USING A GESTURE TO TRANSFER AN OBJECT ACROSS MULTIPLE MULTI-TOUCH DEVICES

• US 20110175822A1
• Filed: 01/21/2010
• Published: 07/21/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 01/21/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc. (Cisco Systems, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc. (Cisco Systems, Inc.)
• Inventors: Wu, Sung Fong, Poon, Vincent, Lee, Kang, Tong, Aaron
• Granted Patent: US 8,756,532 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• 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: H04W 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/21 for social networking applications

Abstract

In an example embodiment, predefined gestures are used to provide an intuitive way to transfer objects between multi-touch devices. A first gesture, such as a pinching motion is used to select an object to transfer from a source device. A second gesture, such as a de-pinching gesture, is used to designate a destination for the object on a second device. Data associated with the initiator of the transfer, such as data representative of a fingerprint scan may be employed to match the source device with the destination device.

Claims

1. An apparatus, comprising:

a transceiver configured to communicate with a destination device; and

a user interface communicatively coupled to the transceiver;

logic coupled to the user interface configured to recognize a predefined gesture;

wherein the logic is configured to determine an object to transfer based on the predefined gesture;

wherein the logic is configured to associate data representative of a user transferring the object with the object;

wherein the logic is configured to send a message via the transceiver advertising the object was selected for transfer; and

wherein the logic is configured to transfer the object to the destination device responsive to the destination device requesting the object.

2. The apparatus set forth in claim 1, wherein the predefined gesture is a pinching gesture.

3. The apparatus set forth in claim 1, wherein the user interlace scans a fingerprint of the user transferring the object upon detecting the predefined gesture.

4. The apparatus set forth in claim 3, wherein the user interface is configured to send data representative of the fingerprint to the destination device responsive to a request from the destination device.

5. The apparatus set forth in claim 3, wherein the user interface is configured to receive fingerprint data of a user associated with the destination device;

wherein the logic is configured to compare the fingerprint of the user transferring the object upon detecting the predefined gesture with the fingerprint data of the user associated with the destination device; and

wherein the object is transferred responsive to the logic determining a match of the fingerprint of the user transferring the object upon detecting the predefined gesture with the fingerprint data of the user associated with the destination device.

6. The apparatus set forth in claim 1, wherein the transceiver is a wireless transceiver.

7. The apparatus set forth in claim 1, wherein the logic receives data identifying the destination device.

8. The apparatus set forth in claim 1, wherein the object is selected by a device having an identifier;

and

wherein the logic transmits via the transceiver data representative of the identifier.

9. An apparatus, comprising:

a transceiver configured to communicate with a source device; and

a user interface communicatively coupled to the transceiver;

logic coupled to the user interface configured to detect a predefined gesture;

wherein the logic is configured to receive data representative of an object to be transferred from a source device via the transceiver;

wherein the logic is configured to determine where to store the object based on the predefined gesture; and

wherein the logic is configured to receive and store the object from the source device responsive to recognizing the predefined gesture.

10. The apparatus set forth in claim 9, wherein the predefined gesture is a de-pinching gesture.

11. The apparatus set forth in claim 9, wherein the user interface acquires fingerprint data while recognizing the gesture;

and

wherein the user interface is configured to send the fingerprint data to the source device via the transfer.

12. The apparatus set forth in claim 9 wherein the user interface acquires fingerprint data while recognizing the gesture;

and

wherein the logic is further configured to receive source fingerprint data from the source device; and

wherein the logic is configured to initiate the transfer responsive to determining the acquired fingerprint data matches the source fingerprint data.

13. An apparatus, comprising:

a transceiver configured to communicate with a destination device; and

a user interface communicatively coupled to the transceiver;

logic coupled to the user interface configured to recognize a predefined gesture;

wherein the logic is configured to determine an object to transfer based on the predefined gesture;

wherein the logic receive a signal from the destination device via the transceiver; and

wherein the logic is configured to transfer the object to the destination device responsive to the signal from the destination device.

14. The apparatus set forth in claim 13, wherein the user interface is further configured to acquire data representative of a user associated with the predefined gesture;

wherein the source device is further configured to receive data representative of a user associated with the destination device; and

wherein the logic is configured to transfer the object responsive to determining the user associated with the predefined gesture matches the user associated with the destination device.

15. The apparatus set forth in claim 13, wherein the user interface is further configured to acquire data representative of a user associated with the predefined gesture;

and

wherein the logic is further configured to send the data representative of the user to the destination device via the transceiver.

16. An apparatus, comprising:

a transceiver configured to communicate with a source device;

a user interface communicatively coupled to the transceiver;

logic coupled to the user interface configured to recognize a predefined gesture detected by the user interface;

wherein the logic is configured to determine an identifier associated with the predetermined gesture;

wherein the logic is configured to transmit a signal indicating a transfer of an object has been requested via the transceiver;

to wherein the logic is further configured to determine where to store the object based on the predefined gesture; and

wherein the logic is configured to receive the object via the transceiver and to store the object.

17. The apparatus set forth in claim 16, wherein the logic is further configured to send the identifier associated with the predefined gesture to the source device.

18. The apparatus set forth in claim 16, wherein the logic is further configured to receive an identifier associated with an initiator of the transfer;

wherein the logic is further configured to compare the identifier associated with the initiator of the transfer with the identifier associated with the predetermined gesture; and

wherein the logic is further configured to receive the object responsive to determining the identifier associated with the initiator of the transfer matches the identifier associated with the predetermined gesture.

19. An apparatus, comprising:

a transceiver configured to communicate with a source multi-touch device and a destination multi-touch device;

logic communicatively coupled with the transceiver and operable to send and receive data via the transceiver;

wherein the logic is configured to receive a first signal via the transceiver from the source device comprising data representative of an object to transfer;

wherein the logic is configured to receive a second signal via the transceiver from the destination device comprising data indicating a destination of the object;

wherein the first signal comprises data representative of a user initiating the transfer and the second signal comprises data representative of a user associated with the destination multi-touch device; and

wherein the logic commences transferring the object from the source multi-touch device to the destination multi-touch device responsive to determining the user initiating the transfer matches the user associated with the destination multi-touch device.

20. The apparatus set forth in claim 19, wherein the logic discards the data representative of an object to transfer responsive to not receiving a request from the destination multi-touch device within a predetermined time period.

21. The apparatus set forth in claim 19, wherein the data representative of a fingerprint associated with the user initiating the transfer and data representative of a fingerprint of the user associated with the destination multi-touch device;

and

wherein determining the user initiating the transfer matches the user associated with the destination multi-touch device is based on whether the data representative of the fingerprint associated with the user initiating the transfer matches the data representative of the fingerprint of the user associated with the destination multi-touch device.