SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTERACTING WITH MOBILE DEVICES USING EXTERNAL DISPLAYS

• US 20100134385A1
• Filed: 12/02/2008
• Published: 06/03/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/02/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujifilm Business Innovation Corp. (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Fuji Xerox Company Limited (Xerox Holdings Corp.)
• Inventors: ROTH, Volker, Denoue, Laurent, Carter, Scott, Liu, Qiong
• Granted Patent: US 8,866,699 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/2.300
• 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 2340/0407 Resolution change, inclusive of the use of different resolutions for different screen areas
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/0464 Positioning
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/12 Overlay of images, i.e. displayed pixel being the result of switching between the corresponding input pixels
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/145 related to small screens
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/16 Use of wireless transmission of display information

Abstract

A system and method for interacting with a mobile device using an external display is disclosed, where a mobile device provides representations of an object and action to an external display for a user to select and then input back to the mobile device. An application on a mobile device provides representation data of an object and an action to a host system driving an external display. The host system arranges the representation data into a representation on the external display and allows the user to interact with the representations. The user then selects a representation and inputs the selected representation into the mobile device, where the application processes the representation to carry out the appropriate actions on the appropriate objects. The representation may be inputted to the mobile device using a photo of the representation taken by a mobile device camera, or by inputting a code provided with each representation on the external display.

Claims

1. A method for interacting with a mobile device using an external display, the method comprising:

sending representation data from a mobile device to a host system;

arranging a representation from the representation data at the host system;

rendering the representation of the arranged representation data on an external display;

selecting at least one representation; and

inputting the selected at least one representation to the mobile device.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising selecting the at least one representation from a combination of an object and an action to be performed on the object on the mobile device.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising mapping the inputted at least one representation to the appropriate object and action.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising performing the action upon the object.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising selecting a mobile device from a group consisting of a mobile phone, personal digital assistant (“

PDA”

), or laptop.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising selecting a touch-screen external display that is larger than a display on the mobile device.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising selecting a shared, public display as the external display.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising permitting the user to re-arrange the at least one representation on the external display.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising inputting a picture of the selected representation to the mobile device.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising sending a code corresponding to each representation to the host system, wherein the code is then displayed with the representation on the external display.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising inputting the code to the mobile device.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising inputting a picture of the code of the selected representation to the mobile device.

13. A system for interacting with a mobile device using an external display, comprising:

a mobile device for creating representation data for displaying a representation on an external display;

a host system for receiving the representation data from the mobile device and arranging the representation data for rendering the representation on the external display; and

an input module for inputting at least one representation to the mobile device as selected by a user.

14. The system of claim 13, further comprising an application on the mobile device for creating the representation data from a combination of an object and an action to be performed on the object on the mobile device.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the at least one inputted representation is mapped to the appropriate object and action.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the application on the mobile device performs the action upon the object.

17. The system of claim 13, wherein the mobile device is selected from a group consisting of a mobile phone, personal digital assistant (“

PDA”

), or laptop.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the external display is a touch-screen display that is larger than a display on the mobile device.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the external display is a public, shared display.

20. The system of claim 13, wherein the user can re-arrange the at least one representation on the external display.

21. The system of claim 13, wherein the at least one representation being inputted to the mobile device is a picture of the selected at least one representation.

22. The system of claim 13, wherein the mobile device further creates a code corresponding to each at least one representation, wherein the code is then displayed with the at least one representation on the external display.

23. The system of claim 22, wherein the code of the at least one representation selected by the user is inputted to the mobile device.

24. The system of claim 23, wherein a picture of the code is inputted to the mobile device.

25. A computer-readable medium embodying a set of instructions, the set of instructions, when executed by one or more processors, causing the one or more processors to perform a method for interacting with a mobile device using an external display, the method comprising:

sending representation data from a mobile device to a host system;

arranging the representation data into a representation at the host system;

rendering the arranged representation on an external display;

selecting at least one representation; and

inputting the selected at least one representation to the mobile device.