ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SHARING RESOURCES VIA BLUETOOTH NETWORK

• US 20130165045A1
• Filed: 05/24/2012
• Published: 06/27/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/26/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: CAO, XIANG
• Application Number:
  US13/479,305
• Publication Number:
  US 20130165045A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/41.2
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/21 for social networking applications

Abstract

An electronic device capable of sharing resources with another electronic device via a BLUETOOTH network includes a motion sensor, a BLUETOOTH unit, and a control unit. The motion sensor detects a motion of the electronic device. The control unit determines a trajectory of the motion of the electronic device according to data from the motion sensor, and determines whether the trajectory as determined matches a predefined trajectory. If the trajectory as determined matches a predefined trajectory, the control unit creates a sharing process in relation to at least one application currently running on the electronic device and any object being opened by the application, and sends the created sharing content to another electronic device via the BLUETOOTH unit.

Claims

1. An electronic device capable of sharing resources with another electronic device via a BLUETOOTH network, the electronic device comprising:

a motion sensor to detect a motion of the electronic device;

a BLUETOOTH unit; and

a control unit configured to;

determine a trajectory of the electronic device according to data from the motion sensor;

determine whether the trajectory as determined matches a predefined trajectory;

create a sharing content according to at least one application currently running on the electronic device and any object opened by the application if the trajectory as determined matches with a predefined trajectory, and

send the created sharing content to another electronic devices via the BLUETOOTH unit.

2. The electronic device as described in claim 1, wherein the created sharing content comprises an application name of the currently running application and a name of the object opened by the application.

3. The electronic device as described in claim 2, wherein if the control unit determines that an internet browser is the currently running application, the control unit further determines an address of the website being visited by the internet browser, and then sends the sharing content comprising a name of the internet browser program and the address of the website being visited to other electronic devices via the BLUETOOTH unit.

4. The electronic device as described in claim 2, wherein if the control unit determines that a multimedia player is the currently running application, the control unit further determines a multimedia file being played by the multimedia player, and then sends the sharing content comprising a name of the multimedia player and a name of the multimedia file being played to other electronic devices via the BLUETOOTH unit.

5. The electronic device as described in claim 1, wherein the created sharing content comprises the object opened by the currently running application.

6. The electronic device as described in claim 5, wherein if the control unit determines that a multimedia player is the currently running application, the control unit determines a multimedia file being played by the multimedia player, and sends the sharing content comprising the multimedia file being played to other electronic devices via the wireless connection unit.

7. The electronic device as described in claim 1, further comprising a storage unit, wherein the storage unit stores a plurality of predefined trajectories of the electronic device and pairing passkeys associated with the predefined trajectories, and the control unit further determines whether the trajectory as determined corresponds to a pairing passkey after determining the trajectory of the electronic device, and determines that the trajectory as determined is a predefined trajectory if the trajectory corresponds to a pairing passkey.

8. The electronic device as described in claim 7, wherein the control unit further controls the BLUETOOTH unit to search for other electronic devices having a BLUETOOTH unit if the determined trajectory corresponds to a pairing passkey, and transmits a connection request to the found electronic device to ask for a connection, and transmits a pairing passkey associated with the trajectory as determined to the found electronic device, and when a BLUETOOTH connection has been established, the control unit transmits the created sharing content via the BLUETOOTH unit of the electronic device to the found electronic device.

9. The electronic device as described in claim 7, wherein the control unit is further configured to, upon receiving a BLUETOOTH connection request, determine whether a trajectory of the electronic device matches one of the predefined trajectories, and if match is found, locate a pairing passkey associated with the determined trajectory and use the paring passkey to respond to the connection request for establishing a BLUETOOTH connection.

10. An electronic device capable of sharing resources with another electronic device via a wireless network, the electronic device comprising:

a motion sensor to detect a motion of the electronic device;

a wireless connection unit; and

a control unit configured to;

determine a trajectory of the electronic device according to data from the motion sensor;

determine whether the trajectory as determined matches a predefined trajectory;

create a sharing content according to at least one application currently running on the electronic device and any object opened by the application if the trajectory as determined matches with a predefined trajectory, and

send the created sharing content to other electronic devices via the wireless connection unit.

11. The electronic device as described in claim 10, wherein the created sharing content comprises an application name of the currently running application and a name of the object opened by the application.

12. The electronic device as described in claim 11, wherein if the control unit determines that an internet browser is the currently running application, the control unit further determines an address of the website being visited by the internet browser, and then sends the sharing content comprising a name of the internet browser program and the address of the website being visited to other electronic devices via the wireless connection unit.

13. The electronic device as described in claim 11, wherein if the control unit determines that a multimedia player is the currently running application, the control unit further determines a multimedia file being played by the multimedia player, and then sends the sharing content comprising a name of the multimedia player and a name of the multimedia file being played to other electronic devices via the wireless connection unit.

14. The electronic device as described in claim 10, wherein the created sharing content comprises the object opened by the currently running application.

15. The electronic device as described in claim 14, wherein if the control unit determines that a multimedia player is the currently running application, the control unit determines a multimedia file being played by the multimedia player, and sends the sharing content comprising the multimedia file being played to other electronic devices via the wireless connection unit.

16. The electronic device as described in claim 10, further comprising a storage unit, wherein the storage unit stores a plurality of predefined trajectories of the electronic device and pairing passkeys associated with the predefined trajectories, and the control unit further determines whether the trajectory as determined corresponds to a pairing passkey after determining the trajectory of the electronic device, and determines that the trajectory as determined is a predefined trajectory if the trajectory corresponds to a pairing passkey.

17. The electronic device as described in claim 16, wherein the control unit further controls the wireless connection unit to search for other electronic devices having a wireless connection unit if the determined trajectory corresponds to a pairing passkey, and transmits a connection request to the found electronic device to ask for a connection, and transmits a pairing passkey associated with the trajectory as determined to the found electronic device, and a wireless connection has been established, the control unit transmits the created sharing content via the wireless connection unit of the electronic device to the found electronic device.

18. The electronic device as described in claim 16, wherein the control unit is further configured to, upon receiving a wireless connection request, determine whether a trajectory of the electronic device matches one of the predefined trajectories, and if match is found, locate a pairing passkey associated with the determined trajectory and use the paring passkey to respond to the connection request for establishing a wireless connection.

19. A method for sharing resources via a wireless network between a first electronic device and a second electronic device, the method comprising:

detecting a motion of the first electronic device to obtain motion data;

determining a first trajectory of the first electronic device according to the motion data;

determining whether the first trajectory as determined matches a predefined trajectory;

creating a sharing content according to at least one application currently running on the first electronic device and any object opened by the application if the first trajectory as determined matches a predefined trajectory;

establishing a wireless connection between the first and the second electronic devices; and

sending the created sharing content to the second electronic device.

20. The method as described in claim 19, wherein the created sharing content comprises an application name of the currently running application and a name of the object opened by the application.

21. The method as described in claim 19, wherein the created sharing content comprises the object opened by the currently running application.

22. The method as described in claim 20, wherein if an internet browser is the currently running application, the sharing content comprises a name of the internet browser program and an address of the website being visited by the internet browser.

23. The method as described in claim 20, wherein if a multimedia player is the currently running application, the sharing content comprises a name of the multimedia player and a name of the multimedia file being played by the multimedia player.

24. The method as described in claim 19, wherein the step of “

establishing a wireless connection between the first and the second electronic devices”

comprises;

determining a first pairing passkey associated with the first trajectory;

sending a connection request and the first pairing passkey to the second electronic device;

creating a second trajectory of the second electronic device corresponding to the first trajectory, after receiving the wireless connection request from the first electronic device;

determining a second pairing passkey associated with the second trajectory; and

using the second pairing passkey to pair with the first pairing passkey to establish a wireless connection between the first and the second electronic devices.