Controlling data transfer between devices

• US 20100153878A1
• Filed: 12/12/2008
• Published: 06/17/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/12/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Sinerma, Olli Johannes, Lindgren, Marko Juha Sakari, Tikkanen, Taneli Ville Henrikki, Virhia, Toni Matti, Szurawitzki, Andreas Oliver, Niemela, Sami Esa Juhani, Matilainen, Pasi Pekka, Palmu, Pekka Antero, Soderqvist, Henrik Mikael, Ojanen, Jarkko, Heikki, Miia Johanna, Rintala, Niko Kasperi, Tams, Miika Erik
• Granted Patent: US 8,255,808 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/810
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04803 Split screen, i.e. subdividing the display area or the window area into separate subareas
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless 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

Abstract

An apparatus including: a display; a processor configured to control the display to display: a first ordered list of graphical icons in a first portion of the display wherein each graphical icon represents and indicates a different data type and wherein graphical icons are user configurable to have either a first visual configuration that indicates enabled transfer from a first storage device to a second storage device of the data type indicated by the icon or a second visual configuration that indicates disabled transfer from the first storage device of the data type indicated by the icon; a second ordered list of graphical icons in a second portion of the display wherein each graphical icon represents and indicates a different data type and wherein graphical icons are user configurable to have either a first visual configuration that indicates enabled transfer from the second storage device to the first storage device of the data type indicated by the icon or a second visual configuration that indicates disabled transfer from the second storage device of the data type indicated by the icon; and a user input configured to control transfer of a data type from the first device by changing the visual configuration of the graphical icon in the first ordered list of graphical icons that represents and indicates that data type and configured to control transfer of a data type by the second device by changing the visual configuration of the graphical icon in the second ordered list of graphical icons that represents and indicates that data type.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

a display;

a processor configured to control the display to display;

a first ordered list of graphical icons in a first portion of the display wherein each graphical icon represents and indicates a different data type and wherein graphical icons are user configurable to have either a first visual configuration that indicates enabled transfer from a first storage device of the data type indicated by the icon or a second visual configuration that indicates disabled transfer from the first storage device of the data type indicated by the icon;

a second ordered list of graphical icons in a second portion of the display wherein each graphical icon represents and indicates a different data type and wherein graphical icons are user configurable to have either a first visual configuration that indicates enabled transfer from the second storage device of the data type indicated by the icon or a second visual configuration that indicates disabled transfer from the second storage device of the data type indicated by the icon;

and wherein the second portion of the display is adjacent the first portion of the display, the ordering of the graphical icons in the first ordered list and the ordering of the graphical icons in the second ordered list are the same and the graphical icons of the first ordered list and of the second ordered list form pairs of graphical icons for different data types, wherein each pair of graphical icons includes a graphical icon from the first ordered list and a graphical icon from the second ordered list that represent and indicate the same data type; and

a user input configured to control transfer of a data type from the first device by changing the visual configuration of the graphical icon in the first ordered list of graphical icons that represents and indicates that data type and configured to control transfer of a data type from the second device by changing the visual configuration of the graphical icon in the second ordered list of graphical icons that represents and indicates that data type.

2. An apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the user input is configured to specify a new data type and wherein the processor is configured to respond to the specification of a new data type by adding a new pair of graphical icons wherein a first graphical icon in the new pair is added to the first ordered list and second graphical icon in the new pair is added to the second ordered list.

3. An apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first portion is to the left, the second portion is to the right, the first list extends downwards and the second list extends downwards in register with the first list.

4. An apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the data types represented in the first and second lists comprise a plurality of data types selected from:

data for contacts;

data for photos;

data for calendar;

data for videos; and

data for music.

5. An apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first and second visual configurations are distinguished by different shapes for the graphical icon.

6. An apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first and second visual configurations are distinguished by different positions for the graphical icon.

7. An apparatus as claimed in claim 6, wherein the first portion of the display is separated from the second portion of the display be an interface wherein in the first configuration a graphical icon abuts against the interface and in the second configuration the graphical icon does not abut the interface but is spaced from the interface.

8. An apparatus as claimed in claim 6, wherein the user input is configured to control a visual configuration of a graphical icon by enabling movement of the graphical icon.

9. An apparatus as claimed in claim 7, wherein the user input is configured to control a visual configuration of a graphical icon by enabling movement of the graphical icon.

10. An apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the user input is configured to control selection of the first device.

11. An apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to maintain one or more data structures determining at least the first list of graphical icons and the second list of graphical icons.

12. An apparatus as claimed in claim 11, wherein a data structure indicates for each of a plurality of data types:

details of data waiting for transfer and a transfer status indicative of whether transfer of that data type is enabled or disabled.

13. A method comprising:

displaying, in a first portion of the display, a first ordered list of graphical icons wherein each graphical icon represents and indicates a different data type and wherein graphical icons are user configurable to have either a first visual configuration that indicates enabled transfer from a first storage device of the data type indicated by the icon or a second visual configuration that indicates disabled transfer from the first storage device of the data type indicated by the icon;

displaying, in a second portion of the display adjacent the first portion of the display, a second ordered list of graphical icons having the same ordering as the first ordered list of graphical icons wherein each graphical icon of the second ordered list represents and indicates a different data type and wherein graphical icons are user configurable to have either a first visual configuration that indicates enabled transfer from the second storage device of the data type indicated by the icon or a second visual configuration that indicates disabled transfer from the second storage device of the data type indicated by the icon, the graphical icons of the first ordered list and of the second ordered list forming pairs of graphical icons for different data types, wherein each pair of graphical icons includes a graphical icon from the first ordered list and a graphical icon from the second ordered list that represent and indicate the same data type;

enabling a user to change the visual configuration of the graphical icon in the first ordered list of graphical icons representing and indicating a first data type to control transfer of the first data type from the first device; and

enabling a user to change the visual configuration of the graphical icon in the second ordered list of graphical icons representing and indicating a second data type to control transfer of the second data type from the second device.

14. A method as claimed in claim 13, further comprising responding to user specification of a new data type by adding a new pair of graphical icons wherein a first graphical icon in the new pair is added to the first ordered list and second graphical icon in the new pair is added to the second ordered list.

15. A method as claimed in claim 13, wherein the first and second visual configurations are distinguished by different positions for the graphical icon.

16. A method as claimed in claim 15, wherein the first portion of the display is separated from the second portion of the display be an interface wherein in the first configuration a graphical icon abuts against the interface and in the second configuration the graphical icon does not abut the interface but is spaced from the interface.

17. A method as claimed in claim 13, comprising maintain one or more data structures that determine at least the first list of graphical icons and the second list of graphical icons.

18. A computer readable medium tangibly embodying a program comprising instructions which when executed by a processor enables:

displaying, in a first portion of the display, a first ordered list of graphical icons wherein each graphical icon represents and indicates a different data type and wherein graphical icons are user configurable to have either a first visual configuration that indicates enabled transfer from a first storage device of the data type indicated by the icon or a second visual configuration that indicates disabled transfer from the first storage device of the data type indicated by the icon;

displaying, in a second portion of the display adjacent the first portion of the display, a second ordered list of graphical icons having the same ordering as the first ordered list of graphical icons wherein each graphical icon of the second ordered list represents and indicates a different data type and wherein graphical icons are user configurable to have either a first visual configuration that indicates enabled transfer from the second storage device of the data type indicated by the icon or a second visual configuration that indicates disabled transfer from the second storage device of the data type indicated by the icon, the graphical icons of the first ordered list and of the second ordered list forming pairs of graphical icons for different data types, wherein each pair of graphical icons includes a graphical icon from the first ordered list and a graphical icon from the second ordered list that represent and indicate the same data type;

enabling a user to change the visual configuration of the graphical icon in the first ordered list of graphical icons representing and indicating a first data type to control transfer of the first data type from the first device; and

enabling a user to change the visual configuration of the graphical icon in the second ordered list of graphical icons representing and indicating a second data type to control transfer of the second data type from the second device.

19. A method for controlling data transfer to and from a device comprising:

storing data of different data types;

storing a first data structure for the device wherein the first data structure indicates for each of a plurality of data types;

details of data waiting for transfer from the device; and

a transfer status that indicates whether the data type is transferred from the device;

storing a second data structure for a second data storage device wherein the second data structure indicates for each of a plurality of data types;

details of data waiting for transfer from the second storage device; and

a transfer status that indicates whether the data type is transferred from the second device;

updating the first data structure after storing additional data; and

updating the second data structure by communicating with the second data storage device.