Control method and system for accessing data among different electronic devices

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10089260-B2
Application number	US-201514948040-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 20, 2015
Priority date	Feb 10, 2015
Publication date	Oct 2, 2018
Grant date	Oct 2, 2018

Abstract

A system for accessing data among at least two different electronic devices is provided. The system includes a demanding electronic device and a providing electronic device. The demanding electronic device is utilized to establish an input virtual device to execute an application on the demanding electronic device. The providing electronic device is utilized to establish an output virtual device for transmitting data from the providing electronic device to the demanding electronic device via the output virtual device, wherein the data corresponds to the application, and the providing electronic device is physically separated from the demanding electronic device. The input virtual device is established to use a first peripheral of the providing electronic device as a built-in peripheral of the demanding electronic device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A control method for a demanding electronic device to execute an application and use a first peripheral component of a providing electronic device on the demanding electronic device, comprising:
determining whether current hardware resources of the demanding electronic device are sufficient to execute the application;
responsive to determining that the current hardware resources of the demanding device are insufficient to execute the application, establishing an input virtual device on the demanding electronic device for using the first peripheral component of the providing electronic device as if it was a built-in peripheral component of the demanding electronic device, wherein the providing electronic device is physically separated from the demanding electronic device, wherein the input virtual device interacts with an operating system executing on the demanding electronic device for emulating hardware functionality of the peripheral of the providing electronic device;
modifying or switching a hardware abstraction layer to seamlessly cross-mount the first peripheral component; and
providing data to the providing electronic device or accessing data from the providing electronic device via the input virtual device, wherein the data corresponds to the application.

2. The control method as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising searching for the providing electronic device via the demanding electronic device before the step of establishing the input virtual device on the demanding electronic device.

3. The control method as claimed in claim 2 , further comprising authenticating the providing electronic device and establishing a connection with the providing electronic device via the demanding electronic device after the step of searching for the providing electronic device.

4. The control method as claimed in claim 3 , further comprising exchanging information about the first peripheral of the providing electronic device after the step of authenticating and establishing the connection with the providing electronic device.

5. The control method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the input virtual device comprises program codes of software and/or firmware of the demanding electronic device.

6. A control method for a providing electronic device to support a demanding electronic device for executing an application and use a first peripheral component of a providing electronic device on the demanding electronic device, comprising:
establishing an output virtual device on the providing electronic device for transmitting data from a first peripheral component of the providing electronic device to the demanding electronic device, wherein a hardware abstraction layer of the demanding electronic device is modified or switched to seamlessly cross-mount the first peripheral component, and the providing electronic device is physically separated from the demanding electronic device, wherein the input virtual device interacts with an operating system executing on the demanding electronic device for emulating hardware functionality of the peripheral of the providing electronic device; and
transmitting the data from the first peripheral component of the providing electronic device to the demanding electronic device via the output virtual device, wherein the first peripheral of the providing electronic device is utilized as if it was a built-in peripheral of the demanding electronic device and the data corresponds to the application.

7. The control method as claimed in claim 6 , further comprising feeding back a search for the providing electronic device provided by the demanding electronic device before the step of establishing the output virtual device on the providing electronic device.

8. The control method as claimed in claim 7 , further comprising authenticating the demanding electronic device and establishing a connection with the demanding electronic device via the providing electronic device after the step of feeding back the search for the providing electronic device.

9. The control method as claimed in claim 8 , further comprising exchanging information about the first peripheral of the providing electronic device after the step of authenticating and establishing the connection with the providing electronic device.

10. The control method as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the output virtual device comprises program codes of software and/or firmware of the providing electronic device.

11. A system for accessing data among at least two different electronic devices, comprising:
a demanding electronic device, configured for:
determining whether current hardware resources of the demanding electronic device are sufficient to execute an application; and
responsive to determining that the current hardware resources of the demanding device are insufficient to execute the application, establishing an input virtual device to execute an application from a providing electronic device on the demanding electronic device as if it was a built-in peripheral component of the demanding electronic device, and modifying or switching a hardware abstraction layer to seamlessly cross-mount the built-in peripheral component, wherein the input virtual device interacts with an operating system executing on the demanding electronic device for emulating hardware functionality of the peripheral of the providing electronic device; and
the providing electronic device, establishing an output virtual device for transmitting data from the providing electronic device to the demanding electronic device via the output virtual device, wherein the data corresponds to the application, and the providing electronic device is physically separated from the demanding electronic device.

12. The system as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the input virtual device is established to use a first peripheral of the providing electronic device as a built-in peripheral of the demanding electronic device.

13. The system as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the demanding electronic device searches for the providing electronic device before it establishes the input virtual device.

14. The system as claimed in claim 13 , wherein the demanding electronic device authenticates the providing electronic device and establishes a connection with the providing electronic device after it searches for the providing electronic device.

15. The system as claimed in claim 14 , wherein the demanding electronic device exchanges information about the first peripheral of the providing electronic device after it authenticates and establishes a connection with the providing electronic device.

16. The system as claimed in claim 11 , wherein each of the input virtual device and the output virtual device comprises program codes of software and/or firmware of the demanding electronic device.

Assignees

• Mediatek Inc

Inventors

• Lo Jenchieh
• Chang Yu-Cheng
• Chang Shu-Hsin
• Hu Chun-Hsiung
• Wang Ching-Chieh

Classifications

• G06F9/45508

  Runtime interpretation or emulation, e g. emulator loops, bytecode interpretation · CPC title

• G06F13/4068

  Electrical coupling · CPC title

• G06F9/4411

  Configuring for operating with peripheral devices; Loading of device drivers · CPC title

• G06F9/455

  Emulation; Interpretation; Software simulation, e.g. virtualisation or emulation of application or operating system execution engines · CPC title

• G06F13/20 Primary

  for access to input/output bus · CPC title