Method and apparatus for transferring information between electronic devices

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10637933-B2
Application number	US-201615368306-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 2, 2016
Priority date	May 26, 2016
Publication date	Apr 28, 2020
Grant date	Apr 28, 2020

Abstract

Embodiments of the disclosure provided herein generally include a system and a method of configuring and/or controlling the transfer of information between two or more electronic devices due to the interaction of an electronic device and a host identifier signal generating system. Embodiments of the disclosure may include a system and a method of distributing useful information received by or contained within a memory of the electronic device based on the receipt of a host identifier signal. The electronic device may then perform one or more desirable functions or processes based the portable electronic device's interaction with the host identifier signal generating system. Some aspects of the invention may include an apparatus, method and/or one or more computing device software applications that are configured to more easily setup, configure and/or control the presentation, distribution, collection and/or analysis of program information residing in a first electronic device to a second electronic device based on the interaction of the first electronic device with the host identifier signal generating system.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A computer implemented method, comprising:
receiving, at a portable electronic device, a first host identifier signal from a host identifier signal generating system;
identifying a host server using information derived from the received first host identifier signal;
transmitting resource locator information from the portable electronic device to the host server via a first communication link, wherein the resource locator information identifies a location within a first memory of the portable electronic device where program information resides;
storing the received resource locator information in a second memory of the host server;
generating, by the host server, a representation of the resource locator information to be displayed on an external electronic device; and
transmitting, by the portable electronic device, at least a portion of the program information to the external electronic device based on a user of the external electronic device selecting the generated representation of the resource locator information.

2. The computer implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving, by the host server, a request to access the program information from the external electronic device, wherein the received request is derived from the representation of the resource locator information.

3. The computer implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the resource locator information essentially comprises a text string.

4. The computer implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the resource locator information comprises a first URL or a first URI.

5. The computer implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the first communication link is a wireless communication link formed on a CDMA, GSM, LTE, HSPA+ or WiMax communication network.

6. The computer implemented method of claim 1 , wherein
the transmitted resource locator information is transmitted within a device communication signal provided from the portable electronic device, and the device communication signal further comprises event information or host information; and
the computer implemented method of storing the received resource locator information further comprises allocating a location within the second memory of the host server to store the resource locator information based on an analysis of the device communication signal.

7. The computer implemented method of claim 1 , wherein storing the received resource locator information further comprises generating a virtual environment using one or more software applications running on the host server, and wherein generating the virtual environment includes allocating a location within the second memory of the host server based on an analysis of a device communication signal in which the received resource locator information is contained.

8. The computer implemented method of claim 7 , wherein the device communication signal further comprises event information.

9. The computer implemented method of claim 1 , wherein generating the representation of the resource locator information comprises making at least a part of the resource locator information accessible to a user via a web page that is accessible on the Internet.

10. The computer implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising transmitting the resource locator information to at least one user found on a user access list that is stored within the second memory of the host server.

11. The computer implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the host identifier signal generation system comprises:
a first processor;
non-volatile memory having host identifier signal information stored therein; and
a transceiver that is configured to wirelessly transmit the host identifier signal that comprises a first resource locator information, wherein the first resource locator information identifies the resource location of a host server.

12. The computer implemented method of claim 11 , wherein the host identifier signal generation system is external to the host, the portable electronic device, and the electronic device.

13. A computer implemented method, comprising:
receiving, at a portable electronic device, a host identifier signal from a host identifier signal generating system;
identifying a host server using information derived from the received host identifier signal;
transmitting a device communication signal from the portable electronic device to the host server via a first communication link, wherein the device communication signal comprises resource locator information that identifies a location where program information resides within a memory of the portable electronic device;
storing the received resource locator information in a memory of the host server;
generating, by the host server, a representation of the resource locator information to be displayed on an external electronic device; and
transmitting, by the portable electronic device, at least a portion of the program information to an external electronic device based on a user of the external device selecting the generated representation of the resource locator information.

14. The computer implemented method of claim 13 , further comprising:
receiving, by the host server, a request to access the program information from the external electronic device, where in the received request is derived from the representation of the resource locator information, and
then transmitting the at least a portion of the program information to the external electronic device.

15. The computer implemented method of claim 13 , wherein the resource locator information essentially comprises a text string.

16. The computer implemented method of claim 13 , wherein the resource locator information comprises a first URL or a first URI.

17. The computer implemented method of claim 13 , wherein the first communication link is a wireless communication link formed on a CDMA, GSM, LTE, HSPA+ or WiMax communication network.

18. The computer implemented method of claim 13 , wherein
the device communication signal further comprises event information or host information; and
the storing of the received resource locator information further comprises allocating a location within the memory of the host server to store the resource locator information based on an analysis of the device communication signal.

19. The computer implemented method of claim 13 , wherein storing the received resource locator information further comprises generating a virtual environment using one or more software applications running on the host server, and wherein generating the virtual environment includes allocating a location within the memory of the host server based on an analysis of the device communication signal.

20. The computer implemented method of claim 19 , wherein the device communication signal further comprises event information.

21. The computer implemented method of claim 13 , wherein generating the representation of the resource locator information comprises making at least a part of the resource locator information accessible to a user via a web page that is accessible on the Internet.

22. A system for sharing program information by electronic devices, comprising:
a host identifier signal generation system, comprising:
a first processor;
a non-volatile first memory having host identifier signal information stored therein; and
a first transceiver that is configured to wirelessly transmit a host identifier signal that comprises a first resource locator informati

Assignees

• Logitech Europe Sa

Inventors

• Gay Olivier
• Meisser Mathieu
• Rouvinez Thomas Luc
• Sasselli Nicolas
• Zimmermann Remy

Classifications

• H04L67/146 Primary

  Markers for unambiguous identification of a particular session, e.g. session cookie or URL-encoding · CPC title

• H04M2250/12

  including a sensor for measuring a physical value, e.g. temperature or motion · CPC title

• H04L65/1069

  Session establishment or de-establishment · CPC title

• H04N7/147

  Communication arrangements, e.g. identifying the communication as a video-communication, intermediate storage of the signals (selecting H04Q) · CPC title

• H04W4/06

  Selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS]; Services to user groups; One-way selective calling services · CPC title