal based on the broadcast packet;

determine a target terminal configured to receive a file in the at least one discoverable terminal;

send a coupling request to the target terminal;

establish a BLE coupling between the terminal device and the target terminal;

send WI-FI direct coupling parameters to the target terminal using a BLE data channel of the BLE coupling, wherein the WI-FI direct coupling parameters comprise WI-FI direct handshake information, an Internet Protocol (IP) address assigned by the terminal device to the target terminal, and a designated communication channel;

receive a WI-FI direct establishment request from the target terminal;

perform handshake with the target terminal to establish WI-FI direct after the WI-FI direct establishment request is received, wherein the WI-FI direct establishment request is received after the target terminal performs parameter configuration of the target terminal based on the WI-FI direct coupling parameters, wherein the terminal device is a WI-FI direct group owner (GO), and wherein the target terminal is a WI-FI direct group client (GC); and

send the file to the target terminal using the WI-FI direct established between the terminal device and the target terminal.

18. A terminal device, comprising:

a display screen configured to;

display an application conversation interface;

display an input method interface; and

display conversation information on the application conversation interface;

a memory coupled to the display screen and configured to store an instruction; and

a processor coupled to the display screen and the memory, wherein the instruction causes the processor to be configured to;

set BLUETOOTH low energy (BLE) to be in a discoverable mode;

send a broadcast packet on a BLE broadcast channel, wherein the broadcast packet comprises an account identifier associated with a file sending application of the terminal device;

receive a coupling request to establish a BLE coupling from a first terminal;

establish the BLE coupling between the terminal device and the first terminal;

obtain, using a BLE data channel of the BLE coupling, WI-FI direct coupling parameters from the first terminal, wherein the WI-FI direct coupling parameters comprise WI-FI direct handshake information, an Internet Protocol (IP) address, and a designated communication channel;

send a WI-FI direct establishment request to the first terminal, and perform handshake with the first terminal to establish WI-FI direct after the terminal device performs parameter configuration of the terminal device based on the WI-FI direct coupling parameters, wherein the handshake is initiated after the first terminal receives the WI-FI direct establishment request, wherein the first terminal is a WI-FI direct group owner (GO), and wherein the terminal device is a WI-FI direct group client (GC); and

receive, using the WI-FI direct, a file from the first terminal.

19. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing computer usable program code, wherein a computer device executes the computer usable program code to:

perform scanning on a BLUETOOTH low energy (BLE) broadcast channel to obtain a broadcast packet from at least one terminal, wherein the broadcast packet comprises an account identifier associated with a file sending application of the at least one terminal;

determine at least one discoverable terminal based on the broadcast packet;

determine a target terminal configured to receive a file in the at least one discoverable terminal;

send a coupling request to the target terminal;

establish a BLE coupling between the computer device and the target terminal;

send WI-FI direct coupling parameters to the target terminal using a BLE data channel of the BLE coupling, wherein the WI-FI direct coupling parameters comprise WI-FI direct handshake information, an Internet Protocol (IP) address assigned to the target terminal, and a designated communication channel;

receive a WI-FI direct establishment request from the target terminal;

perform handshake with the target terminal to establish WI-FI direct after the WI-FI direct establishment request is received, wherein the WI-FI direct establishment request is received after the target terminal performs parameter configuration of the target terminal based on the WI-FI direct coupling parameters, wherein the computer device is a WI-FI direct group owner (GO), and wherein the target terminal is a WI-FI direct group client (GC); and

send the file to the target terminal using the WI-FI direct established between the computer device and the target terminal.

20. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing computer usable program code, wherein a computer device executes the computer usable program code to:

set BLUETOOTH low energy (BLE) to be in a discoverable mode;

send a broadcast packet on a BLE broadcast channel, wherein the broadcast packet comprises an account identifier associated with a file sending application;

receive a coupling request to establish a BLE coupling from a first terminal;

establish the BLE coupling between the computer device and the first terminal;

obtain, using a BLE data channel of the BLE coupling, WI-FI direct coupling parameters from the first terminal, wherein the WI-FI direct coupling parameters comprise WI-FI direct handshake information, an Internet Protocol (IP) address assigned by the first terminal to the computer device, and a designated communication channel;

send a WI-FI direct establishment request to the first terminal, and perform handshake with the first terminal to establish WI-FI direct after the computer device performs parameter configuration of the computer device based on the WI-FI direct coupling parameters, wherein a handshake is initiated after the first terminal receives the WI-FI direct establishment request, wherein the first terminal is a WI-FI direct group owner (GO), and wherein the computer device is a WI-FI direct group client (GC); and

receive, using the WI-FI direct, a file from the first terminal.