Methods of wirelessly providing data between applications of a first electronic device and a second electronic device

• US 8,971,803 B2
• Filed: 08/26/2013
• Issued: 03/03/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 05/12/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Syndefense
• Original Assignee: Robin Dua
• Inventors: Dua, Robin
• Primary Examiner(s): Milord, Marceau
• Application Number:
  US13/975,504
• Publication Number:
  US 20140024310A1
• Time in Patent Office: 554 Days
• Field of Search: 455/41.1, 455/41.2, 455/41.3, 455/2.01, 455/3.06, 455/556.1, 455/552.1, 455/557
• US Class Current: 455/41.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/44 Browsing; Visualisation therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/048 Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3278 RFID or NFC payments by means of M-devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/48 Transceivers
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/72 for local intradevice communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/77 for interrogation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2809 indicating that an appliance service is present in a home automation network monitoring functionality H04L43/0817; discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services, H04L67/51
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/281 indicating a format for calling an appliance service function in a home automation network for remote control or remote monitoring of applications H04L67/025
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2816 Controlling appliance services of a home automation network by calling their functionalities arrangements in telecontrol or telemetry systems for selectively calling a substation from a main station; in which substation desired apparatus is selected for applying a control signal thereto or for obtaining measured values therefrom H04Q9/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/282 based on user interaction within the home receiver circuitry for displaying additional information being controlled by a remote control apparatus H04N21/42204
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/2841 Wireless
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/2849 Audio/video appliances
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1069 Session establishment or de-establishment
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1068 Discovery involving direct consultation or announcement among potential requesting and potential source peers
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0264 for a camera module assembly
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0266 for a display module assembly
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/60 Subscription-based services using application servers or record carriers, e.g. SIM application toolkits
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/70 Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC]
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/14 : Direct-mode setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/005 : Discovery of network devices, e.g. terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/06 : adapted for operation in multiple networks or having at least two operational modes, e.g. multi-mode terminals

Abstract

A wireless media player and a related system and methodology are disclosed. One aspect of the wireless media player system pertains to a virtual connector system, apparatus, and method for the automatic establishment of wireless connectivity with other electronic devices. In one embodiment, the media player device employs the use of integrated Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology to exchange communication settings, media capability, and other parameters with an external device that also has integrated RFID technology. The automatic exchange of settings and other information via a proximity-based RFID data exchange allows a media player to quickly establish a secure communication link with another device via a commonly supported wireless protocol such as Ultra Wideband (UWB) or Bluetooth. Another aspect of the media player system pertains to a method of using the captured media capability of the connecting device to customize certain menu options and software parameters in the media player.

Claims

1. A method of providing data between a first electronic device and a second electronic device, the method comprising:

providing a user interface on the first electronic device when a near field communication interface of the first electronic device is communicatively coupled to a near field communication interface of the second electronic device, the user interface having an option to receive at least one data file currently open in an application running on the second device;

communicating a request from the first electronic device to the second electronic device to provide the at least one data file from the second electronic device;

receiving the at least one data file of second electronic device with the first electronic device according to the request; and

providing at least one option in the user interface on the first electronic device to open the at least one data file in an application on the first electronic device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one data file from the second electronic device includes at least one of audio data, video data, audio-visual data, image data, text, a presentation, internet content, and mark-up language data.

3. A method of providing data between a first electronic device and a second electronic device, the method comprising:

selecting content through at least one application running on the first electronic device;

communicatively coupling a near field communication interface of the first electronic device to a near field communication interface of the second electronic device;

transmitting the selected content associated with the at least one application running on the first electronic device to the second electronic device; and

receiving the selected content with the second electronic device to be processed, displayed or stored by the second electronic device automatically or according to a received user input.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the selected content includes at least one of audio data, video data, audio-visual data, image data, text, a presentation, internet content, and mark-up language data.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the second electronic device is a printer, and the received selected content is processed to be output by the printer onto a printing medium.

6. The method of claim 3, wherein the selecting of the content through at least one application running on the first electronic device is performed either before or after communicatively coupling the near field communication interface of the first electronic device to the near field communication interface of the second electronic device.

7. A method of providing data between a first electronic device and a second electronic device, the method comprising:

establishing near field communication between the first electronic device and the second electronic device;

receiving identification information from the first electronic device in the second electronic device via the near field communication;

receiving network configuration information from the first electronic device in the second electronic device via the near field communication;

establishing network communication between the first electronic device and the second electronic device based at least in part on the network configuration information;

receiving in the second electronic device a request for data transfer to the first electronic device from the second electronic device via the network communication, the request including at least one data file currently open in an application running on the second electronic device; and

transferring the at least one data file from the second electronic device to the first electronic device via the network communication.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the at least one of data file includes at least one of audio data, video data, audio-visual data, image data, text, a presentation, internet content, and mark-up language data.

9. A method of providing data between a first electronic device and a second electronic device, the method comprising:

establishing network communication between the first electronic device and the second electronic device, the first electronic device including at least one data file currently open in an application running on the first electronic device;

providing a user interface on the second electronic device with an option to initiate a data transmission between the first electronic device and the second electronic device to transfer at least some of the at least one data file currently open in the application running on the first electronic device;

communicating a request from the second electronic device to the first electronic device via the network communication to initiate the data transmission when the option to initiate the data transmission is selected, where the request comprises a request to transfer the at least some of the at least one data file currently open in the application running on the first electronic device; and

receiving in the second electronic device the at least some of the at least one data file via the network communication in response to the request to initiate the data transmission.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the at least one of the data file includes at least one of audio data, video data, audio-visual data, image data, text, a presentation, internet content, and mark-up language data.

11. A method of providing data between a first electronic device and a second electronic device, the method comprising:

providing a user interface on the first electronic device with an option to establish communication with the second electronic device and initiate a data transfer, the second electronic device includes at least one of a data file currently open in an application running on the second electronic device; and

when the option to establish communication and initiate the data transfer is selected, establishing communication between the first electronic device and the second electronic device;

communicating a request from the first electronic device to the second electronic device to initiate the data transfer; and

receiving in the first electronic device the at least one data file open in the application running on the second electronic device.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the at least one of the data file includes at least one of audio data, video data, audio-visual data, image data, text, a presentation, internet content, and mark-up language data.