Method for continuing operation on mobile electronic device, mobile device using the same, wearable device using the same, and computer readable medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9622074-B2
Application number	US-201414328731-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 11, 2014
Priority date	Jul 24, 2013
Publication date	Apr 11, 2017
Grant date	Apr 11, 2017

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a method, a mobile electronic device, a wearable electronic device and a computer readable medium for continuing an operation initiated on the wearable electronic device on the mobile electronic device based on motion coherence between movements of the mobile electronic device and a wearable electronic device without providing an input. In the disclosure, an operation would be initiated on the wearable electronic device. The wearable electronic device would transmit an application data associated with the operation initiated on the wearable electronic device to the mobile electronic device. Then, an application program associated with the operation would be automatically launched on the mobile electronic device to continue the operation initiated on the wearable electronic device according to the application data in response to a motion coherence of the mobile electronic device and the wearable electronic device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for continuing an operation initiated on a wearable electronic device having a transceiver on a mobile electronic device, comprising:
initiating an operation on the wearable electronic device;
transmitting, from the wearable electronic device to the mobile electronic device, an application data associated with the operation initiated on the wearable electronic device, wherein the application data comprises a progress recording a stop point of the operation,
wherein an application program associated with the operation is automatically launched on the mobile electronic device to continue the operation from the stop point according to the application data in response to a motion coherence of the mobile electronic device and the wearable electronic device,
wherein the motion coherence between the mobile electronic device and the wearable electronic device is determined by comparing a first motion data of the wearable electronic device and a second motion data of the mobile electronic device.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the application data comprises the progress of the operation performed on the wearable electronic device and an indicator indicating an application program associated with the operation.

3. The method claim 2 , further comprising:
recording a voice message, the application data further comprising the voice message.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
displaying an icon, wherein the icons is associated with an application program installed on the mobile electronic device,
wherein initiating the operation on the wearable electronic device comprises selecting the icons corresponding to the operation to initiate the operation through a touch operation or a hand gesture.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
detecting the first motion data representing a movement of the wearable electronic device and transmitting the first motion data to the mobile electronic device.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the application data is transmitted, from the wearable electronic device to the mobile electronic device, after the motion coherence between the mobile electronic device and the wearable electronic device is determined.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the application data is transmitted, from the wearable electronic device to the mobile electronic device, in response to a request generated by an input button of the mobile electronic device.

8. A wearable electronic device, comprising:
a transceiver;
an input device, configured to receive a user input to initiate an operation; and
a processor, configured to transmit an application data associated with the operation, though the transceiver, to a mobile electronic device, wherein the application data comprises a progress recording a stop point of the operation,
wherein an application program associated with the operation is automatically launched on a mobile electronic device to continue the operation from the stop point according to the application data in response to a motion coherence of the mobile electronic device and the wearable electronic device,
wherein the motion coherence between the mobile electronic device and the wearable electronic device is determined by comparing a first motion data of the wearable electronic device to a second motion data of the mobile electronic device.

9. The wearable electronic device of claim 8 , wherein the application data comprises the progress of the operation performed on the wearable electronic device and an indicator indicating an application program associated with the operation.

10. The wearable electronic device claim 9 , further comprising:
a voice recording device, configured to record a voice message, the application data further comprising the voice message.

11. The wearable electronic device of claim 8 , further comprising:
a touch screen, configured to display an icon and receive a touch operation, wherein the icons is associated with an application program installed on the mobile electronic device; and
wherein the processor is further configured to initiate the operation through a touch operation applied on the touch screen or a hand gesture detected by a motion sensor.

12. The wearable electronic device of claim 8 , further comprising:
a motion sensor, configured to detect the first motion data representing a movement of the wearable electronic device, wherein the transceiver is further configured to transmit the first motion data.

13. The wearable electronic device of claim 12 , wherein the application data is transmitted, from the wearable electronic device to the mobile electronic device, after the motion coherence between the mobile electronic device and the wearable electronic device is determined.

14. The wearable electronic device of claim 13 , wherein the application data is transmitted, from the wearable electronic device to the mobile electronic device, in response to a request generated by an input button of the mobile electronic device.

15. A non-transitory computer readable medium, storing programs to be loaded into an electronic device to perform steps of
initiating an operation on a wearable electronic device; and
transmitting, from the wearable electronic device to a mobile electronic device, an application data associated with the operation initiated on the wearable electronic device, wherein the application data comprises a progress recording a stop point of the operation,
wherein an application program associated with the operation is automatically launched on the mobile electronic device to continue the operation from the stop point according to the application data in response to a motion coherence of the mobile electronic device and the wearable electronic device,
wherein the motion coherence between the mobile electronic device and the wearable electronic device is determined by comparing a first motion data of the wearable electronic device and a second motion data of the mobile electronic device.

16. A method for continuing an operation on a mobile electronic device having a transceiver, comprising:
receiving, through a transceiver, an application data associated with an application program installed on the mobile electronic device, wherein the application data comprises a progress recording a stop point of the operation; and
automatically launching the application program associated with the application data to continue the operation of the application program from the stop point on the mobile electronic device based on the application data when a difference between a first motion data and a second motion data is within a predetermine threshold.

17. The method of claim 16 , wherein the application data comprises the progress of the operation and an indicator indicating an application program associated with the operation.

18. The method of claim 17 , wherein automatically launching the application comprises:
opening a page of the application program associated with the progress of the operation stored in the application data; and
continuing the operation from the stop point recorded in the progress of the operation.

19. The method of claim 18 , wherein the application data further comprises a voice message corresponding to the operation of the application program.

20. The method of claim 16 , further comprising:
detecting the second motion data representing a motion of the mobile electronic device and receiving, through the transceiver, the first motion data.

21. The meth

Assignees

• Htc Corp

Inventors

• Lee Yu-Cheng

Classifications

• G06F1/163

  Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt · CPC title

• G06F1/1694

  the I/O peripheral being a single or a set of motion sensors for pointer control or gesture input obtained by sensing movements of the portable computer · CPC title

• H04M2250/12

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

• G06F3/04886

  by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus · CPC title