SYSTEM AND METHODS TO FACILITATE ACCESS AND INTERACTION WITH A MOBILE DEVICE EMPLOYING A PERSONAL COMPUTER

• US 20140358990A1
• Filed: 06/03/2013
• Published: 12/04/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 06/03/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: NVIDIA Corporation
• Original Assignee: NVIDIA Corporation
• Inventors: Azar, Hassane S., Toorians, Arman, Huang, Jen-Hsun, Carmack, Philip J.
• Application Number:
  US13/908,779
• Publication Number:
  US 20140358990A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/203
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/01 Protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/14 Session management for real-time applications in data packet communications networks H04L65/1066
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/14 Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/60 Subscription-based services using application servers or record carriers, e.g. SIM application toolkits

Abstract

A communications system includes a mobile device that is coupled to a network and has a mobile application requiring fulfillment and a personal computer that is coupled to the network and has computer data entry and display capabilities. Additionally, the communications system includes a mobile applications processor that is coupled to the personal computer and provides a mobile device interaction, wherein the mobile device interaction includes fulfillment of the mobile application with the computer data entry and display capabilities. A method of operating a communications system and a method of fulfilling mobile applications are also provided.

Claims

1. A communications system, comprising:

a mobile device that is coupled to a network and has a mobile application requiring fulfillment;

a personal computer that is coupled to the network and has computer data entry and display capabilities; and

a mobile applications processor that is coupled to the personal computer and provides a mobile device interaction, wherein the mobile device interaction includes fulfillment of the mobile application with the computer data entry and display capabilities.

2. The system as recited in claim 1 wherein the mobile device interaction includes one selected from the group consisting of:

contact initiation or termination with the mobile device; and

information reception or transmission for the mobile device.

3. The system as recited in claim 1 wherein the mobile device interaction includes employing an icon on the personal computer display.

4. The system as recited in claim 1 wherein the mobile application includes one selected from the group consisting of:

an e-mail interaction; and

a Short Message Service (SMS) interaction.

5. The system as recited in claim 1 wherein the network is a local area network.

6. The system as recited in claim 1 wherein the network is a Wi-Fi network.

7. The system as recited in claim 6 wherein the Wi-Fi network includes a peer-to-peer network connection between the mobile device and the personal computer.

8. The system as recited in claim 7 wherein the mobile device and the personal computer comply with the Miracast Wireless Display Specification.

9. A method of operating a communications system, comprising:

coupling a network to a mobile device having a mobile application requiring fulfillment;

coupling the network to a personal computer having computer data entry and display capabilities; and

providing a mobile device interaction with a mobile applications processor coupled to the personal computer, wherein the mobile device interaction includes fulfilling the mobile application employing the computer data entry and display capabilities.

10. The method as recited in claim 9 wherein providing the mobile device interaction includes one selected from the group consisting of:

initiating or terminating contact with the mobile device; and

accessing or providing mobile device information.

11. The method as recited in claim 9 wherein providing the mobile device interaction includes employing an icon on the personal computer display.

12. The method as recited in claim 9 wherein fulfilling the mobile application includes one selected from the group consisting of:

an e-mail interaction; and

a Short Message Service (SMS) interaction.

13. The method as recited in claim 9 wherein coupling the network includes coupling to a local area network.

14. The method as recited in claim 9 wherein coupling the network includes coupling to a Wi-Fi network.

15. The method as recited in claim 14 wherein coupling to the Wi-Fi network includes forming a peer-to-peer network connection between the mobile device and the personal computer.

16. The method as recited in claim 15 wherein the mobile device and the personal computer comply with the Miracast Wireless Display Specification.

17. A method of fulfilling mobile applications, comprising:

providing a mobile device application requiring fulfillment to a network;

coupling the mobile device application from the network to computer data entry and display capabilities; and

fulfilling the mobile device application employing the computer data entry and display capabilities.

18. The method as recited in claim 17 wherein fulfilling the mobile device application includes providing and coupling the mobile device application to a local area network or a Wi-Fi network.

19. The method as recited in claim 17 wherein fulfilling the mobile device application includes forming a peer-to-peer network connection between the mobile device application and the computer data entry and display capabilities.

20. The method as recited in claim 19 wherein the mobile device application and the computer data entry and display capabilities respectively correspond to a mobile device and a personal computer that comply with the Miracast Wireless Display Specification.