Mirrored interface navigation of multiple user interfaces

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9967388-B2
Application number	US-201213400873-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 21, 2012
Priority date	Feb 21, 2012
Publication date	May 8, 2018
Grant date	May 8, 2018

Abstract

Mirrored interface navigation is disclosed between two or more mobile devices with similar capabilities. When a connection is established between the mobile devices, interface navigation actions detected on a first of the connected devices are transmitted to the other devices. The other devices receive and execute those interface navigation actions to perform parallel interface navigation with the first mobile device. For example, two smart phones are connected for shared interface navigation, interface navigation actions performed on the first smart phone are translated to the second smart phone to perform mirrored parallel interface navigation. The mirrored parallel interface navigation may occur regardless of device type or specific application, such that interface navigation actions on an Apple, Inc., IPHONE® may result in parallel interface navigation on a Google ANDROID®-based phone to similar application types.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for mirrored interface navigation on a plurality of mobile devices, comprising:
establishing, by a first mobile device of the plurality of mobile devices a communication link between the first mobile device and one or more other mobile devices of the plurality of mobile devices;
establishing a screen mirroring session between the first mobile device and each of the one or more other mobile devices of the plurality of mobile devices via the communication links;
transmitting interface locking signals from the first mobile device to each of the one or more other mobile devices, wherein the interface locking signals are configured to prohibit each of the one or more other mobile devices from manually receiving commands until the communication links established for the screen mirroring session are terminated;
receiving, by the first mobile device, at least one command for execution to perform at least one user interface navigation operation; and
in response to receiving the at least one command:
executing, by the first mobile device, the at least one command to perform the at least one user interface navigation operation, wherein a graphical user interface (GUI) presented at a display of the first mobile device is updated as a result of execution of the at least one command;
translating, by the first mobile device, the at least one command into one or more commands compatible with each mobile device of the one or more other mobile devices that is of a different device type than the first mobile device; and
transmitting, by the first mobile device, command messages to each of the one or more other mobile devices, the command messages instructing each of the one or more other mobile devices to execute the at least one command to perform parallel user interface navigation operations at each of the one or more other mobile devices.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one command includes a scroll command corresponding to an input to scroll the GUI displayed at the first mobile device, wherein execution of the scroll command changes information presented within the GUI displayed at the first mobile device, and wherein updating the GUI as a result of execution of the scroll command includes animating the change in the information presented within the GUI.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the at least one command includes a selection command corresponding to a selection of an element presented within the GUI, wherein said selection command is received after said scroll command, and wherein the command messages transmitted to each of the one or more other mobile devices instruct each of the one or more other mobile devices to execute both the scroll command and the selection command.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first mobile device transmits a first command message to each mobile device of the one or more other mobile devices that is of a same device type as the first mobile device and transmits a second command message to each mobile device of the one or more other mobile devices that is of the different device type, wherein the first command message includes the at least one command received by the first mobile device and the second command message includes the translated one or more commands.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein updating the GUI presented at the display of the first mobile device as a result of execution of the at least one command comprises presenting at least one new interface element at the display of the first mobile device.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising terminating at least one communication link between the first mobile device and at least one mobile device of the one or more other mobile devices, wherein terminating the at least one communication link enables the at one mobile device of the one or more other mobile devices to manually receive commands.

7. An electronic apparatus comprising:
means for establishing a communication link between a first mobile device of a plurality of mobile devices and one or more other mobile devices of the plurality of mobile devices;
means for establishing a screen mirroring session between the first mobile device and each of the one or more other mobile devices of the plurality of mobile devices via the communication links;
means for transmitting interface locking signals from the first mobile device to each of the one or more other mobile devices, wherein the interface locking signals are configured to prohibit each of the one or more other mobile devices from manually receiving commands until the communication links established for the screen mirroring session are terminated;
means for receiving at least one command for execution to perform user interface navigation operation; and
means for executing the at least one command to perform the at least one user interface navigation operation in response to receiving the at least one command, wherein a graphical user interface (GUI) presented at a display of the first mobile device is updated as a result of execution of the at least one command;
means for translating the at least one command into one or more commands compatible with each mobile device of the one or more mobile devices that is of a different device type than the first mobile device in response to receiving the at least one command; and
means for transmitting command messages to each of the one or more other mobile devices, the command messages instructing each of the one or more other mobile devices to execute the at least one command to perform parallel user interface navigation operations at each of the one or more other mobile devices.

8. The electronic apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the at least one command includes a scroll command corresponding to an input to scroll the GUI displayed at the first mobile device, wherein execution of the scroll command changes information presented within the GUI displayed at the first mobile device, and wherein updating the GUI as a result of execution of the scroll command includes animating the change in the information presented within the GUI.

9. The electronic apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the at least one command includes a selection command corresponding to a selection of an element presented within the GUI, wherein said selection command is received after said scroll command, and wherein the command messages transmitted to each of the one or more other mobile devices instruct each of the one or more other mobile devices to execute both the scroll command and the selection command.

10. The electronic apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the first mobile device transmits a first command message to each mobile device of the one or more other mobile devices that is of a same device type as the first mobile device and transmits a second command message to each mobile device of the one or more other mobile devices that is of the different device type, wherein the first command message includes the at least one command received by the first mobile device and the second command message includes the translated one or more commands.

11. The electronic apparatus of claim 7 , wherein updating the GUI presented at the display of the first mobile device as a result of execution of the at least one command comprises presenting at least one new interface element at the display of the first mobile device.

12. The electronic apparatus of claim 7 , further comprising means for terminating at least one communication link between the first mobile device and at least one mobile device of the one or more other mobile devices, wherein terminating the at least one communication link enables the at one mobile device of the one or m

Assignees

• Iwasaki Jill S
• Qualcomm Inc

Inventors

• Iwasaki Jill S

Classifications

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