Device, system, and method of wireless transfer of files

• US 8,629,850 B2
• Filed: 12/12/2011
• Issued: 01/14/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Sengupta, Uttam K., Thakkar, Sreekant S.
• Primary Examiner(s): SHENG, TOM V
• Application Number:
  US13/323,506
• Publication Number:
  US 20120088451A1
• Time in Patent Office: 764 Days
• Field of Search: 345/1.1, 345/3.1, 345/156, 345/158, 345/169, 345/173, 345/174, 345/175, 463/31, 463/37, 463/38, 273/148.B
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0486 Drag-and-drop
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/21 for social networking applications

Abstract

Device, system, and method of wireless transfer of files. For example, a method includes: identifying a selection of a representation of a digital object stored in a mobile device by detecting contact on a touch-sensitive surface of the mobile device at a contact position that corresponds to said representation; identifying a directional movement of said contact position on the touch-sensitive surface; and in response to said directional movement, wirelessly transferring data corresponding to the digital object to a nearby computing device.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

identifying a selection of a data stored in a mobile device, the data represented by a visual representation displayed at a location on a touch-sensitive display surface of the mobile device, by detecting contact on the touch-sensitive display surface at a contact position that corresponds to the location of the visual representation;

identifying a directional movement of the contact position on the touch-sensitive display surface;

determining if a receiving device is located in a general direction of the directional movement of the contact position relative to the mobile device; and

in response to the directional movement, causing a wireless transfer of the data represented by the visual representation to the receiving device if the receiving device is located in the general direction of the directional movement of the contact position relative to the mobile device and if the receiving device is within range of the mobile device, the range determined based on one or more characteristics of the directional movement and an orientation the mobile device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the visual representation comprises a graphical object.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

causing the wireless transfer if the receiving device is additionally located less than a proximate distance from the mobile device.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining if the receiving device has disabled receiving the data; and

disabling a wireless transfer from the mobile device to the receiving device if the receiving device has disabled receiving the data.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining if the mobile device allows data to be wirelessly transferred in response to the directional movement; and

disabling a wireless transfer from the mobile device to the receiving device if the mobile device does not allow data to be wirelessly transferred in response to the directional movement.

6. The method of claim 1, comprising:

detecting whether or not the directional movement is directed generally towards the receiving device and causing the wireless transfer if the directional movement is directed generally toward the receiving device.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein detecting contact comprises detecting contact by a finger of a user of the mobile device.

8. The method of claim 1, comprising:

checking whether or not the mobile device and the receiving device are in alignment; and

if the mobile device and the receiving device are in alignment, notifying a user of the mobile device that the mobile device and the receiving device are in alignment.

9. The method of claim 1, comprising:

checking whether or not a wireless transfer of the data represented by the visual representation is successful;

if the wireless transfer of the data represented by the visual representation is successful, notifying a user of the mobile device that the wireless transfer of the data represented by the visual representation is successful; and

if the wireless transfer of the data represented by the visual representation is unsuccessful, notifying a user of the mobile device that the wireless transfer of the data represented by the visual representation is unsuccessful.

10. A non-transient computer readable medium storing instructions, the instructions, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to:

identify a selection of a data stored in a mobile device, the data represented by a visual representation displayed at a location on a touch-sensitive display surface of the mobile device, by detecting contact on the touch-sensitive display surface at a contact position that corresponds to the location of the visual representation;

identify a directional movement of the contact position on the touch-sensitive display surface;

determine if a receiving device is located in a general direction of the directional movement of the contact position relative to the mobile device; and

in response to the directional movement, wirelessly transfer the data represented by the visual representation to the receiving device if the receiving device is located in the general direction of the directional movement of the contact position relative to the mobile device and if the receiving device is within range of the mobile device, the range determined based on one or more characteristics of the directional movement and an orientation the mobile device.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the visual representation comprises a graphical object.

12. The non-transient computer readable medium of claim 10, further causing the computer to:

determine if the receiving device is additionally located less than a proximate distance from the mobile device.

13. The non-transient computer readable medium of claim 10, further causing the computer to:

determine if the receiving device has disabled receiving the data; and

disable a wireless transfer from the mobile device to the receiving device if the receiving device has disabled receiving the data.

14. The non-transient computer readable medium of claim 10, further causing the computer to:

determine if the mobile device allows data to be wirelessly transferred in response to the directional movement; and

disable a wireless transfer from the mobile device to the receiving device if the mobile device does not allow data to be wirelessly transferred in response to the directional movement.

15. The non-transient computer readable medium of claim 10, further causing the computer to:

detect whether or not the directional movement is directed generally towards the nearby computing device.

16. The non-transient computer readable medium of claim 10, wherein to detect contact comprises to detect contact by a finger of a user of the mobile device.

17. The non-transient computer readable medium of claim 10, further causing the computer to:

check whether or not the mobile device and the receiving device are in alignment; and

if the mobile device and the receiving device are in alignment, notifying a user of the mobile device that the mobile device and the receiving device are in alignment.

18. The non-transient computer readable medium of claim 10, further causing the computer to:

check whether or not a wireless transfer of the data represented by the visual representation is successful;

if the wireless transfer of the data represented by the visual representation is successful, notify a user of the mobile device that the wireless transfer of the data represented by the visual representation is successful; and

if the wireless transfer of the data represented by the visual representation is unsuccessful, notify a user of the mobile device that the wireless transfer of the data represented by the visual representation is unsuccessful.

19. A mobile device, comprising:

a memory to store a data;

a touch-sensitive display surface; and

logic to identify a selection of the data, the data represented by a visual representation displayed at a location on the touch-sensitive display surface, by detecting contact on the touch-sensitive display surface at a contact position that corresponds to the location of the visual representation;

identify a directional movement of the contact position on the touch-sensitive display surface;

determine if a receiving device is located in a general direction of the directional movement of the contact position relative to the mobile device; and

in response to the directional movement, wirelessly transfer the data represented by the visual representation to the receiving device if the receiving device is located in the general direction of the directional movement of the contact position relative to the mobile device and if the receiving device is within range of the mobile device, the range determined based on one or more characteristics of the directional movement and an orientation the mobile device.

20. The mobile device of claim 19, wherein the visual representation comprises a graphical object.

21. The mobile device of claim 19, wherein the logic to:

determine if the receiving device is additionally located less than a proximate distance from the mobile device.

22. The mobile device of claim 19, wherein the logic to:

determine if the receiving device has disabled receiving the data; and

disable a wireless transfer from the mobile device to the receiving device if the receiving device has disabled receiving the data.

23. The mobile device of claim 19, wherein the logic to:

determine if the mobile device allows data to be wirelessly transferred in response to the directional movement; and

disable a wireless transfer from the mobile device to the receiving device if the mobile device does not allow data to be wirelessly transferred in response to the directional movement.

24. The mobile device of claim 19, wherein the logic to:

detect whether or not the directional movement is directed generally towards the nearby computing device.

25. The mobile device of claim 19, wherein to detect contact comprises to detect contact by a finger of a user of the mobile device.

26. The mobile device of claim 19, wherein the logic to:

check whether or not the mobile device and the receiving device are in alignment; and

if the mobile device and the receiving device are in alignment, notifying a user of the mobile device that the mobile device and the receiving device are in alignment.

27. The mobile device of claim 19, wherein the logic to:

check whether or not a wireless transfer of the data represented by the visual representation is successful;

if the wireless transfer of the data represented by the visual representation is successful, notify a user of the mobile device that the wireless transfer of the data represented by the visual representation is successful; and

if the wireless transfer of the data represented by the visual representation is unsuccessful, notify a user of the mobile device that the wireless transfer of the data represented by the visual representation is unsuccessful.