Sharing information between devices

• US 20070139366A1
• Filed: 12/21/2005
• Published: 06/21/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 12/21/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Dunko, Gregory, Richey, William
• Application Number:
  US11/312,335
• Publication Number:
  US 20070139366A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/156
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1613 for portable computers cooling arrangements therefor G06F1/203; constructional details or arrangements for pocket calculators, electronic agendas or books G06F15/0216; constructional details of portable telephone sets: with several bodies H04M1/0202
• 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 2200/1637 Sensing arrangement for detection of housing movement or orientation, e.g. for controlling scrolling or cursor movement on the display of an handheld computer
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72427 for supporting games or graphical animations
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/7243 with interactive means for internal management of messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/10 including a GPS signal receiver
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/12 including a sensor for measuring a physical value, e.g. temperature or motion

Abstract

A mobile terminal may include a sensor to sense movement of the mobile terminal. The mobile terminal may also include logic configured to receive information from the sensor and generate motion-related information based on the received information. The mobile terminal may also include a transmitter to transmit the motion-related information to a second mobile terminal to produce an effect to a user of the second mobile terminal.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

sensing, by a first mobile terminal, movement of the first mobile terminal;

generating, by the first mobile terminal, motion-related information associated with the sensed movement;

forwarding the motion-related information to a second mobile terminal;

receiving, by the second mobile terminal, the motion-related information; and

providing, by the second mobile terminal, an effect based on the received motion-related information.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the providing an effect comprises:

modifying at least a portion of information being presented to a user of the second mobile terminal.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the modifying includes at least one of providing flipping, tilting or distorting an image on a display associated with the second mobile terminal.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the modifying includes at least one of changing a speed or acceleration of an image being displayed to a user of the second mobile terminal.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the providing an effect comprises:

providing an impact on presentation of information to a user of the second mobile terminal, the information including at least one of image information, audio information or text information.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the providing an effect comprises:

providing an effect using a gyroscope.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

playing, by the first and second mobile terminals, a video game, wherein the providing an effect comprises;

modifying an output of the video game based on the motion-related information.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

sensing, by the second mobile terminal, movement of the second mobile terminal;

generating, by the second mobile terminal, motion-related information associated with the movement of the second mobile terminal;

forwarding the motion-related information to the first mobile terminal;

receiving, by the first mobile terminal, the motion-related information from the second mobile terminal;

processing, by the first mobile terminal, the received motion-related information; and

providing, by the first mobile terminal, an effect based on the processing.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the providing an effect by the first mobile terminal comprises:

providing an effect to a user of the first mobile terminal using a gyroscope.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the providing an effect by the first mobile terminal comprises:

providing an impact on presentation of information presented to a user of the first mobile terminal, the information including at least one of image information, audio information or text information.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the forwarding comprises:

transmitting the motion-related information using at least one of Bluetooth or infrared communications.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the forwarding comprises:

transmitting the motion-related information using a cellular network.

13. A first mobile terminal, comprising:

at least one sensor configured to;

sense movement of the first mobile terminal;

logic configured to;

receive information from the at least one sensor, and

generate motion-related information based on the received information;

and

a transmitter configured to;

transmit the motion-related information to a second mobile terminal to produce an effect on the second mobile terminal.

14. The first mobile terminal of claim 13, wherein the effect on the second mobile terminal comprises:

impacting presentation of at least one of image information, audio information or text information to a user of the second mobile terminal.

15. The first mobile terminal of claim 13, further comprising:

a display; and

a receiver configured to receive motion-related information from the second mobile terminal, wherein the logic is further configured to;

modify at least one of image information, audio information or text information presented to a user of the first mobile terminal based on the received motion-related information.

16. The first mobile terminal of claim 15, wherein when modifying at least one of image information, audio information or text information, the logic is configured to:

at least one of provide an image, flip an image, tilt an image or distort an image on the display.

17. The first mobile terminal of claim 15, wherein when modifying at least one of image information, audio information or text information, the logic is configured to:

change at least one of a speed or acceleration of an image on the display.

18. The first mobile terminal of claim 15, wherein when modifying at least one of image information, audio information or text information, the logic is configured to:

change a speed of audio information provided to a user of the first mobile terminal.

19. The first mobile terminal of claim 13, wherein the first and second mobile terminals are configured to execute a shared application and the logic is further configured to:

modify output from the shared application based on motion-related information received from the second mobile terminal.

20. The first mobile terminal of claim 13, wherein the transmitter is configured to transmit the motion-related information using Bluetooth.

21. The first mobile terminal of claim 13, wherein the transmitter is configured to transmit the motion-related information using infrared communications.

22. The first mobile terminal of claim 13, wherein the transmitter is configured to transmit the motion-related information using a cellular network.

23. The first mobile terminal of claim 13, wherein the at least one sensor comprises at least one of a speedometer, an accelerometer, a gyroscope or a detector configured to detect an orientation of the first mobile terminal.

24. A computer-readable medium having stored thereon a plurality of sequences of instructions, said sequences of instructions including instructions which, when executed by at least one processor in a first mobile terminal, cause the processor to:

receive motion-related information from a second mobile terminal;

process the motion-related information; and

provide an impact on presentation of at least one of image information, audio information or text information to a user of the first mobile terminal based on the received motion-related information.

25. The computer-readable medium of claim 24, wherein when providing an impact on presentation of at least one of image information, audio information or text information to a user of the first mobile terminal, the instructions cause the processor to:

at least one of provide an image, flip an image, tilt an image or distort an image on a display associated with the first mobile terminal.

26. The computer-readable medium of claim 24, wherein when providing an impact on presentation of at least one of image information, audio information or text information to a user of the first mobile terminal, the instructions cause the processor to:

at least one of change a speed of an image on a display associated with the first mobile terminal or change a speed of music played by the first mobile terminal.

27. The computer-readable medium of claim 24, further comprising instructions for causing the processor to:

receive information from at least one sensor when the first mobile terminal is moved;

generate second motion-related information based on the information received from the at least one sensor; and

forward the second motion-related information to the second mobile terminal, wherein the second motion-related information impacts presentation of information provided to a user of the second mobile terminal.

28. A first network device, comprising:

means for sensing movement of the first network device;

means for generating first motion-related information associated with the sensed movement;

means for forwarding the first motion-related information to a second network device, wherein the first motion-related information produces an effect on the second network device;

means for receiving second motion-related information from the second network device;

means for processing the second motion-related information; and

means for modifying presentation of information provided by the first network device based on the second motion-related information.