SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSFERRING DATA BETWEEN ELECTRONIC DEVICES

• US 20130217330A1
• Filed: 02/21/2012
• Published: 08/22/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 02/21/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Research in Motion TAT AB (Blackberry Limited)
• Inventors: Grdenfors, Dan Zacharias, WASBERGER, Emil Alexander, WINBERG, Michael Erik
• Granted Patent: US 9,197,733 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/41.2
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/64 file transfer between terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/06 Optimizing the usage of the radio link, e.g. header compression, information sizing , discarding information system modifying transmission characteristic according to link quality by modifying frame length H04L1/0007; dynamic adaptation of the packet size for flow control or congestion control H04L47/365
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/14 Direct-mode setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 92/18 between terminal devices

Abstract

A system and method are provided for transferring data from a first mobile device to another device by determining a set comprising one or more items, initiating a first transfer of at least some data associated with at least one of the one or more items to the other device, detecting an interaction with the set, and enabling a second transfer of additional data associated with the set.

Claims

1. A method of transferring data from a first mobile device to another device, the method comprising:

identifying a set comprising one or more items;

initiating a first transfer of at least some data associated with at least one of the one or more items to the another device;

detecting an interaction with the set; and

enabling a second transfer of additional data associated with the set.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising detecting that the another device is connectable to the first mobile device and enabling the first mobile device to be communicably connected to the another device.

3. The method of claim 2, comprising establishing a short-range communication connection with the another device.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the data associated with the set has been encrypted, the method further comprising providing a decryption key to the another device.

5. The method of claim 1, the first transfer being initiated by sending an identifier to the another device to enable the another device to obtain the data associated with the set from another source.

6. The method of claim 5, the other source comprising a database storing the set and being accessible to the other device over a network.

7. The method of claim 1, the second transfer being initiated by an interaction detected on the first mobile device.

8. The method of claim 1, the second transfer being initiated by an interaction detected on the other mobile device.

9. The method of claim 1, the other device being a second mobile device.

10. The method of claim 9, the second mobile device being controlled by a same user as the first mobile device.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein identifying the set comprises identifying items currently viewable on a display of the mobile device.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein identifying the set comprises identifying items that will be viewable on a display of the mobile device subsequent to a scrolling operation.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the another device is intermediate to the first mobile device and a second mobile device.

14. A computer readable storage medium comprising computer executable instructions for transferring data from a first mobile device to another device, the computer executable instructions comprising instructions for:

identifying a set comprising one or more items;

initiating a first transfer of at least some data associated with at least one of the one or more items to the another device;

detecting an interaction with the set; and

enabling a second transfer of additional data associated with the set.

15. An electronic device comprising a processor, memory, and a display, the memory comprising computer executable instructions for transferring data from the electronic device to another device, the computer executable instructions comprising instructions for:

identifying a set comprising one or more items;

initiating a first transfer of at least some data associated with at least one of the one or more items to the another device;

detecting an interaction with the set; and

enabling a second transfer of additional data associated with the set.