Device communication system with proximity synchronization mechanism and method of operation thereof

• US 9,179,243 B2
• Filed: 12/06/2013
• Issued: 11/03/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/06/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Goel, Mayank, Hibino, Stacie Lynn
• Primary Examiner(s): Bilodeau, David
• Application Number:
  US14/099,013
• Publication Number:
  US 20150163618A1
• Time in Patent Office: 697 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 15/46 Indirect determination of position data
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 3/803 using amplitude comparison of signals derived from receiving transducers or transducer systems having differently-oriented directivity characteristics
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 5/0264 at least one of the systems being a non-radio wave positioning system
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 5/18 using ultrasonic, sonic, or infrasonic waves
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 5/28 by co-ordinating position lines of different shape, e.g. hyperbolic, circular, elliptical or radial
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/70 Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/16 Discovering, processing access restriction or access information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/14 Direct-mode setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/18 Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks

Abstract

A device communication system includes: a communication interface configured to receive a wireless signal strength for locating a wireless enabled device; a control interface, coupled to the communication interface, configured to measure the wireless signal strength; a user interface, coupled to the control interface, configured to receive a left acoustic signal and a right acoustic signal for determining an acoustic direction; and a control unit, coupled to the user interface, configured to form a peer-to-peer network connection based on the wireless signal strength and the acoustic direction for displaying on the wireless enabled device.

Claims

1. A device communication system comprising:

a communication interface configured to receive a wireless signal strength for locating a wireless enabled device;

a control interface, coupled to the communication interface, configured to measure the wireless signal strength;

a user interface, coupled to the control interface, configured to receive a left acoustic signal and a right acoustic signal for determining an acoustic direction; and

a control unit, coupled to the user interface, configured to form a peer-to-peer network connection based on the wireless signal strength and the acoustic direction.

2. The system as claimed in claim 1 further comprising a storage unit, coupled to the control unit, configured to store an application file for transferring the application file to the wireless enabled device.

3. The system as claimed in claim 1 wherein the communication interface is configured to transfer an application file through the peer-to-peer network connection.

4. The system as claimed in claim 1 further comprising a communication unit, coupled to the peer-to-peer network connection, configured to transfer an application file to the wireless enabled device.

5. The system as claimed in claim 1 further comprising a location unit, configured to provide a device location, coupled to the control unit for transferring the device location.

6. The system as claimed in claim 1 further comprising a communication unit, coupled to the control unit, configured to transfer an application file automatically when the peer-to-peer network connection is established.

7. The system as claimed in claim 1 wherein the user interface includes a touch screen configured to control transfer of an application file across the peer-to-peer network connection.

8. A device communication system comprising:

a communication interface configured to receive a wireless activation command from a server device based on a proximate resource request from a mobile device;

a user interface, including a left speaker and a right speaker, coupled to the communication interface, configured to emit a left acoustic signal from the left speaker and a right acoustic signal from the right speaker; and

a control unit, coupled to the user interface, configured to;

provide an acoustic direction for the mobile device based on the left acoustic signal, the right acoustic signal, or a combination thereof,

activate a communication unit to provide a wireless signal strength, and

form a peer-to-peer network connection with the mobile device based on the acoustic direction and the wireless signal strength.

9. The system as claimed in claim 8 further comprising a wireless antenna, coupled to the communication unit, configured to establish a radius with the wireless signal strength, the left acoustic signal, and the right acoustic signal.

10. The system as claimed in claim 8 wherein the control unit configures communication unit to operate as a wireless access point by the wireless activation command.

11. The system as claimed in claim 8 wherein the communication unit is configured to operate as a wireless access point to establish the peer-to-peer network connection and transfer an application file.

12. A method of operation of a device communication system comprising:

contacting a server device for locating a wireless enabled device;

measuring a wireless signal strength;

analyzing a left acoustic signal and a right acoustic signal for determining an acoustic direction of the wireless enabled device; and

forming a peer-to-peer network connection based on the wireless signal strength and the acoustic direction.

13. The method as claimed in claim 12 further comprising transferring an application file to the wireless enabled device through the peer-to-peer network connection.

14. The method as claimed in claim 12 wherein forming the peer-to-peer network connection includes displaying an application file transferred through the peer-to-peer network connection on a display screen.

15. The method as claimed in claim 12 further comprising transferring an application file upon forming the peer-to-peer network connection.

16. The method as claimed in claim 12 wherein contacting a server device includes transmitting a proximate resource request for determining a first radius.

17. The method as claimed in claim 12 further comprising transferring an application file in response to motioning on a touch screen in the acoustic direction.

18. The method as claimed in claim 12 further comprising establishing a second radius smaller than a first radius for detecting the wireless signal strength from a wireless antenna.

19. The method as claimed in claim 12 further comprising sending a proximate resource request to the server device for establishing a first radius.

20. The method as claimed in claim 12 further comprising analyzing the wireless signal strength, the left acoustic signal, and the right acoustic signal for locating the wireless enabled device.

21. The method as claimed in claim 12 further comprising transferring an application file through the peer-to-peer network connection including displaying the application file on a display screen.

22. A method of operation of a device communication system comprising:

transmitting a wireless signal strength, a left acoustic signal, and a right acoustic signal;

forming a peer-to-peer network connection based on the wireless signal strength, the left acoustic signal, and the right acoustic signal; and

receiving an application file for communicating the application file with a wireless enable divice.

23. The method as claimed in claim 22 further comprising receiving a wireless activation command from a server device for forming the peer-to-peer network connection.

24. The method as claimed in claim 22 further comprising receiving a wireless activation command from a server device for transmitting the wireless signal strength, the left acoustic signal, and the right acoustic signal.