METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FILE SHARING IN A NETWORK

• US 20140082519A1
• Filed: 09/14/2012
• Published: 03/20/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 09/14/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: DewMobile, Inc.
• Original Assignee: DewMobile, Inc.
• Inventors: WANG, Xiaodong, Chang, Shangpin, Gu, Steve Xing
• Granted Patent: US 9,288,299 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/748
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72436 for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/12 including a sensor for measuring a physical value, e.g. temperature or motion telephones including GPS signal receivers H04M2250/10
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/22 including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector digitizers for touch screens G06F3/041
• 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

A method for transferring files from a first mobile electronic device to one or more second mobile electronic devices. The method includes detecting a contact with a screen of the first mobile electronic device at an icon in a user interface of the first mobile electronic device, where the icon represents a file to be shared. The method further includes triggering transferring of the file when one of the following actions is detected: a swinging of the first mobile electronic device while contact with the screen is maintained; a flicking gesture to flick the icon toward a sharing area in the user interface; or a dragging of the icon to the sharing area and a releasing of the contact.

Claims

1. A method for transferring files from a first mobile electronic device to one or more second mobile electronic devices, comprising:

detecting a contact with a screen of the first mobile electronic device at an icon in a user interface of the first mobile electronic device, the icon representing a file to be shared; and

triggering transferring of the file when one of the following actions is detected;

a swinging of the first mobile electronic device while contact with the screen is maintained;

a flicking gesture to flick the icon toward a sharing area in the user interface;

or

a dragging of the icon to the sharing area and a releasing of the contact.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the swinging of the first mobile electronic device is detected by detecting a peak signal generated by an acceleration sensor in the first mobile electronic device.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein detecting a flicking gesture comprises:

detecting a quick moving of the contact along a direction pointing to the sharing area; and

detecting a quick releasing of the contact with the screen.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein detecting a dragging of the icon to the sharing area comprises:

detecting a continuous moving of the contact toward the sharing area; and

detecting a stop of the continuous moving when the contact is in the sharing area.

5. The method according to claim 1, further comprising sending, by the first mobile electronic device, a downloading invitation to the one or more second mobile electronic devices.

6. A method for transferring a file from a first mobile electronic device to a second mobile electronic device, comprising:

detecting a contact with a screen of the first mobile electronic device at a first icon in a user interface of the first mobile electronic device, the first icon representing the second mobile electronic device;

detecting a selection of a second icon in the user interface while contact with the screen at the first icon is maintained, the second icon representing a file to be transferred; and

triggering transferring of the file when the contact with the screen at the first icon is released.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein detecting a selection of a second icon comprises:

detecting a contact with the screen at the second icon; and

detecting a release of the contact with the screen at the second icon.

8. The method according to claim 6, further comprising sending, by the first mobile electronic device, a downloading invitation to the second mobile electronic device.

9. A method for sharing files among a plurality of mobile electronic devices, comprising:

sending, by a first mobile electronic device, a first connection request to a second mobile electronic device, the first connection request containing first file information about a first file to be shared by the first mobile electronic device;

receiving, by the first mobile electronic device, a first acknowledgement message from the second mobile electronic device.

10. The method according to claim 9, wherein the first acknowledgement message contains second file information about a second file to be shared by the second mobile electronic device, and the method further comprises:

recording, by the first mobile electronic device, the second file information.

11. The method according to claim 10, further comprising:

storing, by the first mobile electronic device, the first file information and the second file information in a sharing pool.

12. The method according to claim 10, further comprising:

receiving, by the first mobile electronic device, a downloading invitation message from the second mobile electronic device, the downloading invitation message containing a link to a downloading location; and

downloading, by the first mobile electronic device, the second file from the downloading location according to the link.

13. The method according to claim 12, wherein the link to the downloading location is a uniform resource locator.

14. The method according to claim 11, further comprising:

receiving, by the first mobile electronic device, a message containing third file information about a third file to be shared by a third mobile electronic device; and

recording, by the first mobile electronic device, the third file information.

15. The method according to claim 14, further comprising:

storing, by the first mobile electronic device, the third file information in the sharing pool.