Method of instant sharing invoked from wearable devices

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10534429-B2
Application number	US-201715403022-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 10, 2017
Priority date	Jan 10, 2017
Publication date	Jan 14, 2020
Grant date	Jan 14, 2020

Abstract

Techniques are disclosed herein for establishing a file transfer connection via wearable devices (e.g., head-mounted wearable devices). A first wearable device generates a gesture-based connection request to connect with a second wearable device. The first wearable device is associated with a first mobile device, and the second wearable device is associated with a second mobile device. The first wearable device sends the gesture-based connection request to a service to authenticate a connection with the second wearable device. The connection is established with the second wearable device in response to receiving an authentication response from the service. The first wearable device directs the first mobile device to transfer a file to the second mobile device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
determining, by a first wearable device, that a first user wearing the first wearable device and a second user wearing a second wearable device are gazing at each other;
upon determining that the first and second users are gazing at each other, activating, by the first wearable device, a microphone on the first wearable device;
collecting voice input from the first user using the activated microphone;
determining that the first user desires to transmit a file to the second user based on processing the voice input using one or more natural language processing techniques;
upon determining that the first user desires to transmit a file to the second user, generating, from the first wearable device, a gesture-based connection request to connect with the second wearable device, wherein the first wearable device is associated with a first mobile device controlled by the first user, and wherein the second wearable device is associated with a second mobile device controlled by the second user;
sending the gesture-based connection request to a service to authenticate a connection with the second wearable device;
establishing the connection with the second wearable device in response to receiving an authentication response from the service; and
directing, via the first wearable device, the first mobile device to transfer the file to the second mobile device.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first and second wearable devices are each a head-mounted wearable device.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the gesture-based connection request includes information identifying at least a first user and a second user and information identifying the first wearable device and the second wearable device.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the information identifying the at least the first user includes biometric data associated with the first user.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining that the file was successfully transferred from the first mobile device to the second mobile device; and
terminating the connection.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein directing, via the first wearable device, the first mobile device to transfer the file to the second mobile device comprises:
receiving a selection of the file;
generating a request including the selection of the file;
sending the request to the service, wherein the service validates the request; and
upon receiving a validation from the service for the request, sending the file to the second mobile device.

7. A computer program product, comprising:
a computer-readable storage medium storing instructions, which, when executed on a processor, performs an operation comprising:
determining, by a first wearable device, that a first user wearing the first wearable device and a second user wearing a second wearable device are gazing at each other,
upon determining that the first and second users are gazing at each other, activating, by the first wearable device, a microphone on the first wearable device,
collecting voice input from the first user using the activated microphone,
determining that the first user desires to transmit a file to the second user based on processing the voice input using one or more natural language processing techniques,
upon determining that the first user desires to transmit a file to the second user, generating, from the first wearable device, a gesture-based connection request to connect with the second wearable device, wherein the first wearable device is associated with a first mobile device controlled by the first user, and wherein the second wearable device is associated with a second mobile device controlled by the second user,
sending the gesture-based connection request to a service to authenticate a connection with the second wearable device,
establishing the connection with the second wearable device in response to receiving an authentication response from the service, and
directing, via the first wearable device, the first mobile device to transfer the file to the second mobile device.

8. The computer program product of claim 7 , wherein the first and second wearable devices are each a head-mounted wearable device.

9. The computer program product of claim 7 , wherein the gesture-based connection request includes information identifying at least a first user and a second user and information identifying the first wearable device and the second wearable device.

10. The computer program product of claim 9 , wherein the information identifying the at least the first user includes biometric data associated with the first user.

11. The computer program product of claim 7 , wherein the operation further comprises:
determining that the file was successfully transferred from the first mobile device to the second mobile device; and
terminating the connection.

12. The computer program product of claim 7 , wherein directing, via the first wearable device, the first mobile device to transfer the file to the second mobile device comprises:
receiving a selection of the file;
generating a request including the selection of the file;
sending the request to the service, wherein the service validates the request; and
upon receiving a validation from the service for the request, sending the file to the second mobile device.

13. A system, comprising:
a processor; and
a memory storing program code, which, when executed on the processor, performs an operation comprising:
determining, by a first wearable device, that a first user wearing the first wearable device and a second user wearing a second wearable device are gazing at each other,
upon determining that the first and second users are gazing at each other, activating, by the first wearable device, a microphone on the first wearable device,
collecting voice input from the first user using the activated microphone,
determining that the first user desires to transmit a file to the second user based on processing the voice input using one or more natural language processing techniques,
upon determining that the first user desires to transmit a file to the second user, generating, from the first wearable device, a gesture-based connection request to connect with the second wearable device, wherein the first wearable device is associated with a first mobile device controlled by the first user, and wherein the second wearable device is associated with a second mobile device controlled by the second user,
sending the gesture-based connection request to a service to authenticate a connection with the second wearable device,
establishing the connection with the second wearable device in response to receiving an authentication response from the service, and
directing, via the first wearable device, the first mobile device to transfer the file to the second mobile device.

14. The system of claim 13 , wherein the gesture-based connection request includes information identifying at least a first user and a second user and information identifying the first wearable device and the second wearable device.

15. The system of claim 14 , wherein the information identifying the at least the first user includes biometric data associated with the first user.

16. The system of claim 13 , wherein the operation further comprises:
determining that the file was successfully transferred from the first mobile device to the second mobile device; and
terminating the connection.

17. The system of claim 13 , wherein directing, via the first wearable device, the first mobile device to transfer t

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• Liu Su
• Su Jun
• Wilson John D
• Xia Yin

Classifications

• G06F3/167

  Audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback · CPC title

• H04W12/06

  Authentication · CPC title

• H04W12/08

  Access security · CPC title

• G06F2203/0381

  Multimodal input, i.e. interface arrangements enabling the user to issue commands by simultaneous use of input devices of different nature, e.g. voice plus gesture on digitizer · CPC title

• G06F1/1698

  the I/O peripheral being a sending/receiving arrangement to establish a cordless communication link, e.g. radio or infrared link, integrated cellular phone (details of antennas disposed inside a computer H01Q1/2266) · CPC title