SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC SESSION DATA TRANSFER BETWEEN COMPUTING DEVICES BASED ON ZONE TRANSITION DETECTION

• US 20150381740A1
• Filed: 06/27/2014
• Published: 12/31/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/27/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Gwin, Paul J., Bollengier, William S., Wong, Hong, Okuley, James M., Glendinning, Duncan, Keates, Andy
• Granted Patent: US 9,560,143 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/142 Managing session states for stateless protocols; Signalling session states; State transitions; Keeping-state mechanisms
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/065 Continuous authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/068 using credential vaults, e.g. password manager applications or one time password [OTP] applications
• 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 system and method for automatic session data transfer between computing devices based on zone transition detection are disclosed. A particular embodiment is configured to: determine if a mobile or wearable computing device is located within a proximity zone around a location of a stationary computing device; establish an authorized wireless data connection with the mobile or wearable computing device via a wireless transceiver; determine if the mobile or wearable computing device is likely departing the proximity zone and if so, upload user session data to the mobile or wearable computing device; and determine if the mobile or wearable computing device is likely approaching the stationary computing device and if so, download user session data from the mobile or wearable computing device.

Claims

1. A mobile or wearable computing device comprising:

a data processor;

a memory coupled with the data processor for persistent user data storage;

a wireless transceiver in data communication with the data processor;

a unique user identifier storable in the memory; and

logic, at least a portion of which is partially implemented in hardware, the logic configured to wirelessly receive an upload of user session data from a first computing device via the wireless transceiver, to store the user session data in the memory, to authenticate a second computing device using the unique user identifier, and to wirelessly download the user session data from the memory to the authenticated second computing device via the wireless transceiver, the user session data including data for recreating a computing session from the first computing device on the second computing device.

2. The mobile or wearable computing device as claimed in claim 1 wherein the logic being further configured to wirelessly receive an upload of user profile data from the first computing device via the wireless transceiver, to store the user profile data in the memory, and to wirelessly download the user profile data from the memory to the authenticated second computing device via the wireless transceiver, the user profile data including data specifying a particular user'"'"'s demographics, affinity, and preferences.

3. The mobile or wearable computing device as claimed in claim 1 further including a geo-positioning system from the group consisting of:

long range radio frequency identification (RFID) technology, and global positioning system or satellite (GPS) technology.

4. The mobile device as claimed in claim 1 wherein the mobile or wearable computing device is a wearable device configured to be worn by a user.

5. A stationary computing device comprising:

a data processor;

a memory coupled with the data processor;

a wireless transceiver in data communication with the data processor; and

logic, at least a portion of which is partially implemented in hardware, the logic configured to determine if a mobile or wearable computing device is located within a proximity zone around a location of the stationary computing device, to establish an authorized wireless data connection with the mobile or wearable computing device via the wireless transceiver, to determine if the mobile or wearable computing device is likely departing the proximity zone and if so, uploading user session data to the mobile or wearable computing device, and to determine if the mobile or wearable computing device is likely approaching the stationary computing device and if so, downloading user session data from the mobile or wearable computing device, the user session data including data for recreating a computing session from the stationary computing device on a different computing device.

6. The stationary computing device as claimed in claim 5 wherein the logic configured to determine if a mobile or wearable computing device is located within a proximity zone around a location of the stationary computing device being further configured to generate a motion vector based on motion of the mobile or wearable computing device.

7. The stationary computing device as claimed in claim 5 wherein the logic configured to determine if the mobile or wearable computing device is likely departing the proximity zone being further configured to generate a motion vector based on motion of the mobile or wearable computing device, the motion vector being indicative of and consistent with a behavior of a user who is likely intending to depart the proximity zone.

8. The stationary computing device as claimed in claim 5 wherein the logic configured to determine if the mobile or wearable computing device is likely approaching the stationary computing device being further configured to generate a motion vector based on motion of the mobile or wearable computing device, the motion vector being indicative of and consistent with a behavior of a user who is likely intending to approach the stationary computing device.

9. The stationary computing device as claimed in claim 5 wherein the mobile or wearable computing device is a wearable device configured to be worn by a user.

10. A system comprising:

a stationary computing device including a first data processor, a first memory coupled with the first data processor, a first wireless transceiver in data communication with the first data processor, and first logic, at least a portion of which is partially implemented in hardware, the first logic configured to determine if a mobile or wearable computing device is located within a proximity zone around a location of the stationary computing device, to establish an authorized wireless data connection with the mobile or wearable computing device via the first wireless transceiver, to determine if the mobile or wearable computing device is likely departing the proximity zone and if so, uploading user session data to the mobile or wearable computing device, and to determine if the mobile or wearable computing device is likely approaching the stationary computing device and if so, downloading user session data from the mobile or wearable computing device; and

a mobile or wearable computing device including a second data processor, a second memory coupled with the second data processor, a second wireless transceiver in data communication with the second data processor, a unique user identifier storable in the second memory, and second logic, at least a portion of which is partially implemented in hardware, the second logic configured to wirelessly receive an upload of user session data from the stationary computing device via the second wireless transceiver, to store the user session data in the second memory, to authenticate the stationary computing device using the unique user identifier, and to wirelessly download the user session data from the second memory to the authenticated stationary computing device via the second wireless transceiver, the user session data including data for recreating a computing session from the stationary computing device on a different computing device.

11. The system as claimed in claim 10 wherein the first logic configured to determine if a mobile or wearable computing device is located within a proximity zone around a location of the stationary computing device being further configured to generate a motion vector based on motion of the mobile or wearable computing device.

12. The system as claimed in claim 10 wherein the first logic configured to determine if the mobile or wearable computing device is likely departing the proximity zone being further configured to generate a motion vector based on motion of the mobile or wearable computing device, the motion vector being indicative of and consistent with a behavior of a user who is likely intending to depart the proximity zone.

13. The system as claimed in claim 10 wherein the first logic configured to determine if the mobile or wearable computing device is likely approaching the stationary computing device being further configured to generate a motion vector based on motion of the mobile or wearable computing device, the motion vector being indicative of and consistent with a behavior of a user who is likely intending to approach the stationary computing device.

14. The system as claimed in claim 10 wherein the mobile or wearable computing device is a wearable device configured to be worn by a user.

15. The system as claimed in claim 10 wherein the second logic being further configured to wirelessly receive an upload of user profile data from the stationary computing device via the second wireless transceiver, to store the user profile data in the second memory, and to wirelessly download the user profile data from the second memory to the authenticated stationary computing device via the second wireless transceiver, the user profile data including data specifying a particular user'"'"'s demographics, affinity, and preferences.

16. The system as claimed in claim 10 wherein the mobile or wearable computing device further including a geo-positioning system from the group consisting of:

long range radio frequency identification (RFID) technology, and global positioning system or satellite (GPS) technology.

17. A non-transitory machine-useable storage medium embodying instructions which, when executed by a machine, cause the machine to:

determine if a mobile or wearable computing device is located within a proximity zone around a location of a stationary computing device;

establish an authorized wireless data connection with the mobile or wearable computing device via a wireless transceiver;

determine if the mobile or wearable computing device is likely departing the proximity zone and if so, upload user session data to the mobile or wearable computing device; and

determine if the mobile or wearable computing device is likely approaching the stationary computing device and if so, download user session data from the mobile or wearable computing device.

18. The machine-useable storage medium as claimed in claim 17 being further configured to generate a motion vector based on motion of the mobile or wearable computing device.

19. The machine-useable storage medium as claimed in claim 17 being further configured to generate a motion vector based on motion of the mobile or wearable computing device, the motion vector being indicative of and consistent with a behavior of a user who is likely intending to depart the proximity zone.

20. The machine-useable storage medium as claimed in claim 17 being further configured to generate a motion vector based on motion of the mobile or wearable computing device, the motion vector being indicative of and consistent with a behavior of a user who is likely intending to approach the stationary computing device.