Ad-hoc connection between electronic devices
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- detecting, by an apparatus, that a mobile device is in close proximity to another mobile device, while a particular application of the mobile device is a foreground application that is currently selected to receive user input and that receives a user input for selecting a file on the mobile device;
causing, by the apparatus, the establishment of a communication channel between the mobile device and the other mobile device in response to the detection that the mobile device is in close proximity to another mobile device for enabling a transfer of the file from the mobile device to the other mobile device; and
notifying, by the apparatus, the foreground application about the established communication channel.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method of creating an ad-hoc connection between two electronic devices. In order to enable a particularly user-friendly creation of such a connection, it is proposed that a first device detects a hugging state between the first device and a second device, in which the first device and the second device are in close vicinity and a piece of information is received at the first device directly from the second device. In case a hugging state is detected, a handle is obtained proceeding from the received piece of information. The handle comprises an address of some device other than the first device. Finally, a communication channel is established between the first device and the other device using the address included in the handle. The invention relates equally to a corresponding device, to an expandable framework for such a device, and to a corresponding software program product.
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61 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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detecting, by an apparatus, that a mobile device is in close proximity to another mobile device, while a particular application of the mobile device is a foreground application that is currently selected to receive user input and that receives a user input for selecting a file on the mobile device; causing, by the apparatus, the establishment of a communication channel between the mobile device and the other mobile device in response to the detection that the mobile device is in close proximity to another mobile device for enabling a transfer of the file from the mobile device to the other mobile device; and notifying, by the apparatus, the foreground application about the established communication channel. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. An apparatus comprising:
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a touch detection portion, the touch detection portion being configured to detect that the apparatus is in close proximity to a mobile device, while a particular application of the apparatus is a foreground application that is currently selected to receive user input and that receives a user input for selecting a file on the apparatus; and a link creation portion configured to cause the establishment of a communication channel between the apparatus and the mobile device in response to the detection that the apparatus is in close proximity to a mobile device for enabling a transfer of the file from the apparatus to the mobile device, and configured to notify the foreground application in the apparatus about the established communication channel. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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38. A system comprising:
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a touch detection portion, the touch detection portion being configured to detect that a mobile device is in close proximity to another mobile device, while a particular application of the mobile device is a foreground application that is currently selected to receive user input and that receives a user input for selecting a file on the mobile device; and a link creation portion configured to cause the establishment of a communication channel between the mobile device and the other mobile device in response to the detection that the mobile device is in close proximity to another mobile device for enabling a transfer of the file from the mobile device to the other mobile device, and configured to notify the foreground application in the mobile device about the established communication channel. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50)
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51. A non-transitory computer program product in which a software code is stored, the software code, when executed, causing an electronic device to perform the following:
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detecting that a mobile device is in close proximity to another mobile device, while a particular application of the mobile device is a foreground application that is currently selected to receive user input and that receives a user input for selecting a file on the mobile device; causing the establishment of a communication channel between the mobile device and the other mobile device in response to the detection that the mobile device is in close proximity to another mobile device for enabling a transfer of the file from the mobile device to the other mobile device; and notifying the foreground application about the established communication channel. - View Dependent Claims (52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61)
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