Data transfer between wireless devices

• US 8,478,207 B2
• Filed: 06/11/2012
• Issued: 07/02/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/23/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. (InterDigital, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. (InterDigital, Inc.)
• Inventors: Carlton, Alan G., Reznik, Alexander
• Primary Examiner(s): MIZRAHI, DIANE D
• Application Number:
  US13/493,650
• Publication Number:
  US 20120252512A1
• Time in Patent Office: 386 Days
• Field of Search: 455/73, 455/75, 455/436, 455/509, 455/522, 370/311, 370/328, 370/330, 370/331, 370/335, 370/338, 370/350, 375/146
• US Class Current: 455/73
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04808 Several contacts: gestures triggering a specific function, e.g. scrolling, zooming, right-click, when the user establishes several contacts with the surface simultaneously; e.g. using several fingers or a combination of fingers and pen
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/51 Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/14 Direct-mode setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/12 WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/18 Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks

Abstract

A method of data transfer between wireless transmit/receive units (WTRUs) is described. The WTRUs may be within a given geographic area of each other or in communication with the same network. Location information relating to the WTRUs may be determined. The location information may be presented to a user of the WTRU. Data may be transferred from one WTRU to a target WTRU based on user input. The WTRU may determine the target WTRU based on user input and/or location information. The user input may be a gestural input. The gestural input may be received via a display or touchscreen. The user input may identify a given action or identify a particular file for transfer. The WTRU may receive data from the target WTRU.

Claims

1. A method for use in a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU), the method comprising:

detecting, at the WTRU, information relating to at least one candidate WTRU in a geographic area associated with the WTRU;

receiving, at the WTRU, user input that includes a gestural input and a selection of data for transfer between the WTRU and a target WTRU;

processing, at the WTRU, the user input and the information;

identifying, at the WTRU, the target WTRU from the at least one candidate WTRU based at least in part on the user input; and

transmitting the selected data to the target WTRU.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the gestural input identifies the target WTRU.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the user input is received via a touchscreen display.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving data from the target WTRU.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the detecting information further includes detecting a location of the at least one candidate WTRU.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the gestural input is directed towards the target WTRU.

7. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) comprising:

a processor configured to detect information relating to at least one candidate WTRU in a geographic area associated with the WTRU;

a display configured to receive user input that includes a gestural input and a selection of data for transfer between the WTRU and a target WTRU;

the processor configured to;

process the user input and the information; and

identify the target WTRU from the at least one candidate WTRU based at least in part on the user input; and

a transmitter configured to transmit the selected data to the target WTRU.

8. The WTRU of claim 7, wherein the gestural input identifies the target WTRU.

9. The WTRU of claim 7, wherein the display receives user input via a touchscreen display.

10. The WTRU of claim 7, further comprising a receiver configured to receive data from the target WTRU.

11. The WTRU of claim 7, wherein the processor is further configured to detect information by detecting a location of the at least one candidate WTRU.

12. The WTRU of claim 11, wherein the gestural input is directed towards the target WTRU.

13. A method for use in a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU), the method comprising:

determining, at the WTRU, location information relating to at least one candidate WTRU;

receiving input, at the WTRU, that includes a selection of a target WTRU of the at least one candidate WTRU and a selected action;

associating, at the WTRU, the target WTRU with one of the at least one candidate WTRUs based at least in part on the input and the location information;

generating, at the WTRU, data to be transmitted to the target WTRU based at least in part on the input; and

transmitting the data to the target WTRU.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the selected action indicates a selected file to be transferred to the target WTRU and the data includes the selected file.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the input that includes a selection of a target WTRU is a gestural user input.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the gestural user input is directed towards a physical location of the target WTRU.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein the gestural user input is directed towards a graphical representation of the target WTRU.

18. The method of claim 13, wherein the determining location information includes identifying the at least one candidate WTRU based on physical location.

19. The method of claim 13, wherein the determining location information includes identifying the at least one candidate WTRU based on an ability to communicate with a same network as the WTRU.

20. The method of claim 13, further comprising receiving data from the target WTRU.