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 processor performing:
- receiving a user request to transfer a digital media file from the processor to at least one specified processor-based device;
providing a graphical user interface to detect the presence of a thumbnail corresponding to the digital media file hovering over a first desktop icon of a desktop of a display coupled to the processor;
in response to the presence of the thumbnail, displaying a first menu to indicate a first plurality of potential digital media file destinations without requiring a user selection of a destination;
detecting the presence of the thumbnail hovering over a second desktop icon of the desktop;
displaying a second menu to indicate a second plurality of potential digital media file destinations; and
in response to detecting the presence of the thumbnail hovering over either the first or second desktop icon, displaying the corresponding menu, receiving a selection of a digital media file destination from the corresponding menu, and transferring the digital media file to the selected digital media file destination, which is the at least one specified processor-based device.
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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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15 Claims
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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 processor performing:
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receiving a user request to transfer a digital media file from the processor to at least one specified processor-based device; providing a graphical user interface to detect the presence of a thumbnail corresponding to the digital media file hovering over a first desktop icon of a desktop of a display coupled to the processor; in response to the presence of the thumbnail, displaying a first menu to indicate a first plurality of potential digital media file destinations without requiring a user selection of a destination; detecting the presence of the thumbnail hovering over a second desktop icon of the desktop; displaying a second menu to indicate a second plurality of potential digital media file destinations; and in response to detecting the presence of the thumbnail hovering over either the first or second desktop icon, displaying the corresponding menu, receiving a selection of a digital media file destination from the corresponding menu, and transferring the digital media file to the selected digital media file destination, which is the at least one specified processor-based device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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