Mobile electronic device and connection establishment method between mobile electronic devices

• US 9,026,052 B2
• Filed: 01/24/2013
• Issued: 05/05/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 01/24/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: HTC Corporation
• Original Assignee: HTC Corporation
• Inventors: Chang, Edward, Chiang, Chi-Pang, Liu, Te-Chuan, Mei, Chung-Huan, Lin, Zih-Ci, Chung, Yi-Yu
• Primary Examiner(s): AKINYEMI, AJIBOLA A
• Application Number:
  US13/748,601
• Publication Number:
  US 20140206287A1
• Time in Patent Office: 831 Days
• Field of Search: 455/41.2
• US Class Current: 455/41.2
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/025 using location based information parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/21 for social networking applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 Connection setup

Abstract

A mobile electronic device and a connection establishment method between the mobile electronic devices are provided. The connection establishment method includes the following steps. When a first mobile electronic device detects a control gesture applied to the first mobile electronic device, whether a second mobile electronic device is searched by the first mobile electronic device is determined, in which the second mobile electronic device detects the same control gesture applied to the second mobile electronic device. If the second mobile electronic device is searched by the first mobile electronic device, a first proximal wireless network connection between the first mobile electronic device and the second mobile electronic device is then established.

Claims

1. A connection establishment method applicable to a mobile electronic device, wherein the mobile electronic device comprises a sensor, a processor and a network module, and the processor is coupled to the sensor and the network module, the connection establishment method comprising:

(a) detecting a control gesture applied to the mobile electronic device through the sensor;

(b) determining whether another mobile electronic device is searched through the processor when the control gesture applied to the mobile electronic device is detected, wherein the another mobile electronic device detects the control gesture applied to the another mobile electronic device; and

(c) establishing a first proximal wireless network connection between the mobile electronic device and the another mobile electronic device through the network module if the another mobile electronic device being searched is determined,

wherein the sensor is a motion sensor, and the control gesture applied to the mobile electronic device corresponds to a movement in a space of the mobile electronic device,

wherein the step (b) comprises the following steps;

(b1) recognizing a feature of the control gesture through the processor; and

(b2) generating an identify code corresponding to the control gesture through the processor according to the feature and a plurality of preset codes in a database.

2. The connection establishment method according to claim 1, wherein if the another mobile electronic device not being searched is determined, the connection establishment method further comprises:

serving the mobile electronic device as a master terminal of a proximal wireless network, so as to continually send a connection request within a area or continue to wait for another connection request from yet another mobile electronic device.

3. The connection establishment method according to claim 1, wherein the step (b) further comprises the following steps:

(b3) sending a connection request comprising the identify code through the network module; and

(b4) determining that the network module receives a connection reply comprising the identify code within a predetermined time through the processor, so as to determine the another mobile electronic device is searched.

4. The connection establishment method according to claim 3, wherein the step (b4) is a step of determining that the network module does not receive the connection reply comprising the identify code within the predetermined time through the processor and then serving the mobile electronic device as a master terminal of a proximal wireless network.

5. The connection establishment method according to claim 1, wherein the sensor is a touch sensor, and the control gesture applied to the mobile electronic device corresponds to at least one tap operation continuously applied onto a touch screen of the mobile electronic device.

6. The connection establishment method according to claim 1, wherein the sensor is a touch sensor, and the control gesture applied to the mobile electronic device corresponds to a slide operation applied onto a touch screen of the mobile electronic device.

7. The connection establishment method according to claim 1, further comprising a step of executing a data transmission between the network module and the another mobile electronic device through the first proximal wireless network connection.

8. The connection establishment method according to claim 7, wherein before the step of executing the data transmission between the network module and the another mobile electronic device, the method further comprises a step of executing an identification procedure through the processor to determine whether to execute the data transmission through the network module.

9. The connection establishment method according to claim 1, further comprising the following steps:

determining by the processor that yet another mobile electronic device is searched through the network module, wherein the yet another mobile electronic device detects the control gesture applied to the yet another mobile electronic device;

setting the mobile electronic device as an access point by the processor; and

establishing a second proximal wireless network connection between the mobile electronic device and the yet another mobile electronic device through the network module to cause the mobile electronic device, the another mobile electronic device and the yet another mobile electronic device to execute a data transmission through the first proximal wireless network connection and the second proximal wireless network connection by serving the mobile electronic device as the access point.

10. A mobile electronic device, comprising:

a sensor, configured to detect a control gesture applied to the mobile electronic device, wherein the sensor is a motion sensor, and the control gesture applied to the mobile electronic device corresponds to a movement in a space of the mobile electronic device;

a processor, coupled to the sensor and configured to determine whether another mobile electronic device is searched when the control gesture applied to the mobile electronic device is detected by the sensor, wherein the another mobile electronic device detects the control gesture applied to the another mobile electronic device; and

a network module, coupled to the processor, and configured to establish a first proximal wireless network connection between the mobile electronic device and the another mobile electronic device if the processor determines the another mobile electronic device is searched,

wherein the processor is further configured to recognize a feature of the control gesture and generate an identify code corresponding to the control gesture according to the feature and a plurality of preset codes in a database.

11. The mobile electronic device according to claim 10, wherein the mobile electronic device serves as a master terminal of a proximal wireless network if the processor determines the another mobile electronic device is not searched, so as to continually send a connection request within a area or continue to wait for another connection request from yet another mobile electronic device.

12. The mobile electronic device according to claim 10, wherein:

the network module is further configured to send a connection request comprising the identify code; and

the processor is further configured to determine that the network module receives a connection reply comprising the identify code within a predetermined time, so as to determine the another mobile electronic device is searched.

13. The mobile electronic device according to claim 12, wherein the processor is further configured to determine that the network module does not receive the connection reply comprising the identify code within a predetermined time, and then the mobile electronic device serves as a master terminal of a proximal wireless network.

14. The mobile electronic device according to claim 10, wherein the sensor is a touch sensor, and the control gesture applied to the mobile electronic device corresponds to at least one tap operation continuously applied onto a touch screen of the mobile electronic device.

15. The mobile electronic device according to claim 10, wherein the sensor is a touch sensor, and the control gesture applied to the mobile electronic device corresponds to a slide operation applied onto a touch screen of the mobile electronic device.

16. The mobile electronic device according to claim 10, wherein the network module is further with the another mobile electronic device to execute a data transmission through the first proximal wireless network connection.

17. The mobile electronic device according to claim 16, wherein the processor executes an identification procedure before the network module and the another mobile electronic device execute the data transmission, so as to determine whether to execute the data transmission through the network module.

18. The mobile electronic device according to claim 10, wherein if the processor determines that yet another mobile electronic device is searched through the network module and the yet another mobile electronic device detects the control gesture applied to the yet another mobile electronic device, the processor sets the mobile electronic device as an access point, the network module establishes a second proximal wireless network connection between the mobile electronic device and the yet another mobile electronic device,

the mobile electronic device, the another mobile electronic device and the yet another mobile electronic device execute a data transmission through the first proximal wireless network connection and the second proximal wireless network connection by serving the mobile electronic device as the access point.