METHOD OF AND DEVICE FOR TRANSFERRING CONTENT

• US 20100174801A1
• Filed: 08/26/2008
• Published: 07/08/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 09/03/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: NXP B.V. (NXP Semiconductors NV)
• Original Assignee: NXP B.V. (NXP Semiconductors NV)
• Inventors: Tabaaloute, Zahra
• Granted Patent: US 8,065,389 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/217
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2812 describing content present in a home automation network, e.g. audio video content retrieval from the Internet G06F16/95
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2827 Reporting to a device within the home network; wherein the reception of the information reported automatically triggers the execution of a home appliance functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/2849 Audio/video appliances
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1095 Replication or mirroring of data, e.g. scheduling or transport for data synchronisation between network nodes

Abstract

A method of transferring content (CONT1, CONT2) between at least two devices (DEV1, DEV2, DEV3), the devices (DEV1, DEV2, DEV3) being capable of outputting said content (CONT1, CONT2), and a device (DEV1) itself is disclosed. First, said devices (DEV1, DEV2, DEV3) are connected via associated interfaces (INT1, INT2, INT3). Then, there is a detection or negotiation which of the devices (DEV1, DEV2, DEV3) is currently outputting content (CONT1, CONT2). Finally, content (CONT1, CONT2), which is currently being output, is transferred from the corresponding outputting device or devices (DEV1, DEV2) to the other device or devices (DEV1, DEV2, DEV3) via said interfaces (INT1, INT2, INT3).

Claims

1. Method of transferring content between at least two devices, comprising:

connecting said devices via associated interfaces, the devices being capable of outputting said content; and

detecting an outputting status-information of at least one of the devices; and

transferring content between the devices via said interfaces based on the outputting status-information.

2. Method of claim 1, wherein the content transfer is started upon user confirmation.

3. Method of claim 1, wherein the content transfer is only started if there is just one outputting device.

4. Method of claim 1, wherein each outputting device transfers the content, to said other device or devices.

5. Method according to claim 1, wherein said interface is an interface adapted according a standard for Near Field Communication, NFC for short.

6. Method according to claim 5, wherein a device acting as a NFC initiator detects whether it is currently outputting content and if yes, sends this content to the other device or devices acting as NFC target or targets and if no, receives content currently being output by said other device or devices.

7. Device, comprising:

means for outputting content; and

an interface for connecting to at least another device; and

means for detecting an outputting status-information of one of said devices; and

transmission means for transmitting content between the devices via said interface based on the outputting status-information.

8. Device according to claim 7, additionally comprising

means for detecting if said at least another device is currently outputting content,

means for receiving said content, which is currently being output, from said device via said interface.

9. Device according to claim 7, wherein said interface is an interface adapted according a standard for Near Field Communication, NFC for short.

10. Device according to claim 9, comprising configuration means adapted to configure:

sending of content to the other device or devices acting as NFC target or targets if said device is currently outputting said content and

receiving of content from the other device or devices acting as NFC target or targets if said device is not currently outputting content

in case of the device acting as NFC initiator.