Wireless terminal and method of data communication therein

• US 9,392,399 B2
• Filed: 02/24/2015
• Issued: 07/12/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 07/23/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Joo, Sun Woong
• Primary Examiner(s): Choi, Eunsook
• Application Number:
  US14/629,735
• Publication Number:
  US 20150172852A1
• Time in Patent Office: 504 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72454 according to context-related or environment-related conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 40/12 based on transmission quality or channel quality
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 40/20 based on geographic position or location

Abstract

A wireless terminal and a method of data communication between such wireless terminals includes a first wireless terminal determining whether a second wireless terminal is located within a preset distance, the first wireless terminal determining whether the first wireless terminal is tilted at more than a preset slope and the first wireless terminal transmitting a preset packet of data to the second wireless terminal where it determines that the second wireless terminal is located within the preset distance from the first wireless terminal and the first wireless terminal is tilted at more than the preset slope.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving an input at a first device;

transmitting data from the first device to a second device in response to the input; and

presenting a representation corresponding to the data via the first device, the presenting including displaying at least one property of the representation as changed based at least in part on a progress of the transmitting of the data,

wherein as a tilting of the first device is initiated for transmission of data, displaying a decreasing amount of the at least one property of the representation on a first portion of a display of the first device, and displaying an increasing amount of the at least one property of the representation on a second portion of the display of the first device, the second portion is opposite the first portion.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one property comprises:

at least one of an amount, a volume, a speed, a size, a height, a tilt angle, a surface level, or a combination thereof.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the representation comprises:

at least one of a liquid image, a powder image, a granule image, a material image, or a combination thereof.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the presenting comprises:

displaying at least one image of moving the representation from the first device to the second device.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the presenting comprises:

displaying another representation in relation with the representation via the second device.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the receiving comprises:

detecting a motion of at least one of the first device or the second device; and

identifying the motion as the input.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the receiving comprises:

detecting a tilt angle of at least one of the first device or the second device; and

identifying the tilt angle as the input based on determining that the tilt angle exceeds a specified value.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

identifying, at the first device, the second device prior to receiving the input.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the identifying comprises:

determining whether a distance between the first device and the second device falls within a specified range.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the transmitting comprises:

transmitting content displayed via the first device, as the data.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the transmitting comprises:

transmitting content selected by a user, as the data.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the transmitting comprises:

comparing a first altitude of the first device with a second altitude of the second device; and

initiating the transmitting of the data based at least in part on a result of the comparing.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the transmitting comprises:

detecting a physical collision or contact between the first device and the second device; and

initiating the transmitting of the data in response to the physical collision or contact.

14. An apparatus comprising:

a processor-implemented controller to execute a data transfer module, the data transfer module configured to;

receive an input;

transmit data to an device external to the apparatus in response to the input; and

present a representation corresponding to the data being transmitted via a display operatively coupled to the apparatus, the presentation of the representation including displaying at least one property of the representation as changed based at least in part on a progress of the transmission of the data,

wherein as a tilting of the apparatus is initiated for transmission of data, displaying a decreasing amount of the at least one property of the representation on a first portion of a display of the apparatus, and displaying an increasing amount of the at least one property of the representation on a second portion of the display of the apparatus, the second portion is opposite the first portion.

15. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the data transfer module is configured to:

present, via the display, at least one image of moving the representation from the apparatus to the device.

16. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the data transfer module is configured to:

detect a motion of at least one of the apparatus or the device via at least one sensor operatively coupled to the apparatus; and

identify the motion as the input.

17. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the at least one module is configured to:

detect at least one physical feature of the apparatus or the device, as the input, via at least one sensor.

18. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the at least one physical feature comprises:

at least one of a tilt angle, a collision, a contact, a pressure, an altitude, or a proximity.

19. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the data transfer module is configured to:

identify the device based at least in part on a distance between the apparatus and the device.

20. A computer-readable non-transitory storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

receiving an input at a first device;

transmitting data from the first device to a second device in response to the input; and

presenting a representation corresponding to the data via the first device, the presenting including displaying at least one property of the representation as changed based at least in part on a progress of the transmitting of the data,

wherein as a tilting of the first device is initiated for transmission of data, displaying a decreasing amount of the at least one property of the representation on a first portion of a display of the first device, and displaying an increasing amount of the at least one property of the representation on a second portion of the display of the first device, the second portion is opposite the first portion.