USER INTERFACE FOR SMART WIRELESS TRANSFER
First Claim
1. A user interface for facilitating user selection of one or more destination wireless devices to send items to without requiring that the user of the source wireless device identify a wireless transfer technology to use in transferring the items, the user interface comprising:
- means for receiving a user selection of one or more items the source wireless device is to send;
means for identifying one or more destination wireless devices that are available to receive items from the source wireless device in response to receiving the user selection of the one or more items the source wireless device is to send;
means for identifying one or more different wireless technologies that each detected locally present destination device is capable of using, and wherein each different wireless technology corresponds to a distinct communication path from the source wireless device to the locally present destination wireless device and such that the one or more items can be transferred from the source wireless device to the locally present destination device in accordance with one or more different wireless transfer technologies over a corresponding one or more distinct communication paths respectively;
means for receiving a user selection of one or more of the identified destination wireless devices and requiring separate user selection of the specific wireless transfer technology for each of the one or more selected locally present destination wireless devices; and
means for automatically, and without user intervention, identifying a distinct communication path for each of the one or more selected locally present destination wireless devices in response to the received user selections, each identified distinct communication path corresponding to a wireless technology to use when transferring one or more items to a locally present destination wireless devices.
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Abstract
A source wireless device is capable of transmitting items over a wireless network using a number of different wireless transfer mechanism such as, for example, Infra-Red (IR) or Bluetooth. Several potential destination wireless devices may be capable of receiving the item using at least one of the different wireless transfer mechanisms. The user selects one or more destination wireless devices to send items to using a unified user interface that lists the various potential destination wireless devices. After a user selects items to transfer as well as the destination wireless device(s), the wireless transfer mechanism appropriate for transfer to each device is then automatically identified without requiring user selection of the particular wireless transfer mechanism.
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1. A user interface for facilitating user selection of one or more destination wireless devices to send items to without requiring that the user of the source wireless device identify a wireless transfer technology to use in transferring the items, the user interface comprising:
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means for receiving a user selection of one or more items the source wireless device is to send;
means for identifying one or more destination wireless devices that are available to receive items from the source wireless device in response to receiving the user selection of the one or more items the source wireless device is to send;
means for identifying one or more different wireless technologies that each detected locally present destination device is capable of using, and wherein each different wireless technology corresponds to a distinct communication path from the source wireless device to the locally present destination wireless device and such that the one or more items can be transferred from the source wireless device to the locally present destination device in accordance with one or more different wireless transfer technologies over a corresponding one or more distinct communication paths respectively;
means for receiving a user selection of one or more of the identified destination wireless devices and requiring separate user selection of the specific wireless transfer technology for each of the one or more selected locally present destination wireless devices; and
means for automatically, and without user intervention, identifying a distinct communication path for each of the one or more selected locally present destination wireless devices in response to the received user selections, each identified distinct communication path corresponding to a wireless technology to use when transferring one or more items to a locally present destination wireless devices. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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