Processing files from a mobile device

• US 10,432,684 B2
• Filed: 07/14/2015
• Issued: 10/01/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 01/05/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Inventors: Glenner, Steven C., Wong, Curtis G.
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Van H
• Application Number:
  US14/799,306
• Publication Number:
  US 20160006781A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,540 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/60 Network streaming of media packets
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/5683 Storage of data provided by user terminals, i.e. reverse caching
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72415 for remote control of appliances
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2201/38 Displays
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2207/18 wireless networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/64 file transfer between terminals download of applications H04M1/72406; transfer of messages, e.g. SMS, e-mail or MMS H04M1/7243
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/493 Interactive information services, e.g. directory enquiries ; Arrangements therefor, e.g. interactive voice response [IVR] systems or voice portals
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 7/006 Networks other than PSTN/ISDN providing telephone service, e.g. Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) , including next generation networks with a packet-switched transport layer H04L65/00 takes precedence; aspects not specific to the type of network H04M3/00; special services in those networks H04M3/42

Abstract

The presently described subject matter allows the user to interactively browse a collection of electronic files, such as a digital photo collection, remotely using a mobile telephone. Files from the collection of electronic files can be directed from the mobile telephone to be sent to a remote display device, where the file can be displayed. Also, a user can record voice and text annotations from the mobile phone to preserve with an electronic file, and which is transported along with the file when it is displayed on a remote display device.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

selecting, by a mobile device, a file stored on a computing device that is separate from the mobile device; and

providing, by the mobile device, the selected file stored on the computing device to a display device that is separate from the computing device and from the mobile device, to depict the selected file stored on the computing device, including submitting, by the mobile device, one or more commands to the computing device to cause the computing device to transmit the selected file to the display device for display, where there is no requirement that the display device and the computing device be in proximity of each other, that the display device and the mobile device be in proximity of each other, or that the computing device and the mobile device be in proximity of each other.

2. The method of claim 1 where the file is part of a collection of files that is stored on the computing device.

3. The method of claim 2 where the collection stored on the computing device is configured for being browsed via the mobile device.

4. The method of claim 1 where a size of the file was scaled by the computing device prior to the information from the file being depicted by the display device.

5. The method of claim 1 where a quality of the file was scaled by the computing device prior to the information from the file being depicted by the display device.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising presenting, by the display device under control of the mobile device, an annotation of the file.

7. The method of claim 6 where the annotation is a text or voice annotation that was created and associated with the file via the mobile device.

8. A system comprising:

a mobile device configured to select a file stored on a computing device that is separate from the mobile device,

where the mobile device is further configured to provide the selected file on the computing device to a display device that is separate from the computing device and the mobile device, to depict the selected file stored on the computing device, including the mobile device submitting one or more commands to the computing device to computing device to transmit the selected file to the display device for display, where there is no requirement that the display device and the computing device be in proximity of each other, that the display device and the mobile device be in proximity of each other, or that the computing device and the mobile device be in proximity of each other.

9. The system of claim 8 where the file is part of a collection of files that is stored on the computing device.

10. The system of claim 9 where the collection stored on the computing device is configured for being browsed via the mobile device.

11. The system of claim 8 where a size of the file was scaled by the computing device prior the information from the file being depicted by the display device.

12. The system of claim 8 where a quality of the file was scaled by the computing device prior to the information from the file being depicted by the display device.

13. The system of claim 8, the display device further configured to present, under control of the mobile device, an annotation of the file.

14. The system of claim 13 where the annotation is a text or voice annotation that was created and associated with the file via the mobile device.

15. A mobile device comprising:

memory that comprises computer-executable instructions that, based on execution by the mobile device, cause the mobile device to;

select a file stored on a computing device that is separate from the mobile device;

provide the selected file stored on the computing device to a display device that is separate from the computing device and from the mobile device to depict the selected file stored on the computing device, including the mobile device submitting one or more commands to the computing device to cause the computing device to transmit the selected file to the display device for display, where there is no requirement that the display device and the computing device be in proximity of each other, that the display device and the mobile device be in proximity of each other, or that the computing device and the mobile device be in proximity of each other.

16. The mobile device of claim 15 where the file is part of a collection of files that is stored on the computing device.

17. The mobile device of claim 16 where the collection stored on the computing device is configured for being browsed via the mobile device.

18. The mobile device of claim 15 where a size of the file was scaled by the computing device prior the information from the file being provided to the display device.

19. The mobile device of claim 15 where a quality of the file was scaled by the computing device prior to the information from the file being provided to the display device.

20. The mobile device of claim 15, the actions further comprising presenting, by the display device under control of the mobile device, an annotation of the file.