Data sharing

• US 9,645,720 B2
• Filed: 12/29/2015
• Issued: 05/09/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/16/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Crandall Technologies LLC
• Original Assignee: Jerry Alan Crandall
• Inventors: Crandall, Jerry Alan
• Primary Examiner(s): TITCOMB, WILLIAM D
• Application Number:
  US14/983,440
• Publication Number:
  US 20160110072A1
• Time in Patent Office: 497 Days
• Field of Search: 715753
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1694 the I/O peripheral being a single or a set of motion sensors for pointer control or gesture input obtained by sensing movements of the portable computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/041 Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1454 involving copying of the display data of a local workstation or window to a remote workstation or window so that an actual copy of the data is displayed simultaneously on two or more displays, e.g. teledisplay
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2354/00 Aspects of interface with display user
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/16 Use of wireless transmission of display information
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/12 Synchronisation between the display unit and other units, e.g. other display units, video-disc players
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/26 at least one of which is mobile
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1093 by adding participants; by removing participants
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1094 Inter-user-equipment sessions transfer or sharing
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/403 Arrangements for multi-party communication, e.g. for conferences data switching systems for conference H04L12/18; arrangements for connecting several subscribers to a common circuit, i.e. affording conference facilities H04M3/56; television conferencing systems H04N7/15
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]

Abstract

In an embodiment, a method of data sharing is disclosed. The method may include routing a data set to a specific device in response to a data selection and a target selection.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

wirelessly transmitting, with a wireless transmitter, a data set from a first device to a second device based on a data selection and a target selection, the target selection being indicated by a touchscreen input; and

causing, in response to the data selection and the target selection, an application or program to be launched on a display device of the second device, the target selection being a target selection of the second device, and the touchscreen input indicating the target selection being detected by a touchscreen of the first device.

2. A computer-readable medium storing a set of instructions that when executed cause a computer system to perform a method comprising:

causing a wireless transmitter to wirelessly transmit a data set from a first device to a second device based on a data selection and a target selection, the target selection being indicated by a touchscreen input; and

causing, in response to the data selection and the target selection, an application or program to be launched on a display device of the second device, the target selection being a target selection of the second device, and the touchscreen input indicating the target selection being detected by a touchscreen of the first device.

3. The computer-readable medium of claim 2, wherein the computer system comprises the computer-readable medium, the computer system further comprising:

a bus coupled with the computer-readable medium; and

one or more data processors coupled with the bus, the one or more data processors operable to execute the set of instructions to thereby cause the computer system to perform the method.

4. The computer-readable medium of claim 2, wherein the method further comprises:

identifying, in response to the data selection, the second device as being an available device.

5. A computer-readable medium storing a set of instructions that when executed cause a computer system to perform a method comprising:

causing a wireless transmitter to wirelessly transmit a data set from a first device to a second device based on a data selection and a target selection, the target selection being indicated by a touchscreen input, wherein;

a first touchscreen input detected by a touchscreen of the first device indicates the data selection such that the first touchscreen input is a first basis for the causing of the wireless transmitter to wirelessly transmit the data set from the first device to the second device, and

the touchscreen input indicating the target selection is a second touchscreen input detected by the touchscreen of the first device such that the second touchscreen input detected by the touchscreen of the first device is a second basis for the causing of the wireless transmitter to wirelessly transmit the data set from the first device to the second device,

the method further comprising;

identifying, at the first device, an application based on the first basis for the causing of the wireless transmitter to wirelessly transmit the data set from the first device to the second device;

accessing, at the first device, a data file having a data format associated with the application, the data file comprising a plurality of electronic pages (EPs); and

causing the touchscreen of the first device to display a list of a plurality of images corresponding to the plurality of EPs, respectively.

6. The computer-readable medium of claim 5, wherein the method further comprises:

accessing, at the first device, a selection of an image from among the plurality of images within the list;

identifying, at the first device and based on the selection, an EP that corresponds to the image; and

causing the EP to be displayed by a display device of the second device.

7. The computer-readable medium of claim 6, wherein the selection is indicated by a third touchscreen input detected by the touchscreen of the first device.

8. A computer-readable medium storing a set of instructions that when executed cause a computer system to perform a method comprising:

causing a wireless transmitter to wirelessly transmit a data set from a first device to a second device based on a first data selection and a first target selection, the first target selection being indicated by a first touchscreen input;

enabling a detection of a second touchscreen input at a first location on a touchscreen of the first device, the second touchscreen input indicating a second data selection;

enabling a detection of a third touchscreen input at a second location on the touchscreen of the first device, the third touchscreen input indicating a second target selection, and the second target selection being a target selection of the touchscreen of the first device; and

causing an application or program to be launched on the touchscreen of the first device based on the second data selection and the second target selection, the second and third touchscreen inputs resulting from a gesture that is one of;

a flicking or sliding gesture, and

a multi-touch input.

9. A system comprising:

a wireless transmitter; and

a non-transitory module configured to;

cause the wireless transmitter to wirelessly transmit a data set from a first device to a second device based on a first data selection and a first target selection, the first device comprising a touchscreen, and the first target selection being indicated by a first touchscreen input,

enable a detection of a second touchscreen input at a first location on the touchscreen of the first device, the second touchscreen input indicating a second data selection,

enable a detection of a third touchscreen input at a second location on the touchscreen of the first device, the third touchscreen input indicating a second target selection, and the second target selection being a target selection of the touchscreen of the first device, and

cause an application or program to be launched on the touchscreen of the first device based on the second data selection and the second target selection, the second and third touchscreen inputs resulting from a gesture that is one of;

a flicking or sliding gesture, and

a multi-touch input.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the non-transitory module is coupled with the wireless transmitter and with the touchscreen of the first device.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein the wireless transmitter is a router operable to wirelessly route the data set to the second device based on routing instructions from the non-transitory module.

12. A system comprising:

a wireless transmitter; and

a non-transitory module configured to cause the wireless transmitter to wirelessly transmit a data set from a first device to a second device based on a data selection and a target selection, the target selection being indicated by a touchscreen input,

wherein;

the first device comprises a touchscreen,

a first touchscreen input detected by the touchscreen of the first device indicates the data selection such that the first touchscreen input is a first basis for causing the wireless transmitter to wirelessly transmit the data set from the first device to the second device, and

the touchscreen input indicating the target selection is a second touchscreen input detected by the touchscreen of the first device such that the second touchscreen input detected by the touchscreen of the first device is a second basis for causing the wireless transmitter to wirelessly transmit the data set from the first device to the second device,

the non-transitory module being further configured to;

identify an application based on the first basis for causing the wireless transmitter to wirelessly transmit the data set from the first device to the second device,

access a data file having a data format associated with the application, the data file comprising a plurality of electronic pages (EPs), and

cause the touchscreen of the first device to display a list of a plurality of images corresponding to the plurality of EPs, respectively.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the non-transitory module is coupled with the wireless transmitter and with the touchscreen of the first device.

14. The system of claim 12, wherein the wireless transmitter is a router operable to wirelessly route the data set to the second device based on routing instructions from the non-transitory module.

15. The system of claim 12, wherein the second device comprises a display device, the non-transitory module being further configured to:

access a selection of an image from among the plurality of images within the list,

identify, based on the selection, an EP that corresponds to the image, and

cause the EP to be displayed by the display device of the second device.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the selection is indicated by a third touchscreen input detected by the touchscreen of the first device.

17. A method comprising:

wirelessly transmitting, with a wireless transmitter, a data set from a first device to a second device based on a first data selection and a first target selection, the first target selection being indicated by a first touchscreen input;

enabling a detection of a second touchscreen input at a first location on a touchscreen of the first device, the second touchscreen input indicating a second data selection;

enabling a detection of a third touchscreen input at a second location on the touchscreen of the first device, the third touchscreen input indicating a second target selection, and the second target selection being a target selection of the touchscreen of the first device; and

causing an application or program to be launched on the touchscreen of the first device based on the second data selection and the second target selection, the second and third touchscreen inputs resulting from a gesture that is one of;

a flicking or sliding gesture, and

a multi-touch input.

18. A method comprising:

wirelessly transmitting, with a wireless transmitter, a data set from a first device to a second device based on a data selection and a target selection, the target selection being indicated by a touchscreen input,

wherein;

a first touchscreen input detected by a touchscreen of the first device indicates the data selection such that the first touchscreen input is a first basis for causing the wireless transmitter to wirelessly transmit the data set from the first device to the second device, and

the touchscreen input indicating the target selection is a second touchscreen input detected by the touchscreen of the first device such that the second touchscreen input detected by the touchscreen of the first device is a second basis for causing the wireless transmitter to wirelessly transmit the data set from the first device to the second device,

the method further comprising;

identifying, at the first device, an application based on the first basis for causing the wireless transmitter to wirelessly transmit the data set from the first device to the second device;

accessing, at the first device, a data file having a data format associated with the application, the data file comprising a plurality of electronic pages (EPs); and

causing the touchscreen of the first device to display a list of a plurality of images corresponding to the plurality of EPs, respectively.

19. The method of claim 18, further comprising:

accessing, at the first device, a selection of an image from among the plurality of images within the list;

identifying, at the first device and based on the selection, an EP that corresponds to the image; and

causing the EP to be displayed by a display device of the second device.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the selection is indicated by a third touchscreen input detected by the touchscreen of the first device.