Digital data transfer between devices

• US 10,834,589 B2
• Filed: 10/27/2017
• Issued: 11/10/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 10/27/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Bharti, Harish, Patra, Abhay K., Rakshit, Sarbajit K., Sukhija, Sandeep
• Primary Examiner(s): Le, Khoi V
• Application Number:
  US15/795,416
• Publication Number:
  US 20190132732A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,110 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G02C 11/10 Electronic devices other than hearing aids
• CPC Class Codes: G02C 7/04 Contact lenses for the eyes disinfection or sterilisation of contact lenses A61L12/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/163 Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/013 Eye tracking input arrangements G06F3/015 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0641 Shopping interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/083 using passwords cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using a predetermined code H04L9/3226
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0861 using biometrical features, e.g. fingerprint, retina-scan cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using biological data H04L9/3231
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2201/42 Graphical user interfaces
• 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: H04W 12/06 Authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/33 using wearable devices, e.g. using a smartwatch or smart-glasses
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/68 Gesture-dependent or behaviour-dependent

Abstract

A method for transferring digital data from a source to a target device, each of the source and target devices including a respective user interface. The method receives a user selection of digital data on the source device via a user interface. The method authenticates the user on the source device. The method, based on recognizing a user selection of target input field(s), of an interface of the target device, to which the digital data is to be provided as input, authenticates the user on the target device and verifies that a common user has authenticated with the source device and the target device. The method transfers the digital data to the target input field(s) of the interface of the target device.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for transferring digital data from a source device to a target device, each of the source and target devices comprising a respective user interface, the method comprising:

authenticating, by the source device, a user on the source device to authenticate the user for transferring the digital data from the source device to the target device;

recognizing a user selection of at least one target input field, of an interface of the target device, to which the digital data is to be provided as input;

authenticating the user on the target device and verifying that a common user has authenticated with the source device and the target device based on the recognizing; and

transferring the digital data to the at least one target input field of the interface of the target device, the transferring comprising transferring a plurality of data portions of the digital data, wherein transferring a data portion of the plurality of data portions of the digital data comprises;

recognizing, in conjunction with a user selection of a target input field, of the at least one target input field, of the interface of the target device, a selection characteristic of the user selection of the target input field and that the selection characteristic is associated the data portion; and

providing the data portion associated with that recognized selection characteristic to the selected target input field of the interface of the target device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the transferring the digital data comprises:

transferring, by the source device in a first one or more transfers, the digital data to a smart eyewear device of the user; and

transferring, by the smart eyewear device in a second one or more transfers, the digital data to the target device.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising receiving, by the smart eyewear device, the transferred digital data, and at least temporarily storing at least some of the digital data for transfer to the target device pending the authenticating the user on the target device.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the smart eyewear device comprises a smart contact lens, the smart contact lens comprising a processor and memory configured to at least temporarily store the received at least some of the digital data.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the transferring the digital data to the smart eyewear device transfers the digital data to the smart contact lens via Li-Fi communication, and the transferring the digital data to the target device transfers the digital data via Li-Fi communication.

6. The method of claim 2, wherein the recognizing the user selection of the at least one target input field comprises tracking eye movement of the user to identify a gaze direction of the user and identifying the at least one target input field as being a target of the gaze direction of the user.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the transferring comprises transferring the digital data from the source device directly to the target device via a wireless communication channel directly from the source device to the target device.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving, on the source device, via a user interface of the source device, a user selection of the digital data presented on the source device, wherein the user selection of the digital data presented on the source device comprises a plurality of separate user selections, each separate user selection of the plurality of separate user selections being of a respective data portion of the plurality of data portions of the digital data.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising, for each separate user selection of the plurality of separate user selections:

associating the respective data portion of the plurality of data portions of the digital data with a selection characteristic of the separate user selection, wherein the transferring the plurality of data portions of the digital data performs a plurality of transfers to provide the plurality of data portions to the interface of the target device.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the selection characteristic associated with a data portion of the plurality of data portions is selected from the group consisting of:

(i) a user gesture, comprising a number of eye blinks or a user hand gesture, and (ii) an identification of a particular finger of the user.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the authenticating the user on the source device and the authenticating the user on the target device each comprise a biometric-data-based authentication, the biometric-data-based-authentication comprising a retina scan using a smart eyewear device of the user.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the user selection of the at least one target input field comprises the user gazing at the at least one target input field or selecting the at least one target input field using one or more fingers of the user.

13. A computer system comprising a source device and a target device, the computer system being configured to perform a method for transferring digital data from the source device to the target device, each of the source and target devices comprising a respective user interface, and the method comprising:

authenticating, by the source device, a user on the source device to authenticate the user for transferring the digital data from the source device to the target device;

recognizing a user selection of at least one target input field, of an interface of the target device, to which the digital data is to be provided as input;

authenticating the user on the target device and verifying that a common user has authenticated with the source device and the target device based on the recognizing; and

transferring the digital data to the at least one target input field of the interface of the target device, the transferring comprising transferring a plurality of data portions of the digital data, wherein transferring a data portion of the plurality of data portions of the digital data comprises;

recognizing, in conjunction with a user selection of a target input field, of the at least one target input field, of the interface of the target device, a selection characteristic of the user selection of the target input field and that the selection characteristic is associated the data portion; and

providing the data portion associated with that recognized selection characteristic to the selected target input field of the interface of the target device.

14. The computer system of claim 13, wherein the transferring the digital data comprises transferring, by the source device in a first one or more transfers, the digital data to a smart eyewear device of the user, and transferring, by the smart eyewear device in a second one or more transfers, the digital data to the target device, wherein the method further comprises receiving, by the smart eyewear device, the transferred digital data, and at least temporarily storing at least some of the digital data for transfer to the target device pending the authenticating the user on the target device, and wherein the smart eyewear device comprises a smart contact lens, the smart contact lens comprising a processor and memory configured to at least temporarily store the received at least some of the digital data.

15. The computer system of claim 13, wherein the transferring comprises transferring the digital data from the source device directly to the target device via a wireless communication channel directly from the source device to the target device.

16. The computer system of claim 13, further comprising receiving, on the source device, via a user interface of the source device, a user selection of the digital data presented on the source device, wherein the user selection of the digital data presented on the source device comprises a plurality of separate user selections, each separate user selection of the plurality of separate user selections being of a respective data portion of the plurality of data portions of the digital data, and wherein the method further comprises, for each separate user selection of the plurality of separate user selections:

associating the respective data portion of the plurality of data portions of the digital data with a selection characteristic of the separate user selection, wherein the transferring the plurality of data portions of the digital data performs a plurality of transfers to provide the plurality of data portions to the interface of the target device.

17. A computer program product comprising:

a computer readable storage medium readable by one or more processors and storing instructions for execution by the one or more processors for performing a method for transferring digital data from a source device to a target device, each of the source and target devices comprising a respective user interface, the method comprising;

authenticating, by the source device, a user on the source device to authenticate the user for transferring the digital data from the source device to the target device;

recognizing a user selection of at least one target input field, of an interface of the target device, to which the digital data is to be provided as input;

authenticating the user on the target device and verifying that a common user has authenticated with the source device and the target device based on the recognizing; and

transferring the digital data to the at least one target input field of the interface of the target device, the transferring comprising transferring a plurality of data portions of the digital data, wherein transferring a data Portion of the plurality of data portions of the digital data comprises;

recognizing, in conjunction with a user selection of a target input field, of the at least one target input field, of the interface of the target device, a selection characteristic of the user selection of the target input field and that the selection characteristic is associated the data portion; and

providing the data portion associated with that recognized selection characteristic to the selected target input field of the interface of the target device.

18. The computer program product of claim 17, wherein the transferring the digital data comprises transferring, by the source device in a first one or more transfers, the digital data to a smart eyewear device of the user, and transferring, by the smart eyewear device in a second one or more transfers, the digital data to the target device, wherein the method further comprises receiving, by the smart eyewear device, the transferred digital data, and at least temporarily storing at least some of the digital data for transfer to the target device pending the authenticating the user on the target device, and wherein the smart eyewear device comprises a smart contact lens, the smart contact lens comprising a processor and memory configured to at least temporarily store the received at least some of the digital data.

19. The computer program product of claim 17, wherein the transferring comprises transferring the digital data from the source device directly to the target device via a wireless communication channel directly from the source device to the target device.

20. The computer program product of claim 17, further comprising receiving, on the source device, via a user interface of the source device, a user selection of the digital data presented on the source device, wherein the user selection of the digital data presented on the source device comprises a plurality of separate user selections, each separate user selection of the plurality of separate user selections being of a respective data portion of the plurality of data portions of the digital data, and wherein the method further comprises, for each separate user selection of the plurality of separate user selections:

associating the respective data portion of the plurality of data portions of the digital data with a selection characteristic of the separate user selection, wherein the transferring the plurality of data portions of the digital data performs a plurality of transfers to provide the plurality of data portions to the interface of the target device.