System and method for automatic session data transfer between computing devices based on zone transition detection

• US 9,560,143 B2
• Filed: 06/27/2014
• Issued: 01/31/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 06/27/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Gwin, Paul J., Bollengier, William S., Wong, Hong W., Okuley, James M., Glendinning, Duncan, Keates, Andy
• Primary Examiner(s): BOUTAH, ALINA A
• Application Number:
  US14/317,341
• Publication Number:
  US 20150381740A1
• Time in Patent Office: 949 Days
• Field of Search: 455/41.2, 455/416, 455/41.1, 455/168.1, 455/182.2, 455/440, 340/5.61, 709/227, 709/228
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/142 Managing session states for stateless protocols; Signalling session states; State transitions; Keeping-state mechanisms
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/065 Continuous authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/068 using credential vaults, e.g. password manager applications or one time password [OTP] applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication

Abstract

A system and method for automatic session data transfer between computing devices based on zone transition detection are disclosed. A particular embodiment is configured to: determine if a mobile or wearable computing device is located within a proximity zone around a location of a stationary computing device; establish an authorized wireless data connection with the mobile or wearable computing device via a wireless transceiver; determine if the mobile or wearable computing device is likely departing the proximity zone and if so, upload user session data to the mobile or wearable computing device; and determine if the mobile or wearable computing device is likely approaching the stationary computing device and if so, download user session data from the mobile or wearable computing device.

Claims

1. A secondary computing device comprising:

a data processor;

a memory coupled with the data processor;

a wireless transceiver in data communication with the data processor; and

logic, at least a portion of which is partially implemented in hardware, the logic configured to determine if a mobile or wearable computing device is located within a proximity zone around a location of the secondary computing device, to establish an authorized wireless data connection with the mobile or wearable computing device via the wireless transceiver, to generate a motion vector based on motion of the mobile or wearable computing device through the proximity zone, to determine if the mobile or wearable computing device is likely departing the proximity zone based on the generated motion vector and if so, uploading user session data of the mobile or wearable computing device, the uploading of the user session data being performed automatically, speculatively, without explicit user input, and in response to the determination that the mobile or wearable computing device is likely departing the proximity zone, and to determine if the mobile or wearable computing device is likely approaching the secondary computing device based on the generated motion vector and if so, downloading user session data of the mobile or wearable computing device, the downloading of the user session data being performed automatically, speculatively, without explicit user input, and in response to the determination that the mobile or wearable computing device is likely approaching the proximity zone, the user session data including data for recreating a computing session from the secondary computing device on a different computing device.

2. The secondary computing device of claim 1 wherein the logic being further configured to wirelessly transfer user profile data to or from the mobile or wearable computing device, the user profile data including data specifying a particular user'"'"'s demographics, affinity, and preferences.

3. The secondary computing device as claimed in of claim 1 wherein the mobile or wearable computing device further including a geo-positioning system from the group consisting of:

long range radio frequency identification (RFID) technology, and global positioning system or satellite (GPS) technology.

4. The secondary computing device of claim 1 wherein the user session data being stored in a network cloud.

5. The secondary computing device of claim 1 wherein the mobile or wearable computing device is a wearable device configured to be worn by a user.

6. A system comprising:

a secondary computing device including a first data processor, a first memory coupled with the first data processor, a first wireless transceiver in data communication with the first data processor, and first logic, at least a portion of which is partially implemented in hardware, the first logic configured to determine if a mobile or wearable computing device is located within a proximity zone around a location of the secondary computing device, to establish an authorized wireless data connection with the mobile or wearable computing device via the first wireless transceiver, to generate a motion vector based on motion of the mobile or wearable computing device through the proximity zone, to determine if the mobile or wearable computing device is likely departing the proximity zone based on the generated motion vector and if so, uploading user session data of the mobile or wearable computing device, the uploading of the user session data being performed automatically, speculatively, without explicit user input, and in response to the determination that the mobile or wearable computing device is likely departing the proximity zone, and to determine if the mobile or wearable computing device is likely approaching the secondary computing device based on the generated motion vector and if so, downloading user session data of the mobile or wearable computing device, the downloading of the user session data being performed automatically, speculatively, without explicit user input, and in response to the determination that the mobile or wearable computing device is likely approaching the proximity zone; and

a mobile or wearable computing device including a second data processor, a second memory coupled with the second data processor, a second wireless transceiver in data communication with the second data processor, a unique user identifier storable in the second memory, and second logic, at least a portion of which is partially implemented in hardware, the second logic configured to wirelessly receive an upload of user session data from the secondary computing device via the second wireless transceiver, to store the user session data in the second memory, to authenticate the secondary computing device using the unique user identifier, and to wirelessly download the user session data from the second memory to the authenticated secondary computing device via the second wireless transceiver, the user session data including data for recreating a computing session from the secondary computing device on a different computing device.

7. The system as claimed in claim 6 wherein the user session data being stored in a network cloud.

8. The system of claim 6 wherein the mobile or wearable computing device is a wearable device configured to be worn by a user.

9. The system of claim 6 wherein the second logic being further configured to wirelessly receive an upload of user profile data from the secondary computing device via the second wireless transceiver, to store the user profile data in the second memory, and to wirelessly download the user profile data from the second memory to the authenticated secondary computing device via the second wireless transceiver, the user profile data including data specifying a particular user'"'"'s demographics, affinity, and preferences.

10. The system of claim 6 wherein the mobile or wearable computing device further including a geo-positioning system from the group consisting of:

long range radio frequency identification (RFID) technology, and global positioning system or satellite (GPS) technology.

11. A non-transitory machine-useable storage medium embodying instructions which, when executed by a machine, cause the machine to:

determine if a mobile or wearable computing device is located within a proximity zone around a location of a secondary computing device;

establish an authorized wireless data connection with the mobile or wearable computing device via a wireless transceiver;

generate a motion vector based on motion of the mobile or wearable computing device through the proximity zone;

determine if the mobile or wearable computing device is likely departing the proximity zone based on the generated motion vector and if so, upload user session data of the mobile or wearable computing device, the uploading of the user session data being performed automatically, speculatively, without explicit user input, and in response to the determination that the mobile or wearable computing device is likely departing the proximity zone; and

determine if the mobile or wearable computing device is likely approaching the secondary computing device based on the generated motion vector and if so, download user session data of the mobile or wearable computing device, the downloading of the user session data being performed automatically, speculatively, without explicit user input, and in response to the determination that the mobile or wearable computing device is likely approaching the proximity zone.

12. The machine-useable storage medium of claim 11 wherein the mobile or wearable computing device is a wearable device configured to be worn by a user.

13. The machine-useable storage medium of claim 11 being further configured to wirelessly transfer user profile data to or from the mobile or wearable computing device, the user profile data including data specifying a particular user'"'"'s demographics, affinity, and preferences.

14. The machine-useable storage medium of claim 11 wherein the mobile or wearable computing device further including a geo-positioning system from the group consisting of:

long range radio frequency identification (RFID) technology, and global positioning system or satellite (GPS) technology.

15. The machine-useable storage medium of claim 11 wherein the user session data being stored in a network cloud.