Data transmission method, terminal, and data transmission method system

• US 9,706,592 B2
• Filed: 11/01/2013
• Issued: 07/11/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 11/01/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Huawei Device Company Limited (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Device Company Limited (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Peng, Xu, Gu, Jianglin, Sun, Rui
• Primary Examiner(s): NGUYEN, TUAN HOANG
• Application Number:
  US15/033,545
• Publication Number:
  US 20160286589A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,348 Days
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/18 Selecting a network or a communication service
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/14 Direct-mode setup

Abstract

A data transmission method, where the data transmission method includes acquiring, by a first terminal, an output signal of a sensor of the first terminal, where the output signal of the sensor of the first terminal is a signal generated when a first magnet of a second terminal triggers the sensor of the first terminal, determining, by the first terminal, the output signal of the sensor of the first terminal as a low-level output signal, establishing, by the first terminal, a communication link with the second terminal, and determining, by the first terminal according to the communication link established by the first terminal with the second terminal, to perform data transmission with the second terminal.

Claims

1. A data transmission method, comprising:

acquiring, by a first terminal, an output signal of a sensor of the first terminal, wherein the output signal of the sensor of the first terminal is a signal generated when a first magnet of a second terminal triggers the sensor of the first terminal;

determining, by the first terminal, the output signal of the sensor of the first terminal as a low-level output signal;

establishing, by the first terminal, a first communication link with the second terminal when the output signal of the sensor of the first terminal is the low-level output signal; and

determining, by the first terminal according to the first communication link established by the first terminal with the second terminal, to perform data transmission with the second terminal, wherein the first terminal further comprises a second magnet disposed on a jacket of the first terminal, wherein the jacket is configured to hold and cover the first terminal, wherein the jacket can be removed from the first terminal, wherein before establishing, by the first terminal, the first communication link with the second terminal, the method further comprises;

triggering, by the second magnet of the first terminal, the sensor of the first terminal to generate the low-level output signal when the second magnet approaches the sensor of the first terminal and when the first magnet of the second terminal does not trigger the sensor of the first terminal to generate a low-level output signal; and

controlling, by the first terminal, a screen of the first terminal to enter a screen locking state.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

determining, by the first terminal, that the low-level output signal of the sensor of the first terminal does not meet a first preset requirement, wherein the first preset requirement is that a pole S of the first magnet of the second terminal triggers the sensor of the first terminal to generate the low-level output signal;

determining, by the first terminal, that the low-level output signal of the sensor of the first terminal meets a second preset requirement, wherein the second preset requirement is that the second magnet of the first terminal triggers the sensor of the first terminal to generate the low-level output signal when approaching the sensor of the first terminal because the jacket of the first terminal is closed; and

controlling, by the first terminal, a screen of the first terminal to enter a screen locking state when the low-level output signal of the sensor of the first terminal meets the second preset requirement.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein after acquiring, by the first terminal, the output signal of the sensor of the first terminal, the method further comprises:

determining, by the first terminal, the output signal of the sensor of the first terminal as a high-level output signal, wherein the high-level output signal is another signal generated by triggering the sensor of the first terminal when the second magnet of the first terminal is far from the sensor of the first terminal because the jacket of the first terminal is open; and

controlling, by the first terminal, a screen of the first terminal to enter a screen unlocking state.

4. A terminal, comprising:

a first magnet;

a sensor;

a processor; and

a memory, wherein the first magnet, the sensor, the processor and the memory are in communication with each other, wherein the sensor is configured to be triggered by another first magnet of a second terminal to generate an output signal, wherein the memory is configured to store a program, and wherein the processor is configured to;

execute the program stored by the memory;

acquire the output signal of the sensor;

determine the output signal of the sensor as a low-level output signal;

control the terminal to establish a first communication link with the second terminal when the output signal of the sensor is the low-level output signal; and

control, according to the first communication link established by the terminal with the second terminal, the terminal to perform data transmission with the second terminal, wherein the terminal further comprises a second magnet disposed on a jacket of the terminal, wherein the jacket is configured to hold and cover the terminal, wherein the jacket can be removed from the terminal, wherein before controlling the terminal to establish the first communication link with the second terminal, the processor is further configured to;

trigger the sensor of the terminal to generate the low-level output signal when the second magnet approaches the sensor of the terminal and when the first magnet of the second terminal does not trigger the sensor of the terminal to generate a low-level output signal; and

control a screen of the terminal to enter a screen locking state.

5. The terminal according to claim 4, wherein the processor is further configured to:

determine that the low-level output signal of the sensor of the terminal does not meet a first preset requirement, wherein the first preset requirement is that a pole S of the first magnet of the second terminal triggers the sensor of the terminal to generate the low-level output signal;

determine that the low-level output signal of the sensor of the terminal meets a second preset requirement, wherein the second preset requirement is that the second magnet of the terminal triggers the sensor of the terminal to generate the low-level output signal when approaching the sensor of the terminal because the jacket of the terminal is closed; and

control a screen of the terminal to enter a screen locking state when the low-level output signal of the sensor of the terminal meets the second preset requirement.

6. The terminal according to claim 4, wherein the processor is further configured to:

determine the output signal of the sensor of the terminal as a high-level output signal, wherein the high-level output signal is another signal generated by triggering the sensor of the terminal when the second magnet of the terminal is far from the sensor of the terminal because the jacket of the terminal is open; and

control a screen of the terminal to enter a screen unlocking state.

7. A data transmission system, comprising:

a first terminal; and

a second terminal in communication with the first terminal, wherein both the first terminal and the second terminal are equipped with a sensor and a first magnet, wherein the first terminal is configured to;

acquire an output signal of the sensor of the first terminal, wherein the output signal of the sensor of the first terminal is a signal generated when the first magnet of the second terminal triggers the sensor of the first terminal;

determine the output signal of the sensor of the first terminal as a low-level output signal;

establish a first communication link with the second terminal;

determine, according to the first communication link established by the first terminal with the second terminal, to perform data transmission with the second terminal, wherein the first terminal further comprises a second magnet disposed on a jacket of the first terminal, wherein the jacket is configured to hold and cover the first terminal, wherein the jacket can be removed from the first terminal, wherein before the first terminal establishes the first communication link with the second terminal, the first terminal is further configured to;

trigger, by the second magnet of the first terminal, the sensor of the first terminal to generate the low-level output signal when the second magnet approaches the sensor of the first terminal and when the first magnet of the second terminal does not trigger the sensor of the first terminal to generate a low-level output signal; and

control a screen of the first terminal to enter a screen locking state, and wherein the second terminal is configured to;

acquire an output signal of the sensor of the second terminal, wherein the output signal of the sensor of the second terminal is a signal generated when the first magnet of the first terminal triggers the sensor of the second terminal;

determine the output signal of the sensor of the second terminal as the low-level output signal;

establish a second communication link with the first terminal; and

determine, according to the second communication link established by the second terminal with the first terminal, to perform data transmission with the first terminal.

8. The system according to claim 7, wherein a manner in which the first terminal establishing the first communication link with the second terminal comprises sending, by the first terminal, a BLUETOOTH connection request to the second terminal;

and

wherein a manner in which the second terminal establishing the second communication link with the first terminal comprises;

receiving, by the second terminal, the BLUETOOTH connection request sent by the first terminal; and

responding to, by the second terminal, the BLUETOOTH connection request sent by the first terminal.

9. The system according to claim 8, wherein the first terminal is further configured to:

acquire a storage space occupancy value of to-be-transmitted data, wherein the to-be-transmitted data is obtained when the first terminal determines to perform the data transmission with the second terminal;

determine that the storage space occupancy value is greater than a preset threshold; and

send a network access request to a preset server,

wherein the first terminal determining, according to the first communication link established by the first terminal with the second terminal, to perform the data transmission with the second terminal comprises performing, by the first terminal in a manner of forwarding to-be-transmitted data to the second terminal using the preset server, the data transmission with the second terminal,

wherein the second terminal is further configured to send a network access request to the preset server when the first terminal determines that the storage space occupancy value is greater than the preset threshold, and

wherein the second terminal determining, according to the second communication link established by the second terminal with the first terminal, to perform the data transmission with the first terminal comprises performing, by the second terminal in a manner of forwarding to-be-transmitted data to the first terminal using the preset server, the data transmission with the first terminal.

10. The system according to claim 8, wherein the second terminal is further configured to:

acquire a storage space occupancy value of to-be-transmitted data, wherein the to-be-transmitted data is obtained when the second terminal determines to perform the data transmission with the first terminal;

determine that the storage space occupancy value is greater than a preset threshold; and

send a network access request to a preset server,

wherein the second terminal determines, according to the second communication link established by the second terminal with the first terminal, to perform the data transmission with the first terminal comprises performing, by the second terminal in a manner of forwarding to-be-transmitted data to the first terminal using the preset server, the data transmission with the first terminal,

wherein the first terminal is further configured to send a network access request to the preset server when the second terminal determine that the storage space occupancy value is greater than the preset threshold, and

wherein the first terminal determines, according to the first communication link established by the first terminal with the second terminal, to perform the data transmission with the second terminal comprises performing, by the first terminal in a manner of forwarding to-be-transmitted data to the second terminal by the preset server, the data transmission with the second terminal.

11. The system according to claim 7, wherein a manner in which the second terminal establishing the second communication link with the first terminal comprises sending, by the second terminal, a BLUETOOTH connection request to the first terminal;

and

wherein a manner in which the first terminal establishes the first communication link with the second terminal comprises;

receiving, by the first terminal, the BLUETOOTH connection request sent by the second terminal; and

responding to, by the first terminal, the BLUETOOTH connection request sent by the second terminal.

12. The system according to claim 7, wherein a manner in which the first terminal establishes the first communication link with the second terminal comprises sending, by the first terminal, a network access request to a preset server;

and

wherein a manner in which the second terminal establishes the second communication link with the first terminal comprises sending, by the second terminal, another network access request to the preset server.

13. The system according to claim 7, wherein before establishing the second communication link with the first terminal, the second terminal is further configured to determine that the low-level output signal of the sensor of the second terminal meets a first preset requirement, and wherein the first preset requirement is that a pole N of the first magnet of the first terminal triggers the sensor of the second terminal to generate the low-level output signal.

14. The system according to claim 7, wherein before establishing the second communication link with the first terminal, the second terminal is further configured to determine that the low-level output signal of the sensor of the second terminal meets a second preset requirement, and wherein the second preset requirement is that a pole S of the first magnet of the first terminal triggers the sensor of the second terminal to generate the low-level output signal.