GESTURING TO SELECT AND CONFIGURE DEVICE COMMUNICATION

• US 20130122814A1
• Filed: 01/01/2013
• Published: 05/16/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 04/21/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Shen, Guobin, Peng, Chunyi, Zhang, Yongguang
• Granted Patent: US 8,843,642 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/41.2
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1694 the I/O peripheral being a single or a set of motion sensors for pointer control or gesture input obtained by sensing movements of the portable computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1698 the I/O peripheral being a sending/receiving arrangement to establish a cordless communication link, e.g. radio or infrared link, integrated cellular phone details of antennas disposed inside a computer H01Q1/2266
• 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: H04L 63/0869 for achieving mutual authentication cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for mutual authentication H04L9/3273
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/14 Session management for real-time applications in data packet communications networks H04L65/1066
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72427 for supporting games or graphical animations
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/02 including a Bluetooth interface
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/06 including a wireless LAN interface
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/12 including a sensor for measuring a physical value, e.g. temperature or motion telephones including GPS signal receivers H04M2250/10
• 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 12/06 Authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/50 Secure pairing of devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/65 Environment-dependent, e.g. using captured environmental data
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/68 Gesture-dependent or behaviour-dependent
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/026 using orientation information, e.g. compass
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/21 for social networking applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/50 : Service provisioning or reconfiguring
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 : Connection setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/14 : Direct-mode setup

Abstract

Described is a technology by which a gesture made with a source device (e.g., a cellular telephone), such as a throwing or pointing motion, is used to automatically set up a connection with another device to which the gesture is directed. Audio signals output during the gesture, e.g., such as at the start and end of the gesture, are detected by candidate (listening) devices. The device having the least time difference between detection of the start and end signals is the device that is generally best aligned with the throwing or pointing motion, and thus may be selected as the target device. Once selected, a connection such as a network connection may be set up between the source device and the target device for further communication, such as for application data exchange.

Claims

1. A method performed on a target device, the method comprising:

receiving two signals emitted from a source device that are coordinated with a physical movement of the source device that represents a request to establish a spontaneous connection with the target device, where a first of the two signals is coordinated with a beginning portion of the physical movement, and where a second of the two signals is coordinated with an ending portion of the physical movement; and

establishing, based at least in part on the two received signals, the spontaneous connection between the source device and the target device.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising computing a difference in time between the receiving the first of the two signals and the receiving the second of the two signals.

3. The method of claim 2 further comprising broadcasting the difference in time.

4. The method of claim 2 further comprising sending the difference in time to the source device.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising waiting a certain amount of time to be selected by the source device.

6. The method of claim 1 where the establishing is based on being selected by the source device.

7. The method of claim 1 where the establishing includes authenticating.

8. At least one computer storage device storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a target device, cause the target device to perform actions comprising:

receiving two signals emitted from a source device that are coordinated with a physical movement of the source device that represents a request to establish a spontaneous connection with the target device, where a first of the two signals is coordinated with a beginning portion of the physical movement, and where a second of the two signals is coordinated with an ending portion of the physical movement; and

establishing, based at least in part on the two received signals, the spontaneous connection between the source device and the target device.

9. The at least one computer storage device of claim 8, the actions further comprising computing a difference in time between the receiving the first of the two signals and the receiving the second of the two signals.

10. The at least one computer storage device of claim 9, the actions further comprising broadcasting the difference in time.

11. The at least one computer storage device of claim 9, the actions further comprising sending the difference in time to the source device.

12. The at least one computer storage device of claim 8, the actions further comprising waiting a certain amount of time to be selected by the source device.

13. The at least one computer storage device of claim 8 where the establishing is based on being selected by the source device.

14. The at least one computer storage device of claim 8 where the establishing includes authenticating.

15. A target device comprising at least one software module that together cause the target device to perform actions comprising:

receiving two signals emitted from a source device that are coordinated with a physical movement of the source device that represents a request to establish a spontaneous connection with the target device, where a first of the two signals is coordinated with a beginning portion of the physical movement, and where a second of the two signals is coordinated with an ending portion of the physical movement; and

establishing, based at least in part on the two received signals, the spontaneous connection between the source device and the target device.

16. The target device of claim 15, the actions further comprising computing a difference in time between the receiving the first of the two signals and the receiving the second of the two signals.

17. The target device of claim 16, the actions further comprising broadcasting the difference in time.

18. The target device of claim 16, the actions further comprising sending the difference in time to the source device.

19. The target device of claim 15, the actions further comprising waiting a certain amount of time to be selected by the source device.

20. The target device of claim 15 where the establishing is based on being selected by the source device, or where the establishing includes authenticating.