Application state and activity transfer between devices

• US 8,494,439 B2
• Filed: 05/04/2010
• Issued: 07/23/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 05/04/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Original Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Inventors: Faenger, Jens
• Primary Examiner(s): AJIBADE AKONAI, OLUMIDE
• Application Number:
  US12/773,238
• Publication Number:
  US 20110275358A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,176 Days
• Field of Search: 455/3.06, 455/41.1, 455/41.2, 455/41.3, 455/414.1, 455/556.1, 455/556.2, 455/557, 455/569.1, 455/569.2, 455/575.9, 455/418, 455/419, 455/420, 709/212, 709/217, 709/218, 709/227, 709/FOR.119, 340/425.5, 340/426.2, 340/426.22, 340/431, 340/433, 340/434, 340/426.16
• US Class Current: 455/3.06
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/4856 resumption being on a different machine, e.g. task migration, virtual machine migration G06F9/5088 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/24 Transfer of terminal data

Abstract

A method of operating a personal electronic device and an in-vehicle infotainment system includes running an application on one of the personal electronic device and the in-vehicle infotainment system. It is sensed that the personal electronic device has been, or soon will be, moved into or out of a proximity of the in-vehicle infotainment system. Information regarding a state of the one of the personal electronic device and the in-vehicle infotainment system is transferred to the other of the personal electronic device and the in-vehicle infotainment system. An application is selected for the other of the personal electronic device and the in-vehicle infotainment system. The selected application is used to replicate the state of the one of the personal electronic device and the in-vehicle infotainment system on the other of the personal electronic device and the in-vehicle infotainment system.

Claims

1. A method of operating a personal electronic device and an in-vehicle infotainment system, the method comprising the steps of:

running an application on one of the personal electronic device and the in-vehicle infotainment system;

displaying information regarding the running of the application on a display screen of the one of the personal electronic device and the in-vehicle infotainment system;

positioning the personal electronic device and the in-vehicle infotainment system such that the display screen of the one of the personal electronic device and the in-vehicle infotainment system is disposed within a field of view of an optical sensor of an other of the personal electronic device and the in-vehicle infotainment system;

using the optical sensor to capture at least one image of the display screen;

analyzing the captured image to thereby extract information regarding a state of the one of the personal electronic device and the in-vehicle infotainment system;

selecting an application for the other of the personal electronic device and the in-vehicle infotainment system, the selecting being dependent upon the extracted information; and

using the selected application to replicate the state of the one of the personal electronic device and the in-vehicle infotainment system on the other of the personal electronic device and the in-vehicle infotainment system.

2. The method of claim 1 comprising the further step of recognizing text content and/or objects on the display screen.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the optical sensor comprises a video camera.

4. The method of claim 1 comprising the further step of using the optical sensor to search for an identification tag, a bar code, or a specific image on the one of the personal electronic device and the in-vehicle infotainment system.

5. The method of claim 1 comprising the further step of analyzing the captured image in order to determine an activity being performed by a user.

6. The method of claim 5 wherein the selecting step is dependent upon the determined activity being performed by the user.