Method and apparatus to transfer files between two touch screen interfaces

• US 8,781,398 B2
• Filed: 09/23/2010
• Issued: 07/15/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 09/23/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Original Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Inventors: Konded, Vikas Shankar, Rajan, Ravi, Lakshminarayana, Sreenivasa Sundapalyam, Harish, Vanitha R
• Primary Examiner(s): Tsvey, Gennadiy
• Application Number:
  US12/889,225
• Publication Number:
  US 20120077436A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,391 Days
• Field of Search: 455/41.2, 709/228
• US Class Current: 455/41.2
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/21 for social networking applications

Abstract

Systems and methods for configuring transferring a file between wireless communication devices are presented. The source device receives an input via a touch screen interface. It queries a destination device to determine if the destination device has received an input via the destination device'"'"'s touch screen interface that completes a file transfer gesture. The source device transfers the file based on the response of the destination device to the query.

Claims

1. A method, implemented in a first wireless communication device, for transferring a file to a second wireless communication device, where one or more processors are programmed to perform steps comprising:

receiving, at a first time, an input via a touch screen interface from a user;

transmitting, responsive to the input, a query to the second wireless communication device, wherein the query comprises timestamp information representing the first time and temperature information corresponding to the input;

receiving, from the second wireless communication device, either a positive response or a negative response,

wherein the positive response comprises an indication that a corresponding input was received at the second wireless communication device, within a predetermined time period from the first time represented by the timestamp information, via a touch screen interface on the second wireless communication device, and

wherein the negative response comprises an indication that a corresponding input was not received at the second wireless communication device, within the predetermined time period from the first time represented by the timestamp information, via the touch screen interface on the second wireless communication device;

if the positive response is received, transmitting the file to the second wireless communication device responsive to the positive response; and

if the negative response is received, not transmitting the file to the second wireless communication device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the input comprises a touch from a first finger of a hand and the corresponding input comprise a touch from a second finger of the hand.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising pairing with the second wireless communication device according to the Bluetooth standard.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the query further comprises fingerprint information corresponding to the input.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying to the user, via the touch screen interface, one or more representations of files; and

selecting the file based, at least in part, on a location of the input on the touch screen interface.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the transmitting the query comprises transmitting the query to the second wireless device via a wireless access device.

7. The method of claim 1, comprising transmitting, responsive to the input, the query to a plurality of wireless communication devices.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the input received at the first wireless communication device comprises a first gesture, wherein the input received at the second wireless communication device comprises a second gesture, wherein the indication of the positive response identifies the second gesture, and wherein the method further comprises:

storing the first gesture; and

,

if the positive response is received,

comparing the stored first gesture to the second gesture identified by the indication of the positive response,

determining whether the first gesture is associated with the second gesture as a complete transfer gesture, and

transmitting the file to the second wireless communication device only if it is determined that the first gesture is associated with the second gesture as a complete transfer gesture.

9. The method of claim 8, providing a plurality of complete transfer gestures, wherein each of the plurality of complete transfer gestures comprise an associated pair of first and second gestures.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the first gesture comprises a first tap-and-hold gesture, wherein the second gesture comprises a second tap-and-hold gesture, and wherein determining whether the first gesture is associated with the second gesture as a complete transfer gesture comprises determining whether the first tap-and-hold gesture overlaps in time with the second tap-and-hold gesture.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein the first gesture comprises a swipe gesture, and wherein the second gesture comprises a touch that lies in an approximate line of the swipe gesture.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein the first gesture comprises a swipe in one of a clockwise direction and counter-clockwise direction, and wherein the second gesture comprises a swipe in the other one of the clockwise direction and counter-clockwise direction.

13. The method of claim 8, wherein the first gesture comprises one of a pinch gesture and an un-pinch gesture, and wherein the second gesture comprises the other one of the pinch gesture and un-pinch gesture.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein the indication of the positive response comprises timestamp information representing when the corresponding input was received.

15. A method, implemented in a first wireless communication device, for transferring a file to a second wireless communication device, where one or more processors are programmed to perform steps comprising:

receiving, at a first time, an input and first fingerprint information associated with the input via a touch screen interface from a user;

transmitting, responsive to the input, a query to the second wireless communication device;

receiving, from the second wireless communication device, information regarding one or more inputs received at the second wireless communication device via a touch screen interface on the second wireless communication device, wherein the information regarding the one or more inputs comprises timestamp information for each of the one or more inputs and second fingerprint information for each of the one or more inputs, the information regarding the one or more inputs further comprises temperature information;

comparing timestamp information representing the first time to the timestamp information for each of the one or more inputs;

comparing the first fingerprint information to the second fingerprint information for each of the one or more inputs; and

transferring a file to the second wireless communication device responsive to the comparison of the timestamp information and the comparison of the first and second fingerprint information.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the method further comprises determining first temperature information associated with the input, wherein the information regarding the one or more inputs further comprises second temperature information, wherein the method further comprises comparing the first temperature information to the second temperature information, and wherein the transferring a file is further responsive to the comparison of the first and second temperature information.

17. The method of claim 15, further comprising pairing with the second wireless communication device according to the Bluetooth standard.

18. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

displaying to the user, via the touch screen interface, one or more files; and

selecting the file based, at least in part, on a location of the input on the touch screen interface.

19. The method of claim 15, wherein comparing the first and second fingerprint information comprises determining whether the first fingerprint information corresponds to a touch from a first finger and whether the second fingerprint information for each of the one or more of the inputs corresponds to a touch from a second finger that corresponds with the first finger.

20. The method of claim 15, wherein the transmitting the query comprises transmitting the query to the second wireless device via a wireless access device.

21. A technical system for wireless communication, the system comprising:

a non-transitory computer readable medium for storing computer executable programmed modules;

a processor communicatively coupled with the non-transitory computer readable medium for executing programmed modules stored therein;

an interface module stored in the non-transitory computer readable medium and configured to receive, at a first time, an input via a touch screen interface from a user;

a communication module stored in the non-transitory computer readable medium and configured to

transmit a query to a wireless communication device, wherein the query comprises timestamp information representing the first time and temperature information corresponding to the input, and

receive, from the wireless communication device, a response, the response may be either a positive response or a negative response,

wherein the positive response comprises an indication that a corresponding input was received at the wireless communication device, within a predetermined time period from the first time represented by the timestamp information, via a touch screen interface of the wireless communication device, and

wherein the negative response comprises an indication that a corresponding input was not received at the second wireless communication device, within the predetermined time period from the first time represented by the timestamp information, via the touch screen interface on the second wireless communication device; and

a file transfer module stored in the non-transitory computer readable medium and configured to

if the positive response is received, transfer a file to the wireless communication device responsive to the positive response, and

if the negative response is received, not transferring the file to the wireless communication device.

22. The system of claim 21, wherein the input comprises a touch from a first finger of a hand and the corresponding input comprise a touch from a second finger of the hand.

23. The system of claim 21, further comprising pairing with the wireless communication device according to the Bluetooth standard.

24. The system of claim 21, wherein the query further comprises fingerprint information corresponding to the input.

25. The system of claim 21, further comprising:

displaying to the user, via the touch screen interface, one or more representations of files; and

selecting the file based, at least in part, on a location of the input on the touch screen interface.