CENTRALIZED DISPLAY FOR MOBILE DEVICES

• US 20090156267A1
• Filed: 02/16/2009
• Published: 06/18/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 05/14/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Narayanaswami, Chandrasekhar, Raghunath, Mandayam Thondanur, Pinhanez, Claudio S.
• Application Number:
  US12/371,902
• Publication Number:
  US 20090156267A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/567
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1454 involving copying of the display data of a local workstation or window to a remote workstation or window so that an actual copy of the data is displayed simultaneously on two or more displays, e.g. teledisplay
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/145 related to small screens
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2354/00 Aspects of interface with display user
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2358/00 Arrangements for display data security
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72415 for remote control of appliances

Abstract

A method for alerting a user of an incoming communication includes steps of: detecting a presence of the user; receiving, from at least one of a plurality of mobile devices of the user, information associated with the incoming communication; and alerting the user of the incoming communication.

Claims

1. A method for alerting a user of an incoming communication, the method comprising:

detecting a presence of the user;

receiving, from at least one of a plurality of mobile devices of the user, information associated with the incoming communication; and

alerting the user of the incoming communication.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of detecting further comprises:

receiving a wireless signal from one of the plurality of mobile devices.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the step of detecting further comprises:

receiving a wireless radio-frequency signal from one of the plurality of mobile devices.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the step of detecting further comprises:

receiving a wireless infrared signal from one of the plurality of mobile devices.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of receiving comprises:

receiving, from at least one of the plurality of mobile devices of the user, a wireless signal containing information associated with the incoming communication.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the step of receiving further comprises:

receiving, from at least one of the plurality of mobile devices of the user, a wireless signal indicating an origin of the incoming communication.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of alerting further comprises:

displaying at least one of a video, audio or tactile signal, so as to alert the user of the incoming communication.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of alerting further comprises:

displaying a graphical image representing a first of the plurality of mobile devices so as to alert the user that the incoming communication has been received by the first of the plurality of mobile devices.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of alerting further comprises:

detecting information associated with an environment of the user;

alerting the user of the incoming communication; and

displaying reduced information associated with the incoming communication in accordance with information associated with an environment of the user.