Method, apparatus and system of screenshot grabbing and sharing

• US 9,514,100 B2
• Filed: 10/08/2012
• Issued: 12/06/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 10/08/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Li, Wenlong
• Primary Examiner(s): Ries, Laurie
• Application Number:
  US13/997,721
• Publication Number:
  US 20140115454A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,520 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/106 Display of layout of documents; Previewing
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4122 additional display device, e.g. video projector digital output for controlling a plurality of local displays G06F3/1423
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41407 embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4223 Cameras H04N23/00 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43637 involving a wireless protocol, e.g. Bluetooth, RF or wireless LAN [IEEE 802.11] arrangements for wireless networking or broadcasting of information in indoor or near-field type systems H04B10/114
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/437 Interfacing the upstream path of the transmission network, e.g. for transmitting client requests to a VOD server flow control in data networks H04L47/10; streaming protocols, e.g. RTP or RTCP, H04L65/65; scheduling or organising the servicing of application requests in data packet switching networks H04L67/60
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4728 for selecting a Region Of Interest [ROI], e.g. for requesting a higher resolution version of a selected region
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4788 communicating with other users, e.g. chatting arrangements for providing for computer conferences, e.g. chat rooms, to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1813; distributed application using peer-to-peer [P2P] networks H04L67/104
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8153 comprising still images, e.g. texture, background image

Abstract

A device, method and system of screenshot grabbing and sharing comprise projecting contents on a display device connected with a communication device; and grabbing a screenshot from the contents projected on the display device, in response to a screenshot grabbing request from another communication module connected with the communication device.

Claims

1. A communication device, comprising:

one or more processors to implement;

a content projecting module to wirelessly transmit contents to a display device for display thereby, wherein the communication device is physically separate from the display device;

a screenshot grabbing module to obtain, within the contents displayed by the display device, a screenshot as a function of a timestamp and program guide information specified in a screenshot grabbing request from another communication device that is in wireless communication with the communication device; and

a connecting module to receive the screenshot grabbing request from the another communication device and to transmit the screenshot to the another communication device in response to the request.

2. The communication device of claim 1, wherein the display device is a television.

3. The communication device of claim 1, wherein the connecting module is further to connect the communication device with the display device via a WiDi device.

4. The communication device of claim 3, wherein the connecting module is further to connect the communication device with the another communication device via WiFi.

5. The communication device of claim 3, wherein the connecting module is further to register the another mobile communication device on the communication device.

6. One or more non-transitory machine readable storage media comprising a plurality of instructions that in response to being executed cause a communication device to:

transmit contents to a display device for display thereby, wherein the communication device is physically separate from the display device;

receive a screenshot grabbing request from another communication device that is in wireless communication with the communication device;

obtain, within the contents displayed by the display device, a screenshot as a function of a timestamp and program guide information specified in the screenshot grabbing request; and

transmit the screenshot to the another communication device in response to the request.

7. The non-transitory machine readable media of claim 6, wherein the display device is a television.

8. The non-transitory machine readable media of claim 6, further comprising a plurality of instructions that in response to being executed cause the communication device to:

connect the communication device with the display device via a WiDi device.

9. The non-transitory machine readable media of claim 6, further comprising a plurality of instructions that in response to being executed cause the communication device to connect the communication device with the another communication device via WiFi.

10. The non-transitory machine readable media of claim 6, further comprising a plurality of instructions that in response to being executed cause the communication device to register the another mobile communication device on the communication device.

11. A communication device, comprising:

one or more processors to implement;

a screenshot requesting module to generate a request to grab a screenshot from contents wirelessly transmitted from another communication device to a display device that is physically separate from the another communication device, in response to an instruction from a user of the communication device, wherein the request includes a timestamp and program guide information usable by the another communication device to identify the screenshot within the contents; and

a connecting module to connect the communication device with the another communication device, to send the request to the another communication device, and to receive the screenshot from the another communication device.

12. The communication device of claim 11, wherein the display device is a television.

13. The communication device of claim 11, wherein the communication device is disconnected with the display device.

14. The communication device of claim 11, further comprising a screenshot handling module to handle the screenshot received from the another communication device via the connecting module.

15. The communication device of claim 14, wherein the screenshot handling module is further to crop an image area from the screenshot, send the image area to a cloud service and receive information about the image area from the cloud service.

16. The communication device of claim 14, wherein the screenshot handling module is further to crop an image area from the screenshot through sensing a finger movement on a touchscreen of the communication device, in which the finger movement is to circle the image area.

17. One or more non-transitory machine readable storage media comprising a plurality of instructions that in response to being executed cause a communication device to:

generate a request to grab a screenshot from contents wirelessly transmitted from another communication device to a display device that is physically separate from the another communication device, in response to an instruction from a user of the communication device, wherein the request includes a timestamp and program guide information usable by the another communication device to identify the screenshot within the contents;

send the request to the another communication device connected with the communication device; and

receive the screenshot from the another communication device.

18. The non-transitory machine readable media of claim 17, wherein the display device is a television.

19. The non-transitory machine readable media of claim 17, wherein the communication device is disconnected with the display device.

20. The non-transitory machine readable media of claim 17, further comprising a plurality of instructions that in response to being executed cause the communication device to:

crop an image area from the screenshot;

send the image area to a cloud service; and

receive information about the image area from the cloud service.

21. The non-transitory machine readable media of claim 20, wherein to crop the image area further comprises to sense a finger movement on a touchscreen of the communication device, in which the finger movement is to circle the image area.