Data session handoff using bone conduction
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1. A method comprising:
- receiving, by a first user device in physical contact with a user, a handoff request from a second user device also in physical contact with the user, wherein the first user device is in an active data session with a service via a network, wherein the handoff request comprises an address of the second user device and further comprises an instruction instructing the first user device to handoff the active data session to the second user device, wherein the second user device generates the handoff request in response to detecting, via a sensor of the second user device, that the second user device is in physical contact with the user, and wherein the handoff request is received by the first user device via a bone conduction signal that is sent by a transducer of the second user device and that is propagated through a bone of the user in physical contact with the first user device and the second user device; and
initiating, by the first user device, handoff of the active data session to the second user device in response to the handoff request.
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Abstract
Concepts and technologies are disclosed herein for data session handoff using bone conduction. According to one aspect, a first user device can receive a handoff request from a second user device. The handoff request can instruct the first user device to hand off an active data session to the second user device. The handoff request can be received by the first user device via a bone conduction signal that propagated through a bone of a user that is in physical contact with the first user device and the second user device. The first user device also can initiate handoff of the active data session to the second user device in response to the handoff request.
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving, by a first user device in physical contact with a user, a handoff request from a second user device also in physical contact with the user, wherein the first user device is in an active data session with a service via a network, wherein the handoff request comprises an address of the second user device and further comprises an instruction instructing the first user device to handoff the active data session to the second user device, wherein the second user device generates the handoff request in response to detecting, via a sensor of the second user device, that the second user device is in physical contact with the user, and wherein the handoff request is received by the first user device via a bone conduction signal that is sent by a transducer of the second user device and that is propagated through a bone of the user in physical contact with the first user device and the second user device; and initiating, by the first user device, handoff of the active data session to the second user device in response to the handoff request. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A first user device comprising:
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a network component; a first transducer; a processor; and a memory that stores instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the first user device to perform operations comprising; receiving, via the first transducer, a handoff request from a second user device, wherein the first user device and the second user device are in physical contact with a user, wherein the first user device is in an active data session with a service via a network, wherein the handoff request comprises an address of the second user device and further comprises instructions instructing the first user device to handoff the active data session to the second user device, wherein the second user device generates the handoff request in response to detecting, via a sensor of the second user device, that the second user device is in physical contact with the user, and wherein the handoff request is received by the first user device via a bone conduction signal that is sent by a second transducer of the second user device and that is propagated through a bone of the user in physical contact with the first user device and the second user device, and initiating handoff of the active data session to the second user device in response to the handoff request. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method comprising:
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detecting, by a sensor of a user device, that a user is in physical contact with the user device; in response to detecting, by the sensor of the user device, that the user is in physical contact with the user device, generating, by the user device, a handoff request, wherein the handoff request comprises an address of the user device and further comprises an instruction directed to a further user device that the user is also in physical contact with and that is in an active data session with a service via a network, the instruction instructing the further user device in physical contact with the user and in the active data session with the service via the network to hand off the active data session to the user device; sending, by a transducer of the user device, the handoff request to the further user device via a bone conduction signal that propagates through a bone of the user in physical contact with the user device and the further user device; and receiving, by the user device, handoff of the active data session from the further user device. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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