US 10,764,715 B2Granted

Mobile device communication

AssigneeMicrosoft Technology Licensing, LLC

InventorsDifei Tang, Sin Lew, Wei Hun Liew, Kong-Kat Wong, Sun H. Shaw, Xu Ji

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Abstract

Described is a technology by which a mobile computing device such as a mobile telephone operates differently based on detected proximity to another mobile device with which the first mobile device has a defined relationship. For example, the first mobile device may transfer content to the second mobile computing device when proximity corresponds to a non-cellular communications coupling, such as Bluetooth® or Wi-Fi coupling. In this manner, content transfer is deferred until a non-cellular coupling exists. The mobile device (or both devices) may output a notification to indicate that the other mobile computing device has been detected within a threshold proximity, such as via GPS data or by being within the same cellular tower. The type and/or settings of an output notification may vary based on different thresholds.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A method comprising:

at a time when a non-cellular connection is unavailable between a first mobile computing device and a second mobile computing device, receiving an indication on the first mobile computing device identifying a data file stored on the first mobile computing device to send to the second mobile computing device upon future establishment of the non-cellular connection;
monitoring availability of the non-cellular connection between the first mobile computing device and the second mobile computing device;
in a first instance, responsive to detecting that the non-cellular connection is available between the first mobile computing device and the second mobile computing device, using the non-cellular connection to send the data file stored on the first mobile computing device from the first mobile computing device to the second mobile computing device;
and
in a second instance, using cellular communication instead of the non-cellular connection to send other data files stored on the first mobile computing device from the first mobile computing device to the second mobile computing device.

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A mobile computing device comprising:

a hardware processing unit;
and
a hardware computer storage medium storing computer-readable instructions which, when executed by the hardware processing unit, cause the hardware processing unit to:
at a time when non-cellular communication is unavailable between the mobile computing device and a first other mobile computing device, identify a first data file stored on the mobile computing device to send to the first other mobile computing device at a future time when the non-cellular communication between the mobile computing device and the first other mobile computing device is available;
after identifying the first data file, monitor availability of the non-cellular communication between the mobile computing device and the first other mobile computing device;
responsive to detecting availability of the non-cellular communication between the mobile computing device and the first other mobile computing device, send the first data file from the mobile computing device to the first other mobile computing device using the non-cellular communication instead of cellular communication;
identify a second data file stored on the mobile computing device to send to a second other mobile computing device for which the non-cellular communication with the mobile computing device is not available;
and
send the second data file from the mobile computing device to the second other mobile computing device using the cellular communication instead of the non-cellular communication.

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A mobile computing device comprising:

a hardware processing unit;
and
a hardware computer storage medium storing computer-readable instructions which, when executed by the hardware processing unit, cause the hardware processing unit to:
identify a second mobile computing device with which to communicate;
at a time when a non-cellular connection is unavailable between the mobile computing device and the second mobile computing device, receive user input identifying a first data file stored on the mobile computing device to send to the second mobile computing device upon future establishment of the non-cellular connection;
after receiving the user input identifying the first data file, monitor availability of the non-cellular connection between the mobile computing device and the second mobile computing device;
in a first instance, responsive to detecting that the non-cellular connection between the mobile computing device and the second mobile computing device has become available, use the non-cellular connection instead of cellular communication to send the first data file from the mobile computing device to the second mobile computing device;
and
in a second instance, use the cellular communication instead of the non-cellular connection to send a second data file stored on the mobile computing device from the mobile computing device to the second mobile computing device.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/107,960Filed 21 Aug 2018 · continuation
Priority: 30 Nov 2007
Published: US 2018/0359616 A113 Dec 2018
Granted: 1 Sep 2020
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification21 codes

H04W 4/023
Services making use of location information: using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets…
H04B 7/26
For communication between two or more posts: at least one of which is mobile
H04L 51/224
Monitoring or handling of messages: providing notification on incoming messages, e.g. pushed notifications of received messages
H04M 1/72412
By interfacing with external accessories: using two-way short-range wireless interfaces

Family

Application11/947,789Parent of this continuation · filed 30 Nov 2007
Application14/469,469Parent of this continuation · filed 26 Aug 2014
US 8,838,152 B2Parent of this continuation · filed 16 Sep 2014
Application15/483,396Parent of this continuation · filed 10 Apr 2017
US 9,654,207 B2Parent of this continuation · filed 16 May 2017
US 2018/0359616 A1Pre-grant publication · published 13 Dec 2018
US 10,085,129 B2Parent of this continuation
US 2009/0143056 A1Published application
US 2014/0364166 A1Published application
US 2017/0215055 A1Published application
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