DATA TRANSFER BETWEEN MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICES

• US 20130052954A1
• Filed: 08/23/2011
• Published: 02/28/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 08/23/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm Innovation Center Incorporated (Qualcomm, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Qualcomm Innovation Center Incorporated (Qualcomm, Inc.)
• Inventors: Avadhanam, Phani Bhushan
• Application Number:
  US13/216,002
• Publication Number:
  US 20130052954A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/41.2
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/64 file transfer between terminals download of applications H04M1/72406; transfer of messages, e.g. SMS, e-mail or MMS H04M1/7243
• 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

Abstract

A first mobile computing device comprising a first mobile computing device touch screen, one or more files, one or more sensors adapted to detect a first location of a second mobile computing device relative to the first mobile computing device upon the second mobile computing device being located proximally to the one or more sensors, and one or more first mobile computing device applications, wherein, the one or more first mobile computing device applications, communicatively receives the first location of the second mobile computing device from the one or more sensors, and communicatively transfers the one or more files to the second mobile computing device upon at least one of, touching the first mobile computing device touch screen with a touching device and sliding the touching device towards the first location of the second mobile computing device, and moving the second mobile computing device from the first location to a second location.

Claims

1. A first mobile computing device comprising,

a first mobile computing device touch screen;

one or more files;

one or more sensors adapted to detect a first location of a second mobile computing device relative to the first mobile computing device upon the second mobile computing device being located proximally to the one or more sensors, and

one or more first mobile computing device applications, wherein, the one or more first mobile computing device applications,

communicatively receives the first location of the second mobile computing device from the one or more sensors, and

communicatively transfers the one or more files to the second mobile computing device upon at least one of,

touching the first mobile computing device touch screen with a touching device and sliding the touching device towards the first location of the second mobile computing device, and

moving the second mobile computing device from the first location to a second location.

2. The first mobile computing device of claim 1 further comprising,

one or more sensor drivers adapted to communicate with the one or more sensors;

and

an application programming interface adapted to communicate with the one or more sensor drivers and the one or more first mobile computing device applications.

3. The first mobile computing device of claim 1 further comprising,

a housing having at least one of,

one or more side portions, and

at least one first mobile computing device corner;

and wherein

the one or more sensors comprise one or more first mobile computing device sensors, the one or more first mobile computing device sensors being located proximally to at least one of,

at least one section of the one or more side portions, and

the at least one first mobile computing device corner;

the second mobile computing device comprises one or more second mobile computing device sensors; and

the one or more first mobile computing device sensors detect the presence of the second mobile computing device upon the one or more second mobile computing device sensors being located proximally to the one or more first mobile computing device sensors.

4. The mobile computing device of claim 3 wherein,

the one or more side portions at least comprises a right side portion;

the second mobile computing device comprises a left side portion;

the first location of the second mobile computing device comprises the left side portion being located proximally to the right side portion; and

touching the first mobile computing device touch screen with a touching device and sliding the touching device towards the first location comprises touching the first mobile computing device touch screen with at least one finger and sliding the finger towards the right side portion.

5. The first mobile computing device of claim 1 wherein,

the second mobile computing device comprises

an accelerometer one or more inputs and outputs, and

at least one of

a second mobile computing device corner, and

a second mobile computing device sidewall center section;

the one or more second mobile computing device sensors are located proximally to the at least one of,

the second mobile computing device corner, and

the second mobile computing device sidewall center section; and

moving the second mobile computing device from the first location to a second location comprises pivoting at least a section of the second mobile computing device towards the first mobile computing device about the at least one of

the second mobile computing device corner, and

the second mobile computing device sidewall center section; and

the one or more inputs received by the accelerometer upon pivoting at least a section of the second mobile computing device initiates transfer of the one or more files to the second mobile computing device.

6. The mobile computing device of claim 1 wherein,

the second mobile computing device further comprises a second mobile computing device touch screen and one or more second mobile computing device applications;

and

transfers the one or more files to the second mobile computing device upon touching the first mobile computing touch screen with a touching device and sliding the touching device towards the first location of the second mobile computing device comprises,

reaching a housing of the first mobile computing device, and

continuing to slide the touching device along the second mobile computing device touch screen away from the housing of the first mobile computing device in a substantially similar direction as sliding the touching device towards the first location of the second mobile computing device.

7. The mobile computing device of claim 1 further comprising, a communication device adapted to communicate with the second mobile computing device.

8. The mobile computing device of claim 1 wherein, transfers the one or more files to the second mobile computing device upon at least one of, touching the first mobile computing device touch screen with a touching device and sliding the touching device towards the first location of the second mobile computing device comprises,

calculating a first touch position on the first mobile computing device touch screen;

calculating a second touch position on the first mobile computing device touch screen; and

transferring the one or more files when the second touch position is closer to the first location than the first touch position.

9. A method of transferring data from a first mobile computing device to a second mobile computing device comprising,

placing the second mobile computing device proximally to the first mobile computing device;

detecting a first location of the second mobile computing device relative to the first mobile computing device;

selecting data on the first mobile computing device; and

communicatively transferring the data to the second mobile computing device by one of,

touching a first mobile computing device touch screen with a touching device and moving the touching device towards the first location of the second mobile computing device, and

moving the second mobile computing device from the first location to the second location.

10. The method of claim 9 wherein,

selecting data on the first mobile computing device comprises,

displaying one or more files;

and

at least one of,

drawing at least one circle around at least a portion of the one or more files, and

tapping at least a portion of the one or more files; and

the touching device comprises a finger.

11. The method of claim 9 further comprising,

touching a second mobile computing device touch screen with a touching device and moving the touching device towards the location of the first mobile computing device;

and wherein,

the touching a second mobile computing device touch screen with a touching device and moving the touching device towards the location of the first mobile computing device, and the touching a first mobile computing device touch screen with a touching device and moving the touching device towards the location of the second mobile computing device comprises,

sliding a finger bi-directionally on the first mobile computing device touch screen and the second mobile computing device touch screen.

12. The method of claim 11 wherein,

placing the second mobile computing device proximally to the first mobile computing device comprises,

placing a lower left portion of the second mobile computing device proximally to an upper right portion of the first mobile computing device;

and

sliding a finger bi-directionally on the first mobile computing device touch screen comprises,

sliding a finger from a lower left portion of the first mobile computing device touch screen through an upper right portion of the first mobile computing device touch screen and a lower left portion of the second mobile computing device touch screen to an upper right portion of the second mobile computing device touch screen.

13. The method of claim 9 wherein, detecting the first location of the second mobile computing device comprises,

providing data from a plurality of sensors on the first mobile computing device to one or more device drivers;

and

using the data to determine the location of the second mobile computing device.

14. The method of claim 9 wherein, moving the touching device towards the location of second mobile computing device comprises sliding the touching device along the touch screen.

15. The method of claim 9 wherein selecting data on the first mobile computing device comprises selecting all transferrable data on the first mobile computing device.

16. The method of claim 15 wherein,

selecting all transferrable data on the first mobile computing device comprises,

touching a first mobile computing device touch screen at a first location with the touching device, the touching device comprising a first touching device, and

touching the first mobile computing device touch screen at at least one second location with at least one second touching device prior to removing the first touching device from the first location;

and

transferring the data to the second mobile computing device comprises substantially simultaneously moving the first touching device and the at least one second touching device towards the second mobile computing device.

17. A data transfer system comprising,

means for one or more first mobile computing device sensors to detect a presence of one or more second mobile computing device sensors;

means for selecting one or more first mobile computing device data files;

means for initiating a transfer of the one or more first mobile computing device data files from a first mobile computing device to a network device; and

means for transferring the one or more data files from the network device to a second mobile computing device.

18. The data transfer system of claim 17 wherein, the means for initiating a transfer of the one or more first mobile computing device data files from a first mobile computing device to a network device comprises one of,

means for utilizing a touch screen to initiate the transfer of the one or more first mobile computing device data files;

and

means for moving the second mobile computing device from a first location to a second location to initiate the transfer of the one or more first mobile computing device data files.

19. The data transfer system of claim 17 wherein, the means for selecting one or more first mobile computing device data files comprises,

means for determining a co-ordinate of,

a first of the one or more sensors, and

a second of the one or more sensors;

and

means for selecting the one or more data files between the first of the one or more sensors and the second of the one or more sensors.

20. A non-transitory, tangible computer readable storage medium, encoded with processor readable instructions to perform a method of transferring data between mobile computing devices comprising,

launching an application on each of the mobile computing devices, the application adapted to transfer data between the mobile computing devices;

using sensors on the mobile computing devices to detect a location of the other of the mobile computing devices;

selecting the data to transfer on at least one of the mobile computing devices;

sliding a finger across a touch screen on one of the mobile computing devices towards the other of the mobile computing devices;

removing the finger from the touch screen; and

communicatively transferring the data to the other of the mobile computing device.

21. The non-transitory, tangible computer readable storage medium of claim 21 wherein, the launching an application on each of the mobile computing devices adapted to transfer data between mobile computing devices occurs after sensors on the mobile computing devices detect the location of other of the mobile computing devices.

23. The non-transitory, tangible computer readable storage medium of claim 21 wherein,

the launching an application on each of the mobile computing devices comprises displaying one or more data files;

using sensors on each of the mobile computing devices to detect a location of the other of the mobile computing devices comprises,

determining which of one or more sensors detect the location of the other of the mobile computing devices, and

determining whether any of the one or more sensors do not detect the location of the other of the mobile computing devices; and

selecting the data to transfer on at least one of the mobile computing devices comprises,

matching a location of a first of the sensors to detect the location of the other of the mobile computing devices with a first touch screen co-ordinate,

matching a location of a last of the sensors to detect the location of the other of the mobile computing devices with a second touch screen co-ordinate, and

selecting the data on the touch screen between the first touch screen co-ordinate and the second touch screen so-ordinate.

22. The non-transitory, tangible computer readable storage medium of claim 22 wherein,

the launching an application adapted to transfer data between mobile computing devices is performed by a service layer of the mobile computing devices;

and

the service layer of the mobile computing devices,

comprises a background service, and

communicates with one or more sensor drivers.

24. The non-transitory, tangible computer readable storage medium of claim 24 wherein, selecting the data on the touch screen between the first touch screen co-ordinate and the second touch screen so-ordinate further comprises,

extending one of a virtual horizontal line and a virtual vertical line from each of the first touch screen co-ordinate and the second touch screen co-ordinate;

and

selecting the data on the touch screen between each of the one of virtual vertical lines and virtual horizontal lines.

25. The non-transitory, tangible computer readable storage medium of claim 25 further comprising,

pre-configuring at least a portion of the data to not be shared;

and

moving the pre-configured data to outside of between the one of vertical and horizontal lines.