METHOD FOR CONTINUING OPERATION ON MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE, MOBILE DEVICE USING THE SAME, WEARABLE DEVICE USING THE SAME, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM

• US 20150031348A1
• Filed: 07/11/2014
• Published: 01/29/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 07/24/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: HTC Corporation
• Original Assignee: HTC Corporation
• Inventors: Lee, Yu-Cheng
• Granted Patent: US 9,622,074 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/418
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1626 with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/163 Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt
• 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 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/385 Transceivers carried on the body, e.g. in helmets
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 2001/3861 carried in a hand or on fingers
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724 User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• 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: H04W 12/06 Authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/68 Gesture-dependent or behaviour-dependent

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a method, a mobile electronic device, a wearable electronic device and a computer readable medium for continuing an operation initiated on the wearable electronic device on the mobile electronic device based on motion coherence between movements of the mobile electronic device and a wearable electronic device without providing an input. In the disclosure, an operation would be initiated on the wearable electronic device. The wearable electronic device would transmit an application data associated with the operation initiated on the wearable electronic device to the mobile electronic device. Then, an application program associated with the operation would be automatically launched on the mobile electronic device to continue the operation initiated on the wearable electronic device according to the application data in response to a motion coherence of the mobile electronic device and the wearable electronic device.

Claims

1. A method for continuing an operation initiated on a wearable electronic device having a transceiver on a mobile electronic device, comprising:

initiating an operation on the wearable electronic device; and

transmitting, from the wearable electronic device to the mobile electronic device, an application data associated with the operation initiated on the wearable electronic device,

wherein an application program associated with the operation is automatically launched on the mobile electronic device to continue the operation initiated on the wearable electronic device according to the application data in response to a motion coherence of the mobile electronic device and the wearable electronic device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the application data comprises a progress of the operation performed on the wearable electronic device and an indicator indicating an application program associated with the operation.

3. The method claim 2, further comprising:

recording a voice message, the application data further comprising the voice message.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying an icon, wherein the icons is associated with an application program installed on the mobile electronic device,

wherein initiating the operation on the wearable electronic device comprises selecting the icons corresponding to the operation to initiate the operation through a touch operation or a hand gesture.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

detecting a first motion data representing a movement of the wearable electronic device and transmitting the first motion data to the mobile electronic device.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the motion coherence between the mobile electronic device and the wearable electronic device is determined by comparing a second motion data of the mobile electronic device with the first motion data of the wearable electronic device, and

wherein the application data is transmitted, from the wearable electronic device to the mobile electronic device, after the motion coherence between the mobile electronic device and the wearable electronic device is determined.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the application data is transmitted, from the wearable electronic device to the mobile electronic device, in response to a request generated by an input button of the mobile electronic device.

8. A wearable electronic device, comprising:

a transceiver;

an input device, configured to receive a user input to initiate an operation; and

a processor, configured to transmit an application data associated with the operation, though the transceiver, to a mobile electronic device,

wherein an application program associated with the operation is automatically launched on a mobile electronic device to continue the operation initiated on the wearable electronic device according to the application data in response to a motion coherence of the mobile electronic device and the wearable electronic device.

9. The wearable electronic device of claim 8, wherein the application data comprises a progress of the operation performed on the wearable electronic device and an indicator indicating an application program associated with the operation.

10. The wearable electronic device claim 9, further comprising:

a voice recording device, configured to record a voice message, the application data further comprising the voice message.

11. The wearable electronic device of claim 8, further comprising:

a touch screen, configured to display an icon and receive a touch operation, wherein the icons is associated with an application program installed on the mobile electronic device; and

wherein the processor is further configured to initiate the operation through a touch operation applied on the touch screen or a hand gesture detected by a motion sensor.

12. The wearable electronic device of claim 8, further comprising:

a motion sensor, configured to detect a first motion data representing a movement of the wearable electronic device, wherein the transceiver is further configured to transmit the first motion data.

13. The wearable electronic device of claim 12, wherein the motion coherence between the mobile electronic device and the wearable electronic device is determined by comparing the second motion data of the wearable electronic device with the first second motion data of the wearable electronic device, and wherein the application data is transmitted, from the wearable electronic device to the mobile electronic device, after the motion coherence between the mobile electronic device and the wearable electronic device is determined.

14. The wearable electronic device of claim 13, wherein the application data is transmitted, from the wearable electronic device to the mobile electronic device, in response to a request generated by an input button of the mobile electronic device.

15. A non-transitory computer readable medium, storing programs to be loaded into an electronic device to perform steps of

initiating an operation on a wearable electronic device;

and

transmitting, from the wearable electronic device to a mobile electronic device, an application data associated with the operation initiated on the wearable electronic device,

wherein an application program associated with the operation is automatically launched on the mobile electronic device to continue the operation initiated on the wearable electronic device according to the application data in response to a motion coherence of the mobile electronic device and the wearable electronic device.

16. A method for continuing an operation on a mobile electronic device having a transceiver, comprising:

receiving, through a transceiver, an application data associated with an application program installed on the mobile electronic device; and

automatically launching the application program associated with the application data to continue the operation of the application program on the mobile electronic device based on the application data when the mobile electronic device is unlocked.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the application data comprises a progress of the operation and an indicator indicating an application program associated with the operation.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein automatically launching the application comprises:

opening a page of the application program associated with the progress of the operation stored in the application data; and

continuing the operation from a stop point recorded in the progress of the operation.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the application data further comprises a voice message corresponding to the operation of the application program.

20. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

detecting a second motion data representing a motion of the mobile electronic device and receiving, through the transceiver, a first motion data.

21. The method of claim 20, wherein when a difference between the first motion data and the second motion data is within a predetermine threshold, the mobile electronic device is unlocked, and wherein the receiving the application data through the transceiver comprises:

transmitting a request signal, through the transceiver, to request the application data after the mobile electronic device is unlocked; and

receiving the application data in response to the request signal.

22. The method of claim 21, wherein the request signal is transmitted in response to an input button of the mobile electronic device.

23. A mobile electronic device, comprising:

a transceiver, configured to receive an application data associated with an application program installed on the mobile electronic device; and

a processor, configured to automatically launch the application program associated with the application data to continue an operation of the application program on the mobile electronic device based on the application data when the mobile electronic device is unlocked.

24. The mobile electronic device of claim 23, wherein the application data comprises a progress of the operation and an indicator indicating an application program associated with the operation.

25. The mobile electronic device of claim 24, wherein the processor is further configured to open a page of the application program associated with the progress of the operation stored in the application data and to continue the operation from a stop point recorded in the progress of the operation.

26. The mobile electronic device of claim 24, wherein the application data further comprises a voice message corresponding to the operation of the application program.

27. The mobile electronic device of claim 23, further comprising:

a motion sensor, configured to detect a second motion data representing a motion of the mobile electronic device, and wherein the transceiver is further configured to receive a first motion data.

28. The mobile electronic device of claim 27, wherein the processor is further configured to compare the first motion data with the second motion data, when a difference between the first motion data and the second motion is within a predetermine threshold, the mobile electronic device is unlocked, and wherein the transceiver is further configured to transmit a request signal to request for the application data after the mobile electronic device is unlocked.

29. The mobile electronic device of claim 28, further comprises an input button, wherein the request signal is transmitted in response to the input button of the mobile electronic device.

30. A non-transitory computer readable medium, storing programs to be loaded into a mobile electronic device to perform steps of:

receiving, through a transceiver, an application data associated with an application program installed on the mobile electronic device; and

automatically launching the application program associated with the application data to continue the operation of the application program on the a mobile electronic device based on the application data when the mobile electronic device is unlocked.