Electronic device control method and electronic device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10181309-B2
Application number	US-201514868587-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 29, 2015
Priority date	Jun 1, 2015
Publication date	Jan 15, 2019
Grant date	Jan 15, 2019

Abstract

An electronic device control method and system are provided. The method includes: receiving, by a first electronic device, a trigger event performed on a display content displayed by the first electronic device, wherein the first electronic device is a mirror device of a mirror system; generating, by the first electronic device, control information according to the trigger event; sending, by the first electronic device, the control information to a second electronic device, wherein the second electronic device is a source device of the mirror system; identifying, by the second electronic device, a target object according to the control information; and performing, by the second electronic device, an operation on the target object.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An electronic device control method, comprising:
displaying, by a first electronic device, mirror content received from a second electronic device, wherein the first electronic device is a mirror device of a mirror system, and the second electronic device is a target sending device, source devices of the mirror system comprises the target sending device and one or more target receiving devices;
detecting, by the first electronic device, a trigger event performed on the mirror content displayed by the first electronic device;
acquiring, by the first electronic device, parameter information of the target sending device, parameter information of the one or more target receiving devices and storage address of a target object;
generating, by the first electronic device, control information according to the trigger event by:
generating first transmission information according to the trigger event, the storage address of the target object and the parameter information of the target sending device; and
generating, second transmission information according to the trigger event, the storage address of the target object and the parameter information of the one or more target receiving devices; and

sending, by the first electronic device, the control information to the target sending device and the one or more target receiving devices, to instruct establishment of a connection between the one or more target receiving devices and the target sending device and make the target sending device identify the target object according to the control information, perform an operation on the target object according to the control information, and send to the one or more target receiving devices a file data of the target object by using the connection and the storage address of the target object,
wherein the sending the control information to the target sending device and the one or more target receiving devices comprises sending the second transmission information to the target sending device and sending the first transmission information to the one or more target receiving devices.

2. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
determining, by the first electronic device, one or more target devices from the source devices of the mirror system and the first electronic device.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein in the case that the mirror system comprises one source device, the method further comprises:
receiving, by the first electronic device, file data of the target object sent from the second electronic device.

4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the first electronic device receives the file data sent from the second electronic device in a first transmission mode, the first electronic device receives the mirror content sent from the second electronic device in a second transmission mode.

5. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the determining, by the first electronic device, one or more target devices from the source devices of the mirror system and the mirror device, comprises:
acquiring, by the first electronic device, coordinates of a starting position of the trigger event and coordinates of one or more ending positions of the trigger event in a display module of the first electronic device;
determining a first preset region in the display module according to the coordinates of the starting position of the trigger event, determining the electronic device corresponding to the first preset region as the target sending device; and
determining one or more second preset regions in the display module according to the coordinates of the one or more ending positions of the trigger event, determining one or more electronic devices corresponding to the second preset regions as one or more target receiving devices.

6. The method according to claim 5 , further comprising:
receiving, by the first electronic device, feedback information sent from the target sending device; and
in the case that the feedback information indicates that the target object does not exist, and/or, the ending position of the trigger event is not within an effective region, generating adjusting information according to a first operation, wherein the adjusting information is used to instruct the first electronic device to adjust a position of the mirror content of the target sending device.

7. The method according to claim 5 , further comprising:
receiving, by the first electronic device, link information of the target object sent from the target sending device;
generating, by the first electronic device, instruction information according to the link information of the target object; and
sending, by the first electronic device, the instruction information to the one or more target receiving devices, to make the target receiving devices acquires file data of the target object.

8. An electronic device control method, comprising:
sending, by a second electronic device, mirror content to a first electronic device to facilitate the first electronic device in displaying the mirror content;
receiving, by the second electronic device, control information sent from the first electronic device, wherein:
the control information is generated by the first electronic device according to a trigger event, wherein the trigger event is detected by the first electronic device and performed on the mirror content displayed by the first electronic device
the second electronic device is one of a plurality of source devices of a mirror system; and
the first electronic device is a mirror device of the mirror system;

identifying, by the second electronic device, a target object according to the control information;
sending, by the second electronic device, storage address of the target object and parameter information of the second electronic device to the first electronic device;
receiving, by the second electronic device, first transmission information sent from the first electronic device, wherein the first transmission information is generated by the first electronic device according to the storage address of the target object and parameter information of at least one target receiving device, the at least one target receiving device receives second transmission information sent from the first electronic device, and the second transmission information is generated according to the storage address of the target object and the parameter information of the second electronic device; and
performing, by the second electronic device, an operation on the target object according to the control information by:
establishing a connection with the at least one target receiving device according to the first transmission information and the second transmission information, and sending a file data of the target object to the at least one target receiving device by using the connection.

9. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the identifying, by the second electronic device, the target object according to the control information, comprises:
determining, by the second electronic device, the target object according to a trigger position of the trigger event within the mirror content, wherein the trigger position is comprised in the control information.

10. The method according to claim 8 , wherein performing, by the second electronic device, the operation on the target object according to the control information, comprises:
sending, by the second electronic device, file data of the target object to the first electronic device.

11. The method according to claim 10 , wherein the second electronic device sends the file data of the target object to the first electronic device in a first transmis

Assignees

• Lenovo Beijing Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ji Cheng
• Xiang Mei

Classifications

• G06F3/1462

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