Media Sharing Method and Non-transitory Machine Readable Media thereof

• US 20130013740A1
• Filed: 06/13/2012
• Published: 01/10/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 07/05/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: HTC Corporation
• Original Assignee: HTC Corporation
• Inventors: Liu, Te-Chuan, Chen, Li-Hui, Lin, Jen-Chiun, Jan, Cheng-Shiun
• Application Number:
  US13/517,540
• Publication Number:
  US 20130013740A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/219
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/4594 Address books, i.e. directories containing contact information about correspondents telephone directories in user terminals H04M1/27453
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/005 Discovery of network devices, e.g. terminals

Abstract

By merging media playlists of mobile electronic devices capable of responding to each other and sharing a same wireless communication protocol, each of the mobile electronic devices is capable of sharing media playlists and corresponding media files with each other.

Claims

1. A media sharing method using a wireless communication protocol, comprising:

broadcasting a polling signal based on a wireless communication protocol by a first mobile electronic device;

confirming, by the first mobile electronic device, whether there is a second mobile electronic device using the wireless communication protocol by receiving a response signal, which is in response to the polling signal, from the second mobile electronic device;

merging a media playlist of the second mobile electronic device into a virtual media playlist of the first mobile electronic device when the first mobile electronic device receives the response signal; and

accessing a first media file by referring to the virtual media playlist by the first mobile electronic device.

2. The media sharing method of claim 1 further comprising merging a media playlist of the first mobile electronic device into the virtual media playlist of the first mobile electronic device.

3. The media sharing method of claim 1 further comprising:

selecting the second mobile electronic device to issue a request to access to the media playlist of the second mobile electronic mobile device; and

receiving by the first mobile electronic device an authorization from the second mobile electronic device for authorizing the access to the media playlist of the second mobile electronic mobile device.

4. The media sharing method of claim 1 further comprising the second mobile electronic device transmitting the media playlist of the second mobile electronic mobile device to the first electronic mobile device by using the wireless communication protocol.

5. The media sharing method of claim 4 further comprising:

the first mobile electronic device tracking the first media file on the second mobile electronic device according to the virtual media playlist; and

the second mobile electronic device transmitting the first media file to the first electronic mobile device by using the wireless communication protocol.

6. The media sharing method of claim 1 further comprising the first mobile electronic device transmitting the media playlist of the first mobile electronic mobile device to the second electronic mobile device by using the wireless communication protocol.

7. The media sharing method of claim 6 further comprising:

tracking the first media file on the first mobile electronic device by the second mobile electronic device according to the virtual media playlist; and

the second mobile electronic device transmitting the first media file to the first electronic mobile device by using the wireless communication protocol.

8. The media sharing method of claim 6 further comprising the second mobile electronic device merging the media playlist of the first mobile electronic device with a virtual media playlist of the second mobile electronic device.

9. The media sharing method of claim 8 further comprising:

accessing a second media file on the first mobile electronic device by referring to the virtual media playlist of the second mobile electronic device by the second mobile electronic device.

10. The media sharing method of claim 1 further comprising:

activating the wireless communication protocol on the first mobile electronic device.

11. The media sharing method of claim 1 wherein the wireless communication protocol is based on Bluetooth, WiFi, or WiFi direct.

12. The media sharing method of claim 1 wherein the media file includes audio files/streams, video files/streams, and/or digital photos.

13. The media sharing method of claim 1 wherein accessing the media file by referring to the virtual media playlist by the first mobile electronic device comprises:

the first mobile electronic device picking up a category of multimedia files in the virtual media playlist;

wherein the media file is included in the category of multimedia files.

14. A non-transitory machine readable media comprising:

computer code which when executed by a processor of the first mobile electronic device broadcasts a polling signal based on a wireless communication protocol by a first mobile electronic device;

computer code which when executed by a processor confirms whether there is a second mobile electronic device using the wireless communication protocol by receiving a response signal, which is in response to the polling signal, from the second mobile electronic device;

computer code which when executed by the processor merges a media playlist of the second mobile electronic device into a virtual media playlist of the first mobile electronic device when the first mobile electronic device receives the response signal; and

computer code which when executed by the processor accesses a media file by referring to the virtual media playlist by the first mobile electronic device.