FILE SHARING METHOD AND SYSTEM

• US 20110246894A1
• Filed: 04/06/2010
• Published: 10/06/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 04/06/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: ASUSTek Computer, Inc.
• Original Assignee: ASUSTek Computer, Inc.
• Inventors: Lo, Tang-Lung, Hou, Ling-Wei, Wang, Shun-Lung, Tsai, Yi-Lung, Tseng, Wen-Chieh, Luo, Wei-Wen
• Granted Patent: US 8,621,365 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/733
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/16 Use of wireless transmission of display information

Abstract

A file sharing method and a file sharing system are provided. The system includes a first file processing apparatus and a second file processing apparatus with wireless transmission function to transfer files therebetween. At first, the first file processing apparatus is coupled to the second file processing apparatus. The first file processing apparatus automatically or manually executes a file sharing software to receive desktop information of the second file processing apparatus, and the file sharing software integrates a desktop of the first file processing apparatus with the desktop information to generate a integrated desktop shown on the first file processing apparatus. The second file processing apparatus processes a file in response to a control operation of an icon on the integrated desktop.

Claims

1. A file sharing method used with a first file processing apparatus having a first display and a second file processing apparatus having a second display, the file sharing method comprising steps of:

coupling the first file processing apparatus to the second file processing apparatus;

integrating a first desktop of the first file processing apparatus with desktop information of the second file processing apparatus to generate a first integrated desktop;

showing the first integrated desktop on the first display; and

the second file processing apparatus processing a file in response to a control operation of a first icon on the first integrated desktop shown on the first display.

2. The file sharing method according to claim 1 wherein the first file processing apparatus is coupled to the second file processing apparatus via wireless transmission.

3. The file sharing method according to claim 1, further comprising a step of receiving the desktop information from the second file processing apparatus.

4. The file sharing method according to claim 1, further comprising a step of executing a file sharing software in the first file processing apparatus and the second file processing apparatus to generate the first integrated desktop.

5. The file sharing method according to claim 4 wherein the file sharing software is activated when the first file processing apparatus and the second file processing apparatus detect each other.

6. The file sharing method according to claim 4 wherein the file sharing software is manually activated.

7. The file sharing method according to claim 1 wherein the desktop information of the second file processing apparatus includes an initial position of at least one icon.

8. The file sharing method according to claim 7 wherein the at least one icon is shown on the first display at a position corresponding to the initial position.

9. The file sharing method according to claim 7 wherein the at least one icon is shown on the first display at a predetermined position.

10. The file sharing method according to claim 7 wherein the at least one icon is a virtual icon not shown on the first display.

11. The file sharing method according to claim 1 wherein the control operation of the first icon is a touch action, a double tap action or a drag action.

12. The file sharing method according to claim 1 wherein the control operation is performed by operating a mouse.

13. The file sharing method according to claim 1 wherein the file is processed by selecting the file, copying the file from/to the first file processing apparatus or deleting the file.

14. The file sharing method according to claim 1, further comprising steps of:

integrating a second desktop of the second file processing apparatus with desktop information of the first file processing apparatus to generate a second integrated desktop;

showing the second integrated desktop on the second display; and

the first file processing apparatus processing a file in response to a control operation of a second icon on the second integrated desktop shown on the second display.

15. A file sharing system, comprising:

a first file processing apparatus having a first display;

a second file processing apparatus in communication with the first file processing apparatus and having a second display; and

a file sharing software executed by the first file processing apparatus and the second file processing apparatus to integrate a first desktop of the first file processing apparatus with desktop information of the second file processing apparatus to generate a first integrated desktop shown on the first display wherein the second file processing apparatus processes a file in response to a control operation of a first icon on the first integrated desktop shown on the first display.

16. The file sharing system according to claim 15 wherein the first display and the second display are touch-type transparent displays.

17. The file sharing system according to claim 16 wherein the first display and the second display are arranged in a face-to-back mode or a back-to-back mode during a file sharing procedure.

18. The file sharing system according to claim 15 wherein each of the first file processing apparatus and the second file processing apparatus has a sensing module to detect each other to activate the file sharing software.

19. The file sharing system according to claim 18 wherein the sensing module is a proximity sensor, comprising an infrared proximity sensor, an inductive proximity sensor, a capacitive proximity sensor or an ultrasonic proximity sensor.

20. The file sharing system according to claim 15 wherein each of the first file processing apparatus and the second file processing apparatus is a notebook computer, a laptop computer and a mobile computer.