Data transmission method and first electronic device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10779148-B2
Application number	US-201514730526-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 4, 2015
Priority date	Dec 30, 2014
Publication date	Sep 15, 2020
Grant date	Sep 15, 2020

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a data transmission method and a first electronic device. The method comprises: displaying a sharing mark on a display unit of a first electronic device; obtaining, by a sensor unit of the first electronic device, sensing parameters which indicate an input operation of an operator; determining that an operation object of the input operation is a first object displayed on the display unit based on a first parameter from the sensing parameters; determining an operation trajectory of the input operation based on a second parameter from the sensing parameters; determining that the input operation is a sharing operation associated with the first object when the operation trajectory moves towards the sharing mark; and responding to the sharing operation.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A data transmission method, comprising:
displaying a sharing mark on a display of a first electronic device; obtaining, by a sensor of the first electronic device,
sensing parameters which indicate an input operation of an operator; determining that an operation object of the input operation is a first object displayed on the display based on a first parameter from the sensing parameters;
determining an operation trajectory of the input operation based on a second parameter from the sensing parameters;
determining that the input operation is a sharing operation associated with the first object when the operation trajectory moves towards the sharing mark; and
responding to the sharing operation based on a status of the first electronic device associated with the sharing mark,
wherein the status of the first electronic device comprises:
a third status where the first electronic device has established communication channels with two or more second electronic devices, and

wherein said responding to the sharing operation based on the status of the first electronic device associated with the sharing mark comprises:
controlling the first electronic device to transmit the first object to the two or more second electronic devices via the established communication channels when the first electronic device is in the third status;
displaying, upon detecting that the input operation associated with the sharing of the first object is maintained in a sharing mark area where the sharing mark is located based on a fourth parameter from the sensing parameters, a mark sub-area around the sharing mark area, the mark sub-area being used for displaying a device identifier of each of the two or more second electronic devices that has established a communication channel with the first electronic device, the fourth parameter indicating that the input operation is maintained in the sharing mark area;
selecting a first device identifier from the displayed device identifier of each of the two or more second electronic devices upon determining that the input operation has ended based on a fifth parameter from the sensing parameters; and
controlling the first electronic device to transmit the first object to a second electronic device corresponding to the first device identifier via the established communication channel.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising, subsequent to said determining the operation trajectory of the input operation based on the second parameter from the sensing parameters: determining that the input operation is a moving operation associated with the first object when the operation trajectory does not move towards the sharing mark; and responding to the moving operation.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein said responding to the sharing operation based on the status of the first electronic device associated with the sharing mark comprises: responding to the sharing operation based on the status of the first electronic device upon determining that the input operation has ended based on the fifth parameter from the sensing parameters.

4. The method of claim 1 ,
wherein the sharing mark has different display effects when the electronic device is in different statuses,
wherein the sharing mark is displayed in grey when the first electronic device is in the first status, the sharing mark is displayed partially in grey and partially in color when the first electronic device is in the second or third status, and
wherein a portion of the sharing mark that is displayed in color is increased as a number of connected second electronic devices increases.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the sharing mark has different display effects when the first electronic device is in different statuses, wherein a number of connected second electronic devices is displayed on the sharing mark.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the status of the first electronic device comprises:
a first status where the first electronic device fails to establish a communication channel with at least one second electronic device,
a second status where the first electronic device has established a communication channel with one second electronic device,
wherein said responding to the sharing operation based on the status of the first electronic device associated with the sharing mark comprises:
controlling the first electronic device to cache the first object when the first electronic device is in the first status,
controlling the first electronic device to transmit the first object to the one second electronic device via the established communication channel when the first electronic device is in the second status.

7. A first electronic device, comprising:
a display configured to display a sharing mark;
a sensor configured to obtain sensing parameters which indicate an input operation of an operator;
a processor configured to:
determine that an operation object of the input operation is a first object displayed on the display based on a first parameter from the sensing parameters;
determine an operation trajectory of the input operation based on a second parameter from the sensing parameters;
determine that the input operation is a sharing operation associated with the first object when the operation trajectory moves towards the sharing mark; and
respond to the sharing operation based on a status of the first electronic device associated with the sharing mark,
wherein the status of the first electronic device comprises:
a third status where the first electronic device has established communication channels with two or more second electronic devices, and

wherein said processor is further configured to:
control the first electronic device to transmit the first object to the two or more second electronic devices via the established communication channels when the first electronic device is in the third status, and
wherein the processor is further configured to:
display, upon detecting that the input operation associated with the sharing of the first object is maintained in a sharing mark area where the sharing mark is located based on a fourth parameter from the sensing parameters, a mark sub-area around the sharing mark area, the mark sub-area being used for displaying a device identifier of each of the two or more second electronic devices that has established a communication channel with the first electronic device, the fourth parameter indicating that the input operation is maintained in the sharing mark area;
select a first device identifier from the displayed device identifier of each of the two or more second electronic devices upon determining that the input operation has ended based on a fifth parameter from the sensing parameters; and
control the first electronic device to transmit the first object to a second electronic device corresponding to the first device identifier via the established communication channel.

8. The first electronic device of claim 7 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
determine, subsequent to determining the operation trajectory of the input operation based on the second parameter from the sensing parameters, that the input operation is a moving operation associated with the first object when the operation trajectory does not move towards the sharing mark; and
respond to the moving operation.

9. The first electronic device of claim 7 , wherein the processor is further configured to: respond to the sharing operation based on the status of the first electronic device upon determining that the input operation has ended based on the fifth parameter from the sensing parameters.

10. The first electronic device of claim 7 , wherein the sharing mark ha

Assignees

• Beijing Lenovo Software Ltd
• Lenovo Beijing Ltd
• Beijing Lenovo Software

Inventors

• Zhao Yingjun
• Shao Xiaoting
• Jiang Xingping

Classifications

• G06F3/04883

  for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text · CPC title

• H04W4/80 Primary

  Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication · CPC title