DATA TRANSFER BETWEEN DEVICES

• US 20130310063A1
• Filed: 05/17/2012
• Published: 11/21/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 05/17/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: NCR Corporation
• Original Assignee: NCR Corporation
• Inventors: Joy, Ian M.
• Granted Patent: US 9,313,290 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/456.1
• 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: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/563 Data redirection of data network streams
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/021 Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences
• 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 4/026 using orientation information, e.g. compass
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/027 using movement velocity, acceleration information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/21 for social networking applications

Abstract

A method of implementing data transfer from a mobile device is described. The method comprises: (i) receiving positional information from the mobile device; (ii) receiving directional information from the mobile device; and (iii) receiving data from the mobile device. The method further comprises: (iv) ascertaining a receiving device based on the received directional information; and (v) providing the data received from the mobile device to the ascertained receiving device.

Claims

1. A method of implementing data transfer from a mobile device, the method comprising:

(i) receiving positional information from the mobile device;

(ii) receiving directional information from the mobile device;

(iii) receiving data from the mobile device;

(iv) ascertaining a receiving device based on the received directional information; and

(v) providing the data received from the mobile device to the ascertained receiving device.

2. A method according to claim 1, wherein steps (i) to (iii) are implemented concurrently or in any desired order.

3. A method according to claim 1, wherein the directional information is ascertained by the mobile device.

4. A method according to claim 3, wherein the directional information is ascertained by the mobile device using an internal accelerometer, thereby detecting how a user of the mobile device is moving the mobile device.

5. A method according to claim 3, wherein the directional information is ascertained by the mobile device sensing points touched by the user of the mobile device on a touchscreen of the mobile device.

6. A method according to claim 1, wherein ascertaining a receiving device based on the received directional information includes ascertaining a device located in the direction of motion provided by the user of the mobile device.

7. A method according to claim 1, wherein ascertaining a receiving device based on the received directional information includes ascertaining a plurality of receiving devices selected by the user of the mobile device in addition to the received directional information from the mobile device.

8. A method according to claim 1, wherein providing the data received from the mobile device to the ascertained receiving device includes providing the ascertained receiving device with an identification of the mobile device.

9. A method according to claim 1, wherein the method includes the step of registering the mobile device when the mobile device enters an interaction environment.

10. A method according to claim 1, wherein the method includes the additional step of:

receiving velocity and/or acceleration information from the mobile device; and

the step of ascertaining a receiving device based on the received directional information includes ascertaining the receiving device based also on the received velocity and/or acceleration information.

11. A management application operable to implement the steps of claim 1.

12. A method of implementing data transfer from a mobile device, the method comprising:

(i) providing positional information about the mobile device to a management application;

(ii) providing directional information from the mobile device to the management application; and

(iii) providing data from the mobile device.

13. A method according to claim 12, wherein the steps are implemented in any convenient order.

14. A method according to claim 12, wherein the information provided in steps (i) and (ii) are provided via a defined interface using a downloaded application.

15. A method of implementing data transfer from a mobile device to a receiving device, the method comprising:

registering the mobile device;

receiving positional information from the mobile device;

receiving directional information from the mobile device;

receiving data from the mobile device;

identifying spatial positions of other registered devices;

selecting a receiving device from one of the registered devices based on the received directional information and the spatial positions of the registered devices; and

transferring the data received from the mobile device to the selected receiving device.