System and method for transferring data between electronic devices

• US 9,197,733 B2
• Filed: 02/21/2012
• Issued: 11/24/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 02/21/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Blackberry Limited
• Inventors: Grdenfors, Dan Zacharias, Winberg, Michael Erik, Wasberger, Emil Alexander
• Primary Examiner(s): HSIEH, PING Y
• Application Number:
  US13/401,593
• Publication Number:
  US 20130217330A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,372 Days
• Field of Search: 455/41.1, 455/41.2, 455/41.3, 455/556.1, 455/556.2, 455/557, 455/566
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/64 file transfer between terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/06 Optimizing the usage of the radio link, e.g. header compression, information sizing , discarding information system modifying transmission characteristic according to link quality by modifying frame length H04L1/0007; dynamic adaptation of the packet size for flow control or congestion control H04L47/365
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/14 Direct-mode setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 92/18 between terminal devices

Abstract

A system and method are provided for transferring data from a first mobile device to another device by determining a set comprising one or more items, initiating a first transfer of at least some data associated with at least one of the one or more items to the other device, detecting an interaction with the set, and enabling a second transfer of additional data associated with the set.

Claims

1. A method of transferring data from a first mobile device to another device, the method comprising:

the first mobile device automatically predicting at least one item stored on the first mobile device that is likely to be shared with the another device according to at least one criterion, the predicting comprising

identifying a plurality of items currently being presenting on a display of the first mobile device, the plurality of items comprising the at least one item; and

identifying at least a subset of the plurality of items that is relevant to a user of the another device, the subset comprising the at least one item;

the first mobile device initiating a first transfer of at least a portion of data associated with the at least one item to the another device;

the first mobile device detecting an interaction with the at least one item on at least one of the first mobile device and the another device; and

after detecting the interaction, the first mobile device enabling a second transfer of at least an additional portion of the data associated with the at least one item to the another device.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising detecting that the another device is connectable to the first mobile device and enabling the first mobile device to be communicably connected to the another device.

3. The method of claim 2, comprising establishing a short-range communication connection with the another device.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the data associated with the at least one item has been encrypted, the method further comprising providing a decryption key to the another device.

5. The method of claim 1, the first transfer being initiated by sending an identifier to the another device to enable the another device to obtain the data associated with the at least one item from another source.

6. The method of claim 5, the another source comprising a database storing the at least one item and being accessible to the another device over a network.

7. The method of claim 1, the second transfer being initiated by an interaction detected on the first mobile device.

8. The method of claim 1, the second transfer being initiated by an interaction detected on the another device.

9. The method of claim 1, the another device being a second mobile device.

10. The method of claim 9, the second mobile device being controlled by a same user as the first mobile device.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein identifying the at least one item comprises identifying items currently viewable on a display of the first mobile device.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein automatically predicting the at least one item comprises identifying items that will be viewable on a display of the first mobile device subsequent to a scrolling operation.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the another device is intermediate to the first mobile device and a second mobile device.

14. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising computer executable instructions for transferring data from a first mobile device to another device, the computer executable instructions comprising instructions for:

the first mobile device automatically predicting at least one item stored on the first mobile device that is likely to be shared with the another device according to at least one criterion, the predicting comprising

identifying a plurality of items currently being presenting on a display of the first mobile device, the plurality of items comprising the at least one item; and

identifying at least a subset of the plurality of items that is relevant to a user of the another device, the subset comprising the at least one item;

the first mobile device initiating a first transfer of at least a portion of data associated with the at least one item to the another device, the first transfer of the at least a portion of data being initiated without a request being received from the user of the another device;

the first mobile device detecting an interaction with the at least one item on at least one of the first mobile device and the another device; and

after detecting the interaction, the first mobile device enabling a second transfer of at least an additional portion of the data associated with the at least one item to the another device.

15. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 14, wherein the data associated with the at least one item has been encrypted, the method further comprising providing a decryption key to the another device.

16. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 14, the first transfer being initiated by sending an identifier to the another device to enable the another device to obtain the data associated with the at least one item from another source.

17. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 16, the other source comprising a database storing the at least one item and being accessible to the another device over a network.

18. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 14, wherein identifying the at least one item comprises identifying items currently viewable on a display of the first mobile device.

19. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 14, wherein automatically predicting the at least one item comprises identifying items that will be viewable on a display of the first mobile device subsequent to a scrolling operation.

20. A first mobile device comprising a processor, memory, and a display, the memory comprising computer executable instructions for transferring data from the first mobile device to another device, the computer executable instructions comprising instructions for:

the first mobile device automatically predicting at least one item stored on the first mobile device that is likely to be shared with the another device according to at least one criterion, the predicting comprising

identifying a plurality of items currently being presenting on a display of the first mobile device, the plurality of items comprising the at least one item; and

identifying at least a subset of the plurality of items that is relevant to a user of the another device, the subset comprising the at least one item;

the first mobile device initiating a first transfer of at least a portion of data associated with the at least one item to the another device;

the first mobile device detecting an interaction with the at least one item on at least one of the first mobile device and the another device; and

after detecting the interaction, the first mobile device enabling a second transfer of at least an additional portion of the data associated with the at least one item to the another device.