Approaches for sharing data between electronic devices

• US 8,964,947 B1
• Filed: 03/11/2013
• Issued: 02/24/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 03/11/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Inventors: Edara, Kiran Kumar, Noolu, Rama
• Primary Examiner(s): Teshale, Akelaw
• Application Number:
  US13/794,564
• Time in Patent Office: 715 Days
• Field of Search: 379/25, 379/207.12, 379/372, 379/69, 379/93.32, 379/201.01, 379/201.04, 379/370, 455/41.2, 455/440, 455/452, 455/457, 455/404.2, 455/414.2, 455/448, 455/456.1, 455/460
• US Class Current: 379/88.01
• 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: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2201/42 Graphical user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/2094 Proximity
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42263 where the same subscriber uses different terminals, i.e. nomadism
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/541 based on information specified by the calling party
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 7/003 Click to dial services

Abstract

Systems and approaches are provided to enable multiple user devices to share data between devices. In one scenario, a user may click on or touch a telephone hyperlink from a browser of a desktop computer to initiate a telephone call from the user'"'"'s mobile phone. In another situation, a user may begin various computing tasks from a tablet in the evening, share data associated relating to her work with a business computer, and complete her tasks the next day in the office with little to no minimal disruption to her work flow. In effect, the user may “cut” or “copy” data from a first personal computing device and paste that “data” onto a second computing device.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for sharing data between user devices, comprising:

displaying data on a display of a first device, at least a portion of the data corresponding to one or more telephone numbers;

receiving a first user selection of a telephone number of the one or more telephone numbers;

in response to receiving the first user selection of the telephone number,

determining one or more devices within a specified proximity of the first device and capable of initiating a telecommunication call with the telephone number at a current period of time; and

displaying, on the display of the first device, a listing of the one or more devices determined to be within the specified proximity of the first device and capable of initiating the telecommunication call with the telephone number at the current period of time;

receiving a second user selection of a second device of the one or more devices; and

in response to receiving the second user selection, sending the telephone number from the first device to the second device to cause the second device to execute a telephony application and automatically dial the telephone number using the telephony application.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the listing includes at least one of:

an ordering of each device of the one or more devices based at least in part upon a respective proximity of the device with respect to the first device;

a respective distance of each device of the one or more devices between the device and the first device;

or

a respective location of each device of the one or more devices.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

requiring at least one user input at the second device prior to initiating the telecommunication call with the telephone number.

4. A computer-implemented method for sharing data, comprising:

obtaining a first selection of a telephone number on a first device, the first selection corresponding to an application on one or more devices capable of utilizing the telephone number;

in response to obtaining the first selection, determining the one or more devices within a specified proximity of the first device and capable of executing the application and initiating a telecommunication call with the telephone number at a current period of time;

obtaining a second selection of a second device from among the one or more devices determined to be within the specified proximity of the first device and capable of executing the application and initiating the telecommunication call with the telephone number at the current period of time; and

sending the telephone number from the first device to the second device to cause the second device to execute the application and automatically dial the telephone number to initiate the telecommunication call.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 4, further comprising:

in further response to receiving the first selection, providing a listing of the one or more devices determined to be within the specified proximity of the first device and capable of executing the application and initiating the telecommunication call with the telephone number at the current period of time.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 5, wherein the listing includes at least one of:

an ordering of each device of the one or more devices based at least in part upon a respective proximity of the device with respect to the first device;

a respective distance of each device of the one or more devices between the device and the first device;

or

a respective location of each device of the one or more devices.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 5, further comprising:

requiring at least one user input at the second device prior to initiating the telecommunication call using the telephone number.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 5, further comprising:

determining that the first device stores a plurality of telephone numbers; and

rendering each of the one or more telephone number for display on the first device in such a manner that a user may select one of the plurality of telephone numbers with one of a single click or a single touch.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 4, further comprising:

in further response to obtaining the second selection of the second device, causing the second device to automatically launch the application.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 4, wherein the application is a telephony application.

11. A computing device, comprising:

a processor;

a memory device including instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the computing device to;

obtain a first selection of a telephone number on the computing device, the first selection corresponding to an application on one or more devices capable of utilizing the telephone number;

in response to obtaining the first selection, determine the one or more devices within a specified proximity of the computing device and capable of executing the application and initiating a telecommunication call with the telephone number at a current period of time;

obtain a second selection of a second device from among the one or more devices determined to be within the specified proximity of the computing device and capable of executing the application and initiating the telecommunication call with the telephone number at the current period of time; and

send the telephone number from the computing device to the second device to cause the second device to execute the application and automatically dial the telephone number to initiate the telecommunication call.

12. The computing device of claim 11, wherein the instructions when executed further cause the computing device to:

in further response to receiving the first selection, provide a listing of the one or more devices determined to be within the specified proximity of the computing device and capable of executing the application and initiating the telecommunication call with the telephone number at the current period of time.

13. The computing device of claim 11, wherein the application is a telephony application.

14. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions for sharing data, the instructions when executed by one or more processors causing a computing system to:

obtain a first selection of a telephone number on a first device, the first selection corresponding to an application on one or more devices capable of utilizing the telephone number;

in response to obtaining the first selection, determining the one or more devices within a specified proximity of the first device and capable of executing the application and initiating a telecommunication call with the telephone number at a current period of time;

obtaining a second selection of a second device from among the one or more devices determined to be within the specified proximity of the first device and capable of executing the application and initiating the telecommunication call with the telephone number at the current period of time; and

send the portion of the data from the first device to the second device to cause the second device to execute the application and automatically dial the telephone number to initiate the telecommunication call.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 14, wherein the instructions when executed further cause the computing system to:

in further response to obtaining the second selection of the second device, cause the second device to automatically launch the application.