Method, electronic device and system for remote text input

• US 9,552,079 B2
• Filed: 04/29/2014
• Issued: 01/24/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 04/29/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Swisscom AG (Government of Switzerland)
• Inventors: Papstein, Guy
• Primary Examiner(s): Spar, Ilana
• Assistant Examiner(s): HERMANN, KIRK W
• Application Number:
  US14/264,845
• Publication Number:
  US 20140320398A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,001 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0233 Character input methods
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72436 for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41265 having a remote control device for bidirectional communication between the remote control device and client device unidirectional remote control device H04N21/42204
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4751 for defining user accounts, e.g. accounts for children
• 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

Abstract

A method, electronic device, and system for remote text input in the electronic device are provided. A display signal may be outputted in the electronic device, displaying a text field for inputting text (e.g., by the user of the electronic device). A request for text input may be sent from the electronic device to another device (e.g., a communication device) which may be addressed by an identifier of the other device (e.g., a SIM of the communication device). The electronic device may then receive the requested text input from the other device (e.g., once the user of the other device enters the requested text).

Claims

1. A method for remote text input in an electronic device, comprising:

outputting a display signal for displaying a text field for receiving input comprising text entered by a user of the electronic device;

sending a request for text input from the electronic device to a communication device addressed by an identifier of an identity module of the communication device, wherein the communication device is also used by the user of the electronic device; and

receiving at the electronic device the requested text input from the communication device,

wherein;

obtaining the requested text input from the communication device comprises displaying the text field for inputting the text at the communication device, to enable the user of the electronic device to provide input requested at the electronic device by interacting instead with the communication device;

the request is sent over a mobile cellular network and the identifier is an identifier of the mobile cellular network;

the request is sent in a SMS message; and

the SMS sent comprises a telephone number of origin as origin of the SMS and the electronic device receives the requested text input from an SMS sent to the telephone number of origin.

2. The method according to claim 1, comprising, in response to outputting the display signal, receiving from a user control device of the electronic device a selection to input the text over the communication device.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the user control device of the electronic device is a remote control.

4. The method according to claim 2, wherein the user control device is different from the communication device.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the identity module is a subscriber identity module and the identifier is a telephone number corresponding to the subscriber identity module.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the request comprises a link to the internet, the link comprises a text input field, and the electronic device receives the requested text input from a site corresponding to the link.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the request comprises address of the electronic device in a local connection, and the requested text input is received at the electronic device via the local connection.

8. The method according to claim 1, comprising outputting the display signal displaying the requested text input received at the electronic device and confirming the text input by a user control device of the electronic device.

9. An electronic device comprising:

a display configured to output display signals for receiving input from a user of the electronic device;

a communication component configured to send information to a communication device addressed by an identifier of an identity module of the communication device and to receive information from the communication device; and

a processor configured to;

control the display to output a display signal for displaying a text field for receiving input comprising text entered by the user of the electronic device;

control the communication component to send a request for text input to the communication device and to receive the requested text input from the communication device;

wherein;

the communication device is also used by the user of the electronic device,

obtaining the requested text input from the communication device comprises displaying the text field for inputting the text at the communication device, to enable the user of the electronic device to provide input requested at the electronic device by interacting instead with the communication device,

the communication component is configured to send the request for text input in a SMS message, and

the SMS message comprises a telephone number to indicate origin of the SMS, and the electronic device receives the requested text input from a response SMS message sent to the telephone number of origin.

10. The electronic device of claim 9, wherein:

the display is configured to output the display signal displaying the requested text input received at the electronic device; and

the processor is configured to receive a confirmation of the text input, from a user control device, and the user control device is different from the communication device.

11. The electronic device of claim 9, wherein the communication component is configured to receive, in response to outputting the display signal, a selection to send the text via a communication device.

12. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the communication component is configured to receive the selection from a user control device, the user control device being different from the communication device.

13. The electronic device of claim 9, wherein the communication component is configured to send the request for text input over a mobile cellular network, with the identifier of the communication device being an identifier in the mobile cellular network.

14. The electronic device of claim 9, wherein the request for text input comprises a link to the Internet, the link comprising a text input field, and the electronic device receives the requested text input from a site corresponding to the link.

15. The electronic device of claim 9, wherein the request for text input comprises address of the electronic device in a local connection, and the requested text input is received at the electronic device via the local connection.