WIRELESS TERMINAL AND METHOD OF DATA COMMUNICATION THEREIN

• US 20110019618A1
• Filed: 07/15/2010
• Published: 01/27/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 07/23/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: JOO, Sun Woong
• Granted Patent: US 8,472,472 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/328
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72454 according to context-related or environment-related conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 40/12 based on transmission quality or channel quality
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 40/20 based on geographic position or location

Abstract

A wireless terminal and a method of data communication between such wireless terminals includes a first wireless terminal determining whether a second wireless terminal is located within a preset distance, the first wireless terminal determining whether the first wireless terminal is tilted at more than a preset slope and the first wireless terminal transmitting a preset packet of data to the second wireless terminal where it determines that the second wireless terminal is located within the preset distance from the first wireless terminal and the first wireless terminal is tilted at more than the preset slope.

Claims

1. A method of data communication between wireless terminals operable in a processor within a wireless terminal, comprising:

determining by a first wireless terminal whether a second wireless terminal is located within a preset distance from the first wireless terminal;

determining by the first wireless terminal whether the first wireless terminal is tilted at more than a preset slope; and

transmitting a preset packet to the second wireless terminal to the first wireless terminal where the first wireless terminal determines that the second wireless terminal is located within the preset distance from the first wireless terminal and the first wireless terminal is tilted at more than the preset slope.

2. The method of data communication of claim 1, wherein the determining by the first wireless terminal whether the second wireless terminal is located within a preset distance from the first wireless terminal, comprises:

measuring an intensity of a location notifying signal generated by the second wireless terminal; and

determining that the second wireless terminal is located within the preset distance from the first wireless terminal where the measured intensity of the location notifying signal is greater than a preset intensity.

3. The method of data communication of claim 1, wherein the determining by the first wireless terminal whether the second wireless terminal is located within a preset distance from the first wireless terminal comprises detecting a location notifying signal generated by the second wireless terminal.

4. The method of data communication of claim 1, wherein the transmitting of the preset packet to the second wireless terminal by the first wireless terminal further comprises displaying a packet corresponding to packet data content on a display unit of the first wireless terminal.

5. The method of data communication of claim 1, wherein the transmitting of the preset packet to the second wireless terminal by the first wireless terminal further comprises:

receiving input to select the preset packet content from a user; and

transmitting the preset packet corresponding to the selected preset content to the second wireless terminal by the first wireless terminal.

6. The method of data communication of claim 1, further comprising:

determining whether an altitude of the first wireless terminal is higher than an altitude of the second wireless terminal before transmitting the preset packet to the second wireless terminal by the first wireless terminal, and

wherein said transmitting occurs where the first wireless terminal determines that the second wireless terminal is located within the preset distance from the first wireless terminal, the first wireless terminal is tilted at more than the preset slope and the altitude of the first wireless terminal is higher than that of the second wireless terminal.

7. The method of data communication of claim 1, further comprising:

determining whether collision occurs between the first wireless terminal and second wireless terminal before transmitting a preset packet to the second wireless terminal by the first wireless terminal, and

wherein said transmitting occurs where the first wireless terminal determines that the second wireless terminal is located within the preset distance from the first wireless terminal, where the first wireless terminal is tilted at more than the preset slope, and where collision occurs between the first wireless terminal and second wireless terminal.

8. The method of data communication of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying a progress state of transmission of the packet by decreasing an amount of a material image displayed on a display unit of the first wireless terminal as an amount of the packet transmitted from the first wireless terminal increases.

9. The method of data communication of claim 8, further comprising:

displaying the progress state of transmission of the packet by increasing an amount of a material image displayed on a display unit of the second wireless terminal as an amount of the packet transmitted to the second wireless terminal increases.

10. A wireless terminal, comprising:

an approach detection unit for determining whether a reception wireless terminal is located within a preset distance from the wireless terminal;

a tilt detection unit for determining whether the wireless terminal is tilted at more than a preset slope; and

a communication unit for transmitting a preset packet to the reception wireless terminal if the approach detection unit determines that the reception wireless terminal is located within the preset distance from the wireless terminal and the tilt detection unit determines that the wireless terminal is tilted at more than the preset slope.

11. The wireless terminal of claim 10, wherein the approach detection unit measures an intensity of a location notifying signal generated by the reception wireless terminal and determines that the reception wireless terminal is located within the preset distance from the wireless terminal if the measured intensity is greater than a preset intensity.

12. The wireless terminal of claim 10, wherein the approach detection unit determines that the reception wireless terminal is located within the preset distance from the wireless terminal upon detection of a location notifying signal generated by the reception wireless.

13. The wireless terminal of claim 10, wherein the communication unit transmits a packet corresponding to content displayed on a display unit of the wireless terminal to the reception wireless terminal if the approach detection unit determines that the reception wireless terminal is located within the preset distance from the wireless terminal and if the tilt detection unit determines that the wireless terminal is tilted at more than the preset slope.

14. The wireless terminal of claim 10, further comprising an input unit for receiving input to select content from a user,

wherein the communication unit transmits a packet corresponding to the content selected by the input unit to the reception wireless terminal if the approach detection unit determines that the reception wireless terminal is located within the preset distance from the wireless terminal and the tilt detection unit determines that the wireless terminal is tilted at more than the preset slope.

15. The wireless terminal of claim 10, further comprising an altitude detection unit for determining whether the altitude of the wireless terminal is higher than that of the reception wireless terminal,

wherein the communication unit transmits the preset packet to the reception wireless terminal if the approach detection unit determines that the reception wireless terminal is located within the preset distance from the wireless terminal, the tilt detection unit determines that the wireless terminal is tilted at more than a preset slope and the altitude detection unit determines that the altitude of the wireless terminal is higher than that of the reception wireless terminal.

16. The wireless terminal of claim 10, further comprising a collision detection unit for determining whether collision occurs between the wireless terminal and the reception wireless terminal,

wherein the communication unit transmits the preset packet to the reception wireless terminal if the approach detection unit determines that the reception wireless terminal is located within a preset distance from the wireless terminal, the tilt detection unit determines that the wireless terminal is tilted at more than the preset slope and the collision detection unit determines that collision occurs between the wireless terminal and the reception wireless terminal.

17. The wireless terminal of claim 10, further comprising a display unit for displaying a progress state of transmission of the preset packet by displaying a material image representative of the present packet content and decreasing an amount of the material image as an amount of the packet transmitted from the wireless terminal increases.

18. A computer program product comprising a tangible storage medium readable by a processor and configured for storing instructions for execution by the processor for performing a method of data communication between wireless terminals, the method comprising:

determining by a first wireless terminal whether a second wireless terminal is located within a preset distance from the first wireless terminal;

determining by the first wireless terminal whether the first wireless terminal is tilted at more than a preset slope; and

transmitting a preset packet to the second wireless terminal to the first wireless terminal where the first wireless terminal determines that the second wireless terminal is located within the preset distance from the first wireless terminal and the first wireless terminal is tilted at more than the preset slope.