One-to-one direct communication

• US 7,068,294 B2
• Filed: 03/30/2001
• Issued: 06/27/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 03/30/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Original Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Inventors: Andrews, Anton O., Kidney, Nancy G., Warnes, Andrew David
• Primary Examiner(s): Liang, Regina
• Assistant Examiner(s): Dinh, Duc Q
• Application Number:
  US09/823,460
• Publication Number:
  US 20020140625A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,915 Days
• Field of Search: 345 11- 12, 345 21- 23, 345751-755, 345156-158, 345/856, 345/761, 345473-474, 345835-839, 345/861, 345/769, 345/758, 345/700, 345/716, 345/719, 345/727, 463 7- 9
• US Class Current: 715/700
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0346 with detection of the device orientation or free movement in a 3D space, e.g. 3D mice, 6-DOF [six degrees of freedom] pointers using gyroscopes, accelerometers or tilt-sensors
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance

Abstract

The progress of transferring an electronic object from a sending handheld to a receiver is graphically represented as an gradually object sliding out of view on the display of the sender and gradually sliding into view on the display of the receiver. A gravity sensor in the handheld is used to determine the transmission'"'"'s data rate. This visual feedback is an ergonomic feature for, e.g., electronic toys.

Claims

1. A data processing system comprising:

a first data processing device with a first display monitor;

a second data processing device;

wherein;

the first device has a data output for transmission of an electronic object;

the second device has a data input for receipt of the object transmitted by the first device;

the object corresponds with a graphical representation;

upon initiating of the transmission, the first device renders the representation as automatically and gradually leaving a visual portion of the first display monitor as a visual feedback representative of a progress of the transmission, and

wherein at least the first device or the second device has an orientation sensor for control of a data rate of the transmission in dependence of the orientation of the sensor with respect to gravity.

2. A data processing system comprising:

a first data processing device with a first display monitor;

a second data processing device;

wherein;

the first device has a data output for transmission of an electronic object;

the second device has a data input for receipt of the object transmitted by the first device;

the object corresponds with a graphical representation;

upon initiating of the transmission by an orientation sensor, the first device renders the representation as automatically and gradually leaving from a visual portion of the first display monitor as a visual feedback representative of a progress of the transmission, and

wherein the first device comprises a configuration controller and the second device comprises an reconfigurable apparatus controllable via the object upon receipt.

3. A software application for control of transferring an electronic object between data processing devices, wherein:

at least one of the devices has a display monitor;

the object has a graphical representation; and

the software application controls a visual feedback of a progress of the transferring by control of a displaying of the representation as gradually entering or leaving a visual portion of the display monitor, the graphical representation automatically gradually entering or leaving following an initiation of the control, and wherein;

at least one of the devices has an orientation sensor for sensing an orientation of the sensor with respect to gravity; and

the application controls a data rate of the transferring depending on the orientation sensed.