Secondary mobile device

• US 9,560,504 B2
• Filed: 08/01/2011
• Issued: 01/31/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 08/01/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Noh, Kyoung-Lae, Messer, Alan
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Dustin
• Application Number:
  US13/136,500
• Publication Number:
  US 20130036187A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,010 Days
• Field of Search: 709/206, 709/224, 709/227, 709/230, 709/204, 455/414, 455/426, 455/567, 455/41.2, 455/435.2, 455/420, 455/518, 455/41.3, 455/517, 719/328, 379/88.23, 379/93.02, 379/88.12, 348/14.02, 345/174, 345/520, 715/808, 340/4.12, 340/540, 439/344
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/542 Event management; Broadcasting; Multicasting; Notifications
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/203 for converged personal network application service interworking, e.g. OMA converged personal network services [CPNS]

Abstract

In a first embodiment of the present invention, a method is provided comprising: receiving application data from a primary mobile device, wherein the application data is received via hooks designed to automatically send the application data received by or sent from an application on the primary mobile device; and sending the application data to one or more secondary mobile devices that are registered to the primary mobile device, wherein each of the secondary mobile devices are resource limited devices.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving application data from a primary device, wherein the application data is obtained from an intercepted communication between an application and an operating system of the primary device via a hook into a notification mechanism, and the hook is configured to automatically send the application data from the primary device;

sending at least a portion of the application data to a secondary mobile device that is registered along with the primary device, wherein the secondary mobile device is a resource limited device; and

coordinating a service and the application data between the primary device and the secondary mobile device based on an interaction with a notification on one of the primary device and the secondary mobile device;

wherein, in response to determining the notification is not dismissed on the primary device, the notification is sent to the secondary mobile device; and

wherein, in response to determining the notification is acknowledged and dismissed on the secondary mobile device, dismissal of the notification on the secondary mobile device is communicated to the primary device causing the notification to no longer appear on the primary device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the hook provides an interface comprising a messaging and user interface page display to allow the application to post an update that is sent to the secondary mobile device.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the hook is included in a plug-in to the application on the primary device.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

upon receiving notification of an interaction with the notification from the secondary mobile device, sending notification of the interaction to the primary device.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the application data comprises the notification, and the service is duplicated from the primary device to the secondary mobile device without the secondary mobile device requiring resources and application software used by the primary device to access the service.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the application data is at least one of a text message and a voicemail message.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the notification mechanism comprises a visual popup.

19. The method of claim 1, wherein interaction with the application data on the secondary mobile device is reflected on the primary mobile device.

8. A system comprising:

at least one processor; and

a non-transitory processor-readable memory device storing instructions that when executed by the at least one processor causes the at least one processor to perform operations including;

obtaining application data from a primary device, wherein the application data is received from an intercepted communication between an application and an operating system of the primary device via a hook into a notification mechanism, and the hook is configured to automatically send the application data from the primary device;

sending at least a portion of the application data to a secondary mobile device, wherein the secondary mobile device is a resource limited device; and

coordinating a service and the application data between the primary device and the secondary mobile device based on an interaction with a notification on one of the primary device and the secondary mobile device;

wherein, in response to determining the notification is not dismissed on the primary device, the notification is sent to the secondary mobile device; and

wherein, in response to determining the notification is acknowledged and dismissed on the secondary mobile device, dismissal of the notification on the secondary mobile device is communicated to the primary device causing the notification to no longer appear on the primary device.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein notification mechanism comprises a visual popup.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein the application data comprises the notification, and the service is duplicated from the primary device to the secondary mobile device without the secondary mobile device requiring resources and application software used by the primary device to access the service.

11. A secondary mobile device comprising:

at least one processor; and

a non-transitory processor-readable memory device storing instructions that when executed by the at least one processor causes the at least one processor to perform operations including;

receiving application data, wherein the application data is obtained from an intercepted communication between an application and an operating system of a primary device via a hook into a notification mechanism, and the hook is configured to automatically send at least a portion of the application data from the primary device; and

displaying the application data on a display of the secondary mobile device;

wherein a service and the application data are coordinated with the secondary mobile device based on an interaction with a notification on one of the primary device and the secondary mobile device;

wherein, in response to determining the notification is not dismissed on the primary device, the secondary mobile device receives the notification; and

wherein, upon acknowledging and dismissing the notification on the secondary mobile device, the secondary mobile device communicates dismissal of the notification on the secondary mobile device causing the notification to no longer appear on the primary device.

12. The secondary mobile device of claim 11, wherein the operations further comprise:

detecting an interaction with the notification on the secondary mobile device; and

sending information relating to the interaction detected via a wireless radio.

13. The secondary mobile device of claim 11, wherein the operations further comprise:

displaying the notification on the display of the secondary mobile device.

14. The secondary mobile device of claim 11, wherein the operations further comprise:

displaying the application data on a touchscreen display of the secondary mobile device; and

detecting touch on the touchscreen display.

20. The secondary mobile device of claim 11, wherein the notification mechanism comprises a visual popup, and the secondary mobile device comprises a watch device, a keychain device, or a necklace device.

15. A non-transitory processor-readable medium that includes a program that when executed by a processor performs a method comprising:

obtaining application data from a primary device, wherein the application data is obtained from an intercepted communication between an application and an operating system of the primary device via a hook into a notification mechanism, and the hook is configured to automatically send the application data from the primary device;

sending at least a portion of the application data to a secondary mobile device, wherein the secondary mobile device is a resource limited device; and

coordinating a service and the application data between the primary device and the secondary mobile device based on an interaction with a notification on one of the primary device and the secondary mobile device;

wherein, in response to determining the notification is not dismissed on the primary device, the notification is sent to the secondary mobile device; and

wherein, in response to determining the notification is acknowledged and dismissed on the secondary mobile device, dismissal of the notification on the secondary mobile device is communicated to the primary device causing the notification to no longer appear on the primary device.

16. The non-transitory processor-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the primary device comprises a smartphone or a tablet computer.

17. The non-transitory processor-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the notification mechanism comprises at least one of a popup and a notification list.

18. A method comprising:

receiving application data, wherein the application data is obtained from an intercepted communication between an application and an operating system of a primary device via a hook into a notification mechanism, and the hook is configured to automatically send at least a portion of the application data from the primary device; and

displaying the application data on a display of a secondary mobile device;

wherein a service and the application data are coordinated with the secondary mobile device based on an interaction with a notification on one of the primary device and the secondary mobile device;

wherein, in response to determining the notification is not dismissed on the primary device, the secondary mobile device receives the notification; and

wherein, upon acknowledging and dismissing the notification on the secondary mobile device, the secondary mobile device communicates dismissal of the notification on the secondary mobile device causing the notification to no longer appear on the primary device.

21. The method of claim 18, wherein the notification mechanism comprises a visual popup, and the secondary mobile device comprises a watch device, a keychain device, or a necklace device.