Smart automatic communication method and system

• US 8,780,712 B2
• Filed: 12/04/2012
• Issued: 07/15/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/04/2012
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Fluiditech IP Limited
• Original Assignee: Fluiditech IP Limited
• Inventors: Tsai, Jonathan
• Primary Examiner(s): Phan, Tri H
• Application Number:
  US13/693,727
• Publication Number:
  US 20140153455A1
• Time in Patent Office: 588 Days
• Field of Search: 370254-258, 370/310, 370315-316, 370328-332, 370/338, 370/341, 370400-401, 370464-468, 455431-444, 455446-466, 709227-237
• US Class Current: 370/230
• 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 smart automatic communication method and system are introduced. The method applies to a first electronic device and a second electronic device. The first electronic device has a first near field communication chip and a first far field communication chip. The second electronic device has a second near field communication chip and a second far field communication chip. The first electronic device generates a communication packet having therein a communication setup file. The first electronic device moves toward the second electronic device until the first near field communication chip can trigger the second near field communication chip within a short distance. The communication packet is sent from the first electronic device to the second electronic device. The second electronic device analyzes the communication packet to obtain the communication setup file, thereby creating a first far field communication path between the first and second far field communication chips.

Claims

1. A smart automatic communication method for use with a first electronic device and a second electronic device, the first electronic device having a first near field communication chip and a first far field communication chip, and the second electronic device having a second near field communication chip and a second far field communication chip, the method comprising the steps of:

generating a communication packet from the first electronic device to package a communication setup file of the first far field communication chip in the communication packet;

moving the first electronic device toward the second electronic device to allow the first near field communication chip to trigger the second near field communication chip within a distance and create a first near field communication path between the first near field communication chip and the second near field communication chip;

sending the communication packet to the second electronic device through the first near field communication path;

analyzing the communication packet with the second electronic device to fetch and send the communication setup file to the second far field communication chip; and

creating a first far field communication path between the second far field communication chip and the first far field communication chip according to the communication setup file.

2. The smart automatic communication method of claim 1, wherein, after the step of sending the communication packet to the second electronic device through the first near field communication path, the method further comprises the steps of:

moving the second electronic device to a third electronic device having a third near field communication chip and a third far field communication chip and creating a second near field communication path between the third near field communication chip and the second near field communication chip;

sending the communication packet to the third electronic device by the second near field communication path;

analyzing the communication packet with the third electronic device to fetch and send the communication setup file to the third far field communication chip; and

creating a second far field communication path between the third far field communication chip and the first far field communication chip according to the communication setup file.

3. The smart automatic communication method of claim 2, wherein the first far field communication path and the second far field communication path are the Internet.

4. A smart automatic communication system, comprising:

a first electronic device having a first processing unit, a first near field communication chip, and a first far field communication chip, the first processing unit connecting the first near field communication chip and the first far field communication chip and generating a communication packet sent from the first near field communication chip, wherein a communication setup file of the first far field communication chip is packaged in the communication packet; and

a second electronic device having a second processing unit, a second near field communication chip, and a second far field communication chip, the second processing unit connecting the second near field communication chip and the second far field communication chip, the second electronic device being connected to the first electronic device via the second near field communication chip to receive the communication packet, the second processing unit analyzing the communication packet to obtain the communication setup file, thereby creating a first far field communication path between the second far field communication chip and the first far field communication chip according to the communication setup file.

5. The smart automatic communication system of claim 4, further comprising a third electronic device having a third processing unit, a third near field communication chip, and a third far field communication chip, the third processing unit connecting the third near field communication chip and the third far field communication chip, the third electronic device being connected to the second electronic device via the third near field communication chip to receive the communication packet previously received by the second processing unit, the third processing unit analyzing the communication packet to obtain the communication setup file, thereby creating a second far field communication path between the third far field communication chip and the first far field communication chip according to the communication setup file.

6. The smart automatic communication system of claim 5, wherein the first near field communication chip, the second near field communication chip, and the third near field communication chip comply with at least one of a near field communication protocol and a Bluetooth communication protocol.

7. The smart automatic communication system of claim 5, wherein the first far field communication chip, the second far field communication chip, and the third far field communication chip comply with at least one of a Bluetooth communication protocol, a Wi-Fi communication protocol, and a wireless universal serial bus protocol.

8. The smart automatic communication system of claim 5, wherein the first far field communication path and the second far field communication path are the Internet.

9. The smart automatic communication system of claim 5, wherein, when a distance between the first electronic device and the second electronic device does not exceed a predetermined distance value, the first near field communication chip triggers the second near field communication chip for creating the first near field communication path.

10. The smart automatic communication system of claim 5, wherein the third electronic device further comprises a second image projecting unit connected to the third processing unit and adapted to project projected data generated from the third processing unit to a carrier, wherein the third processing unit converts data related to the first electronic device and received from the first far field communication path into the projected data.

11. The smart automatic communication system of claim 4, wherein the second electronic device further comprises a first image projecting unit connected to the second processing unit and adapted to project projected data generated from the second processing unit to a carrier, wherein the second processing unit converts data related to the first electronic device and received from the first far field communication path into the projected data.