Transfer to target disambiguation

• US 9,813,662 B2
• Filed: 11/30/2012
• Issued: 11/07/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 11/30/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Lenovo PC International Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Lenovo Singapore Pte Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Inventors: Childs, Philip Lee, Vanover, Michael Terrell, Wang, Hui, Chen, Shaowei
• Primary Examiner(s): Tsai, Henry
• Assistant Examiner(s): BARTELS, CHRISTOPHER A.
• Application Number:
  US13/690,006
• Publication Number:
  US 20140152894A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,803 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/76 Television signal recording

Abstract

An aspect provides a method, including: ascertaining, at a first device, a request to transfer media data to another device; determining, at the first device, a plurality of connected devices for potential transfer of media data corresponding to the request; providing, at the first device, a disambiguation cue to a user; ascertaining via the disambiguation cue a target device from the plurality of connected devices for transfer of the media data; and transferring the media data to the target device. Other aspects are described and claimed.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

identifying, at a first device, media data to be played;

thereafter ascertaining, at the first device, a request to transfer the media data to another device, the request comprising a flick to transfer gesture provided to a touch screen of the first device;

determining, at the first device, a plurality of connected display devices for potential transfer of media data corresponding to the request in response to the flick to transfer gesture, wherein the flick to transfer gesture identifies more than one of the plurality of connected display devices as a target for transfer;

generating, at the first device, a disambiguation cue for a user, the disambiguation cue comprising a visual display of indicators of the plurality of connected display devices;

wherein the visual display of indicators comprises a list;

ascertaining via the disambiguation cue a target display device from the plurality of connected display devices for transfer of the media data; and

transferring the media data to the target display device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of connected display devices are wirelessly connected to the first device using a short range wireless connection.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the list comprises an ordered list of the plurality of connected display devices.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the ordered list is ordered based on user transfer history.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the ordered list is ordered based on a predetermined default ordering.

6. The method of claim 3, wherein the ordered list is ordered based on directional information ascertained by the first device using a directionality metric of the flick to transfer gesture.

7. The method of claim 3, wherein the ordered list is ordered based on one or more of:

media data attributes, media data application attributes, and connected display device attributes.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the first device comprises a tablet device and further wherein one of the plurality of connected display devices comprises a television.

9. An information handling device, comprising:

a touch screen;

one or more processors; and

a memory operatively coupled to the one or more processors that stores instructions executable by the one or more processors to;

identify, at the information handling device, media data to be played;

ascertain, at the information handling device, a request to transfer media data to another display device, the request comprising a flick to transfer gesture provided to the touch screen;

determining, at the information handling device, a plurality of connected display devices for potential transfer of media data corresponding to the request in response to the flick to transfer gesture, wherein the flick to transfer gesture identifies more than one of the plurality of connected display devices as a target for transfer;

generating, at the information handling device, a disambiguation cue for a user, the disambiguation cue comprising a visual display of indicators of the plurality of connected display devices;

wherein the visual display of indicators comprises a list;

ascertaining via the disambiguation cue a target display device from the plurality of connected display devices for transfer of the media data; and

transferring the media data to the target display device.

10. The information handling device of claim 9, wherein the plurality of connected display devices are wirelessly connected to the information handling device using a short range wireless connection.

11. The information handling device of claim 9, wherein the list comprises an ordered list of the plurality of connected display devices.

12. The information handling device of claim 11, wherein the ordered list is ordered based on user transfer history.

13. The information handling device of claim 11, wherein the ordered list is ordered based on a predetermined default ordering.

14. The information handling device of claim 11, wherein the ordered list is ordered based on directional information ascertained by the information handling device using a directionality metric of the flick to transfer gesture.

15. The information handling device of claim 11, wherein the ordered list is ordered based on one or more of:

media data attributes, media data application attributes, and connected display device attributes.

16. A program product, comprising:

a storage medium having computer program code embodied therewith, the computer program code being executable by a processor and comprising;

computer program code that identifies, at a first device, media data to be played;

computer program code that ascertains, at the first device, a request to transfer media data to another device, the request comprising a flick to transfer gesture provided to a touch screen of the first device;

computer program code that determines, at the first device, a plurality of connected display devices for potential transfer of media data corresponding to the request in response to the flick to transfer gesture, wherein the flick to transfer gesture identifies more than one of the plurality of connected display devices as a target for transfer;

computer program code that generates, at the first device, a disambiguation cue for a user, the disambiguation cue comprising a visual display of indicators of the plurality of connected display devices;

wherein the visual display of indicators comprises a list;

computer program code that ascertains via the disambiguation cue a target display device from the plurality of connected display devices for transfer of the media data; and

computer program code that transfers the media data to the target display device.