DEVICES AND METHODS FOR PORTABLE PROCESSING AND APPLICATION EXECUTION

• US 20150220110A1
• Filed: 01/29/2015
• Published: 08/06/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 01/31/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Usquare Soft Inc.
• Original Assignee: Usquare Soft Inc.
• Inventors: BRAWER, Edward
• Granted Patent: US 10,416,712 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G04G 11/00 Producing optical signals at preselected times
• CPC Class Codes: G04G 21/00 Input or output devices integrated in time-pieces
• CPC Class Codes: G04G 21/04 using radio waves radio-controlled time-pieces G04R
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/163 Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1633 Constructional details or arrangements of portable computers not specific to the type of enclosures covered by groups G06F1/1615 - G06F1/1626
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/165 the additional display being small, e.g. for presenting status information
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/14 Digital output to display device ; Cooperation and interconnection of the display device with other functional units
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1454 involving copying of the display data of a local workstation or window to a remote workstation or window so that an actual copy of the data is displayed simultaneously on two or more displays, e.g. teledisplay
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/147 using display panels
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2320/0252 Improving the response speed
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2354/00 Aspects of interface with display user
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/12 Use of DVI or HDMI protocol in interfaces along the display data pipeline
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/16 Use of wireless transmission of display information
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2380/02 Flexible displays
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4122 additional display device, e.g. video projector digital output for controlling a plurality of local displays G06F3/1423
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication

Abstract

A portable computing device, such as a wristwatch, is described. The portable computing device contains ample processing, battery and memory resources for executing applications, but provides insufficient display output capability to render a graphical user interface during application execution. Instead, the device includes a short-range wireless communication system for relaying real-time display data to an external display device for rendering a graphical user interface on the external device. By not incorporating power-hungry display technology, speakers, other communication components, such as cellular, or other battery-draining components, the portable computing device avoids the need for bulky batteries and maintains a suitable charge over a reasonable period of time. In addition, the easy portability of the device means that it can turn any external display device into its own user input/output device such that users need not mirror their applications and data to multiple devices.

Claims

1. A wristwatch to wirelessly connect to an external display device to view applications executed by the wristwatch, comprising:

a wearable casing, containing

a processor,

memory storing the application to be executed by the processor, the application to generate display data for rendering a graphical user interface,

a battery,

an output interface insufficient for displaying the graphical user interface during execution of the application, and

a short-range communication system to connect wirelessly to the external display device and transmit the display data from the processor to the external display device for rendering of the graphical user interface on the external display device; and

the wearable casing including a face plate having a time display.

2. The wristwatch claimed in claim 1, excluding a long-range communication system.

3. The wristwatch claimed in claim 2, wherein the long-range communication system comprises a cellular communication system.

4. The wristwatch claimed in claim 1, wherein the time display is an analog time display.

5. The wristwatch claimed in claim 4, wherein the face place includes a mechanical time piece including mechanically movable hands.

6. The wristwatch claimed in claim 1, excluding sensors.

7. The wristwatch claimed in claim 1, further comprising a user input device and excluding other user input devices.

8. The wristwatch claimed in claim 7, wherein the user input device comprises a button.

9. The wristwatch claimed in claim 7, wherein the user input device comprises a bezel.

10. The wristwatch claimed in claim 1, wherein the graphical user interface comprises a video.

11. The wristwatch claimed in claim 1, wherein the graphical user interface comprises a menu of selectable icons.

12. The wristwatch claimed in claim 1, wherein the graphical user interface comprises a game interface.

13. The wristwatch claimed in claim 1, wherein the graphical user interface comprises a browser.

14. A system for portable execution of applications, the system comprising:

an external display device having a short-range wireless system for communication and a display screen; and

a portable computing device including,

a processor,

memory storing one or more applications to be executed by the processor, the application to generate display data for rendering a graphical user interface,

a battery,

an output interface insufficient for displaying the graphical user interface during execution of the application, and

a short-range communication system to connect wirelessly to the external display device and transmit the display data from the processor to the external display device for rendering of the graphical user interface on the external display device; and

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15. The system claimed in claim 14, further comprising a general purpose computer connected wirelessly to the portable computing device, wherein the portable computing device is to offload a processing task for execution of the application to the general purpose computer, and wherein the general purpose computer is to transmit a result of the processing task to the portable computing device.

16. The system claimed in claim 14, further comprising a general purpose computer connected wirelessly to the portable computing device and the external display device, wherein the portable computing device is to cause the general purpose computer to execute instructions to generate the display data for rendering the graphical user interface and to transmit the display data to the external display device.

17. A method, comprising:

receiving, on a portable computing device, a user input indicating a request to initiate pairing and, in response, enabling a short-range communication system within the portable computing device, the portable computing device including a processor and memory storing at least one application to be executed by the processor, the application to generate display data for rendering a graphical user interface, and wherein the portable computing device includes an output interface insufficient for displaying the graphical user interface during execution of the application;

receiving, via the short-range communication system, a pairing request from an external display device;

determining that a pairing acceptance input is received through a user input device on the portable computing device in response to the pairing request; and

,

based on the determination that the pairing acceptance input was received, pairing the portable computing device with the external display device and establishing a wireless connection for sending the display data from the processor to the external display device for rendering of the graphical user interface on the external display device during execution of the application.

18. The method claimed in claim 17, wherein receiving the pairing request includes outputting an indication of the pairing request via the output interface on the portable computing device.

19. The method claimed in claim 17, wherein, during execution of the application, the display data is not output on the output interface of the portable computing device.

20. A non-transitory processor-readable medium storing processor-executable instructions which, when executed, configure one or more processors to perform the method claimed in claim 17.