User interface to facilitate exchanging files among processor-based devices
First Claim
1. An article comprising a machine-accessible non-transitory medium having associated instructions, wherein the instructions, when accessed, result in a machine performing:
- displaying a digital media file as a thumbnail on a display of a handheld, wireless appliance;
hovering the thumbnail over a drop spot of the display;
responsive to hovering, displaying a list of destination processor-based devices without requiring a user selection of a destination processor-based device;
hovering the thumbnail over another portion of the display;
hovering the thumbnail over the drop spot again;
responsive to hovering, displaying the list of destination processor-based devices;
receiving a user command to transfer the digital media file to one of the destination processor-based devices on the list; and
transferring the digital media file through an intermediary processor-based device to the one of the destination processor-based devices.
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Abstract
A first processor-based device (PBD), such as a personal computer functioning as a host and containing digital media files, may share a selected file with a second PBD. Media file-sharing may be facilitated by an automated technique including graphical user interfaces (GUIs). In one embodiment, when a device user wishes to transfer a file to another device, the user hovers the file over a particular desktop icon and drops it, causing it to be automatically transmitted to a corresponding destination. Optionally, in response to hovering, a software program automatically generates a GUI indicating potential destinations. The user then selects a destination, and the system automatically transfers the file to that destination. In another embodiment, media sharing can be initiated from a digital appliance, such as a digital picture frame, and a file can be sent to another PBD, such as another digital picture frame via an intermediary PBD.
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1. An article comprising a machine-accessible non-transitory medium having associated instructions, wherein the instructions, when accessed, result in a machine performing:
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displaying a digital media file as a thumbnail on a display of a handheld, wireless appliance; hovering the thumbnail over a drop spot of the display; responsive to hovering, displaying a list of destination processor-based devices without requiring a user selection of a destination processor-based device; hovering the thumbnail over another portion of the display; hovering the thumbnail over the drop spot again; responsive to hovering, displaying the list of destination processor-based devices; receiving a user command to transfer the digital media file to one of the destination processor-based devices on the list; and transferring the digital media file through an intermediary processor-based device to the one of the destination processor-based devices. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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