DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTENT SEARCHING BETWEEN PEER DEVICES

• US 20110248831A1
• Filed: 06/21/2011
• Published: 10/13/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 09/29/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications USA Incorporated (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Bloebaum, L. Scott, Liu, Charles
• Granted Patent: US 8,311,478 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/10.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/90335 Query processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/955 using information identifiers, e.g. uniform resource locators [URL]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9574 of access to content, e.g. by caching
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/72 for local intradevice communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces

Abstract

A portable communication device is equipped to search for content stored on a target electronic device. The portable communication device transfers user-defined content search query to an electronic device via a near-field communications (NFC) module. The portable communication device receives search results from the electronic device via the NFC module and indicates to the user that search results have been received from the electronic device. The portable communication device facilitates content searching and data transfer between two devices.

Claims

1-21. -21. (canceled)

22. A method of searching for content stored on a target electronic device, the method comprising:

receiving a search query from a user;

wirelessly transmitting the search query to the target electronic device via a near-field communications (NFC) link; and

wirelessly receiving search results from the target electronic device via the near-field communications (NFC) link.

31. A program stored on a memory, the program being suitable for use in a portable communication device, wherein when the program is loaded in the memory in the portable communication device and executed causes the portable communication device to:

wirelessly transmit user-defined content search query to a target electronic device via a near-field communications (NFC) link;

wirelessly receive search results from the target electronic device via the near-field communications (NFC) link; and

indicate to a user that search results have been received from the target electronic device.

36. A method of sharing stored content with a portable communication device, the method comprising:

wirelessly receiving a search query from the portable communication device via a near-field communications (NFC) module;

executing the received search query, the executing step returning search results; and

wirelessly transmitting the search results to the portable communication device via the near-field communications (NFC) module.