EP1314082A2 - Method and apparatus for using an input device of a first computer system to wirelessly enter data into a second computer system - Google Patents
Method and apparatus for using an input device of a first computer system to wirelessly enter data into a second computer systemInfo
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- EP1314082A2 EP1314082A2 EP01948600A EP01948600A EP1314082A2 EP 1314082 A2 EP1314082 A2 EP 1314082A2 EP 01948600 A EP01948600 A EP 01948600A EP 01948600 A EP01948600 A EP 01948600A EP 1314082 A2 EP1314082 A2 EP 1314082A2
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- G06F3/01—Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer
- G06F3/03—Arrangements for converting the position or the displacement of a member into a coded form
- G06F3/033—Pointing devices displaced or positioned by the user, e.g. mice, trackballs, pens or joysticks; Accessories therefor
- G06F3/038—Control and interface arrangements therefor, e.g. drivers or device-embedded control circuitry
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- G06F3/01—Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer
- G06F3/048—Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]
- G06F3/0481—Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI] based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
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- G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
- H04L51/00—User-to-user messaging in packet-switching networks, transmitted according to store-and-forward or real-time protocols, e.g. e-mail
- H04L51/04—Real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM]
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
- H04L51/00—User-to-user messaging in packet-switching networks, transmitted according to store-and-forward or real-time protocols, e.g. e-mail
- H04L51/58—Message adaptation for wireless communication
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- G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
- G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
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- G06F3/14—Digital output to display device ; Cooperation and interconnection of the display device with other functional units
- G06F3/1423—Digital output to display device ; Cooperation and interconnection of the display device with other functional units controlling a plurality of local displays, e.g. CRT and flat panel display
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- G—PHYSICS
- G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
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Definitions
- the present invention relates to computer systems and more particularly to wireless communication between computer systems to enable data transferring between the computer systems.
- Computer systems from small handheld electronic devices to medium- sized mobile and desktop systems to large servers and workstations, are becoming increasingly pervasive in our society.
- Computer systems typically include one or more processors.
- a processor manipulates and controls the flow of data in a computer by executing instructions.
- the present invention addresses this and other problems associated with the prior art.
- FIG. 1 is a wireless network coupling various computer systems in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention
- Figure 2 is a flow chart showing a method of the present invention.
- FIGS 3a and 3b show the display screens of two computer systems in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
- a computer system may be in one of two modes of operation, a non-channeling mode or a channeling mode.
- “Channeling" is using one or more input devices of a first computer system to wirelessly enter information into a second computer system in real time.
- the first computer system is in a non-channeling mode, information entered by a user via an input device coupled to the first computer system is interpreted as input data intended for the first computer system.
- the first computer system is in a channeling mode, the information entered by the user via the input device is interpreted as input data intended for a second computer system.
- the information entered by the user is wirelessly transmitted in accordance with a short-range wireless communication protocol via a short-range transmitter coupled to the first computer system.
- This information is received by a short range receiver coupled to the second computer system and is used as input data to the second computer system.
- one or more input devices of the first computer system operate as one or more surrogate input devices of the second computer system.
- a user may, for example, use a mouse of a desktop or mobile computer to control cursor movement on a display screen of a handheld device such as a personal data assistant (PDA).
- a user may use the keyboard of the desktop or mobile computer to enter information, in real time, into the PDA.
- the PDA may be a pen-based data entry device and may not otherwise include a port into which one could directly plug an electrical coupling to a mouse or keyboard.
- Figure 1 is a wireless network coupling various computer systems, 100-
- Each computer system includes a processor, 150a-150d, coupled to memory 151a-151d, a display screen, 155a-155d, and an input device, 154a-154d.
- Each computer system additionally includes a wireless communication transceiver coupled to the processor, the transceiver comprising a wireless communication transmitter, 152a-152d, and a wireless communication receiver, 153a-153d.
- a processor may be a general purpose processor or any other type of data processor such as a micro-controller or digital signal processor (DSP).
- the memory of a computer system may include one or more volatile and/or non-volatile storage devices.
- software is stored in the memory region that, when executed by the computer system, causes the computer system to implement a method of the present invention. Alternatively, the software may be stored elsewhere and transferred to the computer system via a carrier wave medium.
- Computer systems 100-103 of Figure 1 may be any type of computer system such as a mobile computer system (e.g. a notebook or laptop computer system), a handheld device (e.g. a PDA), a desktop system, a cellular phone, or any other type of electronic device.
- a mobile computer system e.g. a notebook or laptop computer system
- a handheld device e.g. a PDA
- desktop system e.g. a PDA
- a cellular phone e.g. cellular phone
- the computer systems need not be all of the same type of system or include the same type of processor, memory, input devices, or any other components.
- computer system 100 may be a mobile system with input device 154a being a mouse while computer system 101 is a PDA with input device 154b being a touch-sensitive pen-based input system.
- system 102 may be a server or workstation while system 103 is a cellular phone.
- Wireless network 110 may be any type of wireless communication protocol. Although wireless network 110 is shown in Figure 1 supporting four computer systems, a wireless network in accordance with an alternate embodiment of the present invention may support any number of computer systems.
- the wireless protocol implemented by wireless network 110 is a short-range wireless communication protocol.
- a short-range wireless communication protocol is a protocol that is designed for communication between electronic devices having a separation of approximately fifty meters or less.
- the present invention is implemented by a single user that can simultaneously operate one or more input devices of a first computer system while observing a display screen of a second computer system.
- a short-range wireless communication protocol may operate over a distance of less than approximately ten meters.
- the wireless communication protocol implemented by wireless network 110 may be the Bluetooth* protocol described in the Bluetooth Specification, Version 1.0A, released July 24, 1999.
- the wireless communication protocol may be the HomeRF* protocol described in the Shared Wireless Access Protocol (SWAP) Specification 1.0, released January 5, 1999.
- SWAP Shared Wireless Access Protocol
- Other communication protocols may be used, however. (Trademarks and brands are the property of their respective owners.)
- Figure 2 is a flow chart showing a method of the present invention.
- a user of a first computer system manipulates a mouse coupled to the first computer system to select a portion of text of a first document on a display screen of the first computer system.
- the selected portion of text is the text that the user wishes to transfer to another computer system.
- the document may be, for example, a word processor document that is viewable on the computer screen in a word processor application on the first computer.
- the text portion may be selected by highlighting the desired portion using the mouse or other pointing device.
- any portion of a document including, for example, graphics or sound data, may be selected by the user for transfer to another computer system.
- Figure 3a shows a screen shot of selected text 304 on display screen 302 of first computer system 301 in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
- Mouse 303 used to select text 304, is also shown coupled to computer system 301.
- the selection of text may be made using an alternate input device.
- a keyboard or pen-based device may be used, or a microphone in conjunction with a software program that can convert speech into control commands.
- Icon 305 graphically represents a second computer system coupled to the same wireless network to which computer system 301 is coupled.
- the second computer system is shown in Figure 3a as computer system 311.
- additional icons representing other computer systems within the wireless range of computer system 301 may appear on display screen 302.
- This embodiment allows the user to determine the computer system to which the selected text may be sent by dragging the selected text to the corresponding icon.
- the computer system to which the selected text may be sent may be selected from a menu displayed on display screen 302 of computer system 301.
- icon 313 of Figure 3a appears on display screen 312 of computer system 311. Icon 313 graphically represents selected text 304 on display screen 302 of computer system 301.
- computer system 301 is placed in a channeling mode. In this mode, further information received from the user via mouse 303 (i.e. mouse movements) are channeled to computer system 311 of Figure 3b in real time via a short-range wireless connection between the two computer systems.
- computer system 301 is placed in a channeling mode automatically after the user drags selected text 304 to icon 305.
- computer system 301 is placed in a channeling mode in response to the user either pressing or releasing one or more buttons or keys of one or more input devices coupled to either computer system 301 or 311.
- the user manipulates mouse 303 of Figure 3b to drag and drop icon 313 on display 312 of computer system 311 to a desired location.
- steps 210-220 may be skipped.
- a first computer system is placed in a channeling mode and, at step 230, information entered by a user via an input device coupled to the first computer system is channeled to a second computer system.
- This information may include cursor control data where the input device is, e.g., a mouse, a touch-sensitive pen-based input system, or directional buttons on a keyboard.
- this information may include alphanumeric data where the input device is, e.g., a keyboard or a microphone.
- the channeling computer system to which the microphone is coupled may first convert the speech information received from the user via the microphone into text before wirelessly transmitting the information to the second computer system.
- the information may include audio or video data.
- the channeling computer system to which a camera is coupled may first compress the video data before wirelessly transmitting the information to the second computer system.
- the display screen of the first computer system may provide no visual feedback of information entered via the input device coupled to the first computer system when the first computer system is in a channeling mode.
- the visual feedback may be provided to the user via the display screen of the second computer system in real time.
- the display screen of the first computer system may provide limited visual feedback of information entered via the input device when the first computer system is in a channeling mode.
- the visual feedback provided by the display screen of the first computer system may be, for example, a translucent cursor or pointer for an embodiment in which the information being channeled is cursor control data.
- the term "real time” is measured from the perspective of the user, and may significantly vary according to the type of user-entered information that is being channeled by a first computer system to a second computer system.
- the information entered by a user into a computer system in a channeling mode is cursor control data.
- "real time" transmission of the information to a second computer system is sufficiently rapid enough to provide a user with reasonable cursor control on the display screen of the second computer system.
- the information entered by a user into a computer system in a channeling mode is alphanumeric data (e.g. either by speaking into a microphone or typing on a keyboard).
- "real time" transmission of the information to the second computer system may be considerably slower, with perceptible lag time, such as may be experienced by, e.g., a speech recognition application.
- selected text 304 of Figure 3a is wirelessly transmitted from computer system 301 to computer system 311 and is inserted at the desired location selected using mouse 303 to drag icon 313 of Figure 3b.
- the first computer system is place back into a non-channeling mode. This may be done automatically after dropping the icon using the mouse, or it may be done in response to the user either pressing or releasing one or more buttons or keys of one or more input devices coupled to either computer system 301 or 311.
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